How much can holding and/or limiting boarding improve transit performance?

摘要: Abstract Bus bunching affects transit operations by increasing passenger waiting times and its variability. This work proposes a new mathematical programming model to control vehicles operating on corridor minimizing total delays. The can handle heterogeneous fleet of with different capacities without using binary variables, which make solution compatible real-time requirements. Two policies are studied within rolling horizon framework: (i) vehicle holding (HRT), be applied at any stop (ii) combined boarding limits (HBLRT), in the number passengers limited order increase operational speed. Both strategies evaluated simulation environment under conditions. results show that HBLRT HRT outperform other benchmark all scenarios, savings excess time up 77% very low variability performance. shows significant benefits relation only short headway operation high demand. Moreover, our suggest implementing when next arriving is nearby. Interestingly, these cases not reduces an extra 6.3% expected comparison HRT, but also outperforms schemes terms comfort reliability both operators. To provide more balanced load factor across yielding comfortable experience. operators use speed reducing average cycle variability, key for smooth terminals.