Locating and Costing Congestion for School Buses and Public Transportation
School and public transportation buses subjected to recurring congestion delays result in these modes becoming both more expensive to operate and often less-competitive as mobility options. Maintaining existing coverage and frequency requires increases in operating and capital expenses. Failing to maintain coverage and frequency encourages mode shifts which may exacerbate congestion in these corridors. This project combines three large datasets, (1) Education Logistics, Inc (Edulog) school transportation routes, (2) General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) public transportation routes, and (3) Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) congestion data. Combined, these three datasets inform when and where publicly funded transportation vehicles are operating and allow the estimation of the delay experienced by each vehicle. The delay costs can then be calculated both temporally and spatially, allowing for identification of locations and times where mitigation strategies may be most appropriate. Strategies may include route diversion, lane dedication, signal prioritization, queue jumping and many others. This research generated a tool that calculates delay time and the relative costs of delay that schools and public transit buses experience due to congestion. Practitioners can use the tool to determine cost-effective solutions. Transit agencies, school districts, municipalities, and regional planners will benefit from this tool.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Institute for Transportation Research and Education
Raleigh, NC United States 27695-7908Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
University of Florida
365 Weil Hall
Gainesville, FL United States 32611Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
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Authors:
- Monast, Kai
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0000-0003-0724-6487
- Steiner, Ruth
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- Wright, Waugh
- Scott, Jeremy
- Publication Date: 2022-5-3
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- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 38p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Costs; Data analysis; Public transit; School buses; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays
- Geographic Terms: Durham County (North Carolina); Pinellas County (Florida)
- Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01853615
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: STRIDE Project E3
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747104
- Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Jul 31 2022 3:19PM