DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE MODELS FOR BUS LANE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENTS. FINAL REPORT

The operational performance of bus facilities can be measured by travel time, speed, capacity. etc. It is affected by a number of factors, including bus headway, vehicle volumes, vehicle mix, free-flow speed, dwell time, bus stop capacity, bus stop location, bus stop type, bus stop spacing, signal control parameters, number of lanes, etc. The decision models developed in this research allow for the evaluation of a proposed bus lane before implementation, an existing bus lane to be re-evaluated for possible improvements, and should a bus lane become controversial, it can be evaluated objectively. Because such models include a number of design variables, they can be used as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of design alternatives, for example, the location of bus stops under prevailing conditions.