A methodology to derive the critical demand density for designing and operating feeder transit services

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 922-935

  Quadrifoglio, Luca ^a   Li, Xiugang ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous approximation; Critical demand; Demand responsive; Feeder transit; Flexible transit

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING;

CONTINUOUS APPROXIMATIONS; CRITICAL DEMAND; DEMAND RESPONSIVE; FEEDER TRANSIT; FLEXIBLE TRANSIT;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

EID: 69749096842     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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