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Title: |
Micro-Simulation Study Of Bus Priority On Roads Carrying Highly
Heterogeneous Traffic |
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Authors: |
V. Thamizh Arasan, Perumal Vedagiri |
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ECMS
2008 Proceedings Edited
by: Loucas S. Louca, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Zuzana Oplatkova, Khalid Al-Begain ISBN:
978-0-9553018-6-5 Doi: 10.7148/2008 22nd
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Nicosia, June
3-6, 2008 |
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Citation
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Arasan, V. T.,
& Vedagiri, P. (2008). Micro-Simulation Study Of Bus Priority On Roads
Carrying Highly Heterogeneous Traffic. ECMS 2008 Proceedings edited by: L. S.
Louca, Y. Chrysanthou, Z.
Oplatkova, K. Al-Begain (pp. 447-453). European Council for
Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2008-0447 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2008-0447 |
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Abstract: |
The desirable goal in passenger
transportation is moving more people in fewer vehicles. This
goal, in respect of road transport, can be attained by encouraging public
transport modes like buses by assigning priority. This paper is
concerned with the conceptual framework of a micro simulation model of highly
heterogeneous traffic flow and application of the model to study the impact
of exclusive bus lanes introduced on urban arterials. The impact is measured
in terms of the reduction in speed of other categories of motor vehicles, due
to the consequent reduction in road space. The results of the study indicates
that it is possible to introduce exclusive bus lanes on selected urban roads
to enhance the level of service of the bus, without much adverse impact on
the level of service of other modes of road transport. |
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