A Departure Time Choice for Morning Commute Considering Train Capacity of a Rail Transit Line

Every commuter utilizing urban rail transit decides the departure time from home to a station according to individual judgment for the biggest possibility to board a train as soon as possible after the arrival. Therefore, the departure time choice behavior of the commuters is complicated especially when the transport capacity of this transit line cannot meet the travel demands of its users in rush hour. This research first develops a travel cost function mainly considering the travel time to rationally describe the volume distribution of the commuters arriving at a station at different time periods. Furthermore, an optimization model is accordingly proposed to rationalize the arrival distribution of the commuters on the basis of the amount of the arrived commuters who are able to board a train from the perspective of the systematic operation of a rail transit line for the minimal total travel cost of all the commuters along this line. It is found that the total travel cost can be reduced by 19.0% at most through the arrival distribution rationalization with the optimization model.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/582703
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/16878132
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Jia Feng et al.
• Authors:
  • Feng, Jia
  • Mao, Baohua
  • Chen, Zhijie
  • Bai, Yun
  • Li, Minggao
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Serial:
  • Advances in Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 2013
  • Issue Number: Article ID 582703
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1687-8132
  • EISSN: 1687-8140
  • Serial URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ade
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Choice models; Commuters; Departure time; Passenger volume; Peak periods; Rail transit; Value of time
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501201
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 2013 4:30PM