Public Transit Planning and Operation: Modeling, Practice and Behavior

This book outlines the data collection needs of transit planning; covers service, network, and route design, encompassing synchronization and behavioral elements; and discusses reliability, operational strategies, and future operations planning developments. It brings in new material on timetabling and vehicle scheduling with different vehicle sizes, new methods of designing transit route networks, analysis of transit coordination and connectivity, behavioral aspects of passengers including when making transfers, and innovative methods related to automation and optimization which can be used in real time to significantly improve service reliability. It combines academic research with real-world project experience and focuses on issues encountered in practice. Bridging the gap between theory and application, this text outlines the factors affecting public-transport services, addresses common problems, and offers practical solutions for improvement.