The Study of Bus Transit Network Design Methods for Different Sized Cities

Abstract:

With the rapid development of the national economy, the construction of China’s urban transportation is in the stage of rapid development. Both big cities and small-medium cities increasingly appear all kinds of issues such as traffic congestion. Priority to the development of public transport is the most effective way to solve the problem of urban traffic congestion, and urban bus transit network design is the first step in the planning of the public transport system, plays a vital role in the transportation system planning. Bus transit network generally consisted of rail transit, bus rapid transit and conventional bus in big cities, while it composed of conventional bus in small-medium cities. Therefore, this paper made research on the applicability of bus transit network design methods for different sized cities, analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of different methods, and explored a more excellent method for bus transit network design.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 989-994)
• Pages: 5624-5629
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.989-994.5624
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Wen Yuan Tu*, Ji Hui Ma, Wei Guan, Xin Jie Chen
• Keywords: Big Cities, Bus Transit Network Design, Small-Medium Cities

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