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Title:

Evaluation of Passing Lanes for Express Buses in BRT: A Korean Case Study

Accession Number:

01372705

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This study intends to analyze the impacts of passing lanes and suggest a method to increase the efficiency of express buses, so called Metropolitan Buses (M-bus), in Korea. To solve this question, field data and traffic card data were collected during a five-day period. This research found that the arrival distribution of M-buses at BRT stops follows negative binomial distribution rather than poisson distribution. Also, delays in M-buses dramatically decreased with the establishment of passing lanes at BRT bus stops. Furthermore, the longer the established passing lanes are, the greater the effect of reduction. However, no marginal reductions in delays were noticed once the passing lanes exceed 75 meters in length. Therefore, it can be concluded that the proper length of passing lanes should range from 60 meters to 75 meters.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Bus Transit Systems

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3082

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Park, Sang-Woo
Eom, Dae-Lyoung

Pagination:

22p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Seoul (Korea)

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3082

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:14PM