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In times of growing urban populations and increasing environmental awareness, the importance of public transport systems is increasing as well. Public transport provides an efficient way for commuting by bundling traffic flows with the same general direction, thus reducing the individual traffic and the resulting congestions in peak hours. In this chapter, we introduce the public transport problems considered in this book as well as the data sets used for the experimental evaluation.
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