When demand for transportation is low or sparse, traditional transit cannot provide effi- cient and good-quality service, due to its fixed structure. New transportation alternatives are therefore increasingly proposed, combining on-demand service adjustment capabilities to the regular route and schedule characteristics of traditional transit. Such so-called semi- flexible systems require careful planning, but no formalization of the corresponding deci- sions problems, nor any comprehensive methodology has been proposed yet. This paper aims at contributing to fill this gap by presenting a comprehensive literature review, and a general and unifying modeling framework for representing and planning semi-flexible systems. The latter takes the form of the Demand Adaptive Systems, which generalizes the semi-flexible systems described in the literature, and also offers a number of advanced features, the scheduling mechanism, in particular. The paper then provides a classification of planning decisions, which is used to structure a comprehensive and comparative litera- ture review of the field of semi-flexible systems, including methodological contributions as well as a number of particularly significant practical experiences.
A survey on planning semi-flexible transit systems: Methodological issues and a unifying framework
MALUCELLI, FEDERICO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
When demand for transportation is low or sparse, traditional transit cannot provide effi- cient and good-quality service, due to its fixed structure. New transportation alternatives are therefore increasingly proposed, combining on-demand service adjustment capabilities to the regular route and schedule characteristics of traditional transit. Such so-called semi- flexible systems require careful planning, but no formalization of the corresponding deci- sions problems, nor any comprehensive methodology has been proposed yet. This paper aims at contributing to fill this gap by presenting a comprehensive literature review, and a general and unifying modeling framework for representing and planning semi-flexible systems. The latter takes the form of the Demand Adaptive Systems, which generalizes the semi-flexible systems described in the literature, and also offers a number of advanced features, the scheduling mechanism, in particular. The paper then provides a classification of planning decisions, which is used to structure a comprehensive and comparative litera- ture review of the field of semi-flexible systems, including methodological contributions as well as a number of particularly significant practical experiences.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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