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    • Urban planning and transportation science.
    • Information visualization and human-computer interaction.

    Background:

    • Public transportation systems (PTSs) are vital for urban mobility but complex to visualize.
    • Existing network visualizations often overlook crucial mobility factors like travel and waiting times.
    • Analyzing passenger movement patterns in PTSs requires advanced visualization techniques.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate novel visualization methods for exploring passenger mobility in public transportation systems.
    • To address the limitations of current techniques by incorporating temporal and spatial mobility factors.
    • To support transportation researchers with analytical tasks for better urban transit understanding.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed an integrated visualization solution with three modules: isochrone map, isotime flow map, and OD-pair journey view.
    • Designed an 'isotime flow map' to visualize temporal dynamics along a linearized time axis.
    • Incorporated interactive visual query methods for dynamic exploration of mobility.
    • Constructed a PTS mobility model using millions of real passenger trajectories.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed visualization modules effectively display geographical, temporal, and route-specific mobility information.
    • The isotime flow map provides clear visualization of mobility patterns over time.
    • Interactive queries enable intuitive exploration of PTS dynamics.
    • Case studies validated the utility of the techniques with transportation researchers.

    Conclusions:

    • The integrated visualization system offers a powerful approach to understanding complex passenger mobility in PTSs.
    • The developed methods enhance the analysis of travel time, transfer efficiency, and overall urban transit performance.
    • This work provides valuable tools for urban planners and transportation researchers to optimize public transit systems.