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A simulation model was developed to investigate proper choice of the spare ratio to maintain a desirable level of service dependability. The objective of the model was to study the effects of the time between bus breakdowns and the time to repair broken buses, as well as other characteristics of the system, on the value of the spare ratio and the overall performance of the transit system. The model was successfully validated and used to simulate and study the bus operations of an existing transit system. The model can be adapted to simulate the operations of different bus transit systems.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1221, Research in Bus and Rail Transit Operations.

p. 77-87

1989

Transportation Research Record

0-309-04816-8

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Bus transit; Level of service; Mechanical failure; Performance; Public transit; Ratios; Repairing; Simulation; Time; Transit vehicle operations

Repairs; Spare ratio

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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• CRITICAL FACTORS IN PLANNING MULTIMODAL PASSENGER TERMINALS
• DRIVEN, ATTENDED, AND FULLY AUTOMATED TRANSIT: QUALITATIVE COMPARISON
• IMPACT ON TRANSIT PATRONAGE OF CESSATION OR INAUGURATION OF RAIL SERVICE
• NEW YORK CITY'S UNFRANCHISED BUSES: CASE STUDY IN DEREGULATION
• OPTIMAL DESIGN OF TRANSIT SHORT-TURN TRIPS
• PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN SPONSORING SUNDAY BUS SERVICE
• STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF SPARE RATIO IN TRANSIT ROLLING STOCK
• USE OF PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS IN ESTIMATING LRT OPERATING COSTS
• USE OF TRAVELERS' ATTITUDES IN RAIL SERVICE DESIGN