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SUMMARY:A Unified Approach to Evaluation and Routing in Public Transport S
 ystems
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DESCRIPTION:Rolf van Lieshout\, is an Assistant Professor of Transport an
 d Mobility at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).  Prior to joinin
 g TU/e\, he obtained his PhD in Operations Research cum laude from the Eco
 nometric Institute at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Rolf's long-term resea
 rch goal is to enhance the design and operation of public transport system
 s. Within this context\, his research operates on the intersection between
  operations research and economics\; to improve decision-making in public 
 transport\, he develops advanced optimization algorithms that integrate ec
 onomic theories on welfare and traveler behavior.\nBoth evaluating the ser
 vice quality of a public transport system and understanding how passengers
  choose between modes or routes is imperative for public transport operato
 rs\, providers of competing mobility services and policy makers. However\,
  the literature does not offer consensus on how either of these tasks shou
 ld be performed\, which can lead to inconsistent or counter-intuitive resu
 lts.  This paper provides a formal treatment on how fundamental elements 
 of public transport systems (route sets\, timetables and line plans) can b
 e evaluated consistently\, and how travelers distribute over routes. Our m
 ain insight is that evaluation and routing are two sides of the same coin:
  by solving an appropriate optimization model one obtains both the quality
  of the route set\, timetable or line plan (the optimal objective value)\,
  and the distribution of the travelers over the routes (the optimal soluti
 on itself). The practical relevance of the new framework is demonstrated w
 ith several applications that are validated with real data from the Dutch 
 and Swiss railway networks. The measures and route choice models developed
  in this paper enable planners to create better line plans and to effectiv
 ely analyze timetables for inefficiencies. The framework also reveals: (i)
  the importance of using the right model for the right stage of planning\,
  (ii) that it is not always necessary for public transport planners to acc
 urately model travel behavior\, especially for high-level planning\, and (
 iii) that combining models in an inconsistent way can have significant neg
 ative consequences that are avoided with the new framework.
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