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Modelling the Tendency of Buses to Form Pairs

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  • R. A. Chapman

    (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

  • J. F. Michel

    (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

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The paper describes a simple mathematical model of the behaviour of buses, on a relatively frequent service, after one has arrived at a stop at a time different from that scheduled. The model is similar to that used in some earlier papers on the pairing of buses, but derives a different objective function. Results are presented in terms of parameters relating to the scheduled headway ( h ) and the size of the initial deviation from it ( hd ), the usual time spent by a bus at a stop, and the ratio ( k ) of the passenger arrival rate to the boarding rate. A graphical method was employed to find P , the number of the stop at which the first two buses form a pair. For the typical values of parameters used the relationship P = 1/6 dk was deduced which, although no generality is claimed, can be used to set operational limits so that the bunching of buses does not occur. Limitations of the model are discussed.

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  • R. A. Chapman & J. F. Michel, 1978. "Modelling the Tendency of Buses to Form Pairs," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 12(2), pages 165-175, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:12:y:1978:i:2:p:165-175
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.12.2.165
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    1. Vee-Liem Saw & Lock Yue Chew, 2020. "No-boarding buses: Synchronisation for efficiency," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(3), pages 1-34, March.
    2. Viktoriya Degeler & Léonie Heydenrijk-Ottens & Ding Luo & Niels Oort & Hans Lint, 2021. "Unsupervised approach towards analysing the public transport bunching swings formation phenomenon," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 533-555, October.
    3. Schmöcker, Jan-Dirk & Sun, Wenzhe & Fonzone, Achille & Liu, Ronghui, 2016. "Bus bunching along a corridor served by two lines," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 93(PA), pages 300-317.
    4. Mark D. Hickman, 2001. "An Analytic Stochastic Model for the Transit Vehicle Holding Problem," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(3), pages 215-237, August.

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