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Characterizing metro networks: state, form, and structure

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  • Sybil Derrible

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  • Christopher Kennedy

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    Article provided by Springer in its journal Transportation.

    Volume (Year): 37 (2010)
    Issue (Month): 2 (March)
    Pages: 275-297

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    Handle: RePEc:kap:transp:v:37:y:2010:i:2:p:275-297
    DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9227-7
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    Keywords: Network design; Transit planning; Graph theory; Accessibility; Connectivity; Directness;

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    1. Ranko Bon, 1979. "Allometry in topologic structure of transportation networks," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 307-326, August.
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    Cited by:

    1. Derrible, Sybil & Kennedy, Christopher, 2010. "The complexity and robustness of metro networks," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 389(17), pages 3678-3691.
    2. Sun, Huijun & Wu, Jianjun & Wu, Lijuan & Yan, Xiaoyong & Gao, Ziyou, 2016. "Estimating the influence of common disruptions on urban rail transit networks," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 62-75.
    3. Dimitrov, Stavri Dimitri & Ceder, Avishai (Avi), 2016. "A method of examining the structure and topological properties of public-transport networks," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 451(C), pages 373-387.
    4. Parthasarathi, Pavithra, 2014. "Network structure and metropolitan mobility," The Journal of Transport and Land Use, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, vol. 7(2), pages 153-168.
    5. Fielbaum, Andrés & Jara-Diaz, Sergio & Gschwender, Antonio, 2016. "Optimal public transport networks for a general urban structure," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 298-313.
    6. Cats, Oded & Jenelius, Erik, 2015. "Planning for the unexpected: The value of reserve capacity for public transport network robustness," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 47-61.
    7. Sun, Daniel (Jian) & Guan, Shituo, 2016. "Measuring vulnerability of urban metro network from line operation perspective," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 348-359.
    8. David Levinson, 2011. "Network Structure and City Size," Working Papers 000094, University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group.
    9. Laporte, G. & Mesa, J.A. & Ortega, F.A. & Perea, F., 2011. "Planning rapid transit networks," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 45(3), pages 95-104, September.

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