Performance of the Priority Control Strategies for Bus Rapid Transit : Comparative Study from Scenario Microsimulation Using VISSIM
Joint Authors
Han, Jing
Wang, Bo
Yang, Min
Wang, Wei
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Bus rapid transit (BRT) has a great potential to improve the service level of transit system and has been implemented in many Chinese cities.
However, the priority it can provide to buses has not been explored fully.
Therefore, this study mainly investigated two advanced control strategies (signal priority using advanced detection and transit speed control).
Signal priority using advanced detection is a strategy which detects one cycle ahead of buses’ arrival in order to adapt a more flexible control algorithm to provide signal priority for buses.
Another is transit speed control, which provides priority at intersections for buses by controlling the speed of them and predicting their arrival at certain intersection.
These two advanced strategies were modeled and evaluated using simulation software VISSIM and presented better performance than other three scenarios (base case, exclusive bus lane, and conventional transit signal priority).
Only the eastbound direction would be researched as its traffic flow and bus volume are much larger than those of the other direction.
Data used in this model was collected in Yingtan City.
It is also shown that both the operation of BRT and the efficiency of private traffic can be much improved by applying the two strategies proposed above.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yang, Min& Wang, Wei& Wang, Bo& Han, Jing. 2013. Performance of the Priority Control Strategies for Bus Rapid Transit : Comparative Study from Scenario Microsimulation Using VISSIM. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469064
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yang, Min…[et al.]. Performance of the Priority Control Strategies for Bus Rapid Transit : Comparative Study from Scenario Microsimulation Using VISSIM. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469064
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yang, Min& Wang, Wei& Wang, Bo& Han, Jing. Performance of the Priority Control Strategies for Bus Rapid Transit : Comparative Study from Scenario Microsimulation Using VISSIM. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469064
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469064