Suburban bus route design

Authors

Shuaian Wang, University of WollongongFollow
Xiaobo Qu, Griffih University
Zhiyuan Liu, Monash University

RIS ID

85128

Publication Details

Wang, S., Qu, X. & Liu, Z. (2013). Suburban bus route design. In A. Fujiwara (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Vol.9, 2013 (pp. 1-10). Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies.

Abstract

Rural and suburban areas have a low density of population. Hence, the bus services have unique features that enable the design of suburban bus route a practical and interesting research topic. We formulate a suburban bus route design problem and prove its NP-hardness. A dynamic programming approach is developed to obtain the optimal solution. A case study is reported to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model and solution method.