Development of the Simulator for the On-demand Bus Introduction

Abstract

This paper reports the development of the simulator which helps for the introduction of On-demand Bus service. On-demand bus system is new convenient transportation system that passengers will be transported by the vehicles after they reserve a seat. The design of the introduction of On-demand Bus service is very important for the efficient operation, but there is no established theory because it is a new transportation system. The developed simulator performs well to design the On-demand Bus introduction. The result of the real field test in Moriyama City shows the answer from the simulator is realistic and it is useful information for designing efficient On-demand Bus introduction.