A New Model for Rail-Based Park-And-Ride with Feeder Bus Services

As an important part of urban public transportation systems, the feeder bus fills a service gap left by rail transit, effectively extending the range of rail transit’s service and solving the problem of short-distance travel and interchanges. By defining the potential demand of feeder bus services and considering its relationship with the traffic demands of corresponding staging areas, the distance between road and rail transit, and the repetition factor of road bus lines, this paper established a potential demand model of roads by opening feeder bus services and applying a logit model for passenger flow distribution. Based on a circular route model, a route starting and ending at urban rail transit stations was generated, and a genetic algorithm was then applied to solve it. The Wei-Fang community of Shanghai was selected as the test area. Per the model and algorithm, the feeder route length was conformed to a functional orientation of short-distance travel and the feeder service of a feeder bus; the route mostly covered where conventional bus lines were fewer, which is a finding that is in agreement with the actual situation; the feasibility of the model and algorithm was verified.

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Development of Disaggregate Modal Demand Models for Planning of Rail-feeder Bus Services

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW ◽

10.2208/journalip.2.53 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shogo KAWAKAMI ◽

Yasuhiro HIROBATA ◽

Shoshi MIZOKAMI

Keyword(s):

Demand Models ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Bus Services

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Improved Huff Model for Estimating Urban Rail Transit Station Catchment Areas considering Station Choices

Journal of Advanced Transportation ◽

10.1155/2021/6374724 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Zhenjun Zhu ◽

Yudong He ◽

Xiucheng Guo ◽

Yibang Zhang ◽

Junlan Chen

Keyword(s):

Urban Rail Transit ◽

Rail Transit ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Urban Rail ◽

Catchment Areas ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Transit Station ◽

Bus Services ◽

Additive Form

Estimating urban rail transit station catchment areas is of great significance to deepening our understanding of Transit-Oriented Development in Chinese megacities. This study investigated station choices of residents and considered that residents may not only pay attention to the proximity to stations when the URT system develops into a relatively mature network. An improved Huff model was proposed to calculate the probability of residents’ station choice, which considered the station attractiveness. The station attractiveness is measured by three variables: walk score, public transport accessibility level, and service and facility index. The additive form based on multicriteria decision is adopted to incorporate experts’ opinions on the importance of three variables. In this study, extended catchment areas that can be accessed by cycling and feeder bus services are adopted to replace the conventional pedestrian-oriented catchment areas. A case study of Xi’an, China, was used to validate the applicability of the proposed methodology. The results revealed that the methodology effectively solved the problem. The findings could be used as a reference and provide technical support to policymakers and city planners with regard to the transport facilities configuration for URT station catchment areas, which contributes to facilitating transit-oriented development.

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Optimization of a Bus and Rail Transit System with Feeder Bus Services under Different Market Regimes

Transportation and Traffic Theory 2009: Golden Jubilee ◽

10.1007/978-1-4419-0820-9_25 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 495-516 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Zhi-Chun Li ◽

William H.K. Lam ◽

S.C. Wong

Keyword(s):

Rail Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Market Regimes ◽

Bus Services

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URBAN BUS FLEET ROUTING IN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK EQUIPPED WITH PARK-AND-RIDE: A CASE STUDY OF BABOL, IRAN

Transport ◽

10.3846/16484142.2017.1277551 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 55-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amir Khakbaz ◽

Ali Shahandeh Nookabadi ◽

Seyyed Nader Shetab Boushehri

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Transportation Network ◽

Central Business District ◽

Minimum Length ◽

New Model ◽

Park And Ride ◽

Novel Method ◽

Urban Bus ◽

Business District ◽

Demand Coverage

Recently, most cities have tried to connect park-and-ride facilities with public transit vehicles. The present study aims to design urban bus routes in the transportation network equipped with park-and-ride. Seven important factors which affect the design of urban bus network are identified through the literature review. These factors include demand coverage, route directness, passengers’ satisfaction, minimum length of bus route, budget, use of existing bus routes and number of lines. In this article, by use of the mentioned factors, a new model is developed to determine the urban bus routes. The new model figures the routes with park-and-ride as origin and Central Business District (CBD) as destination, in such a manner that the covered demand is maximized. Our novel method is more effective than other options currently available. In fact, it uses the most important factors in designing urban bus routes. Furthermore, an efficient Genetic Algorithm (GA) based approach is represented to solve large-scale problems. Numerical results show the effectiveness of this approach. At last, the developed model is applied to design the urban bus routes in the transportation network of Babol (Iran).

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ASSESSING MRT FEEDER BUS SERVICES PERFORMANCE THROUGH PASSENGER’S SATISFACTION LEVEL IN THE SELECTED STATIONS OF KLANG VALLEY, MALAYSIA

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pm.v19i15.933 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (15) ◽

Author(s):

Oladejo Aliu Olabayonle ◽

Muhammad Rijal Mohamad ◽

Syahriah Bachok ◽

Mohammad Zarif Mohd Zahari

Keyword(s):

Fear Of Crime ◽

Bachelor's Degree ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Last Mile ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

Average Monthly Income ◽

Klang Valley ◽

Bus Services

Resultant impacts of mobility increase within the Klang Valley, for example, congestion, parking problem and air pollution have highlighted the reason for a move towards the use of more sustainable transport modes within the cities. Hence the need for effective and reliable public transport. It is perceived that Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) feeder buses hold the guarantee of easing the growing congestion in Klang Valley if they are managed efficiently and sustainably. For this reason, this research expands the exploration of the MRT feeder bus services quality by evaluating the passengers' level of satisfaction. A quantitative approach was employed for this study by administration of the questionnaire. A total of 303 survey forms were collected through convenience sampling. The study's findings confirmed the efficiency and effectiveness of services provision. Surveys showed that most riders (62.7%) were females with the majority possessing a bachelor’s degree and above (64.4%). Also, a large proportion of the riders fell into the age group category between 20 and 29 years (69.0%), with less than half of the respondents earning an average monthly income of above RM 6,000 (45.9%). Most of the respondents were satisfied with the overall quality (above 80% satisfactory) but punctuality, waiting and travel times as well as services frequency of this first and last mile connection (FLM) had left a lot to be desired. The study also found significant relationships between gender and the fear of crime as well as conditions of bus stops. Thus, it recommends overall enhancement of service with safer environment for female riders and an increase in the service frequency of the MRT feeder buses to retain the existing users and attract more new users.

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FEEDER MODE CHOICE SELECTION BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING: THE CASE OF KTM KOMUTER, KUALA LUMPUR

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pm.v15i1.223 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

Author(s):

Syahriah Bachok ◽

Siti Hajar Madina Mohd Zin

Keyword(s):

Mode Switching ◽

Survey Method ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Vehicle Ownership ◽

Chi Square ◽

Catchment Areas ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Bus Service ◽

Bus Services ◽

Chi Square Analysis

Transit oriented development propagates the use of feeder services such as buses, taxis and paratransit to support the main rail trunks (Taylor, 1982; Limtanakool et.al, 2006; Alshalalfah & Shalaby, 2007). This paper attempts at explaining the preferences of passengers of a Malaysian rail service towards feeder buses, factors influencing their choices and recommendations to encourage the KTM Komuter passengers to switch mode to feeder services instead of driving theirprivate vehicles to and from stations. Using on-board intercept survey method, some results of 200 samples were analysed for the research. Findings showed that 76% of the passengers did not prefer to use the feeder. As such, the chi-square analysis did not find any socio-demographic factors such as gender, income, level of study, employment types, to be significant in explaining this mode switching behaviour. Some trip characteristics such as vehicle ownership, frequency andlength of using the KTM Komuter service also did not significantly influence the passengers' preference in using the feeder bus service. Other factors were then examined, including stationsâ€™ characteristics, usersâ€™ access and egress behaviours, travel time and distance. Therefore, in order to encourage the KTM Komuter users in using the feeder bus service, several recommendations such as providing an efficient, reliable frequency and catchment areas of feeder bus services were made.

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FEEDER MODE CHOICE SELECTION BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING: THE CASE OF KTM KOMUTER, KUALA LUMPUR

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pmjournal.v15.i6.223 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Syahriah Bachok ◽

Siti Hajar Madina Mohd Zin

Keyword(s):

Mode Switching ◽

Survey Method ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Vehicle Ownership ◽

Chi Square ◽

Catchment Areas ◽

Feeder Bus ◽

Bus Service ◽

Bus Services ◽

Chi Square Analysis

Transit oriented development propagates the use of feeder services such as buses, taxis and paratransit to support the main rail trunks (Taylor, 1982; Limtanakool et.al, 2006; Alshalalfah & Shalaby, 2007). This paper attempts at explaining the preferences of passengers of a Malaysian rail service towards feeder buses, factors influencing their choices and recommendations to encourage the KTM Komuter passengers to switch mode to feeder services instead of driving theirprivate vehicles to and from stations. Using on-board intercept survey method, some results of 200 samples were analysed for the research. Findings showed that 76% of the passengers did not prefer to use the feeder. As such, the chi-square analysis did not find any socio-demographic factors such as gender, income, level of study, employment types, to be significant in explaining this mode switching behaviour. Some trip characteristics such as vehicle ownership, frequency andlength of using the KTM Komuter service also did not significantly influence the passengers' preference in using the feeder bus service. Other factors were then examined, including stations’ characteristics, users’ access and egress behaviours, travel time and distance. Therefore, in order to encourage the KTM Komuter users in using the feeder bus service, several recommendations such as providing an efficient, reliable frequency and catchment areas of feeder bus services were made.

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The Hitachi Model HS-8 Electron Microscope

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100061203 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 238-239

Author(s):

H. Akabori ◽

K. Nishiwaki ◽

K. Yoneta

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscope ◽

New Model ◽

Predecessor Model

By improving the predecessor Model HS- 7 electron microscope for the purpose of easier operation, we have recently completed new Model HS-8 electron microscope featuring higher performance and ease of operation.

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