Modeling the effects of shuttle bus system on visitors' traffic flow to the Tokyo Bay zone during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

• Tanaka Ken-ichi

  Keio University

• Toriumi Shigeki

  Chuo University

• Taguchi Azuma

  Chuo University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 東京ベイゾーンへのオリンピック観戦客の輸送を想定した直通バスの数理モデル

Abstract

This paper proposes mathematical models to evaluate the effects of shuttle bus system on visitors' traffic flow to the Tokyo Bay zone during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. We consider shuttle buses departing from major railway stations in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and examine their ability to relieve traffic concentration on railway lines providing access to the Tokyo Bay zone. We construct a space-time network for modeling actual railway services in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and extend it by introducing links representing shuttle buses. We focus on a particular day during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and evaluate how visitors' traffic flow changes after the introduction of shuttle bus services using the proposed models. One of the results show that shuttle buses contribute to relieving traffic congestion on the Yurikamome Line departing from Shimbashi station.

Journal

• Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan

  Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan 52 (3), 696-703, 2017-10-25

  The City Planning Institute of Japan

Keywords

• The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
• shuttle bus system
• space-time network

Details

• CRID: 1390001204215436672
• NII Article ID: 130006179708
• DOI: 10.11361/journalcpij.52.696
• ISSN: 21850593
• ISSN: 09160647
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/journalcpij/52/3/52_696/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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