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On May 26, 1981, New York City implemented an exclusive dual-width bus lane on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan, which was funded by a one-year federal demonstration grant. The facility operates from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and carries 25,000 passengers daily. It shares a roadway with three lanes of mixed traffic and is defined by pavement markings and overhead signs, accompanied by intense enforcement. Initial results indicated that (a) peak-hour bus speed was increased by 83 percent, (b) peak-hour bus reliability was increased by 57 percent, (c) peak-hour bus density was reduced by 45 percent, (d) traffic speed on Madison Avenue was increased by 10 percent, (e) average speed on parallel avenues was unchanged, and (f) average speed on eastbound cross streets was unchanged and on westbound cross streets was reduced by 6 percent. This project represents one of the most ambitious transit-priority projects for an urban arterial short of a complete ban of other traffic. The evolution and results of the project are described, and the implementation process is emphasized.

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Transportation Research Record

61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Bus lanes; Bus stops; Concurrent flow; Peak periods; Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic flow; Traffic regulations

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Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Jan 31 1983 12:00AM

• ASSESSING USER NEEDS IN DESIGN OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. (ABRIDGMENT)
• AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING: EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSIT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
• AUTOMATION IN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT: UPDATE
• COMPARING FIXED-ROUTE AND FLEXIBLE-ROUTE STRATEGIES FOR INTRAURBAN BUS TRANSIT
• CONCURRENT-FLOW HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TREATMENT ON FREEWAYS--SUCCESS STORY IN HOUSTON
• CONNECTIVITY INDEX FOR SYSTEMWIDE TRANSIT ROUTE AND SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
• INNOVATIVE TRANSIT SERVICE PLANNING MODEL THAT USES A MICROCOMPUTER
• POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF TRANSIT SERVICE CHANGES BASED ON ANALYTICAL SERVICE STANDARDS
• Public Transit Planning by Using Interactive Computer Graphics in Bellevue, Washington
• REVIEW OF BUS COSTING PROCEDURES
• SHORT-TERM RIDERSHIP-PROJECTION MODEL
• STATE OF THE ART OF CURRENT BUS TRANSFER PRACTICES