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Bi-Level Optimization Model for Public Transportation Network Redesign Problem: Accounting for Equity Issues

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01334212

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Abstract:

Spatial equity is an extremely important issue in both design of a new and redesign of an existing transit (and highway) network because it is concerned with the benefit distribution among transit (and highway) network users. This paper presents a bi-level optimization model—in which the spatial equity issue is explicitly considered for the first time—for solving the public transportation network redesign problem (PTNRP). The goal of the upper-level subprogram is to minimize total cost, including user cost, operator cost, and unsatisfied demand cost, for the studied bus transit network, subject to a variety of resource- and policy-related constraints. The lower-level subprogram is a user self-routing optimization problem in which all transit users try to find the transit route to minimize their own travel cost (or time) and number of transfers in the network. Then, a procedure for a genetic algorithm–based solution is developed to solve this PTNRP bi-level optimization model. Network experiments are conducted, and numerical results are described. Future research directions are also given.

Monograph Title:

Network Modeling 2011

Monograph Accession #:

01365004

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-0050

Language:

English

Authors:

Fan, Wei
Machemehl, Randy B

Pagination:

pp 151-162

Publication Date:

2011

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2263
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309223034

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (40)

Subject Areas:

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

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TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:18PM

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