NTL Record

Title System Operations Studies: Feeder System Model. User's Manual
Record ID 50094
Personal Name
Creator
Yuan, Li Shin
Source 95p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publisher United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19821101
Language English
Abstract The Feeder System Model (FSM) is one of the analytic models included in the System Operations Studies (SOS) software package developed for urban transit systems analysis. The objective of the model is to assign a proportion of the zone-to-zone travel demand onto the station pairs of a planned guideway transit system. The assignment is based on trip time ration between using the existing system (so-called Feeder system) and the planned guideway system. The model output may be used as part of the data to compare different new systems operating in the same demand environment. Originally, the FSM was designed to generate patronage demand data for the automated guideway transit (AGT) system analysis. However, the FSM can be used for plannning studies for any guideway system. The modeling approach of the FSM is generic in nature; it is recommended for comparison of representative deployments only. Actually, the AGT system in the FSM is the guideway system under study (i.e., new system/service to be introduced in the community), and the feeder system is the currently existing local transit system. The FSM models the performance of both the fixed-route service operating on grid networks and the demand responsive service operating on the same network. Basically, the major function of the FSM is to assign patronage demand in a given area onto an AGT network operating in the same general area. This manual describes the organization of the model, the operational features, the required input, the procedure necessary for execution of the model, and the model output.
Rosap ID dot:11491
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11491
TRT Terms Automated guideway transit; Computer programs; Feeder buses; Fixed routes; Operations; Origin and destination; Paratransit services; Planning; Ridership; Travel demand
General Subjects Automated guideway transit; Ridership; Feeder buses; Fixed routes; Paratransit services
Classification NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Transit Planning and Policy;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-46; UMTA-MA-06-0048-82-3; PB83-161695
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50000/50094/DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-46.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository