 Bus stop spacing with heterogeneous trip lengths and elastic demandAyush Pandey and Lewis J. Lehe Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2024, vol. 189, issue C Abstract: This paper develops models of a bus route in which (i) stop spacing can vary; (ii) trip lengths are heterogeneous; (iii) demand is elastic; and (iv) passengers delay the bus. Since wider spacings make sufficiently long trips faster, and sufficiently short trips slower, they induce long trips and repel short trips. We explore two continuum-approximation models: one with fixed headways and another in which headways depend on the spacing. The pattern of induced/repelled trips means the ridership-maximizing spacing is shorter than the one that maximizes passenger-km traveled. The same pattern also makes the average trip length endogenous to spacing. In the model with endogenous headways, when spacing is very narrow, a rise in spacing can reduce the expected wait time by more than it increases the expected walk time. We draw several lessons for practice and use a discrete simulation to confirm results from the continuous approximation models. Keywords: Bus stops; Economics; Elasticity; Heterogeneity; Equilibrium; Bus; Stop spacing; Transit (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transb:v:189:y:2024:i:c:s0191261524001462 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2024.103022 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is currently edited by Fred Mannering More articles in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological from Elsevier |
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