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Analysis of adding-runs strategy for peak-hour regular bus services

  • Qinhe An
  • , Xiao Fu
  • , Di Huang
  • , Qixiu Cheng
  • , Zhiyuan Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    This paper proposes an adding-runs strategy to alleviate in-vehicle crowding for peak-hour bus services. Passengers’ departure time choices under user equilibrium and system optimum conditions are investigated with and without adding-runs strategy. A bi-level programming model is developed to determine the optimal adding-runs strategy. An artificial bee colony algorithm is adopted to solve the proposed bi-level problem. Numerical examples show that the adding-runs strategy is effective in alleviating crowding effects and reducing schedule delay in peak-hour bus services. The total system cost can be reduced by more than 8% with the optimal adding-runs strategy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number102100
    JournalTransportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
    Volume143
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study is supported by the Distinguished Young Scholar Project (No. 71922007 ) and General Project (No. 71771050, 71601045) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (No. 20YJAZH083 ).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2020 Elsevier Ltd

    Keywords

    • Adding bus runs
    • Bi-level programming problem
    • Peak-hour crowding
    • System optimum
    • User equilibrium

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