Transit Assignment Model Incorporating Bus Dwell Time
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2014
Subject Area
mode - bus, infrastructure - station, infrastructure - stop
Keywords
Bus dwell time, transit network, stations, passenger flow
Abstract
The transit assignment problem with consideration of bus dwell time was analyzed in this study. The links in a transit network can be classified into four types: onboard, alighting, boarding, and dummy links. These types reflect bus dwelling behavior at bus stations. Accordingly, the travel time functions on these links can be analyzed. This paper proposes a new equation for the bus dwell time at each bus station; the dwell time is the maximum value between the passengers' boarding time and alighting time. An approach based on dynamic programming is used to describe the equilibrium passenger flow in the transit network. A gap function is proposed for formulating the equilibrium passenger flow, which can be solved with the revised optimal strategy algorithm and the method of successive averages. Two numerical examples in which the bus dwell time function is calibrated with real survey data are adopted. These examples validate the proposed methodology.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Sun, L., Meng, Q., & Liu, Z. (2014). Transit Assignment Model Incorporating Bus Dwell Time. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2352 / Transit 2013, Vol. 2, pp. 76-83 . Published by Transportation Research Board Washington.
