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Shuttle Planning for Link Closures in Urban Public Transport Networks

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  • van der Hurk, E.
  • Koutsopoulos, H.N.
  • Wilson, N.
  • Kroon, L.G.
  • Maróti, G.

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Urban Public Transport systems must periodically close certain links for main- tenance, which can have significant effects on the service provided to passengers. In practice, the effects of closures are mitigated by replacing the link with a simple shuttle service. However, alternative shuttle services could reduce inconvenience at lower op- erating cost. This paper proposes a model to select shuttle lines and frequencies under budget constraints. A new formulation is proposed that allows a minimal frequency restriction on any line that is operated, and minimizes passenger inconvenience cost, including transfers and frequency-dependent waiting time. This model is applied to a shuttle design problem based on a real world case study of the MBTA network of Boston (USA). The results show that additional shuttle routes can reduce passenger delay in comparison to the standard industry practice, while also distributing delay more equally over passengers, at the same operating budget. The results are robust under different assumptions about passenger route choice behavior. Computational experiments show that the proposed formulation, coupled with a preprocessing step, can be solved faster than prior formulations.

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  • van der Hurk, E. & Koutsopoulos, H.N. & Wilson, N. & Kroon, L.G. & Maróti, G., 2014. "Shuttle Planning for Link Closures in Urban Public Transport Networks," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2014-011-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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