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Area of Science:

  • Operations Research
  • Transportation Science
  • Logistics Management

Background:

  • Nonperiodic public transportation systems face challenges in efficient pupil transportation.
  • School bus routing and scheduling traditionally exclude transfer possibilities.
  • Integrating transfers offers potential for network flexibility and cost reduction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the school bus routing and scheduling problem with transfers.
  • To evaluate the impact of transfers on operating costs and service level.
  • To minimize total operating costs in pupil transportation systems.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a heuristic solution framework for the routing and scheduling problem.
  • Comparison of the heuristic solution with concepts that do not allow transfers.
  • Analysis of transfer impacts on user ride times and number of transfers.

Main Results:

  • Allowing transfers significantly reduces total operating costs.
  • Average and maximum user ride times remain comparable to solutions without transfers.
  • Transfers enhance network flexibility, potentially improving service quality despite perceived lower quality.

Conclusions:

  • The heuristic framework effectively addresses the school bus routing and scheduling problem with transfers.
  • Transfers offer a viable strategy for cost reduction in public transportation.
  • Balancing operating costs and service level is achievable with strategic transfer integration.