Providing Spatial-Temporal Priority Control Strategy for BRT Lanes: A Simulation Approach
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 146, Issue 7
Abstract
Bus rapid transit (BRT) lanes may increase the travel time cost of other motor vehicles while improving the operating efficiency of BRT vehicles. In this paper the control strategies of the BRT lane are provided spatially and temporally. At the spatial level, the dedicated BRT lanes were divided into a certain number of fixed areas with a corresponding induction method and operation rules, and the intermittent bus lanes are allowed by other vehicles. At the temporal level, a bus priority strategy for a single intersection with an intermittent bus lane was presented, and a green wave coordination control method for the bus operation line was given. Taking the BRT in Lanzhou city, China, as an example, the spatial priority and time priority control strategies of the BRT lanes were analyzed and compared through simulation. The results showed that the control scheme of intermittent BRT lane integrating space- and time-optimized green wave coordination control performs better than other control schemes. The strategies may benefit the planning, operating, and management of BRT system.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the authors upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71861023), the Program of Humanities and Social Science of the Education Ministry of China (Grant No. 18YJC630118), the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities (HUST: 2018KFYYXJJ001), and the Foundation of the Hundred Youth Talents Training Program of Lanzhou Jiaotong University.
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Volume 146 • Issue 7 • July 2020
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Received: Oct 16, 2019
Accepted: Feb 11, 2020
Published online: May 7, 2020
Published in print: Jul 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Oct 7, 2020
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