Transit network design with pollution minimization

Duran, Javier; Pradenas, Lorena; Parada, Victor

doi:10.1007/s12469-019-00200-5

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Published: 14 May 2019

Transit network design with pollution minimization

Javier Duran¹,
Lorena Pradenas¹ &
Victor Parada²

Public Transport volume 11, pages 189–210 (2019)Cite this article

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Abstract

A critical step in the design of urban transport networks is the determination of the routes and the frequencies of buses. This situation entails a highly combinatorial optimization problem with a complex computational solution, even for small instances. Several studies have addressed such a situation, minimizing travel times as the main objective. However, the growing trend toward the development of sustainable transport operations requires that the design of the network also considers the emissions of toxic gases that result from combustion, which leads to a new variant of this type of problem, called the pollution transit network design problem. In this paper, the problem is formulated as a biobjective mathematical programming model. Complex problem instances are proposed for this problem, and by using a multi-objective genetic algorithm, we approach the unimodal and bimodal version of the problem by taking into account the elastic demand between buses and cars. By using the proposed mathematical programming model and the genetic algorithm for small and large problem instances, respectively, we show that the generated pollutant emissions are drastically reduced without increasing travel times or costs.

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This study was partially supported by the Grants: BASALCONICYT-FB0816 and ECOS/CONICYT, No. C13E04.

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Javier Duran & Lorena Pradenas
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 3659, Av. Ecuador, Santiago, Chile
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Accepted: 19 April 2019
Published: 14 May 2019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00200-5

Keywords

Minimization of GHG emission
Transit network
Biobjective optimization
Genetic algorithms
Mathematical programming model