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  • Transportation Engineering
  • Network Analysis
  • Urban Planning

Background:

  • Evaluating transit network safety during planning is crucial.
  • Network analysis offers a method to study public transportation systems by representing them as graphs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between network-based transit indicators and safety.
  • To develop macro-level collision prediction models incorporating transit network properties.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized generalized linear regression with a negative binomial error structure.
  • Developed macro-level (zonal) collision prediction models.
  • Grouped models into themes: infrastructure, topology, route design, and operations.

Main Results:

  • Transit network properties such as connectivity, coverage, and overlapping degree were significantly associated with collision rates.
  • The Local Index of Transit Availability showed a significant relationship with safety.
  • Transit infrastructure and operational factors like route frequency, bus density, and priority lanes also correlated with collisions.

Conclusions:

  • Transit network characteristics are significant predictors of safety.
  • Network analysis provides valuable insights for improving transit safety at the planning stage.