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mazloom S, saffarzadeh M. An Integrated Fleet Scheduling and Allocation Model to Bus Rapid Transit Network. MCEJ 2015; 15 (5) :97-106
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In this article has been tried to find a new solution for fleet assignment to BRT network through scheduling assigned fleet to routes. Vehicle scheduling in each route is done with regard to passenger waiting time at stations and in consequence assigned vehicle dispatching model is related to the first station at each route. In designing the model, it has been tried to develop it in a way that it can be extended and be useful on a worldwide scale. The proposed model for Tehran BRT network has been developed by lingo software with data acquired from the Tehran municipality transportation department and the results analyzed. One of the important finding in this research is that a necessity of using buses with high capacity in BRT systems.
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Received: 2011/01/18 | Accepted: 2015/08/23 | Published: 2015/11/8

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