Bus Model with a Rectangular Service Zone Revisit
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 144, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper addresses the issue of a bus model with rectangular service zones and the development of a new approach to find the criterion in which the existence of the optimal solution for headway and route width is guaranteed. A formulated solution is derived for headway that will be useful when establishing relations among variables and predetermined parameters. These relations will help researchers decide the importance of those predetermined parameters, thus giving them the ability to easily and effectively handle transit network design problems.
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Acknowledgments
The authors greatly appreciated the English revisions by Andrew Chung (email: [email protected]) and Kaye Lee (email: [email protected]) and the financial support from MOST 103-2410-H-015-007.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 144 • Issue 2 • February 2018
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©2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 19, 2015
Accepted: Jun 15, 2017
Published online: Dec 15, 2017
Published in print: Feb 1, 2018
Discussion open until: May 15, 2018
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