The Method of Evaluation of Initial Availability in the Transport System of City Buses / Metoda Oceny Gotowo?ci Pocz?tkowej W Systemie Autobusowego Transportu Miejskiego

摘要

This paper presents the method of evaluation of initial availability of means of transport to carry out the assigned transport tasks. As an example of research object illustrating the presented deliberations, an actual city bus system from a selected urban agglomeration was used. In systems of this type, the technological objects (means of transport) have to initiate carrying out of the assigned transport tasks at assigned times, according to the adopted timetable. In order to assure the possibility to fulfill the transport tasks at assigned times, the so called time buffer is implemented in order for the necessary service processes to be carried out. In order to evaluate the availability of means of transport in the operational cycle of which the so called time buffer was implemented, it is convenient to use the characteristics describing initial availability of technological objects. Initial availability determines the probability of initiating (activating) the necessary number of technological objects in order to carry out the assigned tasks over a designated time period needed for their preparation and activation. The presented deliberation is illustrated by examples of the results of evaluation of initial availability in the actual tested transport system.