The Feeder-bus Network-design Problem

Geok Koon Kuah · Jossef Perl

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The potential for improving the cost-effectiveness of public transport operations by designing better integrated feeder-bus/rail rapid transit systems has been widely recognized. This paper defines the feeder-bus network-design problem (FBNDP) as that of designing a feeder-bus network to access an existing rail system. The FBNDP is considered under two different demand patterns, many-to-one (M-to-1) and many-to-many (M-to-M). We present a mathematical programming model for the M-to-1 FBNDP, and show that it can be generalized to the M-to-M FBNDP. The FBNDP is a large and difficult vehicle-routeing-type problem with an additional decision variable—operating frequency. A heuristic model is presented, which generalizes the ‘savings approach’ to incorporate operating frequency. The computational analysis shows that the proposed heuristic provides reasonable feeder-bus networks and consistent responses to ‘what if’ questions. A comparison indicates that the proposed heuristic provides solutions that are superior to manually designed networks. The advantages of this heuristic are particularly significant under variable demand.

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