| Title | A Study of the Suitability of BRT Calibration and Introduction Strategies in Taiwan |
| Dept | Transportation Planning and Land Transport Division |
| Year | 2010 |
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| Summary | These years, the government’s transport authorities are facing a hot issue, which is to equally satisfy the local demand for public transport service with a limited transportation infrastructure budget. Many local governments have request for MRT service, however implementing it in small or medium-sized cities might not have significant economic benefits. Therefore, many advanced countries have considered Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as the alternative system that has more flexible operation and construction choices. However, Taiwan does not fully understand the internationally recognized BRT standards and their fundamental infrastructure scopes. Thus, the related authorities use the same “BRT” word with varied meanings and explanations. In order to achieve the mission requested by the minister of MOTC and also co-operate with the promotion occasion of the “highway public transportation project” in 2009, the research intends to sum up a fundamental standard for the national BRT system which could assist the promote actions of public transport. The research mainly focuses on discussing the general BRT fundamental standard and system calibration methods. Furthermore, the research use two existing cases, “Taipei exclusive bus lane” and “Chia-yi BRT system”, in the different classification methods to view what levels these two systems are. The main conclusion is that the basic four dimensions of BRT system elements is “Infrastructure”, “ITS”, “TOD/Land use” and “Vehicles”. Building on these concepts, the research proposes an outline of “Taiwan basic BRT standard” based on the national public transport developing strategy and the transport environment conditions to be referenced and discussed. |
| Post date | 2010/05/24 |
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