Discomfort in mass transit and its implication for scheduling and pricing

André de Palma (1) , Moez Kilani (2) , Stef Proost (3)

1 ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan
2 EQUIPPE - Economie Quantitative, Intégration, Politiques Publiques et Econométrie
3 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

This paper proposes an analytical formulation of discomfort in mass transit and discusses its micro-economic properties. The formula we introduce reflects real situations faced by the passengers, it has nice mathematical properties and it is easy to compute. The discomfort formulation is used to analyze optimal scheduling and pricing of transit in a dynamic model.

Mots clés: Public transport; congestion discomfort; timetable schedul delay cost

Domaines: Economies et finances

André de Palma, Moez Kilani, Stef Proost. Discomfort in mass transit and its implication for scheduling and pricing. 2013. ⟨hal-00784303⟩