Title :
Introduction of flexibility and dynamic features in public transport scheduling: a step ahead
Author :
Marqués, A. ; Torregrosa, M. ; Camarena, A. ; Darby-Dowman, K. ; Little, J. ; Moody, S.
Author_Institution :
ETRA S.A., Spain
Abstract :
SUPERBUS is a 30 months R and D project partly funded by the European Union (DG III) under the ESPRIT programme. The project to develop a dynamic scheduling system for public transport (PT) started in November 1993 with a European multidisciplinary consortium involving PT operators. The aim of a conventional PT scheduling system is to produce a schedule consisting of timetables and the associated allocations of buses and crews given a set of available resources (buses, crews) and the desired level of service (bus frequencies). SUPERBUS system offers additional features of flexibility and integration and is based on an object oriented approach with support from am object oriented database
Keywords :
transportation; 30 months R and D project; ESPRIT programme; European Union; European multidisciplinary consortium; SUPERBUS; bus allocations; crew allocation; dynamic scheduling system; object oriented approach; object oriented database; public transport scheduling; timetables;
Conference_Titel :
Public Transport Electronic Systems, 1996., International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 425)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-659-8
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19960447
