Optimization of Dock Distribution in a Bike-Sharing System Considering Travelers’ Multi-Station Choices

Bike-Sharing Systems (BSSs) have become more and more prevalent around the world. The major problem of BSS operation is related to the spatiotemporally-varying usage pattern, which leads to the difficulty of resource allocation. In 2020, a dock-based BBS with lower construction cost was operating in Taiwan, which allow more flexible dock re- distribution/installation based on changes in usage. Thereby, denser stations hotspots/areas can be deployed for more convenient service. Particularly for the situation of no bike to rent at a station, users may be able to walk to a nearby station to access an available bike. This study incorporates such behavioral consideration into the problem of dock adjustment/re-allocation and develop a bi-level optimization model to determine the number of docks at each station for better response to demand variation and enhanced operational efficiency. A case study over a sample network is provided to verify the capability of the proposed model.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.11175/easts.14.1553
• Record URL:
  • https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/easts/14/0/14_1553/_pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Optimization%20of%20Dock%20Distribution%20in%20a%20Bike-Sharing%20System%20Considering%20Travelers%E2%80%99%20Multi-Station%20Choices&author=R.%20CHANG&author=K.%20SAKAI&author=Y.%20HSU&publication_year=2022
• Authors:
  • CHANG, Ruei-Yan
  • SAKAI, Katsuya
  • HSU, Yu-Ting
• Publication Date: 2022

Language

• English
• Japanese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1553-1567
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  • Volume: 14
  • Publisher: Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
  • EISSN: 1881-1124
  • Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/easts/-char/en
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycling; Location; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: Taiwan
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01854572
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
• Created Date: Aug 11 2022 3:44PM