How much can holding and/or limiting boarding improve transit performance?

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dc.contributor.authorDelgado Breinbauer, Felipe Alberto
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Abogabir, Juan Carlos
dc.contributor.authorGiesen Encina, Ricardo
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T17:07:30Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T17:07:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractBus bunching affects transit operations by increasing passenger waiting times and its variability. This work proposes a new mathematical programming model to control vehicles operating on a transit corridor minimizing total delays. The model can handle a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles with different capacities without using binary variables, which make solution times compatible with real-time requirements. Two control policies are studied within a rolling horizon framework: (i) vehicle holding (HRT), which can be applied at any stop and (ii) holding combined with boarding limits (HBLRT), in which the number of boarding passengers at any stop can be limited in order to increase operational speed. Both strategies are evaluated in a simulation environment under different operational conditions. The results show that HBLRT and HRT outperform other benchmark control strategies in all scenarios, with savings of excess waiting time of up to 77% and very low variability in performance. HBLRT shows significant benefits in relation to HRT only under short headway operation and high passenger demand. Moreover, our results suggest implementing boarding limits only when the next arriving vehicle is nearby. Interestingly, in these cases HBLRT not only reduces an extra 6.3% the expected waiting time in comparison with HRT, but also outperforms other control schemes in terms of comfort and reliability to both passengers and operators. To passengers HBLRT provide a more balanced load factor across vehicles yielding a more comfortable experience. To operators the use of boarding limits speed up vehicles reducing the average cycle time and its variability, which is key for a smooth operation at terminals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.format.extent16 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trb.2012.04.005
dc.identifier.issn0191-2615
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2012.04.005
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/85961
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000311194700007
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Delgado Breinbauer, Felipe Alberto; 0000-0003-0861-1634; 120137
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Munoz Abogabir, Juan Carlos; 0000-0003-1775-985X; 75822
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Giesen Encina, Ricardo; 0000-0001-5785-374X; 85371
dc.issue.numero9
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1217
dc.pagina.inicio1202
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.revistaTRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectBus bunching
dc.subjectTransit operations
dc.subjectReal-time control
dc.subjectHolding
dc.subjectBoarding limits
dc.subjectREAL-TIME INFORMATION
dc.subjectMODEL
dc.subjectOPERATIONS
dc.titleHow much can holding and/or limiting boarding improve transit performance?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen46
sipa.codpersvinculados120137
sipa.codpersvinculados75822
sipa.codpersvinculados85371
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;05-06-2021
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