01623323

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2647-02

This paper presents research on a real-time bus-holding control strategy that minimizes passenger waiting time. This bus-holding strategy forces buses to hold at stations for a while after a passenger exchange is finished. A mathematical model is proposed to determine the optimal holding time. Both onboard and on-station passenger waiting times have been taken into account. Given the real-time nature of the problem, a heuristic method based on gradient descent algorithms was developed. The proposed control strategy was evaluated by using data derived from a shuttle bus rapid transit (BRT) line in the city of Mashhad, Iran. The BRT line was simulated and calibrated by available empirical and real-time data from the automatic vehicle location and automatic passenger counting systems. The results indicate that the proposed bus-holding strategy reduces total passenger waiting time by 8.65%.

01624542

17-01281

English

pp 9–16

2017

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309442121

Digital/other

Figures (3) ; References (25) ; Tables (2)

Bus transit operations; Mathematical models; Passengers; Real time control; Waiting time

Holding control strategy

Mashhad (Iran)

Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:24AM

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