Modelling the BRT station capacity and queuing for all stopping busway operation
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2015
Subject Area
infrastructure - station, mode - bus rapid transit, operations - capacity
Keywords
Bus rapid transit, Bus capacity, Queue, Micro simulation
Abstract
Stations on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines ordinarily control line capacity because they act as bottlenecks. At stations with passing lanes, congestion may occur when buses maneuvering into and out of the platform stopping lane interfere with bus flow, or when a queue of buses forms upstream of the station blocking inflow. We contend that, as bus inflow to the station area approaches capacity, queuing will become excessive in a manner similar to operation of a minor movement on an unsignalized intersection. This analogy was used to treat BRT station operation and to analyze the relationship between station queuing and capacity. We conducted microscopic simulation to study and analyze operating characteristics of the station under near steady state conditions through output variables of capacity, degree of saturation and queuing. In the first of two stages, a mathematical model was developed for all stopping buses potential capacity with bus to bus interference and the model was validated. Secondly, a mathematical model was developed to estimate the relationship between average queue and degree of saturation and calibrated for a specified range of controlled scenarios of mean and coefficient of variation of dwell time.
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Recommended Citation
Widanapathiranage, R., Bunker, J.M., & Bhaskar, A. (2015). Modelling the BRT station capacity and queuing for all stopping busway operation. Public Transport, Vol. 7, (1), pp 21-38.
