Commonsense Approaches for Improving Transit Bus Speeds (2014) / Chapter Skim
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34 CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (COLUMBUS, OHIO) Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)
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35 a stop proposed for removal. The complaint proved to be unfounded.
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36 FIGURE 4 BSSIP map for Line #2 East Main.
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37 • Be transparent in your analysis. Use GIS-generated maps to show the results of the analysis of specific routes.
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38 mobility devices. RTS policy is that ADA-certified passengers can ride fixed-route buses for free.
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39 bus stop, but this reflects the availability of funds and not a lack of desire to improve. MTA cited passenger complaints and competing goals as major constraints.
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40 Actions Taken to Increase Bus Speeds NYCT reported a minor downward trend in bus speeds over the past 5 years. The agency took a variety of actions regarding stops, vehicles, schedules, routes, internal policies, and external policies to arrest this decline.
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41 two of the corridors in operation and on one of the corridors scheduled for 2013 implementation. SBS has increased speeds, compared in most cases to previous limited-stop routes in the same corridors.
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42 Decreased general traffic speeds are good for a city with so many pedestrians but are not so good for bus speeds. However, these measures are sometimes helpful to bus service in terms of making access to bus stops easier and safer for customers.
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43 by thorough analysis of all available data, and by moving forward with Bus Time (AVL) implementation.
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44 All-Door Boarding All-door boarding has been the major internal policy change, taking effect in July 2012, on all services except cable car (light rail had all-door boarding before July 2012)
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45 means of APCs has created an insatiable appetite for data to analyze components of travel speed. Only a portion of the fleet is equipped with APCs, but SFMTA will evaluate the pilot bus lane on Church Street through close analysis of travel times and dwell times at stops on and adjacent to this three-block segment.
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46 stops and on its website. A single point of contact was established at STA to ensure that all input was received and all the information provided was consistent and correct.
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47 of 10%)
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48 Coverage issues and not the SCP are likely the cause, but the SCP may have contributed somewhat to this response. The most successful action was stop consolidation, especially on the busiest routes.
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