Subsurface processes are usually characterized by rare field experiments, sparse measurements,multi-resolution interpretations, stochastic description, related uncertainties and computational complexity. Over the last few decades, different computational techniques and strategies have become indispensable tools for flow and solute transport prediction in heterogeneous porousmedia. This thesis develops a multi-resolution approach based on Fup basis functions with compactsupport, enabling the use of an efficient and adaptive procedure, closely related to currentunderstood physical interpretation. All flow and transport variables, as well as intrinsic heterogeneity,are described in a multi-resolution representation, in the form of a linear combination ofFup basis functions. Each variable is represented on a particular adaptive grid with a prescribedaccuracy. The methodology is applied to solving problems with sharp fronts, and to solving flowand advective transport in highly heterogeneous porous media, under mean uniform flow conditions.The adaptive Fup collocation method, through the well known method of lines, efficientlytracks solutions with sharp fronts, resolving locations and frequencies at all spatial and/or temporalscales. The methodology yields continuous velocity fields and fluxes, enabling accurate andreliable transport analysis. Analysis of the advective transport proves the robustness of the firstordertheory for low and mild heterogeneity. Moreover, due to the accuracy of the improved Monte-Carlo methodology, this thesis presents the effects of high heterogeneity on ensembleflow and travel time statistics. The difference between Eulerian and Lagrangian velocity statisticsand the importance of higher travel time moments are indicative of high heterogeneity. The thirdtravel time moment mostly describes a peak and late arrivals, while higher moments are requiredfor early arrivals which are linked with the largest uncertainty. A particular finding is the linearityof all travel time moments, which implies that in the limit an advective transport in multi-Gaussian field becomes Fickian. By comparison, the transverse displacement pdf converges to aGaussian distribution around 20 integral scales after injection, even for high heterogeneity. Thecapabilities of the presented multi-resolution approach, and the quality of the obtained results,open new areas for further research. / Markprocesser karakteriseras ofta av fåtaliga fältexperiment, glesa mätningar, heterogenitet påolika skalor, slumpmässighet och relaterade osäkerheter, samt beräkningsmässiga svårigheter.Under de senaste årtiondena har olika beräkningstekniker och strategier blivit ovärderliga verktygför att förutspå vattenflöde och ämnestransport i heterogena porösa medier. Denna doktorsavhandling utvecklar ett angreppssätt med flerskaliga upplösningar baserat på Fup basis funktionermed kompakt stöd, som möjliggör en effektiv och anpassningsbar procedur, nära relaterad tillrådande fysiska tolkningar. Alla flödes- och transportvariabler, så väl som heterogeniteten, beskrivsav en flerskaligt upplöst representation, i form av linjära kombinationer av Fup basis funktioner.Varje variabel representeras på ett speciellt anpassningsbar gridnät med given noggrannhet.Metoden appliceras för att lösa problem med skarpa fronter, samt vattenflöde och advektivämnestransport i starkt heterogena porösa medier. Adaptive Fup collocation metoden tillsammansmed den välkända Method of lines, spårar effektivt lösningar med skarpa fronter och löserupp positioner och frekvenser på alla rums- och/eller tidsskalor. Metoden ger kontinuerliga hastighetsfältoch flöden, och möjliggör noggrann och tillförlitlig transportanalys. Analys av advektivtransport understöder stabiliteten i första-ordningens transport teori för låg och mild heterogenitet.Utöver detta, som resultat av noggrannheten i den förbättrade Monte-Carlo metodiken, visardenna avhandling effekten av hög heterogenitet på ensemble statistiken för flöden och transporttider.Skillnaden mellan Eulerisk och Lagrangian hastighetsstatistik och betydelsen av högrestatistiska moment för transporttider, indikerar hög heterogenitet. Det tredje transporttidsmomentetbeskriver huvudsakligen sannolikhetspiken och de långa transporttiderna, medan högremoment behövs för de korta transporttiderna, som har den största osäkerheten. En speciell upptäcktär linjäariteten i transporttidsmoment, som indikerar att advektiv transport i multi-Gaussiska fält blir Gaussisk i gränsen. Som jämförelse konvergerar sannolikhetsfunktioner förden transversella transportförflyttningen mot en Gaussisk fördelning vid runt 20 korrelationslängder efter injektion, även för hög heterogenitet. Förmågan i det presenterade angreppssättet med flerskalig upplösning, och resultatens noggrannhet, öppnar nya områden för fortsatt forskning. / QC 20100714

[pt] A Prefeitura de Bogotá, publicou em 2015 o Plano Urbanístico do Centro Ampliado de Bogotá (PUCAB) cujo objetivo principal era diminuir a segregação socioespacial evidente nos limites geográficos da cidade, onde nas periferias habita a classe socioeconômica baixa, e no centro da cidade habitam as classes média e alta, ao mesmo tempo em que é almejado o adensamento da cidade, alocando pessoas num número equivalente ao aumento populacional para o ano 2020 no setor analisado e delimitado geograficamente sob condições de mobilidade de tempos de chegada aos polos de emprego em máximo 20 minutos nos transportes públicos e 10 minutos a pé até as estações dos sistemas coletivos, isso desde qualquer ponto dentro do setor do Centro Ampliado. A partir do objetivo geral de alocar pessoas de classe socioeconômica baixa no centro da cidade e, das variáveis de delimitação geográfica, deduz-se a intensão de alocar à população adensada em zonas em que são permitidos os percursos curtos lar-trabalho-lar, de onde surge a hipótese de tese do não cumprimento de tempos máximos de 20 minutos nos transportes públicos ainda submetidos ao transito veicular no setor do PUCAB; comprovação feita com base nas pesquisas da Secretaria Distrital de Mobilidade (2015). Avalia-se o limite geográfico do setor do PUCAB e se apresentam metodologias de priorização de adensamento em zonas em que são permitidos os deslocamentos curtos das casas à maior oferta de emprego e, outras atividades habituais dos cidadãos. / [en] The Bogota Humana series (2015) published a book entitled Urbanistic Plan for the Enlarged Bogota s Downtown (PUCAB in Spanish) aimed at turning Bogota into a more egalitarian and environmentally friendly city, with spaces where sustainable mobility is promoted. Among other objectives, the book proposes a structured densification of the historical downtown and nearby sectors of Bogotá, the Colombian capital city. The project intended to mitigate the existing sociospatial segregation characterized by low class people living towards the city periphery and middle-high classes living in the so-called Enlarged Downtown. The search for social inclusion should be promoted in Bogota by forcing spatial inclusion, i.e., by dislocating low class population to central areas equipped with better public facilities (TORRES et al. 2009). The dislocated population will benefit from subsidies programs similar to the ones they now receive. The advantages of concentrating low class residences close to high employment areas are obvious as most of these people have precarious labor conditions and commute long distances (ALCALDÍA DE BOGOTÁ, 2015). The economy of Bogota is mostly based in factories and sales, which employ low class employers (GUTIÉRREZ, 2011). This fact underscores the convenience of dislocating these people who presently commute mostly from the periphery, so that they can get better access to jobs with shorter commutes, and eventually to other job offers. The densification initiative is understood as an activity that precedes economic growth for the city and the country, while improving urban mobility through decreasing pendulum-like tides, originated by people who live in the periphery and work downtown. Though urban zoning is coherent with the Urban Plan main goal regarding socio-spatial segregation, it is not part of the land zoning variables defined in the same document. Because of this, there is a discussion about the environmental and socio viability of densifying the enlarged Bogota downtown. The discussion is mentioned but scarcely analyzed in the Urban Plan.

[pt] Ônibus, equipados com dispositivos GPS ativos que transmitem continuamente a sua posição, podem ser entendidos como sensores móveis de trânsito. De fato, as trajetórias dos ônibus fornecem uma fonte de dados útil para analisar o trânsito na rede de ônibus de uma cidade, dado que as autoridades de trânsito da cidade disponibilizem as trajetórias de forma aberta, oportuna e contínua. Neste contexto, esta tese propõe uma abordagem que usa os dados de GPS dos ônibus para analisar e monitorar a rede de ônibus de uma cidade. Ela combina algoritmos de grafos, técnicas de mineração de dados geoespaciais e métodos estatísticos. A principal contribuição desta tese é uma definição detalhada de operações e algoritmos para analisar e monitorar o tráfego na rede de ônibus, especificamente: (1) modelagem, análise e segmentaçãoda rede de ônibus; (2) mineração do conjunto de dados de trajetória de ônibus para descobrir padrões de tráfego; (3) detecção de anomalias de trânsito, classificação de acordo com sua gravidade, e avaliação do seu impacto; (4) manutenção e comparação de diferentes versões da rede de ônibus e dos seus padrões de tráfego para ajudar os planejadores urbanos a avaliar as mudanças. Uma segunda contribuição é a descrição de experimentos realizados para a rede de ônibus da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, utilizando trajetórias de ônibus correspondentes ao período de junho de 2014 até fevereiro de 2017, disponibilizadas pela Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Os resultados obtidos corroboram a utilidade da abordagem proposta para analisar e monitorar a rede de ônibus de uma cidade, o que pode ajudar os gestores do trânsito e as autoridades municipais a melhorar os planos de controle de trânsito e de mobilidade urbana. / [en] Buses, equipped with active GPS devices that continuously transmit their position, can be understood as mobile traffic sensors. Indeed, bus trajectories provide a useful data source for analyzing traffic in the bus network of a city, if the city traffic authority makes the bus trajectories available openly, timely and in a continuous way. In this context, this thesis proposes a bus GPS data-driven approach for analyzing and monitoring the bus network of a city. It combines graph algorithms, geospatial data mining techniques and statistical methods. The major contribution of this thesis is a detailed discussion of key operations and algorithms for modeling, analyzing and monitoring bus network traffic, specifically: (1) modelling, analyzing, and segmentation of the bus network; (2) mining the bus trajectory dataset to uncover traffic patterns; (3) detecting traffic anomalies, classifying them according to their severity, and estimating their impact; (4) maintaining and comparing different versions of the bus network and traffic patterns to help urban planners assess changes. Another contribution is the description of experiments conducted for the bus network of the City of Rio de Janeiro, using bus trajectories obtained from June 2014 to February 2017, which have been made available by the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro. The results obtained corroborate the usefulness of the proposed approach for analyzing and monitoring the bus network of a city, which may help traffic managers and city authorities improve traffic control and urban mobility plans.

Dans un contexte de carence méthodologique, cette thèse vise à apporter un nouveau souffle aux modèles de choix de localisation jusqu’ici incapables d’appréhender de manière réaliste la complexité des processus décisionnels des établissements tels que leurs choix de localisation optimale. Les modèles de choix de localisation utilisent des données géoréférencées, pour lesquelles les ensembles de choix ont une composante spatiale explicite. Il est donc essentiel de comprendre comment représenter l’aspect spatial dans les modèles de choix de localisation. La décision finale d’un établissement semble être liée au paysage économique environnant. La quantification du lien entre les observations voisines implique une prise de décision sur la spécification de la matrice spatiale. Pourtant, la grande majorité des chercheurs appliquent la métrique euclidienne sans considérer des hypothèses sous-jacentes et ses alternatives. Cette démarche a été initialement proposée en raison de données et de puissance informatique limitées plutôt que de son universalité. Dans les régions comme la région parisienne, oû la congestion ainsi que les problèmes de barrières physiques non traversables apparaissent clairement, les distances purement basées sur la topographie peuvent ne pas être les plus appropriées pour l’étude de la localisation intra-urbaine. Il est possible d’acquérir des connaissances en reconsidérant et en mesurant la distance en fonction du problème analysé. Plutôt que d’enfermer les chercheurs dans une structure restrictive de la matrice de pondération, cette thèse propose une approche souple pour identifier la métrique de distance la plus susceptible de prendre en compte correctement les marchés voisins selon le secteur considéré. En plus de la distance euclidienne standard, six autres mesures sont testées : les temps de déplacement en voiture (pour les périodes de pointe et hors pointe) et en transport en commun, ainsi que les distances de réseau correspondantes.Par ailleurs, les décisions d’un établissement particulier sont interdépendantes des choix d’autres acteurs, ce qui rend les choix de localisation particulièrement intéressants et difficiles à analyser. Ces problèmes épineux posés par l’interdépendance des décisions ne peuvent généralement être négligés sans altérer l’authenticité du modèle de décision d’établissement. Les approches classiques de la sélection de localisation échouent en ne fournissant qu’un ensemble d’étapes systématiques pour la résolution de problèmes sans tenir compte des interactions stratégiques entre les établissements sur le marché. L’un des objectifs de la présente thèse est d’explorer comment adapter correctement les modèles de choix de localisation pour étudier les choix discrets d’établissement lorsqu’ils sont interdépendants.En outre, une entreprise peut ouvrir un certain nombre d’unités et servir le marché à partir de plusieurs localisations. Encore une fois, la théorie et les méthodes traditionnelles peuvent ne pas convenir aux situations dans lesquelles les établissements individuels, au lieu de se situer indépendamment les uns des autres, forment une grande organisation, telle qu’une chaîne confrontée à une concurrence féroce d’autres chaînes. Le modèle prend en compte non seulement les interactions intra-chaînes mais aussi inter-chaînes. Aussi, la nécessité d’indiquer une nette différence entre la population de jour et de nuit a été soulignée. La demande est représentée par les flux de piétons et de voitures, la foule de clients potentiels passant par les centres commerciaux, les stations de trains et de métros, les aéroports et les sites touristiques. L’Enquête Globale Transport 2010 (EGT 2010), entre autres, est utile pour atteindre cet objectif. / This thesis is breathing new life into the location choice models of establishments. The need for methodological advances in order to more realistically model the complexity of establishment decision-making processes, such as their optimal location choices, is the key motivation of this thesis. First, location choice models use geo-referenced data, for which choice sets have an explicit spatial component. It is thus critical to understand how to represent spatial aspect in location choice models. The final decision of an establishment seems to be related to the surrounding economic landscape. When accounting for the linkage between neighboring observations, the decision on the spatial weight matrix specification must be made. Yet, researchers overwhelmingly apply the Euclidean metric without realizing its underlying assumptions and its alternatives. This representation has been originally proposed due to scarce data and low computing power, rather than because of its universality. In areas, such as the Paris region, where high congestion or uncrossable physical barriers problems clearly arise, distances purely based on topography may not be the most appropriate for the study of intra-urban location. There are insights to be gained by mindfully reconsidering and measuring distance depending on a problem being analyzed. Rather than locking researchers into a restrictive structure of the weight matrix, this thesis proposes a flexible approach to intimate which distance metric is more likely to correctly account for the nearby markets depending on the sector considered. In addition to the standard Euclidean distance, six alternative metrics are tested: travel times by car (for the peak and off-peak periods) and by public transit, and the corresponding network distances. Second, what makes these location choices particularly interesting and challenging to analyze is that decisions of a particular establishment are interrelated with choices of other players.These thorny problems posed by the interdependence of decisions generally cannot be assumed away, without altering the authenticity of the model of establishment decision making. The conventional approaches to location selection fail by providing only a set of systematic steps for problem-solving without considering strategic interactions between the establishments in the market. One of the goals of the present thesis is to explore how to correctly adapt location choice models to study establishment discrete choices when they are interrelated.Finally, a firm can open a number of units and serve the market from multiple locations. Once again, traditional theory and methods may not be suitable to situations wherein individual establishments, instead of locating independently from each other, form a large orgnization, such as a chain facing a fierce competition from other chains. There is a necessity to incorporate interactions between units within the same and competing firms. In addition, the need to state a clear difference between the daytime and nighttime population has been emphasized. Demand is represented by pedestrian and car flows, the crowd of potential clients passing through the commercial centers, train and subways stations, airports, and highly touristic sites. The Global Survey of Transport (EGT 2010), among others, is of service to reach this objective. More realistically designed location choice models accounting for spatial spillovers, strategic interaction, and with a more appropriate definition of distance and demand can become a powerful and flexible tool to assist in finding a befitting site. An appropriately chosen location in turn can make an implicative difference for the newly-created business. The contents of this thesis provide some useful recommendations for transport analysts, city planners, plan developers, business owners, and shopping center investors.

Travel demand forecasting is essential for many decisions, such as infrastructure investments and policy measures. Traditionally travel demand modelling has considered trip frequency, mode, destination and route choice. This thesis considers two other choice dimensions, hypothesised to have implications for travel demand forecasting. The first part investigates how the increased possibilities to overcome space that ICT (information and communication technology) provides, can be integrated in travel demand forecasting models. We find that possibilities of modelling substitution effects are limited, irrespective of data source and modelling approach. Telecommuting explains, however, a very small part of variation in work trip frequency. It is therefore not urgent to include effects from telecommuting in travel demand forecasting. The results indicate that telecommuting is a privilege for certain groups of employees, and we therefore expect that negative attitudes from management, job suitability and lack of equipment are important obstacles. We find also that company benefits can be obtained from telecommuting. No evidences that telecommuting gives rise to urban sprawl is, however, found. Hence, there is ground for promoting telecommuting from a societal, individual and company perspective. The second part develops a departure time choice model in a mixed logit framework. This model explains how travellers trade-off travel time, travel time variability, monetary and scheduling costs, when choosing departure time. We explicitly account for correlation in unobserved heterogeneity over repeated SP choices, which was fundamental for accurate estimation of the substitution pattern. Temporal constraints at destination are found to mainly restrict late arrival. Constraints at origin mainly restrict early departure. Sensitivity to travel time uncertainty depends on trip type and intended arrival time. Given appropriate input data and a calibrated dynamic assignment model, the model can be applied to forecast peak-spreading effects in congested networks. Combined stated preference (SP) and revealed preference (RP) data is used, which has provided an opportunity to compare observed and stated behaviour. Such analysis has previously not been carried out and indicates that there are systematic differences in RP and SP data. / QC 20100825

This dissertation aimed to improve travel time estimation for the purpose of transportation planning by developing a travel time estimation method that incorporates the effects of signal timing plans, which were difficult to consider in planning models. For this purpose, an analytical model has been developed. The model parameters were calibrated based on data from CORSIM microscopic simulation, with signal timing plans optimized using the TRANSYT-7F software. Independent variables in the model are link length, free-flow speed, and traffic volumes from the competing turning movements. The developed model has three advantages compared to traditional link-based or node-based models. First, the model considers the influence of signal timing plans for a variety of traffic volume combinations without requiring signal timing information as input. Second, the model describes the non-uniform spatial distribution of delay along a link, this being able to estimate the impacts of queues at different upstream locations of an intersection and attribute delays to a subject link and upstream link. Third, the model shows promise of improving the accuracy of travel time prediction. The mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the model is 13% for a set of field data from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT); this is close to the MAPE of uniform delay in the HCM 2000 method (11%). The HCM is the industrial accepted analytical model in the existing literature, but it requires signal timing information as input for calculating delays. The developed model also outperforms the HCM 2000 method for a set of Miami-Dade County data that represent congested traffic conditions, with a MAPE of 29%, compared to 31% of the HCM 2000 method. The advantages of the proposed model make it feasible for application to a large network without the burden of signal timing input, while improving the accuracy of travel time estimation. An assignment model with the developed travel time estimation method has been implemented in a South Florida planning model, which improved assignment results.

Travel time savings are usually the most important utility component of transport projects. This paper shows estimation of the value of travel time savings (VTTS) with particular focus on random parameter models. Employing these models commuters’ VTTS in the German City Dresden is estimated. Results show that travel time savings of motorised and non-motorised modes are valued differently, VTTS derived in this study are higher than values currently used in Germany’s federal transport infrastructure plan and VTTS are dependent on travel time.

In 2018 the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) funded a study in which data were collected to evaluate performance measures for UDOT's Incident Management Team (IMT) program. After that study was completed, UDOT received funding to expand the size of its IMT program. Additionally, TransSuite, a data source used by the UDOT Traffic Operations Center to log incident-related data, was reconfigured to provide a higher quantity of performance measure data. This study made use of the new data source, in addition to Computer Aided Dispatch logs provided by the Utah Highway Patrol that were used in the first study, to collect performance measure data of the expanded program and measure the impacts of the IMT program expansion. Using these two datasets, a reanalyzed 2018 dataset and a new 2020 dataset, a comparison of performance measures was made. Performance measures studied included those defined as important by the Federal Highway Administration's Focus States Initiative in 2009, namely Roadway Clearance Time, Incident Clearance Time, and Response Time. These performance measures were calculated for IMT responders at 320 incidents in 2018 and 289 incidents in 2020. In addition, data regarding the affected volume associated with incidents, the excess travel time accumulated due to incidents, and the excess user cost associated with incident congestion were gathered. In 2018, 188 incidents were analyzed for these user impacts, and in 2020 144 incidents were analyzed. Statistical analyses were conducted to compare IMT performance between the two years and to determine relationships between performance measures and user impacts. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic affected traffic volumes during this study, and statistical analyses were adjusted to account for volume differences between the two years. Results indicated that the expansion of the IMT program has allowed UDOT to respond faster to incidents, and respond to a larger quantity of incidents over a larger coverage area and in extended operating hours. Performance of the expanded IMT program has had significant effects in reducing incident-related congestion and its costs.

Actualmente, el 73% de la población limeña prefiere utilizar el transporte público por su fácil disponibilidad y bajo precio, pese a la considerable cantidad de usuarios en los paraderos y el tiempo de viaje es extenso debido a la congestión vehicular. Además, la exposición diaria al transporte publico genera que los usuarios soporten constantemente el ruido, la contaminación e inseguridad latente en la ciudad. Para contribuir con la solución a esta problemática, se propone implementar una ciclovía que sea una alternativa al transporte público, en particular a los usuarios que pierden mucho tiempo en los paraderos, para lograr un tiempo de viaje menor durante las horas de máxima demanda. Por tal razón, la propuesta define la red primaria en las Avenidas La Marina y Faustino Sánchez Carrión para implementar la ciclovía sobre su infraestructura vial. Luego, se procede a describir la situación actual de los usuarios del transporte público en la zona de estudio, medir los aforos y velocidades de los vehículos y registrar el tiempo de espera de los usuarios. Después, se simuló la situación actual del tránsito mediante el software VISSIM 9 y se encontró que existen las condiciones para implementar una ciclovía bidireccional. Finalmente se procede a comparar el tiempo de viaje de los ciclistas con el tiempo de viaje más el tiempo de espera de los usuarios del transporte público en una situación actual y futura. Los resultados muestran que los ciclistas logran un tiempo promedio de 13 minutos que es mucho mejor que los usuarios que utilizan la línea de transporte público que posee la ruta más similar en la zona de estudio (Corredor Rojo) que logran un tiempo promedio de 30 y 35 minutos en una situación actual y futura respectivamente. / Currently, 73% of Lima's population prefers to use public transport for their easy availability and low price, despite the considerable amount of users at bus stops and travel time is extended due to traffic congestion. In addition, daily exposure to public transport causes users to constantly endure noise, pollution and latent insecurity in the city. To contribute to the solution to this problem, it is proposed to implement a bike path that is an alternative to public transport, particularly users who lose a lot of time at bus stops to achieve a shorter trip during peak hours. For this reason, the proposal defines the primary network in La Marina and Faustino Sanchez Carrion avenues to implement the bike path on its road infrastructure. Then, we proceed to describe the current situation of public transport users in the study area, measure vehicle capacity and speeds, and record users' waiting times. Afterwards, the current traffic situation was simulated using the VISSIM 9 software and it was found that the conditions exist to implement a bi-directional bicycle path. Finally, the travel time of cyclists is compared with the travel time plus the waiting time of public transport users in a current and future situation. The results show that cyclists achieve an average time of 13 minutes which is much better than users who use the public transport line that has the most similar route in the study area (Red Corridor) who achieve an average time of 30 and 35 minutes in a current and future situation respectively. / Tesis

<p>Promena parametara saobraćajnog toka utiče na promenu elemenata rada vozila JGPP-a, kada ona saobraćaju u me&scaron;ovitom saobraćajnom toku. Elementi rada vozila JGPP-a su definisani redom vožnje pa svako odstupanje od planiranih elemenata rada izaziva određene poremećaje u radu vozila na linijama kao i u celokupnom sistemu JGPP-a. Po pravilu, svaki poremećaj u radu vozila JGPP-a negativno se odražava na kvalitet usluga koje se pružaju korisnicima. U okviru ovog rada, izvr&scaron;ena je analiza uticaja karakteristika saobraćajnog toka na elemente rada vozila JGPP-a. Na osnovu analitičko&ndash;istraživačkog postupka razvijen je model zavisnosti vremena putovanja vozila JGPP-a od saobraćajnog opterećenja, na gradskoj uličnoj mreži. Razvijeni model testiran je na realnim podacima dobijenim istraživanjima na području Novog Sada. Utvrđene su međusobne zavisnosti veličine saobraćajnog toka i vremena putovanja, a indirektno, preko vremena putovanja određene su i zavisnosti ostalih elemenata rada vozila JGPP-a od promene veličine saobraćajnog toka. Poznavanjem zakonitosti promene ispitivanih parametara, moguće je projektovati elemente rada vozila JGPP-a u skladu sa realnim stanjem saobraćajnog toka i na taj način uticati na pobolj&scaron;anje funkcionisanja sistema JGPP-a, a samim tim i na povećanje kvaliteta usluge koji se pruža korisnicima.</p> / <p>Change of the traffic flow parameters cause the change of the function elements of public transport vehicles, when it operate in mixed traffic flow. Function elements of the public transport vehicles are defined by schedule, so that any deviation from the planned function elements cause some disorder in the entire public transport system. As a rule, any disorder in operation of public transport vehicles has negative impact on the quality of service provided to users. In this paper, the influence of traffic flow characteristics on the function elements of public transport vehicles has been analysed. The model depending travel time of public transport vehicles from traffic volume on the city&rsquo;s street network, based on the analytical research process, has been developed. The developed model was tested on real data obtained by research in the area of Novi Sad. Interaction of the volume and travel time has been determined and indirectly, through the travel time to the dependence of other function elements of public transport vehicles of traffic flow has been determined. Through knowledge of regularity of change of the parameters, it is possible to design function elements of the public transport vehicles in accordance with the real situation of the traffic flow and thus affect the improvement of operating of public transport system with increase the quality of service for users.</p>