01453652

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2277-10

http://scholar.google.com...glio&publication_year=2012

This paper evaluates the effects of including transfers between service zones on overall service performance in a paratransit system. Transfers were included to improve the operational efficiency of a system when maintenance of a desirable zoning structure was obligatory. This proposed innovative service design was compared with more traditional cases of no transfer zoning and no zoning. A set of instances was generated from demand data obtained from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, and evaluated through simulation analyses. The results demonstrated that under a zoning structure, this transfer design (in comparison with a nontransfer design) provided noticeable improvements in efficiency measures and better passenger trips per vehicle revenue hour while maintaining a minimum customer service standard; however, the overall performance of the no-zoning strategy used by the Houston, Texas, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County performed the best, on average.

01453431

12-4082

English

pp 82-89

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223317

Print

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Customer service; Paratransit services; Transfers; Zoning

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

No-zone

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 13 2012 9:26AM

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