WIT transactions on the built environment · 2008 · 47 citations · 3 references
PlanningSpatial PlanningTransportation PlanningTransportTransport PlanningTransportationCatchment AnalysisPublic TransitRoad TransportTransport ModelingTransport ModellingCatchment Area AnalysisCatchment Area DelineationGis-based Catchment ModelingPublic Transport Network AnalysisRoad Network AnalysisService Catchment AreasStation Catchment AnalysisTransit Catchment Areas
In the planning of public transport the catchment areas of stops are often included to estimate the potential number of travellers. There are different approaches to GIS-based catchment area analyses depending on the desired level of detail. The Circular Buffer approach is the fundamental, but also the simplest approach. The Service Area approach is based on searches in road networks and represents the actual feeder routes and is thereby a more detailed approach. The Service Area approach can be refined by adding additional resistance to certain points in the road network, e.g. stairways.
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