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A systematic analysis of multimodal transport systems with road space distribution and responsive bus service

Zhang, Fangni
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Zheng, Nan  
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Yang, Hai
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November 1, 2018
Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies

A smart design of transport systems involves efficient use and allocation of the limited urban road capacity in the multimodal environment. This paper intends to understand the system-wide effect of dividing the road space to the private and public transport modes and how the public transport service provider responds to the space changes. To this end, the bimodal dynamic user equilibrium is formulated for separated road space. The Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) model is employed to depict the dynamics of the automobile traffic for its state-dependent feature, its inclusion of hypercongestion, and its advantage of capturing network topology. The delay of a bus trip depends on the running speed which is in turn affected by bus lane capacity and ridership. Within the proposed bimodal framework, the steady-state equilibrium traffic characteristics and the optimal bus fare and service frequency are analytically derived. The counter-intuitive properties of traffic condition, modal split, and behavior of bus operator in the hypercongestion are identified. To understand the interaction between the transport authority (for system benefit maximization) and the bus operator (for its own benefit maximization), we examine how the bus operator responds to space changes and how the system benefit is influenced with the road space allocation. With responsive bus service, the condition, under which expanding bus lane capacity is beneficial to the system as a whole, has been analytically established. Then the model is applied to the dynamic framework where the space allocation changes with varying demand and demand-responsive bus service. We compare the optimal bus services under different economic objectives, evaluate the system performance of the bimodal network, and explore the dynamic space allocation strategy for the sake of social welfare maximization.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.trc.2018.09.009
Web of Science ID

WOS:000449246800013

Author(s)
Zhang, Fangni
Zheng, Nan  
Yang, Hai
Geroliminis, Nikolas  
Date Issued

2018-11-01

Published in
Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies
Volume

96

Start page

208

End page

230

Subjects

Transportation Science & Technology

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Transportation

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multimodal system

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dedicated bus lane

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responsive transit service

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macroscopic fundamental diagram

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dynamic user equilibrium

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macroscopic fundamental diagram

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downs-thomson paradox

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2 urban regions

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heterogeneous networks

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perimeter control

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traffic networks

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pre-signal

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congestion

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optimization

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priority

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