Joint scheduling and formation design for modular-vehicle transit service with time-dependent demand

• Main Authors: Tian, Qingyun, Lin, Yun Hui, Wang, David Zhi Wei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Public Transportation Services; Transit Service Operation Design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168914
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper focuses on the operation design of a future public transit service adopting modular vehicles. The unique feature of modular vehicles allows for assembling and disassembling operations along each trip to dynamically adjust the vehicle formation at stations. We propose a mathematical model...