Title

An enhanced model for minimizing fuel consumption under block-queuing in a drive-through service system

Authors

Authors

C. H. Reilly;J. Berglin

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Transport. Res. Part D-Transport. Environ.

Keywords

Environmental Studies; Transportation; Transportation Science &; Technology

Abstract

We present a new model for determining the optimal block-size under block-queuing in a simple, single-channel queue at a drive-through service facility. With block-queuing, a queue is partitioned into an active section and a passive section, where drivers are asked to turn off their engines until the active section clears. Our model prescribes a block-size, i.e., a maximum number of vehicles in the active section, that minimizes the expected amount of fuel consumed in the queue. It can assess the effects of the traffic intensity, the service-time variance, and the proportion of compliant drivers in the passive section on the optimal block-size and on fuel consumption in the queue. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment

Volume

9

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

221

Last Page

228

WOS Identifier

WOS:000220929200005

ISSN

1361-9209

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