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An agent-based evaluation of transit network design

Year: 2019

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This article presents the design and evaluation of transit networks using a route expansion heuristic and agent-based travel demand simulation. The route expansion mechanism is a type of constructive heuristic algorithm that derives new transit routes by inserting neighbouring nodes into existing routes with the aim of improving the demand coverage. The resulting networks are evaluated with an agent-based travel demand simulation model. The use of agent-based modelling is a departure from the existing route expansion literature and indeed the broader transit network design discipline in which the four step model has been extensively used. The procedure is tested on a bus rapid transit network in the City of Cape Town in South Africa.

Source: Procedia Computer Science

DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2019.04.102

Authors: Obiora A Nnene, Johan W. Joubert, Mark H.P. Zuidgeest

Institutions: University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: University of Cape Town, Center for High Performance Computing