Transit-network design methodology for actual-size road networks

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1787-1804

  Asadi Bagloee, Saeed ^a   Ceder, Avishai Avi ^b  

^a PARSONS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Newton gravity; Public transportation; Rail system; Routes hierarchy; Transit network design

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; GRAVITATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SEARCH ENGINES; TRAVEL TIME;

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS; FREQUENCY SETTING; META-HEURISTIC SEARCH; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; RAIL SYSTEMS; ROUTES HIERARCHY; TRANSIT NETWORK DESIGN;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

ALGORITHM; DESIGN; HEURISTICS; NETWORK DESIGN; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80455173935     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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