Modeling Public Transportation Using Discrete Event Simulation

The behavior of public transport in Indonesia has special characteristics and is different from the traffic conditions in other developed country, where public transport holds one of the keys to the smoothness of transportation. In transportation activities, many things must be measured and determined to obtain a satisfactory transport performance. The problem of public transport in some region is very complex because besides the problem of route, type, and number of urban transportation required in a region, the problem of appropriate transportation cost also needs to be seriously considered because it has a social impact. Many of activities that involve in transportation like the above example are random and dynamic. Simulation is usually the way to model and solve the problems in this case. The basic model of travel simulation of this public transport vehicle will be formed from the basic model of discrete event simulation in general. From the results of the model will be obtained the result that the daily gross income of the driver is significantly affected by the average distance that taken by passengers, so the transport fares passing routes with most passengers to travel at long distances should be distinguished from those passing routes with most passengers traveling at short distance.