THE FEEDER-BUS NETWORK-DESIGN PROBLEM

The potential for improving the cost-effectiveness of public transport operations by designing better integrated feeder-bus/rail rapid transit systems has been widely recognized. This paper defines the feeder-bus network-design problem (fbndp) as that of designing a feeder-bus network to access an existing rail system. The fbndp is considered under two different demand patterns, many-to-one (m-to-1) and many-to-many (m-to-m). We present a mathematical programming model for the m-to-1 fbndp, and show that it can be generalized to the m-to-m fbndp. The fbndp is a large and difficult vehicle-routeing-type problem with an additional decision variable -operating frequency. A heuristic model is presented, which generalizes the 'savings approach' to incorporate operating frequency. The computational analysis shows that the proposed heuristic provides reasonable feeder-bus networks and consistent responses to 'what if' questions. A comparison indicates that the proposed heuristic provides solutions that are superior to manually designed networks. The advantages of this heuristic are particularly significant under variable demand.(a)

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• Authors:
  • Kuah, Geok Koon
  • Perl, J
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 751-767
• Serial:
  • Operational Research Society, Journal
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0160-5682

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Economic efficiency; Feeder services; Improvements; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Networks; Planning; Public transit; Rapid transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Transportation networks
• ITRD Terms: 237: Economic efficiency; 5911: Efficiency; 1156: Feeder transport; 9108: Improvement; 699: Itinerary; 6473: Mathematical model; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 1181: Rapid transit system
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498595
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM