The Topological Analysis of Urban Transit System as a Small-World Network

Abstract

This paper proposes a topological analysis of urban transit system based on a functional representation network constructed from the urban transit system in Beijing. The representation gives a functional view on nodes named a transit line. Statistical measures are computed and introduced in complex network analysis. It shows that the urban transit system forms small-world networks and exhibits properties different from random networks and regular networks. Furthermore, the topological properties of the transit-line network are investigated to get some useful conclusions for public transportation engineering.

Keywords:

• Urban Transit Network
• complex network
• topological analysis
• small-world network