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Continuum approximation approach to bus network design under spatially heterogeneous demand

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  • Ouyang, Yanfeng
  • Nourbakhsh, Seyed Mohammad
  • Cassidy, Michael J.

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A methodological framework is formulated so that continuum approximation techniques can be used to design bus networks for cities where travel demand varies gradually over space. The bus-route configurations that result consist of (i) a main, possibly city-wide grid with relatively large physical spacings between its parallel routes and the stops along those routes; together with (ii) one or more local grids with more closely-spaced routes and stops that serve neighborhoods of higher demand densities. The so-called power-of-two concept is borrowed from the field of inventory control, and is enforced so that local grids can be inserted seamlessly within the main one.

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  • Ouyang, Yanfeng & Nourbakhsh, Seyed Mohammad & Cassidy, Michael J., 2014. "Continuum approximation approach to bus network design under spatially heterogeneous demand," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 333-344.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transb:v:68:y:2014:i:c:p:333-344
    DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.05.018
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