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Analyzing the Effects of the Rolling Blackouts on Railway Service in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The effects of the rolling blackouts conducted after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, on railway service in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (TMA) were analyzed in terms of passengers' generalized traveling costs. We employed the hyperpath-based route assignment model proposed by Spiess and Florian (1989) to compute the costs. Applications to the TMA's rail network indicated that the effects of the rolling blackouts varied across the areas and days. In particular, passengers from inland areas would have had larger disadvantages while passengers from seaside areas would have received less impact.

Source: Journal of JSCE

DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.1.1_479

Authors: Daisuke FUKUDA, Ryosuke FUJITA, Hideki YAGINUMA

Institutions: Tokyo Institute of Technology, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science