Integration of Fixed and Flexible Route Public Transportation Systems, Phase I
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2012-01-01
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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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