INFLUENCE OF THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON THE PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE QUALITY OF GROUP RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS

The size of vehicles investigated ranges from 4 to 40 seats, the number of vehicles used is between 240 and 8. A demand-activated, fixed-route service was simulated. Parameters, such as waiting time and the passenger's trip velocity are used to characterize the user aspect, and such criteria as load factor of line and vehicles, vehicle kilometers, headway between consecutive vehicles and rate of vehicle stops at stations are employed as measures of the system's operating performance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the International Conference on Personal Rapid Transit held in Denver, Colorado, September 16-19, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Colorado, Denver

  Center for Urban Transportation Studies, 1100 14th Street
  Denver, CO  United States  80202
• Authors:
  • BAHM, G
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Headways; Personal rapid transit; Quality of service; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148294
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Vol. 1, Paper 18 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM