NOTES ON THE THEORETICAL DYNAMICS OF INTERMITTENT PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This review paper examines the state of the art on the dynamics of vehicle pairing on bus, rapid-transit and elevator systems. Through examination of the limitations of analytic models of pairing, a description is developed of the dynamic interactions that produce vehicle pairing. Empirical evidence is presented to suggest that variability in vehicle journey time is a contributory factor. An evaluation of the consequences of pairing for passengers concludes that experiments investigating regulation of pairing should not only monitor passenger waiting times, but also measure passenger journey times and the degree of interdependence between these trip time components. (Author/TRRL)

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Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Headington Hill Hall
Oxford OX30BW,
Authors:
- Boyd, C W
Publication Date: 1983-9

Media Info

Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: p. 347-354
Serial:
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
- Volume: 17A
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0965-8564
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Buses; Dispatching; Dynamics; Mathematical models; Public transit; Scheduling; State of the art reports; Theory; Traffic delays; Travel time; Trip length; Variables; Vehicles; Waiting time
Uncontrolled Terms: Trip time; Two
ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 5473: Dynamics; 697: Journey time; 6473: Mathematical model; 744: Public transport; 8588: State of the art report; 9078: Theory; 9082: Two; 9086: Variability; 1255: Vehicle; 9100: Waiting time
Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00382718
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
Files: ITRD, TRIS
Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM