Incremental bus service design: combining limited-stop and local bus services
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Author(s)
Chiraphadhanakul, Virot
Barnhart, Cynthia
Date Issued
July 2013
Journal
Public Transport
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Citation
Chiraphadhanakul, Virot, and Cynthia Barnhart. “Incremental Bus Service Design: Combining Limited-Stop and Local Bus Services.” Public Transp 5, no. 1–2 (July 6, 2013): 53–78.
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Abstract
Long in-vehicle travel times resulting from frequent stops make bus service an unattractive choice for many commuters. Limited-stop bus services however have the advantage of shorter in-vehicle times experienced by passengers. In this work, we seek to modify a given bus service by optimally reassigning some number of bus trips, as opposed to providing additional trips, to operate a limited-stop service. We propose an optimization model to determine a limited-stop service route to be operated in parallel with the local service and its associated frequency to maximize total user welfare. A few theoretical properties of the model are established and used to develop a solution approach. As a proof of concept, we present numerical results obtained using real-world data together with comprehensive discussions of solution quality, computational times and the model’s sensitivity to different parameters. Finally, we solve the optimization model for 178 real-world bus routes with different characteristics in order to demonstrate the impacts of some key attributes on potential benefits of limited-stop services.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-013-0067-7
