University of Twente Student Theses
Developing a model for finding promising Bus Rapid Transit corridors between city zones
Spijker, L.M. (2024) Developing a model for finding promising Bus Rapid Transit corridors between city zones.
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| Abstract: | The possibility of implementing Bus Rapid Transit within The Netherlands has been a topic of discussion for quite some time already. BRT is a form of Hoogwaardig Openbaar Vervoer (HOV, ‘high-quality public transport’), a mode of transport which conforms to high quality and frequency standards. BRT could be introduced to the public transport network with the aim to increase mobility and decrease car dependency within The Netherlands. While certain corridors are already being explored, there currently exists no model which automates the search for promising BRT corridors on a smaller, and thus more detailed, scale than municipality scale. The model developed and tested in this thesis finds promising BRT corridors between 4- number postal code zones. This scale is small enough to divide cities in smaller parts, which means that corridors between city zones can be found. The model uses population, number of jobs, great-circle distance and difference between car and public transport travel time as factors for assigning a BRT Score to each origin-destination pair. The results are then displayed in a figure. On top of that, a web application was developed to interactively show the results. It was found that around Schiphol and The Hague, multiple promising BRT corridors are located. This research not only aims to develop and test a general model for finding promising BRT corridors, the aim is also to find a method for developing a complete BRT route with intermediate stops. This was achieved by finding the population centers of zones within a certain buffer between the origin and destination and applying Dijkstra’s algorithm for finding the shortest path between these. On top of that, a method was developed to find the most efficient stop selection by making a consideration between travel time and BRT Score. Finally, a case study for Schiphol Airport was developed. To account for people travelling to Schiphol for both flying to/from the airport and people working at the airport, a formula for calculating the BRT Score was developed. Within the top ten, corridors between Schiphol, Leiden, Alphen ad Rijn and Hoofddorp came forward as the most promising locations for BRT systems. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering BSc (56952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104501 |
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