Combining Speed Adjustment and Holding Control for Regularity-based Transit Operations
Aishah Mahyarni Imran (Student TU Delft)
N. van Oort (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
O. Cats (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
SP Hoogendoorn (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
Pieter Van Der Pot (Tender Team)
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Abstract
Vehicle bunching often occurs in high-frequency transit systems leading to deterioration of service reliability. It is thus necessary to control vehicles during operations. Holding control is a common solution for this situation, but it may result in longer vehicle running times. Speed adjustments can contribute to more regular operations while preventing prolonged trip times. This paper proposes a control strategy, which combines these two strategies to maintain the regularity of transit operations. The findings based on simulation study for trunk bus services in the Netherlands suggest that combining the two strategies implies both the positive and negative attributes of each control.