PEAK HOUR RIDERSHIP MODELING OF LRT LINE 1 STATIONS
RAYMOND GUADALUPE MONTES 2005-13961
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCTOBER 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Acceptance Sheet ii
About the Author iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables viii
List of Figures ix
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.2 Significance of the Study 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study 4
1.4 Scope and Limitations of the Study 4
1.5 Date and Place of the Study 5
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 6
2.1 Light Railway 6
2.2 Railway Stations 7
2.3 Degrees of Stations of integration 7
2.4 Ridership 8
2.5 Transportation Planning 10
2.6 Data Collection 11
2.7 Trip Generation 12
2.8 Tolerable Walking Distance 12
2.9 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis 13
2.10 Correlation Analysis 16
2.11 Linear Regression in Microsoft Excel 16
3. STUDY METHODOLOGY 18
4. OBSERVATIONS 20
4.1 Description of LRT line 1 Stations 20
4.2 Ridership of LRT 1 34
4.3 Roads and Schools along LRT 1 35
5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 37
5.1 Ridership of LRT 1 37
5.1.1 Hourly ridership at Each Station 37
5.1.2 Ridership at Each Station During Peak Hours 39 5.1.3 Total Monthly Ridership at Each Station 40
5.2 Factors Affecting Ridership 41
5.3 Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis 43
6. CONCLUSIONS 46
7. RECOMMENDATIONS 48
REFERENCES 49
APPENDICES 51 Appendix A. Elevation View of Stations of LRT 1 51 Appendix B. Summary of Ridership Obtained from the Office of LRTA 60
Appendix C. Graphs of Ridership of LRT 1 65
LIST OF TABLES
Title Page No.
Table 2-1 Acceptable Walking Distance 13
Table 2-2 Table 4-1 Table 4-2
Spreadsheet Input Table for Regression Analysis Summary of Major Roads that Intersects LRT line 1 Summary of Number of Schools Proximity to Each Station
16 35 36 Table 5-1 Summary of Peak Ridership, Number of Lanes, and
Number of Schools at Each Station
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Table 5-2 Table 5-3
Table 5-4
Table 5-5a
Correlation Matrix of Peak Ridership vs. Number of Lanes Correlation Matrix of Peak Ridership vs. Number of Schools
Correlation Matrix of Number of Schools vs. Number of Lanes
Results of Linear Regression from Microsoft Excel, Regression Statistics
43 43
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Table 5-5b Results of Linear Regression Analysis from Microsoft Excel, Significance
44
Table 5-6a
Table 5-6b
Results of Multiple Linear Regression Analysis from Microsoft Excel, Regression Statistics
Results of Multiple Linear Regression Analysis from Microsoft Excel, Significance
45
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LIST OF FIGURES
Title Page No.
Figure 1-1 Existing Lines and Proposed Lines of LRT 2 Figure 1-2 Route Map of LRT Line 1, Line 2, MRT 3, and North
Extension
3
Figure 1-3 Location of LRT 1 5
Figure 2-1 Figure 2-2 Figure 3-1
Basic Steps in Transportation Planning Regression Input Dialog Box
Methodology
11 17 19 Figure 4-1 Station facilities as Observed from the Baclaran Station 21 Figure 4-2 Station Facilities Observed from the EDSA Station 22 Figure 4-3 Station Facilities Observed from Libertad Station 23 Figure 4-4 Station Facilities Observed from Gil Puyat Station 24 Figure 4-5 Station Facilities Observed from Vito Cruz Station 25 Figure 4-6 North and South Bound platform of Quirino Station 25 Figure 4-7 Station Facilities Observed from Pedro Gil Station 26 Figure 4-8 Station Facilities Observed from United Nations Station 27 Figure 4-9 Station Facilities Observed from Central Terminal Station 28 Figure 4-10 North Bound Platform of the Carriedo Station 28 Figure 4-11 Station Facilities Observed from D. Jose Station 29 Figure 4-12 Station Facilities Observed from Bambang Station 30 Figure 4-13 Station Facilities Observed from Tayuman Station 30 Figure 4-14 Station Facilities Observed from Blumentritt Station 31 Figure 4-15 Station Facilities Observed from Abad Santos Station 32 Figure 4-16 Station Facilities Observed from R. Papa Station 32 Figure 4-17 Station Facilities Observed 5th Avenue Station 33 Figure 4-18 Station Facilities Observed from Monumento Station 34
Figure 4-19 Turnstiles at EDSA Station 34
Figure 4-20 Elevation View of Carriedo Station 36
Figure 5-1 Samples of Graphs of Hourly Ridership of Stations 38
Figure 5-2 Single and Double-Peak Hour Graphs of Hourly Ridership of Stations
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Figure 5-3 Graph of Highest Ridership at Each Station 40 Figure 5-4 Graph of Total Ridership for the Months of May and July 41
