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Title Urban Bike Lane Planning with Bike Trajectories: Models, Algorithms, and a Real-World Case Study
ID_Doc 40455
Authors Liu, S; Shen, ZJM; Ji, X
Title Urban Bike Lane Planning with Bike Trajectories: Models, Algorithms, and a Real-World Case Study
Year 2022
Published M&Som-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24, 5
DOI 10.1287/msom.2021.1023
Abstract Problem definition: We study an urban bike lane planning problem based on the fine-grained bike trajectory data, which are made available by smart city infrastructure, such as bike-sharing systems. The key decision is where to build bike lanes in the existing road network. Academic/practical relevance: As bike-sharing systems become widespread in the metropolitan areas over the world, bike lanes are being planned and constructed by many municipal governments to promote cycling and protect cyclists. Traditional bike lane planning approaches often rely on surveys and heuristics. We develop a general and novel optimization framework to guide the bike lane planning from bike trajectories. Methodology: We formalize the bike lane planning problem in view of the cyclists' utility functions and derive an integer optimization model to maximize the utility. To capture cyclists' route choices, we develop a bilevel program based on the Multinomial Logit model. Results: We derive structural properties about the base model and prove that the Lagrangian dual of the bike lane planning model is polynomial-time solvable. Furthermore, we reformulate the route-choice-based planning model as a mixed-integer linear program using a linear approximation scheme. We develop tractable formulations and efficient algorithms to solve the large-scale optimization problem. Managerial implications: Via a real-world case study with a city government, we demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithms and quantify the trade-off between the coverage of bike trips and continuity of bike lanes. We show how the network topology evolves according to the utility functions and highlight the importance of understanding cyclists' route choices. The proposed framework drives the data-driven urban-planning scheme in smart city operations management.
Author Keywords smart city; urban planning; facility location; optimization; integer programming
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000712381700001
WoS Category Management; Operations Research & Management Science
Research Area Business & Economics; Operations Research & Management Science
PDF https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.09645
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