Simulation of a night taxi-bus service for the historical center of Rome

Schulze, T.; Lemessi, M.; Filippi, F.

doi:10.1109/wsc.2001.977416

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“…Morgan (2002) developed a microscopic simulation model of transit operations for use in evaluating of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) 3 . Also, a model was developed in order to assist the city of Rome, Italy, with the development of a nighttime public transit service to alleviate traffic congestion in the city center, including convenient frequency, number of vehicles, number of customers transported, and expected revenues 4 .…”

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Assisting a Public Transit Agency with Planning of Bus Schedules using Computer Simulation: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) in Ithaca, NY

Vanek

Shah²,

Helm³

et al. 2007

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In this paper we present results from a service learning project carried out by four Master of Engineering students in the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University during the 2003-2004 academic year, on behalf of the local transit agency, TCAT. The project participants developed a simulation model to evaluate schedule changes and applied it to a proposed shortening of the time between bus arrivals, or “headway”, on TCAT’s Route 81 circulator bus that serves the Cornell campus in Ithaca, NY. The model was developed by adapting a commercial simulation software package called ProModel that is usually used to simulate the layout of manufacturing facilities. Use of the simulation model helped TCAT planners better understand the implications of the proposed schedule change to segment-by-segment passenger counts at stops and on-board vehicles. Based on our experience, we discuss a number of issues both with the development of simulation models for transit operations and the practice of collaboration between university students and faculty and public transit agencies.

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Assisting a Public Transit Agency with Planning of Bus Schedules using Computer Simulation: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) in Ithaca, NY

Vanek

Shah²,

Helm³

et al. 2007

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“…Flexibly routed shuttles are also the focus of a study by Schulze et al (2001) to aid in the design of a proposed taxi-bus system that would transport groups of patrons from Rome's outskirts into its traffic-limited historical center at night. Their simulation model embeds an optimization routine for finding a near-best route to be taken by a taxi-bus when picking up various groups and transporting them to their separate destinations.…”

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Planning for an Aging Fleet of Shuttle Vehicles with Simulation

Saltzman

2012

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S an Francisco State University operates a small but aging fleet of shuttle vehicles that facilitate travel by its affiliates to, from, and around campus. Its shuttle system is primarily intended to supplement municipal bus service in connecting the university to the nearest Bay Area Rapid Transit train station in Daly City, California, approximately a mile and a half south of campus. This article presents an animated discrete-event simulation model of the system that can be used by campus planners to make capital improvement decisions about the fleet. In particular, the model can help identify the best type of shuttle (in terms of capacity and number of doors) to replace the older existing vehicles. Furthermore, experimentation with the model can predict how different fleet configurations would accommodate various increases in ridership; e.g., if ridership increases 40% over the next few years, a satisfactory level of service can be maintained by replacing just two of the fleet's six existing shuttles with new 39-passenger, two-door, low-floor vehicles.

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Simulation of a night taxi-bus service for the historical center of Rome

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Assisting a Public Transit Agency with Planning of Bus Schedules using Computer Simulation: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) in Ithaca, NY

Assisting a Public Transit Agency with Planning of Bus Schedules using Computer Simulation: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) in Ithaca, NY

Planning for an Aging Fleet of Shuttle Vehicles with Simulation

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