FREQUENCY AND VEHICLE CAPACITY DETERMINATION OF BOSSO AND GIDAN KWANO CAMPUSES, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Line capacity is simply the number of passengers that can be transported within a given time interval. Growing traffic problems are a major concern for countries all over the world. The population of students in the University has increased tremendously over the last 6 years by about 525.25%. Almost every country of the world whether developing or developed are facing the problem in the management of transportation facilities. Transportation challenges experienced in most Nigerian urban centres include traffic congestion, inadequate provision of carriers for commuters in quantity and timeliness, poor traffic management, poor conditions of roads, attitudinal behaviour of drivers among others. The aim of this paper is to identify the most suitable methods or techniques in solving transportation problem relating to bus management of the study area and also to present an overview of some selected literature that provides different techniques for solving a frequency setting (FS) problems.