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An Optimization Procedure to Design a Minibus Feeder Service: An Application to the Sintra Rail Line

Author(s) -

Luis Martínez,

Tomás Eiró

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

procedia - social and behavioral sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1877-0428

DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.770

Subject(s) - dimensioning , metropolitan area , service (business) , transport engineering , integer programming , engineering , line (geometry) , rail transit , scheduling (production processes) , heuristic , computer science , operations management , geography , business , mathematics , marketing , geometry , archaeology , algorithm , aerospace engineering , artificial intelligence

This paper presents the formulation of a heuristic encompassing a mixed integer linear program to model the synchronisation between a minibus feeder service and a mass transit system. Our formulation is divided into three main steps: the establishment of stops, scheduling and the fleet dimensioning.This model was tested in a dense suburban area around a communting rail line in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The results show a high potential of the tested service to feed the suburban rail service with gains for the passengers and the establishment of an economically self-sustainable service

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