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Reducing energy consumption has become an increasingly important concern of transit planners and managers in recent years. Energy consumption may be reduced by improved scheduling of vehicles, reduced deadheading, and laying out more efficient routes. This paper investigates several ways of redesigning an existing transit service to reduce its energy requirements without reducing service quality substantially. Bellevue, a suburban area within King County, Washington, is used as the study area in this investigation. A 13-route existing transit service in Bellevue is simulated and then redesigned to reduce its energy requirements while still providing a comparable level of service. The generation and evaluation of seven alternate designs was accomplished with an interactive graphic computer program called the Transit Network Optimization Program. Results from the "best" design indicate that the energy requirements of the existing system could be reduced by about 56 percent without a substantial reduction of the level and quality of service in the study area.

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Bus routes; Computer programs; Cost control; Energy conservation; Optimization; Routing; Scheduling; Travel patterns

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Washington (State)

Administration and Management; Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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