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This paper focuses on the impact of dwelling buses on motor vehicles at on-line bus-stop-affected-area. In this paper, on-line bus stops are categorized into six different types in two dimensions, including mid-block, near side and far side on-line bus stops set along bicycle lane or pedestrian lane. In general, vehicle speeds at mid-block bus stops and far side bus stops form convex curves when there are dwelling buses at bus stops, while speed curves are relatively flat when bus stops are empty. Because of the existence of downstream intersections, speed curves at near side bus-stop-affected-areas show a declining trend. And the different locations of speed turning points reflect the differences between peak hour and non-peak hour. Compared to on-line bus stops along bicycle lane, vehicle speeds at on-line bus stops along pedestrian lane enjoy higher coefficient of variance, which reflects the influence of non-motor vehicle. This paper utilizes reduction coefficient of traffic capacity to evaluate the impact of dwelling buses at different types of bus stops. Finally, reduction coefficients of traffic capacity of different bus-stop types are calculated with data collected from fieldwork. The result shows that as the berth number increases, the capacity reduction coefficients decrease. When the number of berths is the same, the capacity reduction coefficient of near side bus stop reaches its maximum value, followed by coefficients at far side bus stops and mid-block bus stops.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems. Alternate title: Impact of Dwelling Buses on Capacity of Motor Vehicles at Different Types of Bus Stops.

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17-03188

English

15p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bus bays; Bus stops; Dwell time; Highway capacity; Traffic flow

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-03188

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 11:11AM