Bus Rapid Transit vs. Metro. Monitoring on-board comfort of competing transit services via sensors

Author(s):  
M. Fazio ◽  
M. Le Pira ◽  
G. Inturri ◽  
M. Ignaccolo
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1512-1516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Day ◽  
Lawrence Loh ◽  
Ryan Richard Ruff ◽  
Randi Rosenblum ◽  
Sean Fischer ◽  
...  

Background:Cities across the U.S. and internationally are adopting Bus Rapid Transit to improve transit services for residents. Features of Bus Rapid Transit include fewer stops, dedicated bus lanes, and expedited systems for boarding busses, compared with regular bus service. This study examines whether Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ridership is associated with increased rates of walking, because of the greater distance between BRT stops compared with regular bus service.Methods:Surveys were conducted with riders of local and BRT buses for New York City’s M15 Select Bus Service line. Surveys examined bus ridership, health status and physical activity, walking rates, and demographic information.Results:BRT riders reported walking approximately half a block more than did local bus riders. The average number of blocks walked decreased for BRT riders who previously used the subway before the implementation of the BRT.Conclusions:BRT may be a useful tool to support walking for some groups. Depending on where it is implemented, BRT may also be associated with reduced walking among users who switch to BRT from other active transportation modes. Future research should examine associations between walking and BRT ridership with a larger sample and more sites.


CICTP 2017 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Wei Gong ◽  
Wen-Zhou Jin ◽  
Xiao-Dong Zang ◽  
Qiang Luo

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-hua Hu ◽  
Jia-xian Liang

Interstation travel speed is an important indicator of the running state of hybrid Bus Rapid Transit and passenger experience. Due to the influence of road traffic, traffic lights and other factors, the interstation travel speeds are often some kind of multi-peak and it is difficult to use a single distribution to model them. In this paper, a Gaussian mixture model charactizing the interstation travel speed of hybrid BRT under a Bayesian framework is established. The parameters of the model are inferred using the Reversible-Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach (RJMCMC), including the number of model components and the weight, mean and variance of each component. Then the model is applied to Guangzhou BRT, a kind of hybrid BRT. From the results, it can be observed that the model can very effectively describe the heterogeneous speed data among different inter-stations, and provide richer information usually not available from the traditional models, and the model also produces an excellent fit to each multimodal speed distribution curve of the inter-stations. The causes of different speed distribution can be identified through investigating the Internet map of GBRT, they are big road traffic and long traffic lights respectively, which always contribute to a main road crossing. So, the BRT lane should be elevated through the main road to decrease the complexity of the running state.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Ummu Kalsum ◽  
M.Yamin Jinca

Fenomena suburbanisasi yang terjadi di kota Makassar mendorong terciptanya pusat-pusat aktivitas baru di kawasan pinggiran dan menimbulkan berbagai masalah baru, seperti masalah transportasi. Penelitian ini menjelaskan arah perkembangan kota di wilayah suburban, karakteristik pergerakan, kondisi pelayanan angkutan massal dan menemukan strategi pengembangan transportasi angkutan massal. Proses pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi lapangan dan wawancara, kemudian dianalisis menggunakan mapping analysis, deskriptif kuantitatif, komparasi dan SWOT untuk menemukan strategi pengembangan. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa kota berkembang ke arah  Timur dan Selatan serta tidak sesuai dengan hierarki jalan. Disamping itu masyarakat suburban dominan melakukan perjalanan 5 kali dalam seminggu dengan waktu tempuh berkisar 30 menit. Pelayanan angkutan massal menggunakan bus (Bus Rapid Transit) masih rendah karena halte masih sulit dijangkau meskipun biaya penggunaannya sangat terjangkau dan memberikan kenyamanan lebih dibanding angkutan massal lainnya. Oleh karena itu diperlukan strategi pengembangan konsep transportasi yang bersifat mikro dan adaptif untuk diterapkan.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohen Cuéllar ◽  
Rodrigo Buitrago Tello ◽  
Luis Carlos Belalcazar Ceronn

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moelyono Rahardjo

Signage, sebagai Passenger Information System dalam sistem Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pada halte Transjakarta: halte Grogol 1 - Grogol 2 tampilannya tidak koheren dan tidak berkesinambungan. Keragaman tampilan signage statis permanen ditelusuri dengan mengaitkannya dengan konteks waktu perkembangan sistem dan keberadaan halte. Penelusuran ini diharapkan akan menjadi catatan untuk memahami keragaman tampilan tersebut.


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