SHORT TURNING ON TRANSIT ROUTES

It is common to have certain trips short turn--begin or end partway along the route rather than at the route terminus)--in recognition of the characteristic drop in passenger volume at the end of a transit route. Because many passenger demands can be met by a trip following either a full-length or short-turn pattern, schedule coordination between the patterns is essential. Possible schedule coordination modes are described. Algorithms are presented for finding the schedule offset between the patterns that will balance loads and minimize overall cost. It is shown that even when overall capacity exceeds volume on every link, there may still be no schedule for which the trips of one or more patterns are not systematically overcrowded.

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• Authors:
  • Furth, Peter G
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 42-52
• Monograph Title: Urban public transportation: planning and service operation issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1108
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Passenger volume; Routes; Scheduling
• Old TRIS Terms: Short turning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475229
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309044561
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1987 12:00AM