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With advances in emerging technologies, options for operating public transit services have broadened from conventional fixed-route service through semi-flexible service to on-demand microtransit. Nevertheless, guidelines for deciding between these services remain limited in the real implementation. An open-source simulation sandbox is developed that can compare state-of-the-practice methods for evaluating between the different types of public transit operations. For the case of the semi-flexible service, the Mobility Allowance Shuttle Transit (MAST) system is extended to include passenger deviations. A case study demonstrates the sandbox to evaluate and existing B63 bus route in Brooklyn, NY and compares its performance with the four other system designs spanning across the three service types for three different demand scenarios.
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Help from NYU MS student Patrick Scalise in preparing the literature review and NYU Abu Dhabi student Sara Alanis Saenz in preparing the case study data are appreciated. Professor Quadrifoglio shared the insertion heuristic code for his MAST algorithm with us which is much appreciated.
The authors were supported by an FTA grant NY-2019-069-01-00 and the C2SMART University Transportation Center (USDOT #69A3551747124).
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Yoon, G., Chow, J.Y.J. & Rath, S. A Simulation Sandbox to Compare Fixed-Route, Semi-flexible Transit, and On-demand Microtransit System Designs. KSCE J Civ Eng 26, 3043–3062 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-0995-3
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