1 Bus-stop consolidation is one of the most cost-effective ways for a transit agency to improve the 2 quality of their bus services. By removing unnecessary stops, buses will have reduced runtimes, 3 which can lead to higher frequencies and/or fewer buses on a route. Unfortunately, current 4 research on bus stop consolidation and stop spacing focuses on complex mathematical models 5 that are di...

In this work we deal with the perimeter flow control problem of bi-modal urban networks by use of a three-dimensional Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (3D-MFD). The 3D-MFD relates the accumulation of cars and buses and the outflow (or circulating flow) in a bi-modal traffic network. We assume that the impact of each mode on the traffic flow in the network is different, i.e. each bus can not be c...

This paper proposes a new method for transmission loss allocation. The share of each bus in the transmission line losses is determined using transmission line loss equations with respect to bus-injected currents. Then, it is applied to the total network transmission lines. In the proposed method, comparing with other methods, a solution to remove the negative loss allocation has been introd...

This paper proposes a new method for transmission loss allocation. The share of each bus in the transmission line losses is determined using transmission line loss equations with respect to bus-injected currents. Then, it is applied to the total network transmission lines. In the proposed method, comparing with other methods, a solution to remove the negative loss allocation has been introd...

The robustness of urban bus-transport networks has important influence on the network performance. This paper proposes the model of layered public bus-transport network which is composed of the logical layer and the physical layer and expounds the relationship between these two layers. We map the bustransport network into two spaces: space P and space L and take space P as logical layer while s...

The article presents the marginal willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates for various qualitative and quantitative attributes of travel with reference to the bus transportation system in Kolkata City, India. A stated choice experiment is designed to capture the responses for estimating marginal WTP values for various attributes. WTP values are estimated separately for commuting and noncommuting trip...

In this paper, the problem of transmission loss allocation has been studied and a new method for loss allocation in transaction-based markets has been proposed. To further this end, first transmission line loss equations were used with respect to bus injected currents. The share of each bus from the mentioned transmission line losses was determined. Then, this method was applied to the total ne...

Bus stops attain their importance to the transit service from being the main points of contact between the passenger and the bus. Considering spatial attributes, both the location and the spacing of bus stops significantly affect transit service performance and passenger satisfaction, as they influence travel time in addition to their role in ensuring reasonable accessibility. Knowing that ever...