Summary of the Application Effect of Bus Rapid Transit at Beijing South-Centre Corridor of China

Abstract

This paper presents the actuality of South-Centre Corridor Bus Rapid Transit line of Beijing in China, and summarizes and analyzes the application effect from the management condition, service level, and social benefit. After the regular bus lines at Beijing South-Centre Corridor being adjusted stage by stage, the operation environment has been greatly advanced, and the volume as well as speed of vehicles has obviously improved; with the improvement of the service level, the reduction of traveling time of the passenger, the improvement of the satisfaction level, the improvement of the bus speed, the reduction of delay, the improvement of the punctuality rate, the improvement of the transit efficiency, and the increase in the investment yield, the BRT is exactly “the third mode” existing between orbit transit and regular bus transit. This paper also puts forward the proposals for existing problems, and provides a reference for the operation and planning of the BRT system.