The European Bus with a High Level of Service (BHLS): Concept and Practice

Heddebaut, Odile; Finn, Brendan; Rabuel, Sébastien; Rambaud, François

doi:10.2148/benv.36.3.307

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“…and widely in Canadian cities like Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, it has not been implemented in hardly any European cities. In line with the implementation of buses with a high level of service (Heddebaut, 2010), in the last few years, some European cities have partially implemented it in some corridors, but not as a complete network. Some exceptions like Blue-buses from Stockholm or A-buses from Copenhagen are transit networks with a simple structure adapted to urban patterns.…”

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Bus network structure and mobility pattern: A monocentric analytical approach on a grid street layout

Badia

Estrada

Robusté

2016

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

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This study discusses which transit network structure is the best option to serve urban mobility. As a consequence of the evolution of urban form, cities have undergone a process of dispersion of their activities that has caused a change in mobility needs in the last few decades. Mobility networks and services should progressively adapt to the new demand patterns, especially the bus transit network, which has more flexibility to absorb the changes. We compare four base transit network structures: a radial scheme, a direct trip-based network, and a transfer-based system by means of either a complete grid or a hybrid structure. An analytical model is used to estimate the behavior of these structures for idealized monocentric mobility patterns with several degrees of concentration. The purpose is to determine the right range of situations for the applicability of each bus transit structure, and to determine guidelines about the transit network planning process. It turns out that the best structure is not always the same, and depends on the mobility spatial pattern. A radial network is the best alternative in very concentrated cities; however, a direct trip-based system is more suitable for intermediate degrees of dispersion. A transferbased structure is the best option when the activities are more decentralized. Nevertheless, the decentralization degree that justifies a specific transit structure is not constant. This degree depends on the characteristics of the city, transport technology and users.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bus network structure and mobility pattern: A monocentric analytical approach on a grid street layout

Badia

Estrada

Robusté

2016

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

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“…Two new neighbourhoods, Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm and Lindholmen in Gothenburg, unfold along partially segregated Light Rail Transit (LRT) or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. BRT is often referred to as Buses with High Level of Service (BHLS) in a European context (Heddebaut et al 2010).…”

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Urban design and public transportation – public spaces, visual proximity and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Stojanovski

2019

Journal of Urban Design

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“…In Madrid, the Bus-VAO system obtained a 33% travel time reduction due to its running almost fully segregated. Together with strong connections to the metro network ridership increased by 85% (Heddebaut, Finn, Rabuel, & Rambaud, 2010). Several systems were implemented in the United States with dedicated infrastructure and strong branding resulting in increased travel speed and ridership, e.g.…”

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“…In Europe, similar impacts were obtained in several cities, including Rouen, Prato and Nantes, which saw passenger ridership increases in the same ranges around 60%. In Prato, Italy, a relatively small improvement in travel time resulted in a big increase in ridership due to a simultaneous doubling of frequency and strong branding (Heddebaut et al, 2010). The systems in Nantes and Rouen both included almost full segregation, special branding and some pre-board fare collection resulting in high levels of reliability and ridership increases of 55-70%.…”

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Effects of new bus and rail rapid transit systems – an international review

Ingvardson

Nielsen

2017

Transport Reviews

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Cities worldwide are implementing modern transit systems to improve mobility in the increasingly congested metropolitan areas. Despite much research on the effects of such systems, a comparison of effects across transit modes and countries has not been studied comprehensively. This paper fills this gap in the literature by reviewing and comparing the effects obtained by 86 transit systems around the world including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT), metro, and heavy-rail transit systems. The analysis is twofold by analysing i) the direct operational effects related to travel time, ridership, and modal shifts, and ii) the indirect strategic effects in terms of effects on property values and urban development. The review confirms the existing literature suggesting that BRT can attract many passengers if travel time reductions are significantly high. This leads to attractive areas surrounding the transit line with increasing property values. Such effects are traditionally associated with attractive rail-based public transport systems. However, a statistical comparison of 41 systems did not show significant deviations between effects on property values resulting from BRT, LRT, and metro systems, respectively. Hence, this paper indicates that large strategic effects can be obtained by implementing BRT systems at a much lower cost.

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The European Bus with a High Level of Service (BHLS): Concept and Practice

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

Bus network structure and mobility pattern: A monocentric analytical approach on a grid street layout

Bus network structure and mobility pattern: A monocentric analytical approach on a grid street layout

Urban design and public transportation – public spaces, visual proximity and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Effects of new bus and rail rapid transit systems – an international review

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