Analysis of the effectiveness of bus lane with intermittent priority

Mateusz Szarata


Department of Roads and Bridges; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland)

Piotr Olszewski


Department of Transportation Engineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering; Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-4471

Abstract

The paper compares benefits of bus lanes with intermittent priority to standard bus lanes. The study was based on traffic models made by using HCM 2010 method and microsimulation models developed with PTV Vissim software. The paper also presents operating principles of bus lane with intermittent priority and the results of traffic surveys conducted in Rzeszow. The analysis shows that when compared to the standard bus lane, the use of bus lane with intermittent priority can bring benefits for streets with lower bus flows.


Keywords:

bus lane with intermittent priority, bus lane, traffic model, public transport

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2014-12-11

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Szarata, M. and Olszewski, P. (2014) “Analysis of the effectiveness of bus lane with intermittent priority”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 13(4), pp. 275–284. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.1857.

Authors

Mateusz Szarata 

Department of Roads and Bridges; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Rzeszow University of Technology Poland

Authors

Piotr Olszewski 

Department of Transportation Engineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering; Warsaw University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-4471

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