Deploying bus bypasses in dense, congested cities: Practical findings from simulations and abstractions

Nadav Bronicki, Jean Doig Godier and Michael J. Cassidy

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2025, vol. 196, issue C

Abstract: Simulations of idealized urban arterials reveal how a bus bypass, or queue jump, can worsen travel conditions for cars and buses. Problems occur when bypass operations affect a critical bottleneck, where queues form and grow long. To expedite bus movements through an intersection, a bypass’ dedicated traffic signal periodically detains cars. This creates voids in car flow that propagate forward. When a bypass was placed at a bus stop immediately upstream of a critical bottleneck, the voids diminished bottleneck discharge flow. Cars therefore encountered higher delays. Buses were also penalized, albeit unintentionally, because they shared lanes with cars.

Keywords: Bus-stop treatments; Bus bypass; Queue jump; Bus priority; Urban transit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104483

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