Author(s)

Zhaokang Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Traffic & Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China

Corresponding Author

Zhaokang Li

ABSTRACT

Demand-responsive feeder bus is a new operation mode of public transport, which is guided by passenger demand and provides door-to-door customized travel services. The number of passengers that need to be served at the same time on a bus, which is often decided by vehicle model, is a key parameter that determines the level of bus service. An analytical model of demand-responsive feeder bus was built to analyze the different bus models under certain passenger flow. Given a certain passenger flow, the required number of vehicles, passenger travel time and the vehicle travelled miles are compared and analyzed with different bus models. The numerical analysis shows that larger bus is more economic in vehicle travelled miles while passengers will experience longer travel time. The result may provide a reference for the public transport agencies deciding which model of vehicle to deploy that better balances the user cost and operating cost.

KEYWORDS

Urban traffic, public transit planning, feeder bus, demand-responsive transit

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhaokang Li, Comparative Study on the Vehicle Model of Demand-Responsive Feeder Bus. Frontiers in Traffic and Transportation Engineering (2023) Vol. 3: 1-7. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/ftte.2023.030101.

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