Andreas Neumann, Kai Nagel A paratransit-inspired evolutionary process for public transit network design Conference paper | Accepted manuscript (Postprint) This version is available at https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10709 Neumann, Andreas; Nagel, Kai (2012): A paratransit-inspired evolutionary process for public transit network design. Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting Terms of Use Copyright applies. A non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited right to use is granted. This document is intended solely for personal, non-commercial use. A PARATRANSIT-INSPIRED EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT NET- WORK DESIGN Andreas Neumann (corresponding author) Berlin Institute of Technology Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics Salzufer 17-19 10587 Berlin Germany Telephone: +49 30 314 78784 FAX: +49 30 314 26269
[email protected] http://www.vsp.tu-berlin.de Kai Nagel Berlin Institute of Technology Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics Salzufer 17-19 10587 Berlin Germany Telephone: +49 30 314 23308 FAX: +49 30 314 26269
[email protected] http://www.vsp.tu-berlin.de Submission date: November 12, 2011 7455 words + 4 figures + 2 tables = 8955 words Abstract Public transport companies should run sustainable transit lines and demand oriented services. This paper presents an evolutionary model for the design of demand responsive routes and transport networks. The approach adopts the survival of the fittest principle from competitive developing world paratransit systems with respect to vehicles, market actor characteristics, route patterns and route functions. The model is integrated into a microscopic multi-agent simulation framework, and successfully applied to a naive and a complex scenario.