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Title:

Assigning Vehicles Types to a Bus Transit Network

Accession Number:

01129440

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

In this paper a problem of vehicle type assignment and frequency optimization is proposed. To make the best of this choice a problem is put forward and solved which minimizes the total social cost involved in the systems' operation, made up of both company and user costs. The model solves the problem put forward by mixing optimization and simulation, and considers the link between supply and demand. Consistency is obtained between equilibrium flows, bus frequencies and most favourable bus size on each route, as calculated at each iteration of the solution algorithm. This model can be considered as a model for assigning bus types to different routes. The results of the model are shown in the conclusions where recommendations are also made about which types of buses are best for covering different levels of demand and route frequencies.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-1305

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

dell'Olio, Luigi
Ibeas, Angel
Di­az, Francisco Ruisanchez

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (23) ; Tables (2)

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-1305

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 5:32PM