THE BUSTAXI, A SYSTEM FOR DEMAND ACTUATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT

DE BUSTAXI, EEN SYSTEEM VOOR OPROEPGESTUURD OPENBAAR VERVOER

The bustaxi is a demand actuated public transportation system, using a small computer for system control. An algorithm allots the demands for transportation in a way that total discomfort (the sum of waiting time and detour time for all passengers together) is minimized. An incoming demand is provisionally allotted to a bustaxi, whose provisional route may be changed. Because of this, an earlier allotment can be reassigned to another bustaxi. The allotment is finalized at the moment that the relevant route instruction is given to the bustaxi. Limitation of waiting time and detour time for the individual customer is not achieved, as is usual, by the use of fixed upper limits (hard constraints), but by the introduction of soft constraints, based on a disutility function (cost function), non-linear, depending on waiting time, detour time and if desired also on other parameters such as origin and destination of the demand. The practical character of the system is emphasized by the use of the street network and the demand distribution of an existing city.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Breur, NWKA
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 230-234
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Computers; Costs; Demand responsive transportation; Detours; Digital computers; Fixed routes; Origin and destination; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Taxicabs; Traffic delays; Travel time; Trip length; Waiting time
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 9010: Delay; 8673: Digital computer; 1726: Disabled person; 697: Journey time; 744: Public transport
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163996
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1981 12:00AM