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  title info:
    title: Vehicle and driver scheduling for public transit
  name:
    name part: Torrance, Kristen Bernice
    name part: 1983-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Haire, Ashley Raye.
  name:
    name part: Machemehl, Randy B.
  name:
    name part: University of Texas at Austin
    name part: Center for Transportation Research.
  name:
    name part: Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
  name:
    name part: University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 32 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: The problem of driver scheduling involves the construction of a legal set of shifts, including allowance of overtime, which cover the blocks in a particular vehicle schedule. A shift is the work scheduled to be performed by a driver in one day, while a block is a sequence of trips made by a single bus. Blocks can be divided between different drivers if they begin or end at relief points, providing the opportunity for change. The goal is to make the schedule as efficient as possible, therefore minimizing the amount of changes that need to be made. In determining the ideal schedule, local and national labor rules must be considered. These involve restrictions specified by the user, including, but not limited to, total time worked per day; total time worked per week; the length of time that may be worked without a meal break; the total spreadover, which is the duration between beginning and ending a shift; and/or the number of days off per week (Wren and Rousseau, 1995). The problem of vehicle scheduling involve determining the optimal route structure, span of service, and service frequencies for the transit agency and assigning vehicles to the routes. This involves considering cycle times, number of vehicles, timed transfers, layover time and locations, recovery time, and any difference in weekday and weekend services (Wren and Rousseau, 1995). Knowing the blocks of work that must be satisfied, vehicles must be assigned to each of the blocks and given departure and arrival times with a goal of optimizing the number of hours the vehicle is transporting passengers, known as platform hours. The research contained herein describes work undertaken by the research team, including literature review and a survey of existing methodologies. Preliminary programming code was created to act as a benchmark for future endeavors in this area and elaboration of the complicating factors led the team to conclude that in order to fully complete a comprehensive working scheduling techniqu…
  note: by Kristen Torrance, Ashley R. Haire, Randy B. Machemehl.
  note: "August 2009."
  note: "Supported by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program"--Tech. report doc. p.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).
  note: Performed by the Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, sponsored by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute DTRT07-G-0006
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    topic: Local transit
    topic: Management
    topic: Data processing
  subject:
    topic: Local transit
    genre: Timetables
    topic: Data processing
  subject:
    topic: Production scheduling
    topic: Data processing
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Research report (Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)) ; no.09/473700-00063-1
  identifier: http://swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/476660-00063-1.pdf
  related item:
    location:
      url: http://swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/476660-00063-1.pdf
  record info:
    record content source: JCR
    record creation date: 100106
    record change date: 20151113134957.0
    record identifier: in00002540402