A Comprehensive Evaluation of I-275 Bus-on-Shoulder (BOS) Pilot Project

The objectives of the research include: (1) Evaluate the effectiveness of BOS operation, including driver experience, ease of accessing the shoulders, adequacy of shoulder width, frequency of encountering obstacles on shoulders and how quickly they were cleared, passenger car drivers’ reaction, BOS motorist violations, etc. (2) Evaluate transit route system performance changes, including BOS transit operations ridership, schedule reliability, safety (motorist, transit, law enforcement, passenger), frequency of use of BOS, and other indicators of transit level of service (LOS). (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of BOSS installed in both the northbound and southbound directions at the 38th Avenue N and 54th Avenue N on-ramps. (4) Evaluate whether I-275 BOS project leads to traffic and safety impacts to I-275 project segment and parallel local streets due to spill-over of traffic from on-ramps of I-275 segment. (5) Provide recommendations that may improve the implementation and operation of BOS, such as training, marketing, structure modification, traffic operations and control, etc.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $187717
• Contract Numbers:

  BEB63

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Project Managers:

  Fox, Craig

• Principal Investigators:

  Zhang, Yu

• Start Date: 20230623
• Expected Completion Date: 20240929
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit operations; Evaluation; Level of service; Paved shoulders; Transit buses
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01894922
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: BEB63
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 2023 2:52PM