Identifying effective guaranteed connections in a multimodal network

Identifying effective guaranteed connections in a multimodal network

Sparing, D.
Goverde, R.M.P.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Transport and Planning

2012-12-31

Minimizing transfer waiting time is important in making public transport networks more attractive. A guaranteed transfer, with the departing vehicle waiting on moderately delayed arriving vehicles at a transfer node, is an effective way to reduce waiting times at transfers between low frequency public transport lines. This secondary train delay comes at the cost of a new delay for non-transferring passengers. The method described in this paper, based on max-plus algebra, classifies potential connections based on their feasibility for given initial delays, in order to help operational decisions on-line and to assist public transport companies off-line in identifying transfers vulnerable to delays. A case study shows the applicability of the approach for a real-life multimodal network.

guaranteed transfers
max-plus algebra
multimodal timetable

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Trail Research School

TRAIL Beta-Congress: Mobility and logistics -Science meets practice, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 30-31 Oct. 2012

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conference paper

(c) 2012 Sparing, D., Goverde, R.M.P.