Estimation of demand for bus rapid transit: Case study for Galle Road from Moratuwa to Pettah

Author

Kumarage, A.S. ; Weerawardana, W.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Transp. & Logistics Manage., Univ. of Moratuwa, Colombo, Sri Lanka

fYear

2015

fDate

7-8 April 2015

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

209

Abstract

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a high quality bus based transit system which has been identified by the Ministry of Transport, Sri Lanka as an effective transport solution for urbanized areas. Demand estimation for the BRT is a key element in operational planning as it becomes a primary criterion for selection of vehicles, scheduling of services, determination of fleet size and the design stations etc. This paper illustrates a methodology derived from traffic survey data for the estimation of demand for the proposed BRT corridor from Moratuwa to Pettah on Galle Road.

Keywords

rapid transit systems; BRT corridor; BRT demand estimation; Bus Rapid Transit demand estimation; Galle Road; Ministry of Transport; Moratuwa; Pettah; Sri Lanka; design stations; fleet size determination; operational planning; service scheduling; traffic survey data; urbanized areas; vehicle selection; Art; Cities and towns; Data models; Estimation; Planning; Roads; Vehicles; Bus Rapid Transit; Demand Estimation; Design of Passenger Flow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2015

Conference_Location

Moratuwa

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MERCon.2015.7112346

Filename

7112346