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Multimodal Transit Network Design in a Hub-and-Spoke Network Framework

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Abstract

This study focuses on the reconfiguration of bus services in an urban area with a newly constructed rail system. A hub-and-spoke network framework is introduced for the multimodal transit system. The rail services are taken as the backbone, and the bus services (main bus lines and feeder bus lines) are reconfigured to better integrate with rail services forming the core of a Mobility as a Service (MaaS). A cluster-based approach is used for selecting hubs from rail stations. Bus stops are taken as spoke nodes. Main bus lines are designed based on a heuristic line generation approach and feeder bus lines are developed by solving a travelling salesman problem. A bi-level programming model is proposed to determine frequencies of each mode and addressed by the artificial bee colony algorithm. The effectiveness of the proposed methods is illustrated by numerical examples and applied to the Mandl’s benchmark compared with existing studies.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Huang D, Liu Z, Fu X, Blythe PT

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Year: 2018

Volume: 14

Issue: 8

Pages: 706-735

Print publication date: 14/09/2018

Online publication date: 16/01/2018

Acceptance date: 11/01/2018

Date deposited: 03/04/2018

ISSN (print): 2324-9935

ISSN (electronic): 2324-9943

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2018.1428234

DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2018.1428234


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Funder referenceFunder name
BK20150603
BK20160676
EP/N010612/1EPSRC
KYLX16_0277

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