Optimization of route networks of urban passenger transport

Description: Studying the theoretical and practical foundations for optimizing the route networks of urban passenger transport, methods for implementing proposals to improve the route network of the city, analyzing the operation of public transport as the initial stage of optimization, types of passenger traffic surveys and choosing the most effective ones, processing survey results and implementing approaches to optimizing the route network.

Amount of credits: 6

Пререквизиты:

• Providing traffic safety

Course Workload:

Component: Component by selection

Cycle: Profiling disciplines

Goal

• The study of the theoretical foundations of optimization of route networks, the ability to analyze the operation of existing passenger systems, the application of methods for studying passenger flows on the city network and the development of the best options for optimizing city routes based on advanced analogues successfully implemented in practice.

Objective

• Acquaintance with urban route networks of passenger transport in cooperation with other types of passenger transport of the city and the peculiarities of their functioning in the conditions of market economic relations; study of the main indicators of the quality of transport services for the population; patterns of movement of the population in cities; identifying shortcomings in the operation of urban transport on certain directions and choosing the most feasible option for optimizing the city's route network.

Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding

• Have a clear understanding of passenger transport, route networks of urban passenger transport, methods for optimizing them, methods for surveying passenger flows to identify weaknesses in the organization of the route network, analyzing the results of the survey and choosing an option for optimizing the route network of urban passenger transport in conditions close to reality

Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding

• Be able to apply methods for analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of urban passenger transport route networks in modern conditions

Learning outcome: formation of judgments

• The ability to use knowledge related to improving the quality of passenger service based on the possibilities of optimizing the route networks of urban passenger transport

Learning outcome: communicative abilities

• Acquisition of skills to analyze and determine the effectiveness of the functioning of the route networks of urban passenger transport

Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities

• Achieving the level of requirements for the qualification characteristic of a bachelor in the field of services, logistics and further education

Key reading

• 1. Пассажирские автомобильные перевозки / В. А. Гудков [и др.]. – Москва: Горячая линия - Телеком, 2006. 2.Спирин И.В. Организация и управление пассажирскими автомобильными перевозками, Учебник — М.: Издательский центр «Академия», 2010 3. Миротин Л.Б. «Логистика: общественный пассажирский транспорт: Учебник для студентов экономических ВУЗов», Издательство Москва, «Экзамен», 2003 г. – 224 с. 4. Миротин Л.Б., Гудков В.А., Вельможин А.В., Ширяев С.А. «Пассажирские автомобильные перевозки» Изд. Москва “Горячая Линия – Телеком”, 2004 г. – 448 с. 5. Миротин Л.Б. «Логистика. Общественный пассажирский транспорт» Изд. “Экзамен”, 2014 г. – 222 с. 6. Сафронов Э.А. Оптимизация систем городского пассажирского транспорта: Учеб. пособие. - Омск, 2000