Robust transit network design with stochastic demand considering development density
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2015
Subject Area
place - urban, mode - rail, mode - demand responsive transit, land use - urban density, land use - planning, planning - network design, ridership - demand
Keywords
Transit network design, Robust, Stochastic demand, Population density
Abstract
This paper analyzes the influence of urban development density on transit network design with stochastic demand by considering two types of services, rapid transit services, such as rail, and flexible services, such as dial-a-ride shuttles. Rapid transit services operate on fixed routes and dedicated lanes, and with fixed schedules, whereas dial-a-ride services can make use of the existing road network, hence are much more economical to implement. It is obvious that the urban development densities to financially sustain these two service types are different. This study integrates these two service networks into one multi-modal network and then determines the optimal combination of these two service types under user equilibrium (UE) flows for a given urban density. Then we investigate the minimum or critical urban density required to financially sustain the rapid transit line(s). The approach of robust optimization is used to address the stochastic demands as captured in a polyhedral uncertainty set, which is then reformulated by its dual problem and incorporated accordingly. The UE principle is represented by a set of variational inequality (VI) constraints. Eventually, the whole problem is linearized and formulated as a mixed-integer linear program. A cutting constraint algorithm is adopted to address the computational difficulty arising from the VI constraints. The paper studies the implications of three different population distribution patterns, two CBD locations, and produces the resultant sequences of adding more rapid transit services as the population density increases.
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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
An, K., & Lo, H.K. (2015). Robust transit network design with stochastic demand considering development density. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Available online 16 June 2015. In Press, Corrected Proof.
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