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Advanced modeling for transit operations and service planning [electronic resource] / edited by William H.K. Lam, Michael G.H. Bell. - Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2002. - 1 online resource (viii, 345 p.) : ill.

Initial planning for urban transit systems / S.C. Wirasinghe -- Public transport timetabling and vehicle scheduling / Avishai Ceder -- Designing public transport networks and routes / Avishai Ceder -- Transit Path Choice and Assignment Model Approaches / A. Nuzzolo -- Schedule-Based Transit Assignment Models / Agostino Nuzzolo -- Frequency based transit route choice models / Michael Florian -- Capacity constrained transit assignment models and reliability analysis / Michael G.H. Bell -- Dynasmart-IP : dynamic traffic assignment meso-simulator for intermodal networks / Hani S. Mahmassani, Khaled F. Abdelghany -- Modeling competitive multi-modal services / Hong K. Lo, C.W. Yip, K.H. Wan -- Modeling urban taxi services : a literature survey and an analytical example / Hai Yang ... [et al.] -- The estimation of origin-destination matrices in transit networks / S.C. Wong, C.O. Tong -- Models for optimizing transit fares / Jing Zhou, William H.K. Lam.

In this title, experts in public transport address the current problem of improving public transit systems by taking advantage of new technologies and advanced modelling techniques. The key areas open to improvement are service planning and operations management.

ISBN: 9780585475226 (electronic bk.) 9781786359582 (ePUB)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Transportation--General.
Transportation--Public Transportation.
Transport planning & policy.
Transportation--Planning--Mathematical models.

LC Class. No.: HE147.7 / .A38 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 388.015118

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 625.7