A modeling framework for bus rapid transit operations evaluation and service planning

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 571-591

  Abdelghany, Khaled F ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^b   Abdelghany, Ahmed F ^c  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus preemption; Bus Rapid Transit; Dynamic traffic assignment; Exclusive lanes; Intermodal networks; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

BUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT; URBAN TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;

RAPID TRANSIT;

BUS TRANSPORT; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

KNOXVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36349012482     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060701698219     Document Type: Article

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