Feeder Bus Accessibility Modeling and Evaluation

Shixiong Jiang, Wei Guan, Liu Yang and Wenyi Zhang
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Shixiong Jiang: College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
Wei Guan: Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport, Ministry of Transport, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Liu Yang: School of Transportation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
Wenyi Zhang: Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport, Ministry of Transport, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-17

Abstract: To improve first/last mile travel services between metro stations and communities, this study modeled and analyzed four kinds of feeder bus operation strategies in terms of travel time and accessibility. The analytical modeling was used to compare the travel times and the simulation experiments were used to compare the accessibilities of different operation strategies. The results showed that when the ratio between length and width of study area increases, the number of stops for the fixed route transit with fixed stops will increase. When the travel demand is low, the demand responsive transit with separate routes has the highest accessibility. When the travel demand is high, the fixed route transit with fixed stops provides the highest accessibility. In addition, the ratio of flows in two passenger directions has different influences on the four operation strategies. This study can provide guidance for feeder bus operation to improve public transportation attraction.

Keywords: feeder bus accessibility; fixed route transit (FRT); demand responsive transit (DRT); travel time; public transport; metro stations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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