Title :
The role of infrastructures on public transport service reliability
Author :
Tahmasseby, Shahram ; Van Oort, Niels ; Van Nes, Rob
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Civil Eng. & Geosci., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
This research deals with a public transport network design methodology that accounts for reliability and robustness of urban public transport service networks by considering impacts of stochastic events on networks. The study shows the role of infrastructures such as bypasses to improve public transport network robustness. This methodology is applied in a case study: the tram network in city of The Hague. Results show a sensible improvement in network connectivity reliability as well as travel costs.
Keywords :
critical infrastructures; public administration; public utilities; railway rolling stock; reliability; Hague; network connectivity reliability; public infrastructures; service reliability; tram network; travel costs; urban public transport service networks; Bridges; Costs; Fluctuations; Frequency; Rails; Road accidents; Robustness; Snow; Storms; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future (INFRA), 2008 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rotterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6887-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439680
