Understanding travel pattern changes of transit-reliant population from before to during and after heat wave: a case study for Seattle

This project will use ORCA data from King County Metro (KCM), the main transit company for the Seattle metropolitan area, to understand how travel patterns for the transit-reliant population changed during the 2023 heat wave in Seattle. The project will answer the following: How did travel patterns change from before, to during and after the heat wave for Seattle’s transit reliant population? Who were able to adapt during a heatwave? What was the level of accessibility to cooling spaces (green spaces, cooling centers offered by the government) during the heat wave for transit-reliant population? How changes in ridership during heatwave correlate with changes in traffic?

• Record URL:
  https://c2smarter.engineering.nyu.edu/understanding-travel-pattern-changes-of-transitreliant-population-from-before-to-during-and-after-heat-wave-a-case-study-for-seattle/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $90000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201
• Project Managers:

  Pohl, Lizzie

  Chase, Holly

• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  201 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Principal Investigators:

  Chen, Cynthia

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20251130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Ridership; Smart cards; Transit riders; Travel patterns
• Identifier Terms: King County Metro Transit
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01937744
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 21 2024 4:15PM