[1] Yan Yadan, Guo Xiucheng, Li Yan, Kong Zhe, et al. Bus transit travel time reliability evaluationbased on automatic vehicle location data [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2012, 28 (1): 100-105. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.01.017]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

28

Issue:

2012 1

Page:

100-105

Research Field:

Traffic and Transportation Engineering

Publishing date:

2012-03-30

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Title:

Bus transit travel time reliability evaluationbased on automatic vehicle location data

Author(s):

Yan Yadan¹;  Guo Xiucheng¹;  Li Yan²;  Kong Zhe¹;  He Ming³

¹ School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
² Highway School, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
³ Transport Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Transport of the People’s

Keywords:

bus transit travel time reliability;  evaluation and analysis;  automatic vehicle location data;  statistical analysis

PACS:

U491.17

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.01.017

Abstract:

In order to provide important parameters for schedule designing, decision-making bases for transit operation management and references for passengers traveling by bus, bus transit travel time reliability is analyzed and evaluated based on automatic vehicle location(AVL)data. Based on the statistical analysis of the bus transit travel time, six indices including the coefficient of variance, the width of travel time distribution, the mean commercial speed, the congestion frequency, the planning time index and the buffer time index are proposed. Moreover, a framework for evaluating bus transit travel time reliability is constructed. Finally, a case study on a certain bus route in Suzhou is conducted. Results show that the proposed evaluation index system is simple and intuitive, and it can effectively reflect the efficiency and stability of bus operations. And a distinguishing feature of bus transit travel time reliability is the temporal pattern. It varies across different time periods.

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Biographies: Yan Yadan(1986—), female, graduate; Guo Xiucheng(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, seuguo@163.com.
Foundation item: The Soft Science Research Project of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China(No.2008-k5-14).
Citation: Yan Yadan, Guo Xiucheng, Li Yan, et al. Bus transit travel time reliability evaluation based on automatic vehicle location data[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2012, 28(1):100-105.[doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2012.01.017]

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