THE MODELLING OF PLATOONING TENDENCIES IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

This article sets out the causes of vehicle platooning in A public transport system which operates without a fixed schedule. It demonstrates that the traditional model is inadequate in such cases. An alternative model based on A Markov chain is presented and both models compared with A simulation. It is shown that simulation must be adopted once near-even spacing of the vehicles is lost.(a) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Heap, R C
  • Thomas, T H
• Publication Date: 1976-8-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 360-363
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 819
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bunching; Evaluation and assessment; Markov chains; Mathematical models; Public transit; Scheduling; Simulation; Traffic platooning; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• ITRD Terms: 652: Bunching; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6473: Mathematical model; 744: Public transport; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I71: Traffic Theory; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147483
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM