Formation of a system of transport hubs in conditions of changing passenger traffic

Abstract

The paper proposes a quantitative method for determining the optimal location of transport interchange hubs (TH), based on identification of effective transfer hubs, which allows predicting the location of the TH system with sufficient accuracy according to the criterion of reducing the average duration of trips around the city. The method is based on the heuristic algorithm that allows you to determine the optimal direct and transfer routes (with one, two or more transfers) and identify effective transfer nodes. In such nodes, the TH should be created. The method was tested on the example of the Samara city public transport system. The TH system is proposed, which allows to reduce the average travel time on the urban transport network by reducing the time of transfer trips. Regardless of the size of passenger traffic, the maximum reduction in the average duration of a trip in Samara due to the creation of a TH system is six minutes. The fluctuation of passenger traffic and its influence on the choice of TH is investigated. The dependence of the number of TH, the construction of which makes it possible to achieve marginal reduction in the average duration of a trip around the city due to the formation of TH system on passenger traffic is obtained.