The method of transport balance in fleet planning for high-speed inland waterway passenger lines

Abstract

The article considers an approach to planning the operation of high-speed vessels on passenger transportation routes along inland waterways based on the calculation of the transport balance as the correspondence of the carrying capacity of vehicles to the level of demand for transportation from the population. The introduction provides statistical data on the volume of passenger transportation by public transport, including transportation by inland waterways of the Russian Federation, defines the purpose and main objectives of the study. The section "methods" describes the method of transport balance and the specifics of its application, considering the specifics of the organization and planning of high-speed passenger transportation along river highways by both government authorities and commercial transport enterprises. The results provide a methodology for determining the balance of the fleet's carrying capacity and demand (volume of transportation) for a transport service and provide the calculation results. The discussion focuses on the development of this method in the context of increasing passenger traffic, the development of transport schemes for passenger transportation, including inter- and multimodal communications.