Discomfort in mass transit and its implication for scheduling and pricing

Authors

André de Palma
Moez Kilani
Stef Proost

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2015

Subject Area

operations - capacity, operations - crowding, operations - scheduling, economics - pricing

Keywords

Crowding and discomfort in public transport, Congestion, Timetable, Schedule delay cost, Seat capacity, Seat allocation

Abstract

This paper discusses the formulation of crowding in public transport and its implications for pricing, seating capacity and optimal scheduling. An analytical model is used to describe the user equilibrium and the optimal equilibrium for different stylized conditions. For the one OD pair case with identical desired arrival time, we derive the optimal dynamic pricing and optimal share of seats. For the uniformly distributed desired arrival times case, we derive the optimal time table and the optimal pricing. Next we generalize the results to the case of a small network with several stations, stochastic choice and allocation of seats.

Rights

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

Comments

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Recommended Citation

de Palma, A., Kilani, M. & Proost, S. (2015). Discomfort in mass transit and its implication for scheduling and pricing. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 71, pp. 1–18.