ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE PARTY VEHICLE OCCUPANCY IN AN AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY SYSTEM
Many proposed new urban transit systems offer demand-actuated service between stations, vehicles being shared by several passengers. An analysis has been made of the operation of multiple-party occupancy systems in which the guideway network consists of a single loop or of several interconnecting loops. Vehicles circulate freely around the loop or loops of the network. A vehicle enters a station only if it has passengers to discharge or the station has passengers waiting for service and the vehicle can accommodate them. Vehicles placed in storage at each station may be used whenever serious queuing of waiting passengers develops. A means for replenishing storages and a procedure for limiting the number of intermediate stops experienced by a passenger are described.
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Corporate Authors:
Johns Hopkins University, Laurel
Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD United States 20723-6099Urban Mass Transportation Administration
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- WILLIAMS, M B
- Ford, B M
- Waddell, M C
- Publication Date: 1976-3
Media Info
- Pagination: 93 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Demand; Highway traffic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Mathematical models; Networks; Passenger service; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Scheduling; Simulation; Systems analysis; Systems engineering; Urban transportation
- Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Operating strategies
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00133318
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: APLJHU-CP-042TPR-032, UMTA-MD-06-0018-76-1
- Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-30010
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM