Print Email Facebook Twitter Evaluating skip-stop policy in urban rail transit systems based on passenger cost Title Evaluating skip-stop policy in urban rail transit systems based on passenger cost Author Peftitsi, Soumela (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Jenelius, Erik (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Cats, O. (TU Delft Transport and Planning; KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Date 2023 Abstract Increasing the operating speed in public transport systems can increase the system capacity, reduce the overall passenger travel time and improve experienced comfort. Skip-stop operation, where subsets of the trains operating on the same tracks skip certain intermediate stops, can accelerate the service and improve passengers’ overall travel experience. This paper considers the problem of deciding whether skip-stop operation is beneficial for a given line and which stopping scheme is the most effective. In particular, we investigate whether a simple decision rule for determining the stopping pattern under a skip-stop strategy, derived from the expected weighted time benefits to the passengers, can reliably determine the most suitable skip-stop scheme. To evaluate the impact of alternative stop-skipping strategies, we adopt the existing public transit assignment model BusMezzo, which allows for a realistic representation of passengers’ experienced waiting and in-vehicle travel times and the resulting trade-offs between passenger costs and benefits. The decision rule is applied to a set of high-frequency urban rail lines in Stockholm, Sweden. We show that a simple decision rule may not be a robust way of determining a beneficial skip-stop scheme. The results from the case study reveal that the skip-stop operation can have an overall positive impact on passenger generalized travel time but only under certain conditions at the stops along the line. Subject Public transportRail transitRule-based planningSkip-stop operationTravel cost To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b91bfbce-e73b-4705-84bb-f7e2f523d3b1 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubtr.2023.100064 ISSN 1077-291X Source Journal of Public Transportation, 25 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 Soumela Peftitsi, Erik Jenelius, O. Cats Files PDF 1_s2.0_S1077291X23000255_main.pdf 5.1 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b91bfbce-e73b-4705-84bb-f7e2f523d3b1/datastream/OBJ/view