We consider the problem of computing multiple headways for a single bus line to maximize the expected daily profit. The stochastic bus-line model assumes that (1) the passenger arrivals follow a Poisson process with possible reneging; (2) the number of alighting passengers at each stop follows a binomial distribution; and (3) the bus travel time follows a Weibull distribution. The objective fun...

We assume that the bus has q seats and that the number of passengers does not exceed q. Suppose that the route consists of N segments and that the bus stop only at the beginning of the route and at the stations located at the end of each segment. Passengers board the bus or get off from it only at the stations. Let us denote by ξ2n−1 (n = 1, 2, . . . , N) the number of passengers in the bus alo...

People using public transport systems need two kinds of basic information (1) when, where and which bus/train to board, and (2) when to exit the vehicle. In this paper we propose a system that helps the user know his/her stop is nearing. The main objective of our system is to overcome the ’neck down’ approach of any visual interface which requires the user to look into the mobile screen for ale...

In this paper, we propose the intelligent bus alarm using Nokia N95 smart phone. The goal of this project is to provide a passive application which monitors the status of particular bus routes and alerts the user when they should leave for the bus. First, we created data which contains each bus schedule from C-U MTD web and MTD booklet. Second, we allowed a user to input a specific bus station ...

This study quantifies the relationship between perceived and actual waiting times experienced by passengers awaiting the arrival of a bus at a bus stop. Understanding such a relationship would be useful in quantifying the value of providing realtime information to passengers on the time until the next bus is expected to arrive at a bus stop. Data on perceived and actual passenger waiting times,...