A Mixed Transit Strategy to Improve the Performance of Public Transit Services

Public transit can be divided into fixed-route transit, flexible transit, and demand-responsive transit. The different public transit types have different advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, a mixed transit strategy is proposed to support planners with a more convenient public transit service. In this strategy, a flexible transit policy is recommended to add in the area which has fixed-route transit with medium demand. The user cost function is provided to measure the service quality of a specific public transit and the whole public transit system. Based on various scenarios, the special scenarios which represent adding flexible transit can earn more benefit which have been derived.