The Problem of the Location of Bus-Stops in Urban Public Transport

Generally it would seem that enough scientific criteria have not been used to tackle the problem of bus stops. Their location is based on the criterion (generally a qualitative one) of the urban transport system techniques, aiming only at the demand’s satisfaction , not considering other fundamental aspects such as access time (home – bus-stop), waiting time, level of service cost, and other costs that affect the companies working in the transport service. These costs depend, among other factors, on the spatial and numerical situation of bus stops. According to this point of view, the bus stops of an urban transport system line acquire particular importance. The aims of this work are to proportionate scientific criteria concerning the situation of the bus stops and propose mathematical models that can help the organizer in his/her work. The goodness of these models is based on the following argument: the location of the bus stops is obtained with the optimization of all the costs relative to users and to transport companies (operating costs) and the level of service offered by the system. In order to give a good service to the public transport users, it is considered essential to realize an adequate transport plan; an appropriate planning, in fact, contributes in a relevant way, not only to the full satisfaction of the demand and to the optimization of the services costs, but also to decrease other social costs such as congestion and pollution.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

  Secretariat, 14 Avenue Berthelot
  69363 Lyon cedex 07,   France 
• Authors:
  • Portilla, Angel Ibeas
  • dell'Olio, Luigi
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Bus transit; Level of service; Location; Mathematical models; Public transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088038
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:55AM