On the capacity of isolated, curbside bus stops

Authors

Weihua Gu
Yuwei Li
Michael J. Cassidy
Julia B. Griswold

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2011

Subject Area

infrastructure - stop, mode - bus, operations - capacity, operations - performance

Keywords

Bus-stop capacity, Bus queueing, Bus congestion

Abstract

The maximal rates that buses can discharge from bus stops are examined. Models were developed to estimate these capacities for curbside stops that are isolated from the effects of traffic signals. The models account for key features of the stops, including their target service levels assigned to them by a transit agency. Among other things, the models predict that adding bus berths to a stop can sometimes return disproportionally high gains in capacity. This and other of our findings are at odds with information furnished in professional handbooks.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

Transportation Research Part B Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615

Recommended Citation

Gu, W., Li, Y., Cassidy, M.J., & Griswold, J.B. (2011). On the capacity of isolated, curbside bus stops. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. Vol. 45, (4), pp. 714-723.