An exploration of the demand limit for flex-route as feeder transit services: a case study in Salt Lake City

被引：22

作者：

Qiu F. ^{[1
,2
]}

Li W. ^{[3
]}

Haghani A. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic, Southeast University, No.2 Sipailou, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu

[2] Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Engineering Laboratory Bldg Room 0147C, College Park, 20740, MD

[3] School of Transportation, Southeast University, No.2 Sipailou, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu

[4] Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 1173 Glenn L. Martin Hall, College Park, 20742, MD

来源：

Public Transport | 2015年 / 7卷 / 2期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Feeder transit; Flex-route transit; Transportation planning; Uncertain demand;

D O I：

10.1007/s12469-014-0097-9

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摘要：

As an innovative combination of fixed-route transit and demand responsive service, a flex-route operating policy had been introduced into feeder transit services. In this paper, a system cost function, combining vehicle operation cost and transit customer cost, is constructed as the performance measure to explore the feasibility of replacing the fixed-route policy with a flex-route policy in feeder transit systems, without disturbing the existing coordination between the major transit and feeder service. The Route F94 flex-route feeder system in Salt Lake City which connects with UTA TRAX Blue Rail Line is chosen for the analysis. The upper bound of demand for implementing the flex-route policy in this feeder service is derived. The results indicate that the Route F94 flex-route feeder system is still likely to have a distinct system advantage in operating environments with occasional request rejections, in comparison with the fixed-route service. As a result of our findings, it is possible to substantially expand the application of the flex-route policy in the feeder transit market. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

引用

页码：259 / 276

页数：17

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