A Simplified Method for Performance Evaluation of Public Transit Under Reneging Behavior of Passengers
This paper develops a model based on the Markov Chain technique to evaluate performance of a public transport route. The model addresses a special situation where a passenger left behind by a bus leaves the system without any further waiting to make an alternative travel arrangement. Such reneging behavior is indicative of an infinite penalty associated with further waiting from a passenger viewpoint. Apart from the theoretical derivations for the various attributes of interest, numerical examples to analyze the system performance (such as expected number of passengers served, expected number of abandoned passengers, and expected amount of unused space on the transit system) are presented. This provides insights for optimum selection of fleet size and size of vehicles.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of the Transportation Research Forum.
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Authors:
- Islam, Md Kamrul
- Vandebona, Upali
- Dixit, Vinayak
- Sharma, Ashish
- Publication Date: 2015
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 23-42
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Serial:
- Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
- Volume: 54
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
- ISSN: 1046-1469
- Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
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Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus stops; Bus travel; Fixed routes; Fleet management; Markov chains; Passenger counting; Performance evaluations; Quality of service; Transit vehicle operations; Travel behavior; Vehicle size; Waiting time
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01735625
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 2 2020 9:43AM