WIT Press

Simplified Public Transport Route Planning Method: A Study Case In Bandung (Indonesia)

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

26

Pages

10

Published

1996

Size

1,120 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/UT960051

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

O.Z. Tamin

Abstract

Public transport is being suspected as one of the congestion's trouble makers in many cities in Indonesia. This paper will explain a method of public transport route planning by combining an 'optimisation' technique with a superimpose technique to obtain some best planned routes which will increase the efficiency and the level of service of public transport. The method has been applied in Bandung (Indonesia) and some results will be explained in a great detail. 1 Introduction The objective of this study is to develop a public transport route planning model which relates the importance of all related aspects such as: land-use pattern, transportation network, population density and travel demand pattern, operation system and level of service as well as the governmen

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