GARAGE LOCATION FOR AN URBAN MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM

This paper discusses a model for the problem of locating garages in an urban mass transit system and the associated assignment of vehicles to garages for background and peak services of transit lines. The objective of this model is to minimize the sum of fixed site-related costs, variable vehicle costs, and crew relief costs. The model is solved by an iterative procedure involving a location interchange heuristic and a network flow-based algorithm. The implementation of the model is discussed through its various stages, from data preparation to the final policy recommendations.

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• Authors:
  • Ball, M
  • Assad, A
  • Bodin, L
  • Golden, B
  • Spielberg, F
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 56-75
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Analysis; Bus garages; City planning; Computer programming; Computer programs; Costs; Garages; Ground settlement; Location; Maintenance facilities; Mathematical models; Network analysis; Operating costs; Transportation; Urban transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387576
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM