On the capacity of isolated, curbside bus stops

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-723

  Gu, Weihua ^a   Li, Yuwei ^a   Cassidy, Michael J ^a   Griswold, Julia B ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus congestion; Bus queueing; Bus stop capacity

Indexed keywords

BUS TERMINALS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

BUS STOP; HIGH GAIN; KEY FEATURE; MAXIMAL RATES; TARGET SERVICES; TRANSIT AGENCIES;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; CONGESTION; ESTIMATION METHOD;

EID: 79952759318     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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