Research Article

Modeling Limited-Stop Bus Corridor Services with Fare Payment Mode Choice and Trip Purpose Consideration

Table 2

A comparison of bus stop services without and with skip-stop services.

ItemsWithout skip-stop services (Figures 1(a)1(b))With skip-stop services (Figures 1(a)1(c))Change (%)

Obj. Fun. Value ($/min)136.5124.1−9.1%
Total operator cost23.220.8−10.3%
Fleet size (no. of buses)146124−15.1%
Frequencies (buses/h)200200
Total cost to the passengers113.3103.3−8.8%
Waiting time cost5.29.7
In-vehicle time cost108.193.213.8%
Transfer cost0.000.4