Integrating short turning and deadheading in the optimization of transit services

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-434

  Cortés, Cristián E ^a   Jara Díaz, Sergio ^a   Tirachini, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deadheading; Operator cost; Public transport; Short turning; Users cost

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

DEADHEADING; INTEGRATED STRATEGY; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OPERATOR COSTS; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSIT SERVICES;

COST REDUCTION;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT; USER FEE;

EID: 79952748765     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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