DRAFT MODEL FOR BALANCE BETWEEN DEMAND RESPONSIVE AND ROUTE BOUND BUS TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP AREAS

FOERSLAG TIL MODELL FOER AVVAEGNING MELLAN ANROPSSTYRD OCH LINJEBUNDEN BUSTRAFIK I TAETORTER

This study is performed within the project optkolt (optimization of public transportation in urban areas, IRRD no 601276) and is a first stage in developing a mathematical model to find the optimum balance between demand responsive bus traffic and route bound bus traffic in a built-up area. The model includes costs of vehicles, drivers and journey time and level of service in both systems. In this study is also included a test and an adjustment of a computerized method for solving the model. A few calculations were performed and the following results were obtained: - in periods of low demand of journeys the demand responsive system is most advantageous especially concerning long journeys, - if a higher value is placed on journey time the share of demand responsive traffic increases, - if requirements on maximum journey time are decreased the share of demand responsive traffic decreases. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Linkoeping University, Sweden

  Department of Mathematics
  S-58183 Linkoeping,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Hjelte, L
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Bus transportation; Buses; Carriers; Computers; Costs; Demand responsive transportation; Level of service; Mathematical models; Public transit; Thermodynamics; Traffic; Travel demand; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142176
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Rpt. LIH-MAT-EX-74-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2003 12:00AM