OPTIMAL PARAMETERS FOR A COORDINATED RAIL AND BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM

To formulate a mathematical model of the system it is assumed that a radiocentric regional highway network centered at the central business district exists. Railroad lines are assumed to be radial. The demand for public transit is assumed to be deterministic and to vary slowly with location. The optimization is accomplished mainly by the use of basic calculus in conjunction with continuum approximations of certain discrete parameters. Approximate, but simple and explicit, formulations for the optimal railroad interstation spacings, feeder-bus zone boundary and train headways are determined.

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• Authors:
  • Wirasinghe, S C
  • Hurdle, V F
  • Newell, G F
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 359-374
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buttresses; Central business districts; City planning; Commuter service; Feeder buses; Headways; Mathematical models; Optimization; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Regional transportation; Research; Scheduling; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00180375
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 12 1981 12:00AM