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The current paper discusses the problem of the synchronization of public transit services through the rescheduling of their initial execution times. The objective of the analysis is the minimization of waiting time that occurs for passengers when they embark on journeys through a co-modal or a unimodal public transport network. Fundamental concepts of public transport and co-modality are discussed, and particular focus is given to the development of approaches that are practical and can be applied to the whole network and not just to some parts of it. Three instances of the problem of rescheduling are presented and further analyzed, and corresponding mixed integer-linear programming models are developed for their solution. The mathematical models aim to be flexible and applicable to a broad set of available datasets that have been homogenized according to the general transit feed specification. Parameters are used in the approaches in order to define the degree to which we want to change the existing way that services operate. Case studies are presented for Greek, Czech, and Slovak public transport networks, in which reductions from 1 to 20% in the overall waiting time of passengers are obtained.
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In the original version of this article, unfortunately series of errors have been introduced during the publication process that compromise the readability of the article to considerate degree. The errors refer to presentation issues and not issues that challenge the scientific evidence provided within the article.
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This research is ongoing with the contribution of the LIFE programme of the European Union—LIFE14ENV/GR/000611 (GreenYourMove-GYM). GreenYourMove is a European Research Project co-funded by LIFE, the EU financial instrument for the environment. GreenYourMove’s main objective is the development and promotion of a co-modal journey application to minimize GHG emission in Europe. GreenYourMove develops a multi-modal transport planner (both routing & ticketing system) considering all kinds of urban public transportation (urban and sub-urban buses, metro, tram, trolley, trains), where the user gets alternative routes combining more than one transport modes if necessary. The routes are the environmentally friendliest ones, since emissions are calculated for different scenarios.
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Rizopoulos, D., Saharidis, G.K.D. Generic approaches for the rescheduling of public transport services. Energy Syst (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12667-020-00393-w
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