RESERVED BUS LANES ON URBAN FREEWAYS: A MACROMODEL

An increasing number of cities are becoming interested in operating buses on reserved lanes so that people can be moved more effectively. This paper develops a person-delay model that can be used in determining the feasibility and practicality for implementing a contraflow freeway bus lane in urban areas. The model deals with peak-hour trips on a six-lane, two-direction freeway, and it uses certain relationships to demonstrate its applicability. The derivation of the model is shown, and the paper discusses, by a step-by-step procedure, how transportation planners can easily use it.

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• Authors:
  • Levinson, Herbert
  • Sanders, David B
• Conference:
  • 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-1-21 to 1974-1-25
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: Planning for bus transit
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 513
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus transit; Feasibility analysis; Freeways; Mathematical models; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081828
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023572
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 26 1981 12:00AM