Symbiotic network design strategies in the presence of coexisting transportation networks

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-34

  Chow, Joseph Y J ^a   Sayarshad, Hamid R ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bike sharing; Multimodal network; Multiobjective optimization; Network design; Public transit

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; BICYCLES; COSTS; GAME THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION;

BIKE-SHARING; KNOWLEDGE-BASED METHODS; MULTICOMMODITY FLOW PROBLEMS; MULTIMODAL NETWORK; NETWORK DESIGN; PUBLIC TRANSIT; TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSIONS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

TIME SHARING SYSTEMS;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; MOBILITY; MODEL TEST; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84894479669     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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