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Efficacy of bus service reorganization utilizing a hub-and-spoke topology and DRT to meet community needs: A case study of Tokigawa town

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العنوان: Efficacy of bus service reorganization utilizing a hub-and-spoke topology and DRT to meet community needs: A case study of Tokigawa town
المؤلفون: Masaru Yajima, Kunihiro Sakamoto, Hisashi Kubota
المصدر: IATSS Research, Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 49-60 (2013)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2013.
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: LCC:Transportation and communications
مصطلحات موضوعية: Scheduled bus, Hub-and-spoke, DRT, Bus reorganization, Transportation and communications, HE1-9990
الوصف: The purpose of this study is to verify the efficacy of a route/timetable reorganization methodology focused on a hub-and-spoke schedule bus architecture as well as the introduction of demand responsive transport (DRT) in suburban or underpopulated areas in Japan to accommodate local requirements. We selected Tokigawa town for our reorganization trial and there were many local characteristics that needed to be addressed, including town residents' demands for origins and destinations that were linearly arranged within the town but also scattered outside of the town, geographically far flung, and in this scenario, route reorganization utilizing a hub-and-spoke architecture proved effective. Particularly, by changing the timetable whereby long routes running longitudinally and across the town connected with spoke-style short routes, service frequency was increased considerably without significantly increasing expenses. Also, by implementing a system to alternatively operate regular route buses and DRT with a fixed schedule and area for routes in the mountain area, bus availability for residents living in low traffic areas was successfully increased due to increased efficiencies.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0386-1112
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111213000034; https://doaj.org/toc/0386-1112
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2013.01.001
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/087e1a7f761640708578569df3ff082f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.087e1a7f761640708578569df3ff082f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:03861112
DOI:10.1016/j.iatssr.2013.01.001