Evaluating passenger robustness in a rail transit network

Authors

Alicia De-Los-Santos
Gilbert Laporte
Juan A. Mesa
Federico Perea

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2010

Subject Area

mode - bus, mode - rail, place - europe

Keywords

Railway network design, Passenger robustness, Indexes

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide passenger robustness measures for a rail transit network. A network is robust when it reacts well to disruptions on links or stations. In order to measure robustness, indexes relative to the overall travel time of a network when links fail are introduced for two different cases: without-bridging interruptions and with-bridging interruptions. In the first case, passengers either have to wait for the failure to be repaired or find an alternative route in the network, whereas in the second case a bus service between the affected stations is provided and only the failing link is disrupted. A computation of these indexes for the Madrid commuter system shows their applicability.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

Transportation Research Part C Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Recommended Citation

De-Los-Santos, A., Laporte, G., Mesa, J.A., & Perea, F. (2010). Evaluating passenger robustness in a rail transit network. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Article in Press, Corrected Proof.