Abstract

ROJAS-GALEANO, Sergio A  and  RODRIGUEZ GARZON, Camilo Alfonso. A discrete Model of TransMilenio Station Occupation: Representation and algorithms. rev.ing. [online]. 2014, n.40, pp.27-32. ISSN 0121-4993.

The current demand of Bogota's BRT system (TransMilenio) is causing critical overcrowding throughout the system, particularly in bus stations. The behaviour of individual passengers in such stations is simplistic, yet the resulting crowd dynamics are complex, as the majority of regular users of the system may attest. Discrete models such as cellular automata have proved helpful in simulating simplistic-local vs. complex-global behaviour in similar contexts. Thus, the aim of this study is to characterise a cellular automata model of a TransMilenio station that may serve as a tool to help us better understanding these dynamics, and also as a test-bed for the proposal of mitigation strategies. The paper describes representations and algorithmic aspects of the model and presents preliminary simulations that demonstrate the feasibility of the discussed considerations

Keywords : Bus rapid transit station modelling; cellular automata.

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