Model Passengers’ Travel Time for Conventional Bus Stop
Joint Authors
Source
Journal of Applied Mathematics
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Limited number of berths can result in a subsequent bus stopping at the upstream of a bus stop when all berths are occupied.
When this traffic phenomenon occurs, passengers waiting on the platform usually prefer walking to the stopped bus, which leads to additional walking time before boarding the bus.
Therefore, passengers’ travel time consumed at a bus stop is divided into waiting time, additional walking time, and boarding time.
This paper proposed a mathematical model for analyzing passengers’ travel time at conventional bus stop based on theory of stochastic service system.
Field-measured and simulated data were designated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model.
By analyzing the results, conclusion was conducted that short headway can reduce passengers’ waiting time at bus stop.
Meanwhile, the theoretical analysis explained the inefficiency of bus stops with more than three berths from the perspective of passengers’ additional walking time.
Additional walking time will increase in a large scale when the number of berths at a bus stop exceedsthe threshold of three.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xin, Guangzhao& Wang, Wei. 2014. Model Passengers’ Travel Time for Conventional Bus Stop. Journal of Applied Mathematics،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513819
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xin, Guangzhao& Wang, Wei. Model Passengers’ Travel Time for Conventional Bus Stop. Journal of Applied Mathematics No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513819
American Medical Association (AMA)
Xin, Guangzhao& Wang, Wei. Model Passengers’ Travel Time for Conventional Bus Stop. Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513819
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-513819