As a transportation planner/engineer, would you implement a bus service or a light rail service in a Completely Motorized Network Urban Structure? Provide 3 reasons for your choice.
Solution
As a transportation planner I want to improve bus service(BRT)
modern communication systems, smartcard ticketing, GPS, intelligent transport technologies and computer optimisation techniques it has become possible to serve urban transport needs with modern bus rapid transit (or high capacity bus systems) very adequately. These bus systems have the following advantages:
i) Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems can serve the needs of medium sized cities all the way up to mega cities.
ii) BRT systems can easily reach capacities of 20,000 passengers per direction per hour. These capacities are very adequate for cities which have multiple business districts and medium rise buildings. In such cities higher
capacity systems will never run at peak capacity.
iii) BRT can be implemented at a fraction of the costs involved in building metro rail transit and light rail systems. BRT systems use existing right-of-way on urban corridors and so the modifications involved do not disrupt the city significantly.
iv) A major advantage of BRT is its flexibility in meeting changes in the city development and in changes in demand in quality and quantity.
V)Rail systems can only serve a very limited area of a city. Not one developing country city subway system serves more than 10% of population. BRT systems can achieve very high coverage at low investment costs.
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As a transportation planner-engineer- would you implement a bus servic.docx
1. As a transportation planner/engineer, would you implement a bus service or a light rail service in
a Completely Motorized Network Urban Structure? Provide 3 reasons for your choice.
Solution
As a transportation planner I want to improve bus service(BRT)
modern communication systems, smartcard ticketing, GPS, intelligent transport technologies and
computer optimisation techniques it has become possible to serve urban transport needs with
modern bus rapid transit (or high capacity bus systems) very adequately. These bus systems have
the following advantages:
i) Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems can serve the needs of medium sized cities all the way up to
mega cities.
ii) BRT systems can easily reach capacities of 20,000 passengers per direction per hour. These
capacities are very adequate for cities which have multiple business districts and medium rise
buildings. In such cities higher
capacity systems will never run at peak capacity.
iii) BRT can be implemented at a fraction of the costs involved in building metro rail transit and
light rail systems. BRT systems use existing right-of-way on urban corridors and so the
modifications involved do not disrupt the city significantly.
iv) A major advantage of BRT is its flexibility in meeting changes in the city development and in
changes in demand in quality and quantity.
V)Rail systems can only serve a very limited area of a city. Not one developing country city
subway system serves more than 10% of population. BRT systems can achieve very high
coverage at low investment costs.
