Providing limited-stop bus services can improve the efficiency of bus systems. This paper proposes a new two-stage strategy for providing real-time limited-stop bus services for a corridor and the corresponding model is developed. In the first (tactical planning) stage, given the maximum number of different limited-stop services, an operator determines a set of limited-stop services based on historical bus travel times and passenger arrival rates. In the second (operational) stage, an operator selects one service from the set of limited-stop services obtained in the first stage for each limited-stop vehicle based on (short-term) predictive travel times and passenger arrival rates. Prediction errors are considered in the second stage. An enhanced artificial bee colony algorithm is developed to solve the first-stage model and the Monte Carlo Simulation method is adopted to solve the second-stage model. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the strategy and the effect of prediction errors.


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    Title :

    A new methodology for the real-time limited-stop bus service design problem


    Additional title:

    TRANSPORTMETRICA B: TRANSPORT DYNAMICS
    J. HU AND W. Y. SZETO


    Contributors:
    Hu, Jintao (author) / Szeto, W. Y. (author)


    Publication date :

    2024-12-31


    Size :

    23 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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