1. New Jersey’s Rail Network
Analysis of Train Trips in New Jersey and the finding’s implication on NJ Transit By
Julia Phillips
Hill Wyrough

2. Creating a Network Assign every station a unique node in the network
Create predecessor nodes aligned to NJ Transit
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3. Assigning Pixels to Closet Train Station
Each pixel was assigned a closet train station, a closest train station that served NYC, and a closest train station that served PHL
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4. Assigning Pixels to Closet Train Station
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5. Results of Train Trip Synthesis
1,450,968 train trips in New Jersey Daily coming to and from 155 stations
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6. Station Volume Geo-Distribution
Height is proportional to volume
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7. Train Trips
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8. The Top 10 Stations By Volume
The top 10 stations make up 60.5% of the total volume
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10. Train Passenger Flow Maps
All Train Trips of New Jersey
Heading 1: Originating in NYC and PHL
Heading 2: Terminating in NYC and PHL
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11. Train Passenger Flow Maps
All Train Trips Flowing Out of NYC
Zoomed Out
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12. Train Passenger Flow Maps
All Train Trips of New Jersey After 12PM
Heading 1: Originating in NYC and PHL
Heading 2: Terminating in NYC and PHL
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13. Mercer County
All Train Trips Originating in Mercer
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14. Mercer County
Cumulative Distribution of Trip Miles as a Function of Time
Time
Trip Miles
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15. Implications for NJ Transit
Current daily NJ transit ridership is approximately 60% of our proposed NJ transit ridership as of FY2012
NJ Transit would have to significantly increase frequency of trains leaving NY Penn station
We propose trains leaving at 15 minute intervals all day
Even during current peak hours, this is a significant increase
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16. Short Trips – Walk and Interpixel
# of Short Trips – 2,463,490
Average Length – miles
Scale = 1,000,000
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