Public transport capacity

This diploma focuses on methods for calculating bus capacity and speed for a variety of facility and operating types. Bus capacity is a complex topic: it deals with the movement of both people and vehicles, depends on the size of the buses used and how often they operate, and reflects the interaction between passenger traffic concentrations and vehicle flow. It also depends on the operating policy of the service provider, which normally specifies service frequencies and allowable passenger loadings. Ultimately, the capacities of bus routes, bus lanes, and bus terminals, in terms of persons carried, are generally limited by the ability of stops or loading areas to pick up and discharge passengers, the number of vehicles operated, and the distribution of boardings and alightings along a route. In the theoretical part methods for determining bus capacities and bus speed for various traffic situations and operating types along the bus routs are taken from Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual-,2nd Edition. In the practical part analyses of bus public transport on studying area Slovenija avto-Kolizej in Ljubljana are shown, according to different conditions of bus operating based on Highway Capacity Manual 2000 and comparisons between them. Different methods for increasing bus capacity and quality of public transport in Ljubljana, such as changing the system of fare payment, creating arterial bus lanes and combinations of both are used. Bus capacity influences on dwell times, travel times, travel speed of buses and on capacity of transported passengers. All these factors influence on the quality of public bus transport.