Transport planning in Hungary: A model of multistage-planning of urban public transport

For the planning of ever-intensifying urban transport, the use of up-to-date mathematical tools and the formulation of economic efficiency aspects of decisions between alternatives becomes imperative. This study presents a selection of mathematical and econometric tools for every step of the planning, demonstrating the convenience of stochastic models, in view of the random character of urban public transport. Extended models of network theory, based on graph theory, are applied, the synthesis of partial optima being reached via dynamic programming. Examples are given, related to the planning of a new residential estate.