Design of limited-stop services for an urban bus corridor with capacity constraints

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1186-1201

  Leiva, Carola ^a   Muñoz, Juan Carlos ^a   Giesen, Ricardo ^a   Larrain, Homero ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bus rapid transit (BRT); Express services; Limited stop services; Network design; Public transit; Route design

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; OPTIMIZATION; RAPID TRANSIT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; TRAVEL TIME; VEHICLES;

BUS RAPID TRANSIT; EXPRESS SERVICES; LIMITED-STOP SERVICES; NETWORK DESIGN; PUBLIC TRANSIT; ROUTE DESIGN;

BUSES;

BUS TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BOGOTA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 77957236627     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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