Abstract
There are several possible bus stop locations and configurations. A bus stop can be located before or after the intersection as curb-side stop, bus bay or bus bulb. Determining the proper configuration and location of bus stop represents an important planning decision. While previous research efforts in literature have suggested some advantages and disadvantages regarding bus stop locations and configurations, little effort has been made towards understanding the joint impact of bus stop location and configuration on the transit and other vehicle traffic performance on the intersection. So, this paper analyses the joint impact of bus stop location and configuration on the operational characteristics of traffic flow in terms of average bus trip time and control delay. These operational performance measures for various intersection layouts, volume distributions, movement splits, average bus dwell times and bus departure frequencies have been obtained using calibrated microsimulation traffic software.
Highlights
There are several possible bus stops locations along the road
It is worth mentioning that there is no separate analysis for bus bulbs because operational characteristics in terms of control delay and average bus trip time are equal as for the curb-side stop
The difference in control delay between variants is insignificant under specific critical volumes
Summary
There are several possible bus stops locations along the road. There are a few design possibilities (configurations) such as curb-side stop, bus bay and bus bulb. Decisions about the location and configuration of bus stops are expected to have a major impact on the average speeds i.e. delay of bus transit service [1, 2, 3]. Other researchers have investigated the impacts of bus stop configuration on the average traffic speed [5] or the impacts of bus stop location on bus stop time [6]. Research [5] found that curb-side stop causes abrupt decrease of traffic speed for certain flow levels. Research [6] found that the use of far side stops decreases the bus stop time Research [6] found that the use of far side stops decreases the bus stop time (to ca. 8%)
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