Road network reliability analysis using vehicle routing and scheduling procedures

Yamada, Tadashi; Yoshimura, Yohei; Mori, Kazuhiro

doi:10.1108/9780080473222-008

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“…Yin et al [11] present some measures for reliability in public transport networks, while Lam et al [6] describe a public transport assignment model taking into account that the frequency of a line is influenced by dwelling times at stops, which depend on the number of passenger boarding and alighting. For road networks this topic has been studies by among others, Bell [2], Yin and Ieda [10] and Yamada et al [9].…”

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Robustness of urban public transport networks

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2007

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol 96

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Analyses of public transport networks are usually based on a deterministic point of view: it is assumed that all components of the system perform as planned. In reality, however, there are many disturbances influencing public transport services such as variation in demand, service provision, and infrastructure availability. The question is how these disturbances affect the quality of the transport services. As a first step in answering this question a model has been developed that describes the consequences for operators and travellers of variation in infrastructure availability due to disturbances such as incidents, weather, and road works. The model describes the way events might affect infrastructure availability, the resulting impact on the public transport service network (detours, cancelled services) and assesses the outcome for travellers and operators in terms of costs. The model is applied to theoretical networks to illustrate the importance of considering such disturbances in the analysis of public transport networks. Furthermore, the analysis provides insight into possibilities to improve the robustness of public transport service networks by adjusting the service network design or by introducing additional shortcut possibilities in the infrastructure network for detours in case of disturbances.

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