Locating Bus Rapid Transit stops using GIS and AHP: the Vo Van Kiet - Mai Chi Tho route in Ho Chi Minh City

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is one of public vehicle systems in modern cities to provide transportation services fast, confortable, and cost saving. However, effectiveness of one BRT route depends on the locations of its stops. This study focuses on determining optimal locations to build the stops of a BRT route. Firstly, criteria having influences on effective operation of a BRT stop are explorered, consisting of i) traveling demands, e.g. buildings, offices, industrial parks, hopitals, etc; ii) public transportations, e.g. metro stations, bus stops, etc; and iii) roads, e.g. crossroads, parking lots, etc. Secondly, each criterion is assigned a weighted factor representative for its influence, determined by the AHP method. Finally, the progress of data processing in GIS environment is established to create a weighted overlay map from all criteria. Subsequently, locations having high values are reasonable to build BRT stops. This progress has been applied to locate BRT stops of the Vo Van Kiet – Mai Chi Tho route in Ho Chi Minh City. The result indicates 40 BRT stops along this route, and it is considered as a scientific reference to help the city government in decision making.

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ANALISIS BIAYA OPERASIONAL KENDARAAN (BOK) BUS RAPID TRANSIT (STUDI KASUS: TRAYEK RAJABASA – PANJANG)

CIVED ◽

10.24036/cived.v7i2.109487 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 73

Author(s):

Zenia F - Saraswati ◽

Dabi Sefianiz

Keyword(s):

Public Transportation ◽

Urban Economics ◽

City Government ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transport Services ◽

Mass Public ◽

Transportation Service ◽

Urban Public Transport ◽

The City

As the city growing bigger in line with population, urban economics will be alongside daily transportation. The high number of daily transportation need to be accommodated with urban public transport services. In 2011, Bandar Lampung City Government provide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a mass public transportation service in Bandar Lampung City. But, after about 9 (nine) years, the number of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route services is drop. The sustainability is questioned due to the number of passengers and operating routes continuously down, starting from 7 (seven), to 3 (three) then today is only 1 (one) left. But the city without public transportation service certainly become a bad precedent. Rajabasa Route-Panjang is the only Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service exist. The vehicle operating costs calculation shows about IDR 648,101,870 / year, IDR 1,874,252 / day, IDR 312,375 / trip, IDR 8,255 / km, IDR 156,188 / hour and IDR 3, IDR 124 / seat needs to be provided by the regulator/government to ensure the service.

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TOURISM MOBILITY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES RIO 2016

Event Management ◽

10.3727/152599519x15506259856624 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Cabral ◽

Carolin Lusby ◽

Ricardo Uvinha

Keyword(s):

Olympic Games ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Field Research ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Tourist Attractions ◽

Official Sources ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City

Sports Tourism as a segment is growing exponentially in Brazil. The sports mega-events that occurred in the period from 2007 to 2016 helped strengthen this sector significantly. This article examined tourism mobility during the Summer Olympic Games Rio 2016, hosted by the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This study expands the understanding of the relationship between tourism and city infrastructure, therefore being relevant to academics, professionals of the area and to the whole society due to its multidisciplinary field. The existence of a relationship between means of transportation and the Olympic regions as well as tourist attractions for a possible legacy was observed. Data were collected from official sources, field research and through participant-observation and semi structured interviews. Data were coded and analyzed. The results indicate that the city was overall successful in its execution of sufficient mobility. New means of transportation were added and others updated. BRT's (Bus Rapid Transit) were the main use of mass transport to Olympic sites. However, a lack of public transport access was observed for the touristic sites.

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Memasyarakatkan Bus Rapid Transit Trans Siginjai melalui komunitas dan media digital di Provinsi Jambi

Unri Conference Series: Community Engagement ◽

10.31258/unricsce.1.310-316 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 310-316

Author(s):

Haryadi Haryadi ◽

Moh. Arief Rakhman

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Local Community ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Multimedia Content ◽

Mass Transportation ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Student Groups ◽

The People ◽

Potential Market ◽

The City

In 2018 Trans Siginjai officially began operations in the city of Jambi, with a route connecting Jambi City with Muaro Jambi District. Passing the length of the route is 19 Km, passing through two large campuses in Jambi Province. Making this BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) mode has a potential market among the community of student groups. Preliminary observations were made and several studies showed that the 1 year period after the operation of the BRT showed a condition that was not optimal. The solution offered from the service done is to see how actually the transport facilities owned by Jambi Province have a lot of additional potential besides being the only mass transportation on this route. The potential that can be raised by the TransTiginjai BRT is Multiple effects of education, ecology, economics. the target of service is students and the community who live in the city of Jambi. The method used is by activating the local community and optimizing the use of digital media with the main output being various multimedia content. After the activities have not been made significant changes have occurred but there has been an increase in awareness among media users who are targeted for service, namely those from students. From the academic side, this service also tries to prove that the synergy of the community, academics and authorities is able to provide a real solution for a city and the people who live in it.

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Do Bus Rapid Transit Systems Improve Accessibility to Job Opportunities for the Poor? The Case of Lima, Peru

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11102795 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 2795 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Daniel Oviedo ◽

Lynn Scholl ◽

Marco Innao ◽

Lauramaria Pedraza

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transit ◽

Double Difference ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Policy Objective ◽

The Poor ◽

High Concentrations ◽

The City

Investments in public transit infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean often aim to reduce spatial and social inequalities by improving accessibility to jobs and other opportunities for vulnerable populations. One of the central goals of Lima’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was to connect low-income populations living in the peripheries to jobs in the city center, a policy objective that has not yet been evaluated. Building on secondary datasets of employment, household socio-demographics and origin–destination surveys before and after the BRT began operations, this paper examines the contribution of Lima’s BRT system to accessibility to employment in the city, particularly for low-income public transit users. We estimated the effects on potential accessibility to employment, comparing impacts on lower versus higher income populations, and assessed the changes in location-based accessibility to employment before (2004) and after implementation (2012) for treatment and comparison groups. We found that the BRT line reduced travel times for commuters to reach jobs, in comparison with traditional public transport in the city. However, the coverage of the BRT declines in areas with high concentrations of poor populations, limiting the equitability of accessibility improvements. The analysis by socioeconomic sub-groups found positive effects of the BRT system on accessibility for the higher income areas. Relative to the control group, accessibility increased in the 10-km boundary area of the BRT by 0.01, a seven percent increase relative to the treatment baseline accessibility index in the higher socioeconomic (SES) areas of the city. In contrast, in the areas with high concentrations of lower SES populations, the double difference estimate indicated an 11 percent decrease relative to the baseline accessibility index (0.09). We build on case-specific findings and international literature to reflect on policy avenues to include the poor in the mobility benefits of BRT systems. These measures include targeted fare subsidies for low-income groups, fare integration with other forms of public transport that reduce the cost of transfers, and the increase of coverage of the BRT through the integration of stations with non-motorized infrastructure.

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3B Rapid Transit: Yangzhou’s Ecology-Based Urban Development Research

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.280.36 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 280 ◽

pp. 36-39

Author(s):

Yu Jing Zhu

Keyword(s):

Urban Transport ◽

Pattern Language ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Development Research ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Main Mode ◽

Transit System ◽

Development And Utilization ◽

Mode Of Transport ◽

The City

The paper considers the development and utilization of the Yangzhou’s Canal is not enough, the city's achievements in building a far cry from the once glorious, now can not meet the future transport planning has been far from development. This paper then made twenty creative pattern language to develop the city's green transport, including the characteristics of canal traffic and the bike and bus rapid transit system as the city's main mode of transport, to create a set of Boats, Buses, Bikes (3B Rapid Transit) in one of the three healthy, environmentally friendly urban transport network, reshaping the image of the city, another city of glory.

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The bus rapid transit system: A service quality dimension of commuter uptake in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management ◽

10.4102/jtscm.v8i1.145 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Prince D. Ugo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Service Quality ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Stated Preference ◽

Cape Town ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

Area Of Interest ◽

The City

This study evaluated commuter uptake of the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Cape Town,South Africa. As a stated preference survey was not carried out prior to the launch of the new BRT system in the City of Cape Town, it became difficult to assess commuters’ preferences,which would have provided City policymakers and planners with an understanding of customer satisfaction of the proposed bus service. The commuting trend of the BRT system in the City indicates that tickets sales and utilisation by commuters is gradually picking up, but one would have expected high commuter engagement in terms of the modernity profile of the BRT system. This study investigated commuters’ (n = 260) satisfaction levels with 30 service quality variables on a self-rated questionnaire, using quantitative research methodology.The study result showed that passengers were not satisfied with the transport fare and the availability or accessibility of ticket sales outlets. In the context of this study, this result implies that the ‘responsiveness and affordability’ variable of the service quality dimensions should be an area of interest and review to City of Cape Town policymakers and planners. Service quality trends in public transport were also highlighted.

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A Policy Move towardsSustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan: Measuring the Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Lahore BRT System

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2020.v25.i1.a2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 27-57

Author(s):

Irem Batool ◽

Muhammad Irshad ◽

Muhammad Abid

Keyword(s):

Travel Time ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Modal Shift ◽

Transit System ◽

Travel Mode ◽

The Social ◽

Social Environmental ◽

The City

We examine the impacts of a sustainable urban transport initiative, the first Bus Rapid Transit System launched in Lahore, Pakistan in year 2013.Wemeasure the socio-economic and environmental impacts of theBRTusing aquestionnaire-based survey that collected informationon customers’ travel purpose, travel frequency, travel time, mode access, previous travel mode choices (pre-BRT) and travel mode choices at present. Weestimate that,on average,a BRTpassenger savesabout 46 minutes per day on a singletrip. However, the modal shift from personal automobiles to theBRT system is found to be only 4 percent, i.e.,significantlyless than the shift found in otherworldwide BRT systems.Moreover, weestimate the reduction inthenumber of private vehicles on roads, total distance travelled in km and associated travelling costs and,subsequently,the reduction in the carbonemissions. We concludethat the Lahore BRTtransit systemneeds to be expandedto other parts of the city.

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Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit System and its comparison with Conventional transportation systems

International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology ◽

10.32628/cseit2063217 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1000-1007

Author(s):

Parmeet Siingh Saluja

Keyword(s):

Traffic Congestion ◽

Detailed Comparison ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Communication Services ◽

Transit System ◽

Transportation Services ◽

Multiple Parameters ◽

Economical System

Considering the increasing amount of traffic congestion and inconvenient travelling experiences a system needs to be designed to provide a hassle free travel which alleviates the travelling experience of the commuter and thrives them to choose this technology over any conventional implemented system or driving by own self. The system is designed to integrate a large number of areas together in order to create an efficient and economical system for the passengers to travel over long distances with comfort and safety. The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) which is a public transport service is designed to mitigate the drawbacks of the previous systems as well as implement technologies in various domains including location tracking , communication services , monitoring and creating a detailed comparison with the conventional transportation services on multiple parameters in order to create a distinction and focus on the factors that make BRTS a much better mode of transportation as compared to the conventional transportation methods.

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