BUS SERVICE TIMES AND CAPACITIES IN MANHATTAN
Bus dwell times, passenger service times, and bus capacities are analyzed for the Midtown Manhattan Central Business District. Surveys were conducted in 1988 at seven sites on Madison, Fifth, and Sixth Avenues. Service times per passenger averaged approximately 8 sec as a result of complex fare structures. Dwell times were best predicted by an exponential model that explained more than two-thirds of the variance. Application of the Highway Capacity Manual formula for the capacity of a bus stop produced acceptable results in cases for which the lane was used exclusively by buses. More significantly, the reductive factor of 0.83, as given in the Highway Capacity Manual, was found to closely approximate the reductive effects of buses on the capacity of Midtown Manhattan streets.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1266, Urban Public Transportation Research 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Marshall, Leo F
- Levinson, Herbert S
- Lennon, Lawrence C
- Cheng, Jerry
- Publication Date: 1990
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 189-196
- Monograph Title: Urban public transportation research
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1266
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus stops; Central business districts; Dwell time; Service time
- Identifier Terms: Highway Capacity Manual
- Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
- Geographic Terms: Manhattan (New York, New York); New York (New York)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00602758
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309050189
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM