Integration of Fixed and Flexible Route Public Transportation Systems, Phase I

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• Creators:
  Schonfeld, Paul M. ; Kim, Myungseob Edward ; Cheong, Seonyeong
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Bus transit
  • Routes
  • Bus routes Public Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMD-2009-03
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maryland
• Edition:
  Final.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  To provide efficient public transportation services in areas with high demand variability over time, it may be desirable ; to switch vehicles between conventional services (with fixed routes and schedules) during peak periods and flexible ; route service during low demand periods. We call this possibility a variable-type service. In this research project we ; compare conventional, flexible and variable-type service alternatives optimized for various conditions in order to ; explore when variable-type bus services might be preferable to pure ones. The optimization models used for purely ; conventional or flexible services are adapted from previous studies. These models are integrated into a new model ; for optimizing variable-type bus services. The results of sensitivity analyses show how the demand variability over ; time and other factors affect the relative effectiveness of conventional, flexible and variable-type bus services. ; Additional details on the problem and its formulation, solution methods, and obtained results, are provided in the ; following report, which is being published as a technical paper by Myungseob Kim and Paul Schonfeld, entitled ; “Conventional, Flexible and Variable-Type Bus Services”, in the Journal of Transportation Engineering of the ; American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 138, Number 3, March 2012, Pages 263-273.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT07-G-0003
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24979/dot_24979_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 451.44 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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