A Frequency Based Transit Model for Dynamic Traffic Assignment to Multimodal Networks

The pricing and rationing measures applied to discourage the use of private cars, in order to alleviate the increasing road congestion and the consequent worsening pollution, are not always coupled with a consistent policy aimed at improving the performance, or at least the capacity, of the transit system. As a result, in many modern cities the problem of full transit carriers is becoming increasingly prevalent. Although this situation should be avoided through a correct design of the transit network by suitably increasing the line capacities, it is still important to properly simulate the current scenario in order to justify the resources needed to carry out appropriate interventions. Thus, this paper is interested in modeling dynamic behaviors of heavy congested, urban multimodal (transit and road) networks, where the service is so irregular or so frequent that there is no point for passengers to synchronize their arrival at the stop with the scheduled time of carriers, if any is published. Within this context, the paper aims at properly reproducing the important dynamic congestion phenomenon of the temporary over saturation of roads and transit lines; that is, both the formation and dispersion of passenger queues at transit stops, where passengers wait for the first run of the chosen line actually available to them.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Linacre House, Jordan Hill
  Oxford,   United Kingdom  OX2 8DP
• Authors:
  • Meschini, Lorenzo
  • Gentile, Guido
  • Papola, Natale
• Conference:
  • Transportation and Traffic Theory 2007. Papers Selected for Presentation at ISTTT17
  • Location: London , England
  • Date: 2007-7-23 to 2007-7-25
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 407-436
• Monograph Title: Transportation and Traffic Theory 2007

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Dynamic traffic assignment; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Transit operating agencies; Urban transit; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Passenger queues
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076817
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780080453750
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 6 2007 10:48AM