Modeling the Equilibrium Bus Line Choice Behavior and Transit System Design with Oblivious Users

Chuan-Lin Zhao and Hai-Jun Huang ()

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-5

Abstract:

In most of transportation literature, users are assumed to be perfectly rational in minimizing their own travel costs or perceived travel costs. However, users may not be perfectly rational in implementing their choices in reality. There exists a kind of boundedly rational users, that is, oblivious users. These oblivious users make their route choices by simple criteria, for example, selecting the shortest (or the most direct) route only based on physical distance or simply following routes recommended by a GPS system. This paper investigates how the existence of oblivious users affects the equilibrium bus line choice behavior in a public transit system. And we propose a method to design a more realistic system.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/173876

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