Optimal Zone Design for Feeder Transit Services

Feeder transit services generally operate within residential service areas and move customers to and from a transfer point that connects to a major fixed-route transit network. Feeders can operate in a traditional fixed-route or in an emerging demand-responsive fashion. In designing such systems, planners may divide the entire service area into zones independently served by a single feeder line to provide better customer service, lower operating cost, and make management of the operations easier. An analytical model is developed to help decision makers determine the number of zones in a residential service area while balancing customer service quality and vehicle operating costs. For fixed-route and demand-responsive feeder transit, closed-form expressions and numerical procedures are used to derive the optimal number of zones as a function of the main parameters. Analytical expressions are validated by simulation runs.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2111-13
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Optimal+Zone+Design+for+Feeder+Transit+Services&author=X.+Li&author=L.+Quadrifoglio&publication_year=2009
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• Authors:
  • Li, Xiugang
  • Quadrifoglio, Luca
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 100-108
• Monograph Title: Transit 2009, Volume 2
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2111
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Customer service; Demand responsive transportation; Feeder services; Fixed routes; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Public transit; Residential areas; Routes and routing; Simulation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zones
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01127329
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309142595
• Report/Paper Numbers: 09-2608
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 29 2009 11:34AM