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Determination of Bus Station Locations under Emission and Social Cost Constraints
Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo
  • Atousa Zarindast, Iowa State University
  • Elif Elçin Günay, Iowa State University
  • Kijung Park, Sakarya University
  • Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Conference Title
IISE Annual Conference and Expo
Conference Date
May 19-22, 2018
Geolocation
(28.5383355, -81.37923649999999)
Abstract

This study proposes a two-stage stochastic programming model to determine an optimal set of bus stations that minimizes operational, environmental, and social costs under uncertain weather conditions and customer perceptions on sustainability. The first stage of the proposed model focuses on the derivation of a set of bus stations under uncertain demand and weather conditions. Then, the second stage determines an optimal vehicle capacity (i.e., bus size) to minimize the impact of vehicle shortages. In the proposed model, different customer perceptions on sustainability are conceptualized through a range of dissatisfaction levels. Weather conditions are considered as causing higher dissatisfaction for vehicle shortages in certain seasons. The proposed model is applied to a numerical case study for a bus transit network in a college town. This study also analyzes the effect of human behavior on system costs by comparing the proposed model with a traditional approach. The results provide managerial insights on the fact that bus transit network design problems should allow for tradeoffs between different types of costs.

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This proceeding is published as Zarindast, Atousa, Elif Elçin Günay, Kijung Park, and Gül E. Okudan Kremer. "Determination of Bus Station Locations under Emission and Social Cost Constraints." In Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo. May 19-22, 2018, Orlando, Florida. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
IISE
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Atousa Zarindast, Elif Elçin Günay, Kijung Park and Gül E. Okudan Kremer. "Determination of Bus Station Locations under Emission and Social Cost Constraints" Orlando, FLProceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gul-kremer/171/