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The method of adjusting a bus line includes adding a bus line, deleting a bus line, shortening a bus line, lengthening a bus line and re-locating some stops of the bus line. It is important to pre-evaluate the adjusting scheme before this scheme is implemented in order to generate as little impact on the passengers using public transit. In this paper, a decision-making process is presented for pre-evaluating the scheme of adjusting a bus line using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) method. The hierarchy structure models for deleting a bus line and shortening a bus line are presented, including the goal hierarchy, the criteria hierarchy, and the indices hierarchy, which can capture main aspects of concerns in the bus lines adjusting process. The FCE procedure is developed for verifying whether or not the adjusting scheme is rational for implementation. Delphi method is used to find the priority weights. The triangular fuzzy numbers are selected to calculate the fuzzy membership function value for evaluation indices. Two case studies about deleting a bus line and shortening a bus line in Beijing are provided to illustrate the proposed method. It is concluded that the proposed method can be used as a practical tool to make a better decision for adjusting a bus line.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Bus Transit Systems

01362476

12-1410

English

14p

2012

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bus lines; Bus routes; Case studies; Delphi method; Fuzzy sets; Multiple criteria decision making; Network analysis (Planning)

Beijing (China)

Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-1410

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2012 5:02PM