Optimal Bus Lane Infrastructure Design

The study referred to in this paper focused on the problem of bus lane infrastructure design in a given road network. The main goal was to seek optimal planning (bus lane infrastructure layout) and operational strategies (such as bus frequency) in an integrated manner. The decision process involved three parties: the infrastructure planner who designed bus lane infrastructure from a public perspective, transit enterprises that operated buses on the given infrastructure from a business perspective, and travelers who determined their own routes from an individual perspective. The problem was formulated as a trilevel mathematical program, with each level corresponding to one party in the system. A heuristic solution algorithm combining a genetic algorithm and simulated annealing was developed to solve the proposed model efficiently. A case study based on a real-world road network in Beijing was implemented to test the efficiency and applicability of the proposed modeling and computing methods.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2467-01
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Sun, Xu
  • Lu, Huapu
  • Fan, Yueyue
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1–11
• Monograph Title: Network Modeling 2014, Volume 2
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2467
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus transit operations; Case studies; Design; Genetic algorithms; Infrastructure; Optimization; Simulated annealing
• Geographic Terms: Beijing (China)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520028
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295611
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-3119
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:13AM