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@article{Furth2000OptimalBS,
  title={Optimal Bus Stop Spacing Through Dynamic Programming and Geographic Modeling},
  author={Peter G. Furth and Adam Rahbee},
  journal={Transportation Research Record},
  year={2000},
  volume={1731},
  pages={15 - 22},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:109947841}
}

A discrete approach was used to model the impacts of changing bus-stop spacing on a bus route, finding the optimal solution was an average stop spacing of 400 m (4 stops/mi), in sharp contrast to the existing average spacing of 200 m (8 stops/ mi).

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