Last-Mile Shuttle Planning for Improving Bus Commuters’ Travel Time Reliability: A Case Study of Beijing

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><i>k</i> (shuttle, person/vehicle)</td><td class="align_center"><i>k</i> (conventional bus, person/vehicle)</td><td class="align_center"><i>f</i><sup><i>l</i></sup> (vehicle/h)</td><td class="align_center"><i>n</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">40</td><td class="align_center">80</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><span style="width: 11.333ptpx;"><svg height="12.7178pt" id="M80" style="vertical-align:-3.42947pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 11.333 12.7178" width="11.333pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M558 587C558 666 497 712 432 712C379 712 330 691 284 650C212 586 178 508 148 348L71 -65C49 -185 35 -229 23 -235L27 -261C49 -259 101 -251 124 -224C131 -216 138 -178 159 -24C171 66 197 200 227 356C264 550 295 668 393 668C443 668 479 632 479 575C479 516 446 458 383 418C361 404 344 398 318 397L296 350C395 338 460 281 460 192C460 110 411 40 300 40C258 40 215 55 192 69L181 51C191 18 222 -16 266 -16C308 -16 351 1 397 26C471 67 545 142 545 221C545 315 486 365 401 395C469 437 558 498 558 587Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.228,3.132)"><path d="M357 391C357 416 325 451 270 451C241 451 179 431 146 400C109 365 97 334 97 307C97 248 143 213 196 180C250 146 261 123 261 101C261 75 237 40 190 40C153 40 110 72 86 109C81 116 68 119 55 112C37 102 24 87 24 66C24 30 85 -12 137 -12C229 -12 331 62 331 140C331 189 304 218 236 260C197 284 164 309 164 346C164 381 194 400 220 400C259 400 282 380 304 350C310 342 321 339 330 344C347 353 357 372 357 391Z"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center"><i>k</i><sub><i>1</i></sub></td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0.5</td><td class="align_center">0.75</td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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