CIVE1253 - Advanced Transport Infrastructure

Week 12 - Problem Set 7 (Bus Service Design)

Question 1:

Route Length (one way) = 18 km,

Average Speed of Bus = 30 km/hr,
Bus Stop Distance on Average = 500 m,
Bus Dwell Time per Stop = 20 seconds,
Running Time = ?

2  18
Number of Stops in a Round Trip =  1 = 73 stops
0.5

20
Dwell Time = 73 = 24.3 minutes
60

18  2  60
Running Time = = 72.0 minutes
30

Total Running Time = 24.3 + 72.0 = 96.3 minutes

Total Running Time = 100 minutes, rounded to next 5 minutes

Question 2:

Layover/Recovery Time = 5% of Running Time,

Cycle Time = Running Time + Layover/Recovery Time

10
Cycle Time = 100   100 = 110 minutes
100

1
At Maximum Load Point, the Number of passengers = 200,
Capacity of Each Bus = 40,
Loading Standard = 125%,
Headway = ?

60  Loading Standard  Seats

Capacity =
Headway

60  1.25  40
200 
Headway

Headway = 15 minutes

 
 Cycle Time  110 
Number of Vehicles Needed =   = 
 Headway   15 

Number of Vehicles Needed = 8