Study on the Impact of Traffic Demand on the Timing of Rail Transit Construction

This paper is directed at the development of the rail transit system and the mismatch between rail traffic facilities and real passenger flow volume, resulting in a waste in resources or rail traffic facilities operating over capacity. This paper introduces the importance of timing of rail transit construction, and focuses on analyzing the size and distribution of traffic demand characteristics of rail transit, and as well as the impact on the timing of rail transit construction. Finally, this essay analyzes and filtrates the indicators of traffic demand applying both quantitative and qualitative methods based on AHP. This thesis is the theoretical basis for further study of the timing of rail transit construction.