Passenger flow control with multi-station coordination in subway networks: algorithm development and real-world case study
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2019
Subject Area
mode - subway/metro, planning - methods, operations - coordination, operations - performance, planning - travel demand management
Keywords
Subway, route choice, stochastic user equilibrium, multi-station coordination, passenger flow control
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of passenger flow control in a multi-line subway network during peak hours. A new multi-station coordinated passenger flow control model is proposed to simultaneously adjust the number of inbound and transfer passengers entering multiple stations or lines. The implementation of passenger flow control governs the redundant passengers to queue at given facilities, which is similar to ramp metering that regulates the number of vehicles entering a highway segment. The proposed model is a bi-level programming, whose upper level aims to optimize the system performance with different passenger flow control strategies, while the lower level is a logit-based stochastic user equilibrium assignment problem under a given strategy, considering passenger flow evolution, dynamic path cost, and route choice. An algorithm, integrating the method of successive averages with genetic algorithm, is developed to solve the model. A real-world case study is conducted to examine the validity.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Xu, X., Li, H., Liu, J., Ran, B., & Qin, L. (2019). Passenger flow control with multi-station coordination in subway networks: algorithm development and real-world case study. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, Vol. 7, pp. 446-472.
