Automated Bus Dispatching, Operations Control and Service Reliability: The211 Initial Tri-Met Experience

摘要

The paper presents findings on initial changes in service reliability following211u001eTri-Mets deployment of anew bus system using automatic vehicle location and 211u001eautomatic passenger counter technology. Changes in on-time performance, headway 211u001evariation, run time variation, and tun times were determined with respect to pre-211u001edeployment levels. Changes in headway variation and run times were also used to 211u001eestimate the initial benefits of the new system with respect to operating costs, 211u001epassenger awaiting, and passenger travel time.