Analysis of spatiotemporal characteristics for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei intercity travel based on mobile phone signaling data
CHEN Lifeng
SHANG Jing
LIU Tingting
YAN Xuedong
HE Qing
Abstract：To study the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of intercity travel within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration,mobile phone signaling data are used to extract user Origin-Destination(OD)data for intercity travel.Firstly,the temporal characteristics of intercity travel within Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are analyzed.Secondly,the spatial distribution of travel peak hours is ex-plored.Lastly,the transportation connectivity characteristics between cities are examined,taking dis-tricts and counties as units of analysis.The results show that intercity travel within Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region exhibits a distinct weekly pattern.Intercity travel volumes are lower from Monday to Thursday,but witness a pronounced upswing from Friday to Sunday.Furthermore,on non-working days,the morning rush hour is delayed by 1 h compared to working days.The strength of intercity travel connections highlights the emergence of two distinct transportation corridors between Beijing and Langfang.The structure of intercity travel revolves around provincial capital cities and economi-cally developed urban areas,with other cities situated on the periphery.The findings of this paper pro-vide valuable insights for assessing the level of regional integration and offer guidance for the planning and construction of transportation systems within urban agglomerations.
Keywords：intercity travelmobile phone signaling dataspatiotemporal characteristicstravel net-work characteristicsurban agglomeration
Publication Date：2023-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 162-168 )