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Recommendations to improve the performance of Bus Rapid Transit projects

Explore recommendations to enhance the performance of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects, including infrastructure design, station planning, traffic light coordination, and more. Presented by Oscar Farina (Argentina) and Mathieu Luzerne (France).

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Recommendations to improve the performance of Bus Rapid Transit projects

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  1. Recommendations to improve the performance of Bus Rapid Transit projects Oscar FARINA (Argentina) – Mathieu LUZERNE (France) farinaoscar@yahoo.com.ar – mathieu.luzerne@cerema.fr

  2. 1 – The concept of Bus Rapid Transit • BRT = light rail concept on wheels for peri-urban areas that combines: • ✔ the quality of rail transitbut cheaper • ✔ and bus flexibility with a high level of services. • Different forms (BRT Lite to full BRT, BHLS in Europe,…) • But always the same objective • Importance of the “systemic approach”

  3. 2 – Characterization of BRT performance • Two standards : • an international on carried out by IDTP • another produced by the Ministry of Transport of China • 4 main families of criteria • priority to service operation and performance measurement • but facilities (infrastructure, stations) and vehicles are essential conditions too • other criteria = accompanying measures • Differences: • very high basic requirements in China on stations and vehicles • importance of taking users into account, particularly for political acceptance • Comparison of the BRT characterizationcriteria ranges

  4. 3 – Service planning & performance • Maintenance • Regularity and punctuality • Offender and enforcement • Commercial speed • Sharing of the exclusive right-of-way with other bus lines • Operating support system and passenger information To improve these indicators it is essential to carefully consider the design of infrastructure and stations

  5. 4 – Infrastructure The platforms of the stations must adjusted to the demand of passengers situates in the main transfer points into the transport System. The accesses of passengers to the stations must be safe and they must move through pedestrian paths controlled by traffic lights Good practices for projects and the construction of a BRT system in urban areas must take into account some important and simple recommendations. The dedicated right-of-way is the basic configuration of BRT's facilities The Infrastructure must be projected taking in account the develop of special pavements for segregated lanes for buses. Infrastructure in BRT - Metrobus La Matanza.

  6. 5 – Stations Normally, systems have a lane for the bus in each direction. However, to avoid delays when the bus stop on the station platform, it is very convenient to build a third lane along it to allow the other buses to pass without stopping. In open BRT systems, Buses can leave lanes segregated, according to their routes. These movements can be controlled by traffic lights operated locally by the demand of the transport vehicle. Metrobus 9 de Julio. Buses circulating on the left lane and access doors on the right side Metrobus La Matanza. BRT Station withasymmetric distribution of lanes

  7. 6 – Traffic lights in BRT Systems The different programs will adjust according to the traffic demand along the different hours of the day and / or the days of the week with an automatic agenda, or considering the dependence, measuring with detectors, the volume of the vehicles in the intersections more important It´s very important to work with modern systems and intelligent technology for obtain good results with an operation that satisfy the variable demand of the transport buses and the traffic vehicles. The traffic lights are one of the main aspects to consider in order to obtain good results in the development of the BRT System, which means a higher commercial speed of the passenger units with a reduction in travel time. In these cases the coordination of traffic lights will be seriuosly considered, but this do not imply that the signals must be under the local demand for the presence of the vehicles that circulate along the segregate lanes. Photos of the computer screens of the traffic light control center

  8. 7 – Cases studied of BRT Systems Queue forming at a stop along the TransMilenio line in Bogota (Colombia); the ticketing system was not designed for such ridership Optical guidance at a stop within the TEOR system in Rouen Green roof over the BRT roadway BRT Corridorin Eindhoven. Holland

  9. Thank you very much for your attention

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