User-Centered Evaluation of Public Transit Route Recommendations

Evaluating whether public transit route recommendations provide practically useful choices for users.

2026.03 – 2028.02
NAVERRoute Recommendation Public Transit User-Centered Evaluation Mobility Data
Public TransitRoute Recommendation Evaluation

Motivation

  • In public transit route recommendation, it is important not only to suggest fast routes, but also to provide useful alternatives that users can realistically choose from.
  • Users consider multiple factors, such as travel time, transfer burden, fare, and walking distance.
  • Therefore, this project aims to evaluate whether recommended route lists are reasonable and practical from the user’s perspective.

Methodology

  • Analyze the characteristics of recommended transit routes using mobility data.
  • Consider multiple route-related factors, including time, cost, and travel burden.
  • Evaluate whether the recommendation list provides practically meaningful choices for users.
  • Design interpretable evaluation criteria with potential applicability to real-world services.

Contribution

  • Organize user-centered criteria for evaluating public transit route recommendations.
  • Design an evaluation framework for quantitatively analyzing recommendation quality.
  • Provide foundational analysis that can support future discussions on improving real-world mobility services.
Monitoring framework integrating domain knowledge
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