Flexible feeder transit route design to enhance service accessibility in urban area |
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| Authors: | Xiaolin Lu Jie Yu Xianfeng Yang Shuliang Pan Nan Zou |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.;3. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | To improve the accessibility of transit system in urban areas, this paper presents a flexible feeder transit routing model that can serve irregular‐shaped networks. By integrating the cost efficiency of fixed‐route transit system and the flexibility of demand responsive transit system, the proposed model is capable of letting operating feeder busses temporarily deviate from their current route so as to serve the reported demand locations. With an objective of minimizing total bus travel time, a new operational mode is then proposed to allow busses to serve passengers on both street sides. In addition, when multiple feeder busses are operating in the target service area, the proposed model can provide an optimal plan to locate the nearest one to response to the demands. A three‐stage solution algorithm is also developed to yield meta‐optimal solutions to the problem in a reasonable amount of time by transforming the problem into a traveling salesman problem. Numerical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed model as well as the heuristic solution approach. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | public transit flexible service demand responsive rural postman problem genetic algorithm |
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