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3970. Integrated route selection and redesign of the surrounding bus network for a new BRT line

Invited abstract in session WA-54: Network Design and Line Planning for Public Transportation 2, stream Public Transport Optimization.

Wednesday, 8:30-10:00
Room: S01 (building: 101)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Rowan Hoogervorst
DTU Management, DTU
2. Evelien van der Hurk
Management Science, Management Engineering, DTU - Technical University of Denmark

Abstract

In this talk, we consider the development of a new BRT line and the redesign of the surrounding bus network to best match the new line. Here, we consider the integrated problem of selecting a route for the BRT line as well as line planning and frequency setting for the surrounding bus lines. The route for the BRT line can be chosen from a selected set of edges within a graph, while the surrounding bus lines are chosen based on a given line pool. Moreover, travel time and operational cost benefits can be obtained for surrounding bus lines due to the possibility of using BRT segments, which allow for increased speed and reliability. The objective of our problem is to minimize the passenger travel time and operational costs, where we integrate the routing of the passengers as well as line capacities into the model. We propose a column-generation approach to solve this problem, where columns correspond to possible travel paths for passengers. Our approach is tested both for artificial instances as well as a case study for a new BRT line in Greater Copenhagen.

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Status: accepted

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