QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYNCHRONOUS VERSUS QUASI-SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK OPERATIONS OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEMS

This paper investigates the performance of the synchronous and quasi-synchronous network control policies proposed for modern automated transit systems. Performance is analyzed from the user point-of-view in terms of the expected travel time delay associated with each policy. Using an idealization of the network layout and uniform demand for service, analytic expressions for the expected delay are derived for each policy in terms of fundamental parameters (line spacing, trip rate, trip length distribution, maneuver region). Comparisons of the performance of each policy are presented in parametric form. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Kornhauser, A L
  • McEvaddy, P
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 241-248
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Control; Demand; Networks; Policy; Quantitative analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125772
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1981 12:00AM