Research Article
Fixed-Route vs. Demand-Responsive Transport Feeder Services: An Exploratory Study Using an Agent-Based Model
Table 3
Input parameters adopted for the first set of simulated scenarios.
| Parameter | Abbreviation | Values | Sc-A1 | Sc-A2 | Sc-base |
| Stop spacing [m] | d s | 490 | 490 | 425 | Average demand density [pax/km2h] | | 5–30 | 20–40 | 5–60 | group probability | p 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | Maximum waiting time [min] | | 30 | 30 | 10 | Walking speed [m/s] | | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | Vehicle cruising speed [km/h] | | 32.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 | Vehicle capacity [pax] | Cap | 50 | 50 | 20 | Number of vehicles | | 1 | 2 | 3 | Headway [min] | (FRF) | h | 20 | 10 | 7 | (DRF) | 17–30 | 10–20 | 7 | Cost coefficients [−] | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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