An Empirical Analysis on Travel Characteristics of Feeder Trips Between Shared Electric Bicycles and Urban Rail Transit: A Case Study of Hohhot

China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center, China Academy of Transportation Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

^* Corresponding author: jnjyzh@163.com

Abstract

This study proposes a method for determining whether the purpose of cycling an electric bicycle is to transfer to a subway connection and then employs ArcGIS to set buffer zones of 250-meters radius and pick up the orders of connecting travel by judging the unlocking and locking position of the shared electric bicycles. After that, the research analyses the characteristics of shared electric bicycle-subway feeder trips in Hohhot from two aspects: travel patterns and user profiles. Key findings are summarized as follows: First, weekends and peak hours are the time periods when feeder trips are more concentrated; Second, the shared electric bicycle services have extended the passenger flow catchment radius of subway stations to 2,000 meters; Third, gender factors have little impact on cycling preferences, young and middle-aged constitute the main group for feeder cycling. Based on the above conclusions, the paper puts forward three targeted suggestions: 1. Strengthening the scheduling of shared electric bicycles and subway coaches at specific times. 2. Planning subway stations and routes based on the characteristics of shared electric bike riding. 3. Providing targeted services for high frequency riding groups.