01023134

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/1971-03

http://scholar.google.com...pson&publication_year=2006

Selecting corridors for implementing bus rapid transit (BRT) projects in most communities is relatively straightforward; however, in cities such as New York, this is far more complicated because of the large numbers of corridors with many characteristics compatible with BRT provision. This paper describes the framework developed to evaluate and screen corridors in New York City for five demonstration BRT projects. A mechanism was identified to reduce the number of candidate corridors from 80 to 36 at an early stage. An evaluation framework building on the previous work and detailed field observations further refined the list from 36 corridors to 15. The evaluation included two key considerations: the potential benefits of BRT implementation in a given corridor and the potential ease of implementation of BRT in that corridor. The study team defined a series of measures to reflect these key considerations (four measures for each). The relative ranking of the 36 corridors showed how each corridor performed with respect to these measures. The results of the evaluation yielded the 15 corridors that moved to the conceptual development phase of the study. This paper describes the steps taken in reducing the universe of candidate corridors for BRT implementation and provides a sequential, transparent, and cost-effective approach to the issue of corridor identification that can be applied in any urban area.

01037990

English

pp 3-13

2006

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309099803

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Benefits; Bus rapid transit; City planning; Demonstration projects; Evaluation and assessment; Implementation; Transportation corridors; Urban areas; Urban transit

Corridor planning

New York (New York)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Terminals and Facilities

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Mar 3 2006 10:34AM

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