Title: Planning and Design Characteristics of BRT Line 1 in Changzhou
Abstract: This paper summarizes the experience in project design and operation administration of developing Changzhou Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line 1 for other cities in China. Based on an introduction of construction background and system components of BRT Line 1, the authors offer experience of Line 1 from three aspects: 1) adopting a combined pattern with a north-south and three local lines crossing central district, in terms of the relationship between BRT lines and urban spatial arrangement; 2) developing a network layout of corridor local routes to improve service quali- ty and bus lanes’utilization; 3) operating central side station and right-side-open vehicles to meet the demand of passenger volume and road alignments. Finally, the paper conducts a performance anal- ysis of BRT Line 1.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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