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65 Conclusions and Future Research Needs This chapter summarizes the findings of the synthesis study. It also discusses knowledge gaps and future research needs.
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66 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice The survey results indicate that a relatively small number of the surveyed agencies employ operating strategies such as part-time operation, contraflow operation, and bidirectional operation in providing BRT service. A small number make use of variable stop patterns or variable routing to reduce dwell times and manage capacity.
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Conclusions and Future Research Needs 67 – Some surveyed agencies reported incurring additional costs for BRT maintenance, enforcement of BRT running way restrictions, and modifications to other transit services to support BRT. – Some surveyed agencies noted that, even though operating costs increased as a result of BRT implementation, they felt that they received more value from each hour operated as a result of increased bus speeds.
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68 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice Findings from the Case Examples The case example agencies found the following practices to be useful in successfully operating and maintaining BRT services and facilities: • Get what is needed to make BRT service effective. Decisions made to save costs during design and implementation might reduce service effectiveness after implementation.
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Conclusions and Future Research Needs 69 future signal timing changes)
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70 Bus Rapid Transit: Current State of Practice Some of the surveyed agencies that provided quantitative data reported that BRT productivity (e.g., ridership per revenue mile) was lower than that of the service(s)
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