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Assessing the efficiency of rapid transit configurations

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Eight basic transit network configurations are analyzed with respect to two measures: passenger/network effectiveness and passenger/plane effectiveness. Assumptions are made with respect to trip distribution and competition with other transportation modes.

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  1. Centre de Recherche sur les Transports, Université de Montréal, Canada

    Gilbert Laporte

  2. Departmento de Matemática Aplicada II Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    Juan A. Mesa

  3. Departmento de Matemática Aplicada I Escuela Ténica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    Francisco A. Ortega

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This research was in part supported by Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under grant OGP0039682 and by the Junta de Andalucía. This support is gratefully acknowledged.

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Laporte, G., Mesa, J.A. & Ortega, F.A. Assessing the efficiency of rapid transit configurations. Top 5, 95–104 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02568532

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