A STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IN ASIAN DEVELOPING CITIES

1. A STUDY ON THE INTRODUCTION OF BUS
RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IN ASIAN
DEVELOPING CITIES

2. THE BRT SYSTEM
 A BRT System looks like this:

3. CONDITIONS ENHANCING BRT SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT
 Integrating plan of land use and transportation system
 Rapid transit operations
1. High service level
2. Providing exclusive busway
 Entire Network Perspective
1. Good route planning:
2. Providing network feeder
a) Downtown Circulators.
b) Crosstown pick-up.
3. ITS application for operation

4. STRATEGIC PLANS TOWARDS BRT SYSTEM
IMPLEMENTATION IN
DEVELOPING CITIES
 Design of Bus Rapid Transit System
Following aspect are considered in the design of BRT:
1. The minibus (MNB)
2. The BRT without P&R and feeder (BRT)
3. The BRT with P&R and feeder (BRTS)
 Decreasing number of local buses parallel/adjacent to BRT corridor

5. Case Study
In this paper we highlighted the implementation of Delhi BRT System with
special attention on the development of Micro simulation Model.

6. Micro simulation Model
The present study performance assessment of Delhi BRT corridor under
mixed traffic condition VISSIM micro simulation model has been considered.
The following parameters are defined while developing simulation model in
VISSIM:
 Traffic Flow and Composition.
 Acceleration and deceleration rates of vehicle.
 Desired Speed Distribution.
 Vehicle Parameters.

7. Performance Evaluation of Delhi BRT
Link performance models in the form of Speed versus Volume-Capacity Ratio
have been developed for Mixed Vehicle (MV) lane as well as Bus lane of Delhi
BRT corridor as candidate sections. Here a standard BPR function is used:
s : average travel speed in kmph
𝑠𝑓: free flow speed in kmph
v : traffic flow expressed in Passenger Car Units(PCU)
c : Practical capacity.
a : ratio of free flow speed to the speed at capacity
b : curve drop from free flow speed.
S =
𝑠 𝑓
(1+𝑎(
𝑣
𝑐
)
𝑏
)

8. The relation between the speed and
V-C ratio of Mixed Lane (MV) lane
Delhi BRT corridors.
The relation between the speed and V-
C ratio of Bus lane of Delhi BRT
corridors.

9. Factors affecting Cost
Following aspects are considered during cost estimation:
 Investment costs roadway
 Operation and maintenance costs roadways
 Investment costs for stations instead of bus stop
 Operation and maintenance costs for stations
 Sizing costs rolling stock
 Estimates

10. Reference
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