OPTIMIZATION OF FIXED ROUTE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

OPTIMALISATIE VAN LIJNGEBONDEN OPENBAAR VERVOER SYSTEMEN

This paper deals with a model which can be used for the design, the planning and the evaluation of an urban public transport system. The model which was developed on the analogy of the Volvo transportation systems model can be subdivided into three parts: (1) concentration of traffic flows (2) design of routes and assignment of service frequencies (3) evaluation and improvement of the public transport system. The spatial distribution pattern of people and working places, several socio-economic data and the road network are the main input data. Operational, financial and users' constraints can also be taken into account. The output of the model consists of a public transport network with routes, frequencies, vehicle use and a fair amount of evaluation criteria. The results of some computations with the model are presented using a test network. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Immers, L H
  • Barkey, P
  • Hamerslag, R
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 735-768
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Fixed routes; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Matrices (Mathematics); Networks; Planning; Public transit; Routing; Scheduling; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Timetables; Traffic flow; Urban areas; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Fixed-route transit
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 255: Economics; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 699: Itinerary; 6494: Matrix; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 1186: Timetable; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380862
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Colloquium 1982
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM