Optimization of Parking Public Transport Vehicles in Ostrava

<p>A typical trait of public transport is a spatially scattered demand. A route net that is operated by a carrier (or several carriers) has to be adapted to the demand. Public transport vehicles that are not used during a period of a day are usually parked in defined parking lots that have a g...

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Main Authors: Dušan Teichmann, Michal Dorda, Helena Bínová, Martin Ludvík
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences 2015-03-01
Series:Promet (Zagreb)
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Online Access:http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/traffic/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/1593
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Summary:<p>A typical trait of public transport is a spatially scattered demand. A route net that is operated by a carrier (or several carriers) has to be adapted to the demand. Public transport vehicles that are not used during a period of a day are usually parked in defined parking lots that have a given capacity. When the vehicle goes from the place where its schedule ends (usually a terminus of the last connection served by the vehicle) to the place where the vehicle should be parked, a non-productive journey occurs. The same occurs at the beginning of the vehicle schedule as well. The main goal of the paper is to present a mathematical model that enables minimization of the total length of all the non-productive journeys. Functionality of the proposed mathematical model was tested in the conditions of a real bus public transport network.</p>
ISSN:0353-5320
1848-4069