As a transportation planner-engineer- would you implement a bus servic.docx
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The document discusses the advantages of implementing bus rapid transit (BRT) over light rail in an urban environment. Key reasons for choosing BRT include its capacity to serve medium to large cities, the ability to accommodate high passenger volumes at lower costs, and its flexibility to adapt to urban development and demand changes. Additionally, BRT systems utilize existing infrastructure, minimizing disruption while providing extensive coverage.
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- 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.