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Abstract
This research focus on the main problems which face planners and traffic
operators in urban areas; such as; low performance and efficiency levels of
passengers transport system, while demand for transportation is growing rapidly.
The strategy for tackling these problems has been for years to consider adding
more capacity to the transport supply system, through huge investments in
transport infrastructure.
Best utilization of available transport services and facilities is an urgent
necessity. This Thesis presents a methodology for transport modes operation
analysis for different policies and strategies to be simulated to reach optimal
goals. Transport modes operation performance and efficiency are formulated in
a framework as an output maximization process of an objective function, subject
to state variables, decision variables, constraints and variable bounds. Methods
developed in the theory of optimization, through making use of advanced
computation technology, would allow one to make experimental analysis and
evaluation of different policies and strategies for better understanding of the
transportation problem and to select a solution for efficient utilization of
resources.
Four main traffic operation strategies which would have great impacts on
urban transportation performance and efficiency were analyzed by using
optimization techniques through developed algorithm containing the principal
structure relationships that exist among the various components involved in the
overall management of transport system. Developed strategies contain heuristics
of many trail values of decision variables.
The scope of research is a practical methodology to identify route,
associated passengers’ modes and flow rates to serve demand and that leads to
minimize overall transport system costs.
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The research output reveals two important indicators for alternative
transport systems evaluation; passengers Mode Efficiency Factor (M.E.F) and
passengers transport System Efficiency Index (S.E.I). Efficient transport system
supply to satisfy a specific demand was investigated, also identification and
clarification of most compatible transport modes suitable for passenger demand
sharing which would give optimal performance indicators were documented.