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Hybrid Evolutionary Metaheuristics for Concurrent Multi-Objective Design of Urban Road and Public Transit Networks

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This paper addresses a bi-modal multi-objective discrete urban road network design problem with automobile and bus flow interaction. The problem considers the concurrent urban road and bus network design in which the authorities play a major role in designing bus network topology. The road network design deals with the decision making for new street constructions, lane additions to existing streets, lane allocations for two-way streets, and the orientations and locations of one-way streets. The bus network design is performed by keeping the terminal stations of the existing bus lines unchanged and redesigning the forth and back routes of each line. Four measures, namely user benefit, the demand coverage of the bus network, the demand share of the bus mode, and the average travel generalized cost of bus passengers, are used to evaluate the network design scenarios. The problem is formulated as a multi-objective optimization model in which a modal-split/assignment model is included to depict the mode and route choice behaviors of travelers. The model is solved by the hybrid genetic algorithm and the hybrid clonal selection algorithm. The performance of these algorithms is presented and investigated by solving a number of test networks.

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The authors are grateful for the two anonymous referees and Prof. S.V. Ukkusuri for their constructive comments. The research was jointly supported by a grant (200902172003) from the Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund and two grants (201001159008 and 201011159026) from the University Research Committee of the University of Hong Kong.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Elnaz Miandoabchi

  2. Department of Informatics and Operations Management, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7LB, UK

    Reza Zanjirani Farahani

  3. Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Wout Dullaert

  4. Antwerp Maritime Academy, Antwerp, Belgium

    Wout Dullaert

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    W. Y. Szeto

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Miandoabchi, E., Farahani, R.Z., Dullaert, W. et al. Hybrid Evolutionary Metaheuristics for Concurrent Multi-Objective Design of Urban Road and Public Transit Networks. Netw Spat Econ 12, 441–480 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-011-9163-x

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