Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time
Bus bunching is ostensibly regarded as a detrimental phenomenon in bus systems. We study a bus loop with two bus stops, one regular bus stop and one spike bus stop, where bunched buses can outperform staggered buses. The spike bus stop models a bus stop connected to a train or metro service, where p...
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| description | Bus bunching is ostensibly regarded as a detrimental phenomenon in bus systems. We study a bus loop with two bus stops, one regular bus stop and one spike bus stop, where bunched buses can outperform staggered buses. The spike bus stop models a bus stop connected to a train or metro service, where passengers arrive in groups at periodic intervals (spikes). We introduce the configuration of synchronised bunched buses, where bunched buses wait for the spike in demand. For a wide range of parameters, synchronised bunched buses outperform perfectly staggered buses in terms of minimising the waiting time of commuters. We present an analytical formulation of the average waiting time in the case of bunched buses, synchronised bunched buses, and perfectly staggered buses with the consideration of different passenger demands, number of buses, and bus capacity. We demonstrate the validity of our analytical results through an agent-based simulation of the bus loop system. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1656402023-04-09T15:36:15Z Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time Vismara, Luca Saw Vee-Liem Chew, Lock Yue School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) Science::Physics Analytical Formulation Bus Bunching Bus bunching is ostensibly regarded as a detrimental phenomenon in bus systems. We study a bus loop with two bus stops, one regular bus stop and one spike bus stop, where bunched buses can outperform staggered buses. The spike bus stop models a bus stop connected to a train or metro service, where passengers arrive in groups at periodic intervals (spikes). We introduce the configuration of synchronised bunched buses, where bunched buses wait for the spike in demand. For a wide range of parameters, synchronised bunched buses outperform perfectly staggered buses in terms of minimising the waiting time of commuters. We present an analytical formulation of the average waiting time in the case of bunched buses, synchronised bunched buses, and perfectly staggered buses with the consideration of different passenger demands, number of buses, and bus capacity. We demonstrate the validity of our analytical results through an agent-based simulation of the bus loop system. Nanyang Technological University Published version This work was supported by the Joint WASP/NTU Programme (M4082189). 2023-04-05T06:19:24Z 2023-04-05T06:19:24Z 2022 Journal Article Vismara, L., Saw Vee-Liem & Chew, L. Y. (2022). Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time. Complexity, 2022, 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8996439 1076-2787 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165640 10.1155/2022/8996439 2-s2.0-85137921277 2022 1 15 en M4082189 Complexity © 2022 Luca Vismara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Science::Physics Analytical Formulation Bus Bunching Vismara, Luca Saw Vee-Liem Chew, Lock Yue Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title | Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title_full | Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title_fullStr | Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title_short | Synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters' waiting time |
| title_sort | synchronising bus bunching to the spikes in service demand reduces commuters waiting time |
| topic | Science::Physics Analytical Formulation Bus Bunching |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165640 |
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