Public transport prioritization by dynamic bus lanes
This project will investigate for which traffic situations, in a Swedish context, that dynamic bus lanes are a suitable measure and how such bus lanes influence energy usage and traffic performance for both public transport vehicles and other traffic.
Shorter travel times and increased travel time reliability can strengthen the competitiveness of public transport. Buses commonly share space with other vehicles. Thus, their travel time and travel time reliability depend on flow levels of other vehicles and how the flow varies during the day. One way to counteract this is to apply prioritization measures, as e.g. bus streets or bus lanes. However, such measures cannot always be applied due to limited space for extra lanes or too large effects on other traffic. An alternative is to use dynamic bus lanes which only are reserved for buses when a bus needs it. This project will investigate for which traffic situations, in a Swedish context, that dynamic bus lanes are a suitable measure and how such bus lanes influence energy usage and traffic performance for both public transport vehicles and other traffic. The investigation will be conducted using traffic simulation of a case study road stretch in Halmstad.
Project partners:
VTI, Linköpings universitet (LiU), Halmstad kommun, Hallandstrafiken
