Impacts of holding control strategies on transit performance: Bus simulation model analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2216, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Cats, Oded ^a   Larijani, Anahid ^a   Koutsopoulos, Haris N ^a   Burghout, Wilco ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; FLEET OPERATIONS;

BUS SIMULATION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; LEVEL OF SERVICE; MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE; MODELING ANALYZES; PERFORMANCE; SERVICE RELIABILITY; SIMULATION MODEL; TIME POINTS; TRANSIT OPERATORS;

BUSES;

EID: 84856101251     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2216-06     Document Type: Article

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