Abstract
 Travel Time Calculation with GIS in Rail Station Location Optimization Track: Transportation Author(s): Sutapa Samanta, Manoj Jha, Charles Oluokun In recent years GIS has been extensively applied in solving transportation and logistics problems. Working directly with GIS maps allows precise calculation of several key parameters in transportation problems involving optimization, such as travel time. In this research we use ArcView Spatial Analyst with ant algorithm to optimize station locations along rail transit lines. The genetic algorithms perform optimal search and are coded in C. Travel times are calculated from centroids of residential locations to proposed rail stations using actual road network. An example study is presented. Sutapa Samanta Morgan State University Civil Engineering 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore , MD 21251 US Phone: 443-885-1442 E-mail: s_sutapa12@yahoo.com Manoj Jha Morgan State University Civil Engineering 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore , MD 21251 US Phone: 443-885-1446 Fax: 443-885-8218 E-mail: mkjha@eng.morgan.edu Charles Oluokun Morgan State University Civil Engineeirng 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore , MD 21251 US Phone: 443-885-4244 Fax: 443 885 8218 E-mail: coluokun@eng.morgan.edu |
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