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Efficiency of Semi-autonomous Platooning Vehicles in High-Capacity Bus Services

In: Operations Research Proceedings 2018

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  • Wei Zhang

    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Erik Jenelius

    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Hugo Badia

    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Abstract

We analyze the efficiency of semi-autonomous platooning vehicles as an alternative to conventional vehicles in bus and BRT (bus rapid transit) systems. For each service type, optimal bus size, service headway and platoon length are obtained by minimizing total generalized cost, which includes passengers’ and the service provider’s costs. Results show that as the demand level increases, semi-autonomous vehicles can be introduced to enable a better service in both traditional bus and BRT systems. The benefits of semi-autonomous buses become more significant as the capacity upper bound decreases.

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  • Wei Zhang & Erik Jenelius & Hugo Badia, 2019. "Efficiency of Semi-autonomous Platooning Vehicles in High-Capacity Bus Services," Operations Research Proceedings, in: Bernard Fortz & Martine Labbé (ed.), Operations Research Proceedings 2018, pages 579-585, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:oprchp:978-3-030-18500-8_72
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18500-8_72
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