Schedule coordination in a multiple hub transit network

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-124

  Ting, Ching Jung ^a   Schonfeld, Paul ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Scheduling; Time factors; Transportation networks

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING; URBAN PLANNING;

MULTIPLE HUB TRANSIT NETWORK; SERVICE QUALITY; SLACK TIMES; TRANSIT NETWORKS;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 20444493903     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2005)131:2(112)     Document Type: Article

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