Planning a transit bus operation

Presented by:
Aarti borkar(9102)
Amit kumar(9107)
Pradeep kandpal(9131)
Ravindra pundir(TL)(9145)
S.Arunnithy(9148)
Saurabh mishra(9155)
 OVERVIEW
• The great bus route is “TOURIST BUS” in
Mumbai
• This route loops all the major attraction of the
Mumbai
• The route have 60 bus stops
• The major sights in this route include
mahalaxmi temple ,Aarey colony etc.
PROBLEM
• The number of buses needed by the transit
authority to give good service and have
enough capacity to handle peak customer load
 ASSUMPTION
• The customers rides a bus of 45 min
• The seating capacity of a bus is 50 & standing
capacity 30
 Formula used
• Load passenger(in hrs)=
(number of customer*average time on bus in
min)/60

• Min buses needed =load(passenger hrs)/80

• Bus needed for all passenger seated=

load(passenger hrs)/50
 Time Number of Average time Load(passeng Min buses Bus needed
customer on bus(min) er hrs) needed for all
passenger
ger seated

8:00-9:00Am 2000 45 1500 18.75 30

9:00-10:00Am 4000 30 2000 25 40

10:00-11:00Am 6000 30 3000 37.5 60
11:00-12:00 5000 30 2500 31.25 50
12:00-1:00Pm 4000 30 2000 25 40
1:00-2:00Pm 3500 30 1750 21.875 35
2:00-3:00Pm 3000 45 2250 28.125 45
3:00-4:00Pm 3000 45 2250 28.125 45
4:00-5:00Pm 3000 45 2250 28.125 45

5:00-6:00Pm 4000 45 3000 37.5 60

6:00-7:00Pm 3000 45 2250 28.125 45
7:00-8:00Pm 1500 45 1125 14.0625 22.5
 If authority use 30 buses
• Number of customer 42,000 load passenger
hrs 25,875
• Period of (8:00am -8:00 pm) the 18000 seating hrs
capacity available
=30bus*12hr*50
• Means average 43.75% person standing
=(25,875/18000)*100
 If authority use 40 buses
• Number of customer 42,000 load ,passenger
hrs 25,875
• Period of (8:00am -8:00 pm) the 24000 seating hrs
capacity available (=40bus*12hr*50)

• Means average 7.8% person standing

=(25,875/24000)*100
 Conclusion
• Authority should go for 40 buses between
8:00 am to 8:00 pm to make cycle time 1.5
min .