Optimization of a Bus and Rail Transit System with Feeder Bus Services under Different Market Regimes

Zhi-Chun Li, William H.K. Lam and S.C. Wong
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Zhi-Chun Li: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Huazhong University of Science and Technology
William H.K. Lam: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
S.C. Wong: The University of Hong Kong

Chapter Chapter 25 in Transportation and Traffic Theory 2009: Golden Jubilee, 2009, pp 495-516 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper proposes analytical models for optimizing a bus and rail transit system with feeder bus services under different market regimes. The market regimes concerned include: monopoly (with profit maximization), social optimum (with social welfare maximization), and oligopoly. In the proposed models, transit operator aims to optimize the frequencies and fares of the bus, rail and feeder bus services, while accounting for the responses from transit passengers (in terms of travel mode choice as well as demand elasticity) to the level of transit services and fares. A solution algorithm is developed to solve the proposed models. Numerical results show that a single implementation of the feeder bus service scheme may not be most cost-effective. A joint implementation of the feeder bus service scheme and other schemes, such as transfer coordination between transit modes and integrated fare scheme, can significantly improve the performance of the multimodal transit system in terms of total social welfare.

Keywords: Transit System; Transit Service; Transit Operator; Train Service; Market Regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0820-9_25

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