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An Integrated Bus Holding and Speed Adjusting Strategy Considering Passenger’s Waiting Time Perceptions
- Source :
- Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 5529, p 5529 (2021), Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 10
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- To solve the problems of bus bunching and large gaps, this study combines bus holding and speed adjusting to alleviate them respectively considering the characteristics of passenger’s perceived waiting time. The difference between passenger’s perceived waiting time at stops and actual time is described quantitatively through the expected waiting time of passengers. Bus holding based on a threshold method is implemented at any stops for bunching buses, and speed adjusting based on a Markovian decision model is implemented at limited stops for lagging buses. Simulations based on real data of a bus route show that the integrated control strategy is able to improve the service reliability and to decrease passengers’ perceived waiting time at stops. Several insights have been uncovered through performance analysis: (1) The increase of holding control strength results in improvement of the headway regularity, and leads to a greater perceived waiting time though<br />(2) Compared to traveling freely, suitable speed guidance will not slow down the average cruising speed in the trip<br />(3) The scale of passenger demand and through passengers are the two key factors influencing whether a stop should be selected as a speed-adjusting control point.
- Subjects :
- bus bunching
Computer science
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Reliability (computer networking)
large gap
Geography, Planning and Development
Control (management)
Markov process
TJ807-830
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Renewable energy sources
speed adjusting
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Perception
0502 economics and business
Headway
GE1-350
Lagging
Simulation
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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050210 logistics & transportation
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
passenger perceptions
05 social sciences
Environmental sciences
bus holding
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Bus bunching
Decision model
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5529
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bef4f656bb1b22a7ba31a0eb4d95490c