Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion
Joint Authors
García Albarracín, Andrés Felipe
Jaramillo-Ramírez, Daniel
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-07-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Limited-Stop (LS) bus services have recently proved to be essential for improving user welfare and reducing operators’ costs in many cities.
The design of LS services has been mainly focused on increasing fleet efficiency and reducing the passengers’ travel time.
In this work, we change the focus of LS service design towards the user’s comfort.
Given a fixed-size fleet (fixed costs) and a fixed demand on a very high-frequency bus corridor, we propose an algorithm to minimize the peak load profile, combining the usual All-Stop (AS) and one additional LS service, finding the set of stops for the LS service and the fleet split.
The strategy is proved in a set of statistically generated corridors, showing average capacity reductions > 20% at a cost of a marginal travel time increase.
Analyzing the peak value in the load profile of all simulated corridors, the number of cases where the majority of users would find a seat on the bus increases from 15% to 53%, making the services much more attractive without increasing the costs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
García Albarracín, Andrés Felipe& Jaramillo-Ramírez, Daniel. 2019. Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169964
Modern Language Association (MLA)
García Albarracín, Andrés Felipe& Jaramillo-Ramírez, Daniel. Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169964
American Medical Association (AMA)
García Albarracín, Andrés Felipe& Jaramillo-Ramírez, Daniel. Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169964
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1169964