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Apr 26, 2012
Optimal Bus Timetables and Trip Timing Preferences
Authors: Omar Mekkaoui, André de Palma, and Robin LindseyAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Traffic and Transportation Studies (2000)
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This paper explores the problem of determining the optimal bus frequency and associated timetable on a single bus route. Bus riders are assumed to differ as to the time at which they want to travel. Each rider selects the bus for which his/her schedule delay cost (the cost of traveling earlier or later than desired) is smallest. The transit planner minimizes the sum of travellers' costs and the cost of the bus fleet. An analytical solution to the optimal number of buses and timetable is derived for the case of a uniform distribution of desired travel times. A numerical solution is then obtained for a nonuniform distribution and compared with the analytical solution.
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© 2000 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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- Analysis (by type)
- Benefit cost ratios
- Buses
- Business management
- Case studies
- Engineering fundamentals
- Financial management
- Frequency analysis
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Methodology (by type)
- Practice and Profession
- Research methods (by type)
- Traffic delay
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Transportation engineering
- Travel modes
- Travel time
- Trip distribution
- Vehicles
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Omar Mekkaoui
Doctoral Candidate, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA, 33 Bd du Port, F-95011, Cergy-Pontoise, FRANCE.
André de Palma
Professor of Economics, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA, 33 Bd du Port, F-95011, Cergy-Pontoise, FRANCE.
Robin Lindsey
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4, CANADA.
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