In the United States, many transit agencies are considering integrating their demand-responsive service with traditional fixed-route service. In some cases, it may be advantageous to the transit agency or to the passenger to coordinate traditional demand-responsive transit service with fixed-route service. The demand-responsive service connects passengers from their origin to the fixed route service and (or) from the fixed route service to their final destination. Such a service is expected to reduce the cost of transit service, but also will affect the level of service experienced by passengers. The integrated transit service problem is to schedule both passenger trips (or itineraries) and vehicle trips for this service. In considering the literature, this research proposes a scheduling method that explicitly incorporates both transit agency cost and passenger level of service. More specifically, the model assumes: (1) a fixed-route bus schedule; (2) desired passenger pick-up and drop-off points; (3) time window constraints for passenger pick-ups, drop-offs, and transfers; and (4) passenger level of service constraints, including maximum travel times and number of transfers. Using this information, the proposed technique determines which trips are eligible for integrated service using the passenger level-of-service constraints. A schedule is then created for both the passenger trips and the vehicle trips, so that the total cost of service is minimized.


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    Title :

    Investigation of Integrated Transit Service


    Contributors:
    M. Hickman (author) / K. Blume (author)

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    72 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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