The impact of long-term travel demand changes on mixed decision problems of mass transit lines construction and vehicles’ depots location

Piotr Sawicki; Szymon Fierek

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The paper is concentrated on solving a mixed decision problem of mass transit line construction and vehicles’ depots location (MTLC&VDL). The authors have iteratively solved this problem as a function of scenariobased, long-term travel demand changes, and finally have analysed the generated results. As a product of the computations, it has been proved that the solution of the mixed MTLC&VDL decision problem depends on changes in travel demand, both in terms of the line construction and the location of the depot. 5 and 10% increase of travel demand leads to changes in the optimal mass transit line’s configuration, while the change of the optimal depot location takes place with 10% of the travel demand change. The results have implied a conclusion that to make strategic decisions on transport systems and solving mixed decision problems, forecasting travel demand changes (its volume and structure) over the long-term horizon has to be performed.

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mass transit lines construction, vehicles’ depots location, travel demand, exact optimisation, traffic modelling

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2018, Volume 6 Year 2018 (115), pp. 103 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.090.8695

Article type: Original article

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The impact of long-term travel demand changes on mixed decision problems of mass transit lines construction and vehicles’ depots location

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The impact of long-term travel demand changes on mixed decision problems of mass transit lines construction and vehicles’ depots location

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Piotr Sawicki

Division of Transport Systems, Poznan University of Technology

Szymon Fierek

Division of Transport Systems, Poznan University of Technology

Published at: 25.06.2018

Article status: Open

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Piotr Sawicki (Author) - 50%

Szymon Fierek (Author) - 50%

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