EVALUATION OF ORGANISED BUS PLATOONING IN AN URBAN AREA - RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

This paper discusses the results of an experiment involving organized platooning of buses to facilitate flow through a central business district during peak hours. The mechanisation used in the "real world" environment of Rochester, N.Y., is described. It was found that when the input of buses exceeded the output flow of buses the system could handle 100 bus/h using three-bus platoons. The speed of the buses (including entry waiting time and passenger boarding time) was 3.7 km/h (2.3 mile/h). Computer simulations demonstrate that four-bus platoons given traffic signal priority could facilitate flows of 126 bus/h. In surveying bus patrons the attitudes toward the system were positive in that 79 per cent perceived the advance information provided by the system as "helpful". (A) /TRRL/

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bauer, H J
  • WHITE, R A
  • Tobin, R L
• Publication Date: 1975-7-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 314-316
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Boarding; Bunching; Bus priority; Bus transportation; Buses; Business districts; Central business districts; Digital computers; Interviewing; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Public transit; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic platooning; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals; Transportation planning; Travel time; Trip length; Urban transportation; Waiting time
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 652: Bunching; 1272: Bus; 302: Business district; 8673: Digital computer; 9147: Interview; 697: Journey time; 1094: Passenger station; 612: Peak hour; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 9103: Simulation; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 8122: USA; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132293
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM