Bus Operations on Highway Shoulders

This research will identify the potential for, and obstacles to, bus operations on roadway shoulders (BOS) to provide a level of service advantage to bus transit. This will be accomplished by conceptual modeling to identify issues and factors, review of literature and documented experience, interviews with representatives of agencies operating BOS, development of case studies, and interpretation of results.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  R 27-5

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764
• Performing Organizations:

  Northwestern University, Evanston

  Transportation Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  2145 Sheridan Road, A335
  Evanston, IL  United States  60208
• Principal Investigators:

  Schofer, Joseph

• Start Date: 20060719
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 12078

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Bus transportation; Freeway operations; Rapid transit; Research projects
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458417
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R 27-5
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:42PM