From zonal flows to individual journeys

In one sentence

This makes it possible to inspect how a corridor and its feeder network actually work.

Why it matters

A strategic model sees zones, flows between zones and access to transit through connectors — one static picture per period of the day. An agent-based simulation unpacks the same zone into people who walk to actual stops, wait, board a specific vehicle and transfer at the hub, in continuous time.

Agent-based simulation is usually explained with equations or with a screenshot of a running model. Neither shows why a planner should care. These explainers show the mechanism itself — one person, one day, one score — so that the results on a dashboard stop being a black box.

Sources

• Schematic illustration; values are illustrative

What you see

1. 00.0Zones and flows
2. 03.0One static picture per period
3. 07.5The same zone as people
4. 12.0Buses, waiting, transfers in continuous time
5. 19.0Takeaway

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