| Title | Development of management system for Light Rail Transit (LRT)/Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)—Chapter of Road Engineering |
| Dept | Transportation Safety Division |
| Year | 2006 |
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| Summary | This research summarizes the common disputes in road engineering caused by the deployment of the light rail transit (LRT) and the bus rapid transit (BRT). Two common disputes are the type of right-of-way (ROW) and the traffic flow conflicts. Categorization for road-usage priority about LRT or BRT in the past cannot be applied to all kinds of ROW on account of the modernization and design flexibility of LRT and BRT. Because there is no conclusion on the appearance of traffic flow conflicts, it is necessary to provide an improving direction. This research proposes a new method for setting road-usage priority by three indexes, the right of priority, usage, and the degree of segregation. The study group checked into some common type stations in European cities and built up some principles of the lanes allocation with LRT and BRT under the circumstance of fixed road widths. This research generalizes directions to reduce the risk by analyzing conflict types and causes, reviewing foreign references, and field-surveying. Road engineering facilities, such as the overhead trolley system, pavement, signs, signals, and crosswalk are summarized in tables for engineers’ use. For technical design, we recommend the authorities to construct the framework of managing LRT/BRT road engineering from the viewpoint of planning through route choice, road-usage priority, lane allocation, conflict analysis, and facility installation. |
| Post date | 2007/01/10 |
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