Development of a Method for Selecting Bus Rapid Transit Corridors Based on the Economically Viable Passenger Flow Criterion

Ivan Pechkurov, Dmitry Plotnikov, Andrey Gorev, Tatiana Kudryavtseva, Aushra Banite and Angi Skhvediani
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Ivan Pechkurov: Higher School of Transport, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
Dmitry Plotnikov: Higher School of Transport, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
Andrey Gorev: Higher School of Transport, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
Tatiana Kudryavtseva: Graduate School of Industrial Economics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
Aushra Banite: Higher School of Transport, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The creation of bus rapid transit systems requires significant investments in transport infrastructure. It often requires changes in roadway parameters, building boarding platforms, new bus depots, as well as creating a priority passage system at intersections with individual vehicles flows. In world practice, the routing of bus rapid transit (hereinafter—BRT) corridors is often based on the criterion of an opinion of transport experts who assess passenger flows and the location of main attraction points. This article describes an algorithm for building BRT corridors based on the criterion of economically viable passenger flow. The method is based on an iterative algorithm built on the principle of passenger flows redistribution over the transport network in the event of a change in its characteristics. Specifically, what changes is the speed of transit in certain areas due to inclusion of the area in a BRT corridor when the area reaches the threshold of economically viable passenger flow. A threshold value of passenger flow for different cities, grouped by population size, is determined on the basis of passenger flow statistics in globally operated BRT systems. The condition for exiting the iterative algorithm can be either the absence of new network areas where an economically viable passenger flow is achieved, or the achievement of 90% of the labor commuting share in the city during the time specified in the urban planning standard. This method can be used to identify new and extend existing BRT corridors in cities with populations from 100 to 2000 thousand people.

Keywords: bus rapid transit; economically viable passenger flow criterion; transport calculation; passenger flows redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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