A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority
Bus lanes with intermittent priority (BLIPs) are lanes where general traffic is required to give way to approaching buses. BLIPs can improve the reliability of bus services and help maximize the use of road resources. It can be seen as an innovative sharing mobility, such as carsharing, carpooling,...
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| description | Bus lanes with intermittent priority (BLIPs) are lanes where general traffic is required to give way to approaching buses. BLIPs can improve the reliability of bus services and help maximize the use of road resources. It can be seen as an innovative sharing mobility, such as carsharing, carpooling, and lane sharing. However, implementation of BLIPs has never been feasible until vehicle communications could accommodate the idea. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications have broad application prospects in the deployment of BLIPs. This paper develops a two-lane cellular automaton (CA) model to simulate BLIPs and assesses the benefits of connected vehicles for bus operation. In the model, lane-changings are asymmetric with an improved mandatory BLIP lane-changing rule underlying. The effects of BLIPs are explored through numerical simulations, including BLIPs’ impacts on neighboring lanes, travel time saving, fuel consumption, and the punctuality rate of buses. Analysis of traffic flow characteristics of corridors using BLIPs reveals that there is a strong connection among the bus departure interval, clear distance, and road capacity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbdb5c80f655469ba809397f43caa0122025-02-03T01:21:03ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9028212A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent PriorityDingxin Wu0Xu Han1Key Laboratory for Traffic and Transportation Security of Jiangsu ProvinceJiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITSBus lanes with intermittent priority (BLIPs) are lanes where general traffic is required to give way to approaching buses. BLIPs can improve the reliability of bus services and help maximize the use of road resources. It can be seen as an innovative sharing mobility, such as carsharing, carpooling, and lane sharing. However, implementation of BLIPs has never been feasible until vehicle communications could accommodate the idea. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications have broad application prospects in the deployment of BLIPs. This paper develops a two-lane cellular automaton (CA) model to simulate BLIPs and assesses the benefits of connected vehicles for bus operation. In the model, lane-changings are asymmetric with an improved mandatory BLIP lane-changing rule underlying. The effects of BLIPs are explored through numerical simulations, including BLIPs’ impacts on neighboring lanes, travel time saving, fuel consumption, and the punctuality rate of buses. Analysis of traffic flow characteristics of corridors using BLIPs reveals that there is a strong connection among the bus departure interval, clear distance, and road capacity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9028212 |
| spellingShingle | Dingxin Wu Xu Han A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority |
| title_full | A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority |
| title_fullStr | A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority |
| title_short | A Two-Lane Cellular Automaton Model to Evaluate the Bus Lane with Intermittent Priority |
| title_sort | two lane cellular automaton model to evaluate the bus lane with intermittent priority |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9028212 |
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