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Dedicated Bus lanes (DBLs) are widely used in China as a method of bus priority guarantee, but its effect on improving bus operation speed is controversial. Using Global Positioning System (GPS) data and bus stop data of buses and cabs driven on 54 roads in Shenzhen City, this study first obtains vehicle speed, bus stop density, and other information; then analyzes the performance of DBLs on major urban roads in Shenzhen City; and verifies via statistical analysis whether using DBLs play a significant role in improving bus operation performance. Data is processed based on ArcGIS Engine. The total length of the research road analyzed in this study reached 208.4 km. The results show that bus speeds on a road segment significantly depend on the average speed of other vehicles, and the bus stop density of a road segment has a significant influence on bus speeds on that `road section. However, the use of DBL brings an insignificant effect on bus speed improvement, and the bus stop form and location factor also have an insignificant effect on bus speeds on a road section. In future work, a quantitative interpretation model will be established to explain the results found out in this study.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries.

01618707

17-02351

English

15p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Bus lanes; Case studies; Global Positioning System; Operating speed; Performance measurement; Urban highways

Shenzhen (China)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-02351

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:52AM