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https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20170226191838

Optimization of urban mini-bus stop spacing: a case study of Shanghai (China)

Zhenjun Zhu orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-3516 ; School of Transportation, Southeast University Si Pai Lou No. 2, Nanjing 210096, China
Xiucheng Guo ; School of Transportation, Southeast University Si Pai Lou No. 2, Nanjing 210096, China
Hongsheng Chen ; School of Architecture, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou No. 2, Nanjing 210096, China
Jun Zeng ; School of Transportation, Southeast University Si Pai Lou No. 2, Nanjing 210096, China
Jiangling Wu orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-0903 ; School of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Xi’an 710064, China

Abstract

In recent years, the mini-bus service has gained a rapid development, while the reasonable stop spacing is significant to improve residents’ travel efficiency. In order to locate the mini-bus stops practically, this paper firstly proposes a mathematical model based on Voronoi Diagrams to minimize residents’ total travel time. Improved Wilson-Han-Powell Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) technique is employed to solve the model. Based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the Cartesian coordinate system is used to calculate the walking distance between mini-bus stops and origins or destinations, which cannot be directly measured. Secondly, based on the actual situation, this paper proposes modification methods for adjusting mini-bus stops. The validity and usefulness of the methodology is tested through applying it to a real case in Shanghai (China). The calculation results suggest that the model deals well with the mini-bus stop spacing problem.

Keywords

mini-bus service; modification methods; optimization model; Sequential Quadratic Programming; stop spacing; Voronoi Diagrams

Hrčak ID:

183058

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/183058

Publication date:

15.6.2017.

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