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Design of limited-stop service based on the degree of unbalance of passenger demand

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  • Hu Zhang
  • Shuzhi Zhao
  • Huasheng Liu
  • Shidong Liang

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This paper presents a limited-stop service for a bus fleet to meet the unbalanced demand of passengers on a bus route and to improve the transit service of the bus route. This strategy includes two parts: a degree assessment of unbalanced passenger demand and an optimization of the limited-stop service. The degree assessment of unbalanced passenger demand, which is based on the different passenger demand between stations and the unbalance of passengers within the station, is used to judge whether implementing the limited-stop service is necessary for a bus route. The optimization of limited-stop service considers the influence of stop skipping action and bus capacity on the left-over passengers to determine the proper skipping stations for the bus fleet serving the entire route by minimizing both the waiting time and in-vehicle time of passengers and the running time of vehicles. A solution algorithm based on genetic algorithm is also presented to evaluate the degree of unbalanced passenger demand and optimize the limited-stop scheme. Then, the proper strategy is tested on a bus route in Changchun city of China. The threshold of degree assessment of unbalanced passenger demand can be calibrated and adapted to different passenger demands.

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  • Hu Zhang & Shuzhi Zhao & Huasheng Liu & Shidong Liang, 2018. "Design of limited-stop service based on the degree of unbalance of passenger demand," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0193855
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193855
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