@inproceedings{c1ca00764c984feb94f7604ff647d086,
title = "Feeder bus transit design for trunk rail system: Case study of purple line corridor in Maryland",
abstract = "This study developed an approximate analytical model to design feeder bus transit (e.g. shuttle bus, minivan) services along a trunk line (e.g. metro rail and light rail) whose stations and line alignment are pre-determined. Specifically, an optimization model is developed to identify the density and frequency of feeder bus services that minimizes the total cost of the trunk-feeder system (sum of operating cost and user cost) subject to vehicle capacity constraints. The model is applied using the data from Purple Line Light Rail (LRT) system in Maryland, U.S.A. The results demonstrate that the developed model provides a useful tool to generate the optimal number of feeder bus lines and the best frequency of feeder service along the Purple Line corridor.",
keywords = "Discrete optimization, Feeder bus design, Trunk-feeder model",
author = "Anjun Li and Sevgi Erdogan and Wenbo Fan and Qiyuan Peng",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Project No. 2017YFB1200701), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51608455), the Research on Complete Technology of Integrated Transportation Hub in Complex Urban Environment (Grant cstc2014yykfb30003) and the Research on Functional Layout and Planning of Shapingba Integrated Transportation Hub (Grant 2015H01372). We are also grateful to project partners and WANG Dian, LAI Qingying for fruitful discussions and help. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.; 6th International Conference on Transportation Engineering, ICTE 2019 ; Conference date: 20-09-2019 Through 22-09-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1061/9780784482742.091",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ICTE 2019 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Transportation Engineering",
publisher = "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)",
pages = "813--820",
editor = "Xiaobo Liu and Qiyuan Peng and Wang, {Kelvin C. P.}",
booktitle = "ICTE 2019 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Transportation Engineering",
address = "United States",
}