Simulation on Urban High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes - A Case Study in Nanjing

Abstract:

Dedicated bus lane (DBL) operation has been implemented in dozens of urban areas in China, and it is considered as one of the most efficient ways to solve the urban transport problem. Since the capacity of DBL is underutilized, it could be enhanced by allowing high occupancy vehicles (HOV) to use DBL lane. And this will turn DBL lane into HOV lane. However, HOV lanes are currently most used in freeways instead of urban areas especially in western countries. There is almost no HOV lane has been implemented in China nowadays.That is why research on HOV is worthy of attention. Simulation is risk-free and cost-effective way to evaluate the hypothetical implemented HOV lane. The hypothetical implemented HOV lane is located in Nanjing and evaluated using VISSIM. The simulation results shows that the HOV lane is suitable for urban areas and it can enhance speed of social vehicles with no significant effect on bus operation. At the same time, traffic delays and queue length of intersections are reduced.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1065-1069)
• Pages: 3339-3342
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1065-1069.3339
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Ding Xin Wu, Wei Deng*, Yan Song, Xin Luan
• Keywords: Dedicated Bus Lane, High Occupancy Vehicles, Nanjing, Simulation

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