Using entropy-TOPSIS method to evaluate urban rail transit system operation performance: The China case

W Huang, B Shuai, Y Sun, Y Wang, E Antwi - Transportation Research Part …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban rail transit system operation performance evaluation results are important for
government, transit operators and passengers. In this paper, we formulate an entropy …

A bi-level programming for bus lane network design

B Yu, L Kong, Y Sun, B Yao, Z Gao - Transportation Research Part C …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a bi-level programming model to solve the design problem for bus lane
distribution in multi-modal transport networks. The upper level model aims at minimizing the …

Traffic congestion relief associated with public transport: state-of-the-art

DQ Nguyen-Phuoc, W Young, G Currie, C De Gruyter - Public Transport, 2020 - Springer
Public transport (PT) influences the urban road system in many ways, including traffic
congestion, environment, society, safety and land use impacts. While there are many studies …

Detecting, tracking and counting people getting on/off a metropolitan train using a standard video camera

SA Velastin, R Fernández, JE Espinosa, A Bay - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The main source of delays in public transport systems (buses, trams, metros, railways) takes
place in their stations. For example, a public transport vehicle can travel at 60 km per hour …

[BOOK][B] Service reliability and urban public transport design

N Van Oort - 2011 - Citeseer
One of the things I knew for sure when I graduated in 2003 was that I didn't want to do a PhD
research. After my study I really wanted to jump into the real world to solve real problems. At …

Assessing the impacts of dedicated bus lanes on urban traffic congestion and modal split with an agent-based model

G Ben-Dor, E Ben-Elia, I Benenson - Procedia computer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Dedicated Bus Lanes (DBLs) have the potential to significantly improve the
performance of bus services while encouraging mode switch from private cars to Public …

Modelling the net traffic congestion impact of bus operations in Melbourne

DQ Nguyen-Phuoc, G Currie, C De Gruyter… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bus services can be seen as a way to reduce traffic congestion where they can encourage a
mode shift from car. However, they can also generate negative effects on traffic flow due to …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and optimization of dedicated bus lanes space allocation in large networks with dynamic congestion

D Tsitsokas, A Kouvelas, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dedicated bus lanes provide a low cost and easily implementable strategy to improve transit
service by minimizing congestion-related delays. Identifying the best spatial distribution of …

Performance evaluation of public bus transportation by using DEA models and Shannon's entropy: An example from a company in a large city of China

Z Liu, N Wu, Y Qiao, Z Li - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to assess the operational efficiency of a public bus
transportation via a case study from a company in a large city of China by using data …

Understanding the impacts of a combination of service improvement strategies on bus running time and passenger's perception

EI Diab, AM El-Geneidy - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Transit agencies implement many strategies in order to provide an attractive transportation
service. This article aims to evaluate the impacts of implementing a combination of …