ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SCHEDULING OF MEDIUM TO BIG CITIES

Arlinda Alimehaj Rrecaj¹, Ramadan Duraku¹*

¹ University of Pristina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Traffic and Transport Department, 10000 Pristina, Kosovo
* Corresponding author: ramadan.duraku@uni-pr.edu

ABSTRACT: Urban public transport is a vital part of urban mobility, especially in cities with a significant young population. The appropriate public transport services should be seen from a number of aspects such as those in the context of fulfilling the passenger demands, as well as from that of the general costs, whether they are experienced by the non-transportation communityexternalities. The fulfilment of the passenger’s demand by increasing the scheduled number of bus trips in one side can result in increased fuel costs and air pollution on other side. In this paper, the trip frequency of the public transport lines of the city of Pristina has been analysed and improved by linear (LP) and non-linear programming (NLP) optimization methods according to the minimization of passenger waiting times at the stops of each route, respecting the constraints of the passenger demand, number of bus fleets, the travel time and the daily fuel budget.

KEYWORDS: Trip frequency, NLP optimisation, waiting times, inter-arrival time, route

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69076/jomac.2024.0009

CITATION: A. Alimehaj Rrecaj and R. Duraku, ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION MODELS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SCHEDULING OF MEDIUM TO BIG CITIES, International Journal of Mechanics and Control, Vol. 25, No. 01, pp. 59-68, 2024, https://doi.org/10.69076/jomac.2024.0009

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