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=== Literature Study ===
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===1. Distribution Analysis on Multimode Commuters===
To understand previous studies on walkability in Singapore and in other countries, and the types of infrastructures that can be introduced so as to be able to make recommendations to improve the connectivity between residential estates and points of interest.  
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In order to analyse multimode commuters, we will join the MRT and Bus dataset together using card number attribute, time attribute and date attribute.  
  
=== Software Learning ===  
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====Analyse Transfer Interval====
Learn how to use the QGis software, both on the laptop as well as on the mobile phone (to aid data collection)
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According to Transit Link (Transit Link Pte Ltd, 2016), a transfer can be from:
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the MRT/LRT to a bus service,
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a bus service to another bus service, or
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a bus service to the MRT/LRT
  
=== Data Collection ===
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Transfer interval refers to the amount of time taken for the students to transfer from one mode of transportation to another mode of transportation.This is calculated using the difference between Bus entry time and MRT exit time (for MRT→Bus) and MRT entry time and Bus exit time(for Bus →MRT)
Ez-link data will be provided by LARC while points of interests data sets are publicly available on Openstreetmap, Data.gov.sg, LTA data mall and Onemap. Pedestrian network will be manually mapped out through conducting site visits and with the integration of road network.
 
  
=== Data Exploration ===
 
Ez-link data of one week will be segmented into 3 sections for analysis: student, adult and elderly. Each team members has to identify trends and patterns for each profile groups with the use of analytics tools such as JMP and QGIS.
 
 
=== Geospatial Analysis ===
 
Using QGIS, for the following:<br>
 
• Commuters behaviours throughout the entire one week.<br>
 
• Map out paths that residents may take from their houses to identified points of interest<br>
 
• Understand the coverage of street lamps to analyse the safety of walking paths at night. Through measuring the radius of coverage and the height of the lamp post, we can understand how the distribution of the lamp post should be placed.<br>
 
  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:36, 15 April 2016

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

DOCUMENTATION

ANALYSIS & FINDINGS

Overview

Review of Previous Work

Data

Methodology

Analyse Commuter Patterns

This analysis aims to identify commuter patterns of each demographic groups - students, adults and elderly - as each group has differing interests and preferences in the places to frequent at. Data used for this methodology involves the ez-link and points of interests (POI) data. Given that the places that each demographic groups frequent at varies due to differing interests and preferences, to include points of interests (POI) in this analysis will be helpful to understand which places attract various groups of people at various periods of the week. With that, our team conclude that POI should be places that serve the primary needs of the people.

Analysing commuter patterns is further segregated to two sub-methods:

1. Identifying common destination points

An initial analysis will be conducted to find out the common destinations that commuters travel to given that each demographic groups will have different needs and hence different places they frequent to. A heatmap of the common points will be visualized using QGIS. Areas with a darker intensity of colour would show the areas where many commuters alight at.

2. Identifying travel patterns

Travel patterns are categorized into four different segments: Island wide, inter town, intra town and most frequently travelled trips, where commuters may travel just within Tampines planning area, or within the east region, or island wide. To do so, we will use QGIS to map out.


Analysis of commuter patterns is split into 4 segments:

Segments Description
Island wide Overall commuting activity for each demographic groups as a whole, regardless of place of origin. This will provide an overview of the commuters’ travelling pattern in Singapore.
Inter town Travelling patterns of the commuters whose trips originate from Tampines planning area and end in the East region i.e Bedok,Paya Lebar, Changi, Pasir Ris
Intra town Travelling patterns of the commuters whose trips originate and end in Tampines planning area i.e Tampines, Simei
Most frequent travelled trips Commuters who made the same trip for at least four times in a week can be categorised as such. The data for each demographic groups are analysed based on weekdays which has most of the activities reflected on

Analyse Multimodal Transportation Patterns

1. Distribution Analysis on Multimode Commuters

In order to analyse multimode commuters, we will join the MRT and Bus dataset together using card number attribute, time attribute and date attribute.

Analyse Transfer Interval

According to Transit Link (Transit Link Pte Ltd, 2016), a transfer can be from: the MRT/LRT to a bus service, a bus service to another bus service, or a bus service to the MRT/LRT

Transfer interval refers to the amount of time taken for the students to transfer from one mode of transportation to another mode of transportation.This is calculated using the difference between Bus entry time and MRT exit time (for MRT→Bus) and MRT entry time and Bus exit time(for Bus →MRT)