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The lack of coordinated transfers in a public transport network causes passengers to wait longer for their connections. This work proposes a new model to improve transfers in medium to high frequency systems lacking a timetabled operation. We propose a real-time mathematical programming model using a rolling horizon approach for transfer’s coordination. The single control decision in this model consider, using a rolling horizon approach, the holding decision at a transfer station in order to prevent a certain fraction (maybe not all of them) of the transferring passengers from missing a connecting vehicle. The performance of the strategy model is obtained from a stochastic simulation and then compared against a no control strategy. The results show that the proposed strategy reduces waiting times for the transferring passengers in over 20%, while not affecting the travel time distribution along the line. Furthermore, the variability in all performance indicators is reduced when compared to no control.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP010 Transit Management and Performance.

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13-2913

English

14p

2013

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bunching; Mathematical models; Public transit; Transfers; Travel time; Waiting time

Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I70: Traffic and Transport

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-2913

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:36PM