Analysis * USA - About Bus Rapid Transit
Berkeley,CAL,USA -The Berkeley Daily Planet, by Wolfgang Homburger (*) -29 Sept 2007: -- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has been argued and debated ever since AC Transit unveiled a proposal for a BRT project between Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro. The subject has polarized the community into pro-BRT and anti-BRT factions—and, of course, those who have never heard of it. It is therefore timely to provide some guidance on how to analyze this proposal—and others like it... Conclusion: What, then, might be done in this corridor? Modest investment to further improve Route 1R is warranted; the 72R Project on San Pablo Avenue is a good guide to follow. Use low-floor buses exclusively and equip them and traffic signal controllers with preemption hardware. Make such other traffic engineering improvements as will assist buses to pass chronic bottlenecks—this will also benefit local buses. Install next-bus-arrival signs at selected stops. Introduce Proof-of-Payment fares, so that all doors of buses can be used by entering as well as exiting passengers, thus reducing time stopped at each bus station. And delete the exclusive roadway and its center-of-the-road stations from the project... (*) Wolfgang Homburger was a research engineer at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies from 1955 to 1990, and assistant director from 1984-to 1990. He specialized in traffic engineering and public transportation systems. (San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Corridor)Labels: bus rapid transit - BRT
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