1. intro to transit service planning 2. data requirements and collection 3. frequency and headway determination 4. timetable development 1. intro 2. obj, optional timetables, comparison measures 3. even headways with smooth transitions 4. headways with even average loads 5. automation, test runs and conclusion 5. advanced timetables 1: max passenger load 6. advanced timetables 2: max synchronization 1. intro 2. formulation or model for synchronization 3. synchro-1 procedure 4. synchro-2 procedure 5. e.g. 7. vehicle scheduling 1: fixed schedules 1. intro 2. fleet size required for a single route 3. e.g. of exact sol for multi-route vehicle scheduling 4. max flow technique for fixed vehicle scheduling 5. deficit function model with deadheading trip insertion 6. depot-constrained vehicle scheduling 8. vehicle scheduling 2: variable schedules 1. intro 2. fleet-size lower bound for fixed schedules 3. variable trip-departure times 4. fleet-size lower bound for variable schedules 5. fleet-size lower bound for fixed schedules 6. fleet-reduction procedures 7. examination and consideration of even-load timetables 9. vehicle type and size consideration in vehicle scheduling 1. intro 2. optimization framework 3. procedure for vehicle scheduling by vehicle type 4. e.g. 5. vehicle-size determination 6. optimal transit-vehicle size: lit review 10. crew scheduling 1. intro 2. vehicle-chain construction using min crew-cost approach 3. mathematical sol 4. case study: nj commuter rail 5. crew rostering 11. passenger demand 1. intro 2. transit demand, its factors and elasticiity 3. e.g. of demand forecasting method and process 4. multinomial logit model 5. lit.review and further reading (O-D estimation??) 12. route choice and assignment 1. intro 2. route choice using waiting-time strategy 3. proportion of passenger boarding each route 4. proportion of derived for regular vehicle arrivals 5. passenger assingnment based on route choice 6. lit rev 13. service design and connectivity 1. intro 2. service design elements 3. scheduling based sol for operational parking conflicts 4. opt stop location: theoretical approach 5. connectivity measures and analysis 6. lit rev 14. network design 1. intro 2. obj functions 3. methodology and e.g. 4. construction of complete set of routes 5. multi-obj technique 6. lit rev 15. design short turn trips 1. intro 2. methodology 3. candidate points and e.g. 4. excluding departure times 5. max extensions of short-turn trips 6. lit rev 16. smart shuttle and feeder service 1. intro 2. min fleet size required for a circular route 3. routing strategies 4. simulation 5. case study 6. customer survey 7. optimal routing design: base network 8. optimal routing design: alg 9. implementation stages 10. lit review 17. service reliability and control 1. intro 2. measures of reliability and source of unreliable service 3. modeling of realiability variables 4. passenger waiting at a stop 5. advance reliablity-based data and control 6. tech. to resolve reliability problems 7. lit rev 18. future dev in transit operations 1. intro 2. multi-agent transit system 3. vehicle encounter on road segments 4. developments in transit automation 5. lit rev 1. intro to transit service planning 2. data requirements and collection 3. frequency and headway determination 4. timetable development 5. advanced timetables 1: max passenger load 6. advanced timetables 2: max synchronization 7. vehicle scheduling 1: fixed schedules 8. vehicle scheduling 2: variable schedules 9. vehicle type and size consideration in vehicle scheduling 10. crew scheduling 11. passenger demand 12. route choice and assignment 13. service design and connectivity 14. network design 15. design short turn trips 16. smart shuttle and feeder service 17. service reliability and control 18. future dev in transit operations 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,