Transit network design: A procedure and an application to a large urban area

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-14

  Cipriani, Ernesto ^a   Gori, Stefano ^a   Petrelli, Marco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow concentration; Genetic algorithms; Transit network design

Indexed keywords

BUSES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

COMPLEX ROAD NETWORKS; FLOW CONCENTRATION; PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS; ROUTE GENERATION; SOLVING PROCEDURE; TRANSIT NETWORK DESIGN;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEURISTICS; NETWORK DESIGN; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 80054792816     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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