Showing papers on "Fleet management published in 1972"
01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a method for dividing the line positions, headways, and route sizes to minimize the total system and user's travel costs, and the general trade-off between the cost of service to the operator (SYSTEM COST) and the costs of travel to the user (USER COST).
Abstract: THIS STUDY PRESENTS A METHOD FOR DERIVING THE LINE POSITIONS, HEADWAYS, AND FLEET SIZE WHICH MINIMIZE TOTAL SYSTEM AND USER COSTS. THE GENERAL TRADE-OFF IN THIS PLANNING IS BETWEEN THE COST OF SERVICE TO THE OPERATOR (SYSTEM COST) AND THE COST OF TRAVEL TO USERS (DERIVED IN THIS MODEL FROM TRAVEL TIME). AN ANALYSIS IS GIVEN OF A RECTANGULAR URBAN AREA FROM WHICH PASSENGERS TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE CBD, WHICH IS DEFINED AS ONE SIDE OF THE AREA.
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