BUS PRIORITY STRATEGIES FOR DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON

THE STUDY FOCUSES ON BUS PRIORITY STRATEGIES WHICH COULD BE USED ON DOWNTOWN STREETS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE EIGHT MAJOR GOALS WHICH SHAPED AND GOVERNED THE STUDY. THE SECOND SECTION OF THE STUDY DEVELOPS TWO MODELS FOR A BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON. THE FIRST MODEL IS A LIMITED SYSTEM WHICH MAKES USE ONLY OF BUS LANES. THE SECOND MODEL MAKES USE OF A CORE OF BUS ONLY STREETS SURROUNDED BY ROUTES USING BUS PRIORITY LANES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No DOT-UT-394
• Corporate Authors:

  Consortium of Universities

  Urban Transportation Center, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Smith, A J
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 156 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Bus transit; Mathematical models; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation models
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226537
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 2002 12:00AM