The network-inspired transportation system: A hierarchical approach to integrated transit

Author

Edwards, Derek ; Trivedi, Aarjav ; Elangovan, Arun Kumar ; Dickerson, Steve

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Enginering, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1507

Lastpage

1512

Abstract

This paper defines an integrated transportation framework known as the network inspired transportation system (NITS). The NITS uses demand-responsive transit that leverages static bus and rail services, to optimally route passengers though a complex transportation network in the same manner that a data packet is routed through a telecommunications network. This paper provides a background of demand-responsive transit, introduces and defines the NITS, and provides analysis and simulations results that support the utilization of the NITS in low and medium density urban areas.

Keywords

transportation; complex transportation network; data packet; demand responsive transit; integrated transit; integrated transportation framework; network inspired transportation system; rail services; static bus services; telecommunications network; urban areas; Cities and towns; Logic gates; Rails; Routing; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; Dial-a-Ride problem; demand-responsive transportation; intelligent transportation systems; intelligent vehicles; routing and scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2011 14th International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

2153-0009

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2198-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2011.6083066

Filename

6083066