A SET COVERING APPROACH TO BUS STOP LOCATION

This paper considers the problem of locating bus stops in the context of a set covering problem. Zero-one integer programming models are suggested for use in the location of bus stops on new routes and for use in the location of express bus stops on current routes. The models may be used to locate the minimum number of (express) bus stops required to ensure that no passenger need walk more than a specified distance to reach an (express) bus stop. A modified version of the model is presented which enables the router to locate a specified number of (express) bus stops in such a manner that the total distance walked by all boarders is minimized. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Gleason, J M
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 605-608
• Serial:
  • Omega
  • Volume: 3 N
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Buses; Computer programming; Emergency vehicles; Express buses; Location; Mathematical models; Minimization; Passengers; Public transit; Rapid transit; Routes; Urban transportation; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Minimum; Models; Position; Programming
• Old TRIS Terms: Public service vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 9061: Location; 6473: Mathematical model; 9046: Minimum; 1181: Rapid transit system; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1981 12:00AM