FUNCTION AND OPERATION OF BUS TERMINALS - A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION STUDY

The paper describes the principle of a bus terminal situation program that has been developed using a virtual reality programming tool. The basic terminal operations in the model are bus arrival, unloading, waiting and parking, loading, and departure. Calibration of these operations is based on field measurements from a central bus station in Helsinki, Finland, with 1400 buses and 40,000 passengers daily. The experiences from the development and use of the terminal simulation system with advanced visualization capabilities have been encouraging, and further development of the system is going on. By using the simulation system, the operational benefits of a dynamic bus bay allocation have been demonstrated.

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• Authors:
  • Brummer, A
  • Pursula, M
  • Brotherus, J
• Conference:
  • Third International Symposium on Highway Capacity
  • Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Date: 1998-6-22 to 1998-6-26
• Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 237-255

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrivals and departures; Bus bays; Bus terminals; Buses; Loading and unloading; Operations; Parking; Simulation; Virtual reality
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic bus bay allocation; Waiting (Buses)
• Geographic Terms: Helsinki (Finland)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00782317
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 8774919059
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2000 12:00AM