Dynamics and schedule of shuttle bus controlled by traffic signal

Takashi Nagatani

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2008, vol. 387, issue 23, 5892-5900

Abstract: We study the dynamical behavior of a shuttle bus moving through a traffic signal. The dynamics of the bus is expressed in terms of the nonlinear maps. The bus dynamics is controlled by varying the loading parameter, the cycle time of signal, and the degree of speedup. We show the dependence of the tour time on both loading parameter and cycle time. The fluctuation of boarding passengers is highly reduced by varying the cycle time. When the bus speeds up to retrieve the delay induced by loading the passengers, the bus behavior also changes highly. The shuttle bus schedule is connected with the complex motion of the shuttle bus. The region map (phase diagram) is shown to control the complex motion of the bus.

Keywords: Traffic dynamics; Nonlinear map; Fluctuation; Bus schedule; Traffic signal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.06.038

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