Operating headway-based transit service during high frequency service hours can reduce bus bunching.
Analysis of bus dispatch system data from Portland, Oregon.
Date Posted
09/26/2017
Portland, Oregon, United States
TriMet Route 15:
Portland,
Oregon,
United States
Identifier
2015-L00726
Using Archived AVL/APC Bus Data to Identify Spatial-Temporal Causes of Bus Bunching
Summary Information
This study analyzes potential causes of bus bunching that can be analyzed with available archived bus dispatch system (BDS) data, which includes automatic vehicle location and automatic passenger count information, from TriMet’s Route 15 in Portland, Oregon.
It is suggested that transit operators consider moving from a schedule-based service to a headway-based service during high frequency service hours to reduce bus bunching. Late departures of the first bus and on-time or early departures of the following bus are major causes of bus bunching.
Using Archived AVL/APC Bus Data to Identify Spatial-Temporal Causes of Bus Bunching
Using Archived AVL/APC Bus Data to Identify Spatial-Temporal Causes of Bus Bunching
Source Publication Date
01/02/2011
Publisher
Transportation Research Board
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Public Transportation »
Transit Vehicle Tracking (PT01)
,
Public Transportation »
Dynamic Transit Operations (PT03)
Categories
Goal Areas
System Engineering Elements
