Dealing with the Empty Vehicle Movements in Personal Rapid Transit System with Batteries Constraints in a Dynamic Context

The Personal Rapid Transit is a new emergent transportation tool. It relies on using a set of small driverless electric vehicles to transport people on demand. Because of the specific on-demand characteristic of the Personal Rapid Transit system, many Personal Rapid Transit vehicles would move empty which results in a high level of wasted transportation capacity. This is enhanced while using Personal Rapid Transit vehicles with limited electric battery capacity. This paper deals with this problem in a real time context while minimizing the set of empty vehicle movements. First, a mathematical formulation to benchmark waiting time of passengers in Personal Rapid Transit systems is proposed. Then, a simulation model that captures the main features of the Personal Rapid Transit system is developed. A decision support system which integrates several real time solution strategies as well as a simulation module is proposed. The dispatching strategies are evaluated and compared based on the simulation model. The efficiency of the method is tested through extensive test studies.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8512728
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/5121625
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Ezzeddine Fatnassi et al.
• Authors:
  • Fatnassi, E
  • Chebbi, O
  • Chaouachi, J
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 2017
  • Issue Number: Article ID 8512728
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous land vehicles; Decision support systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Paratransit services; Paratransit vehicles; Personal rapid transit
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01647148
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 2017 10:20AM