Abstract:

To meet the needs of passengers for connection and evacuation at high-speed rail stations and enhance the role of high-speed rail stations as urban comprehensive transportation hubs, a dynamic route planning model of a high-speed rail feeder bus is established based on mixed demand that includes reservation and real-time demands. Based on the reservation demand, considering the operation cost of a bus company as well as the travel time cost, the route planning model is established before the start of operation. An improved genetic algorithm was designed using niche methods to solve the problem. After the start of operation, real-time demand can be inserted into the established vehicle route with temporary stations. To realize a dynamic route planning scheme, an integer planning model is established to minimize the variable cost of the system. Using the proposed method,30 demand groups were randomly generated and solved in the Beitaipingzhuang street area, Beijing. Results show that the model can generate an optimal dynamic route planning scheme for a high-speed rail feeder bus in two periods to satisfy the mixed demand. Compared with traditional genetic algorithm, niche genetic algorithm can effectively avoid premature and obtain better results, thus confirming the feasibility of the proposed model and the niche genetic algorithm.

Key words: high-speed rail feeder bus, mixed demand, dynamic route, temporary station