Institute of Transportation, MOTC

　　In Taiwan, in view of the high quality and successful experiences of Taipei MRT and Designated Bus Lane projects, other counties and cities have proposed several MRT projects over the past decade. Then, due to unaffordable building costs in recent years, it seems that BRT has become an alternative for these counties and cities to improve public transportation service. However, the operation model and attitude of the bus transportation business have not been being changed to comply with the operation of this new transit system, and there still exists a certain level of difference with the BRT system spirit-“think rail, use bus”.

　　Considering this issue, this project has proposed a standardized design handbook for the BRT fleet management to help the bus transportation business operators to develop their own advanced fleet management and dispatching modules. Then, these business operators can utilize the instant bus location data to improve the efficiency of the fleet management and dispatching tasks.

　　This project is the first phase of a 2-year plan. The topics contain: (1) the review and analysis of the BRT related studies and cases; (2) the scope of the BRT system; (3) the requirements for the system; (4) the planning and design for the system architecture; (5) the development of the system; and (6) the proposition of a pilot program.