Transit 2013, Volume 3

This issue contains 17 papers concerned with transit. Specific topics addressed include: operations of a taxi fleet for advance reservations using electric vehicles and charging stations; implementation costs of electric vehicle energy replenishment technologies for public transit bus systems; improving rail station access with feeder bus network optimization and mode shifts; bus signal priority in mixed-mode operations; road safety benefits from bus priority; bus rapid transit facilities for constrained urban arterials; the standardization of bus transit automatic vehicle location data; and measurement of bus stop dwell time and time lost serving stops. Additional topics addressed in this issue include: a transit assignment model incorporating bus dwell time; optimal location of bus stops; a dynamic holding strategy to prevent buses from bunching; public transport time-tabling; the impact of concessionary bus travel on the well-being of older and disabled people; dial-a-ride services; comparison of fixed-route and demand-responsive feeder transit systems; general-public demand-responsive transit; and demand estimation of Americans with Disabilities Act paratransit services.

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• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 162p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2352
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Bus stops; Electric vehicles; Feeder buses; Multimodal transportation; Paratransit services; Public transit; Scheduling; Timetables; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit assignment
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01521591
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309294898
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 4 2014 9:21AM