IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v643y2024ics0378437124002954.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Modeling and evaluating the impact of variable bus lane on isolated signal intersection performance

Author

Listed:
  • Yang, Bo
  • Wang, Chunsheng
  • Cao, Yuan
  • Yang, Qiaoli

Abstract

Dedicated Bus Lane (DBL) is a typical strategy to ensure priority for public transportation. However, when the frequency of bus departures is low, the DBL often remains vacant, reducing the efficiency of traffic utilization. Variable bus lane (VBL) strategy allows for the provision of service to social vehicles in specific scenarios, aiming to alleviate traffic congestion and improve emission efficiency at intersections. To analyze the impact of this strategy on dynamic queuing behavior and traffic efficiency at an isolated intersection, this paper proposes a multidimensional stochastic queuing model. The model incorporates various factors such as traffic demand, signal timing, bus arrival time, and the length of the variable area at intersections. By examining the steady-state distribution of queue length and calculating performance indicators, the effectiveness of VBL in improving intersection performance is evaluated. Numerical simulations have demonstrated that the proposed model accurately describes the vehicle queuing process at intersections under different conditions. Theoretical analysis confirms that the implementation of VBL strategy can effectively improve traffic efficiency at intersections and minimize the queue length of vehicles.

Suggested Citation

  • Yang, Bo & Wang, Chunsheng & Cao, Yuan & Yang, Qiaoli, 2024. "Modeling and evaluating the impact of variable bus lane on isolated signal intersection performance," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 643(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:643:y:2024:i:c:s0378437124002954
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2024.129786
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437124002954
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.physa.2024.129786?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Nicolas Chiabaut & Anais Barcet, 2019. "Demonstration and evaluation of an intermittent bus lane strategy," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 443-456, October.
    2. Yang, Qiaoli & Shi, Zhongke & Yu, Shaowei & Zhou, Jie, 2018. "Analytical evaluation of the use of left-turn phasing for single left-turn lane only," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 266-303.
    3. Cheng Cheng & Yuchuan Du & Lijun Sun & Yuxiong Ji, 2016. "Review on Theoretical Delay Estimation Model for Signalized Intersections," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(4), pages 479-499, July.
    4. Eichler, Michael & Daganzo, Carlos F., 2006. "Bus lanes with intermittent priority: Strategy formulae and an evaluation," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 40(9), pages 731-744, November.
    5. Pan, Shouzheng & Yan, Hai & He, Jia & He, Zhengbing, 2021. "Vulnerability and resilience of transportation systems: A recent literature review," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 581(C).
    6. António Pacheco & Maria Lurdes Simões Simões & Paula Milheiro-Oliveira, 2017. "Queues with Server Vacations as a Model for Pretimed Signalized Urban Traffic," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 51(3), pages 841-851, August.
    7. Yang, Qiaoli & Yang, Bo & Qiao, Zheng & Tang, Min-an & Gao, Fengyang, 2021. "Impact of possible random factors on queue behaviors of passengers and taxis at taxi stand of transport hubs," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 580(C).
    8. Liang, Shidong & Zhao, Tianyu & Li, Qi & Zhao, Jing, 2023. "Signalized intersection dynamic straight-right lane design and evaluation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 620(C).
    9. Wu, Jianping & Hounsell, Nick, 1998. "Bus Priority Using pre-signals," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 32(8), pages 563-583, November.
    10. Hu, Xiaojian & Liu, Tenghui & Hao, Xiatong & Su, Ziyi & Yang, Zhikui, 2021. "Research on the influence of bus bay on traffic flow in adjacent lane: Simulations in the framework of Kerner’s three-phase traffic theory," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 563(C).
    11. Zhu, H.B., 2010. "Numerical study of urban traffic flow with dedicated bus lane and intermittent bus lane," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 389(16), pages 3134-3139.
    12. Yang, Qiaoli & Shi, Zhongke, 2021. "The queue dynamics of protected/permissive left turns at pre-timed signalized intersections," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 562(C).
    13. Russo, Antonio & Adler, Martin W. & van Ommeren, Jos N., 2022. "Dedicated bus lanes, bus speed and traffic congestion in Rome," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 298-310.
    14. Anderson, Paul & Daganzo, Carlos F., 2020. "Effect of transit signal priority on bus service reliability," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 2-14.
    15. Huang, Jian & Hu, Mao-Bin & Jiang, Rui & Li, Ming, 2018. "Effect of pre-signals in a Manhattan-like urban traffic network," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 503(C), pages 71-85.
    16. Guler, S. Ilgin & Menendez, Monica, 2014. "Analytical formulation and empirical evaluation of pre-signals for bus priority," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 41-53.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Nima Dadashzadeh & Murat Ergun, 2018. "Spatial bus priority schemes, implementation challenges and needs: an overview and directions for future studies," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 545-570, December.
    2. Anderson, Paul & Geroliminis, Nikolas, 2020. "Dynamic lane restrictions on congested arterials," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 224-243.
    3. Jia Hu & Zhexi Lian & Xiaoxue Sun & Arno Eichberger & Zhen Zhang & Jintao Lai, 2024. "Dynamic Right-of-Way Allocation on Bus Priority Lanes Considering Traffic System Resilience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-18, February.
    4. Yang, Qiaoli & He, Yongzhen, 2022. "Right-turn-on-red queueing process at signalized intersections with a short right-turn lane," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 598(C).
    5. Haitao, He & Menendez, Monica & Ilgin Guler, S., 2018. "Analytical evaluation of flexible-sharing strategies on multimodal arterials," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 114(PB), pages 364-379.
    6. Murat Bayrak & S. Ilgin Guler, 2021. "Optimization of dedicated bus lane location on a transportation network while accounting for traffic dynamics," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 325-347, June.
    7. Miriam Rocha & Cristina Albuquerque Moreira Silva & Reinaldo Germano Santos Junior & Michel Anzanello & Gabrielli Harumi Yamashita & Luis Antonio Lindau, 2020. "Selecting the most relevant variables towards clustering bus priority corridors," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 12(3), pages 587-609, October.
    8. Guler, S. Ilgin & Menendez, Monica, 2014. "Analytical formulation and empirical evaluation of pre-signals for bus priority," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 41-53.
    9. Yutong Sun & Jin Li & Xiaozhong Wei & Yuling Jiao, 2021. "Tandem Design of Bus Priority Based on a Pre-Signal System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-19, September.
    10. Nicolas Chiabaut & Anais Barcet, 2019. "Demonstration and evaluation of an intermittent bus lane strategy," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 443-456, October.
    11. Mateusz Szarata & Piotr Olszewski & Lesław Bichajło, 2021. "Simulation Study of Dynamic Bus Lane Concept," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-15, January.
    12. Yang, Qiaoli & Fu, Xue, 2024. "An extended queueing model for vehicles at signalized intersections considering the platoon correlated arrivals," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 635(C).
    13. Islam, Tarikul & Vu, Hai L. & Hoang, Nam H. & Cricenti, Antonio, 2018. "A linear bus rapid transit with transit signal priority formulation," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 163-184.
    14. Tang, Qing & Hu, Xianbiao & Lu, Jiawei & Zhou, Xuesong, 2021. "Analytical characterization of multi-state effective discharge rates for bus-only lane conversion scheduling problem," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 106-131.
    15. Michael W. Levin & Alireza Khani, 2018. "Dynamic transit lanes for connected and autonomous vehicles," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 399-426, December.
    16. Yao, Jia & Cheng, Zhanhong & Shi, Feng & An, Shi & Wang, Jian, 2018. "Evaluation of exclusive bus lanes in a tri-modal road network incorporating carpooling behavior," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 130-141.
    17. Yang, Qiaoli & Deng, Kang & Gao, Fengyang & Yu, Shaowei & Dou, Zufang & Zhang, Tingrong, 2022. "Characterizing the dynamics and uncertainty of queues at signalized intersections with left-turn bay," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 599(C).
    18. R. Lamotte & A. de Palma & N. Geroliminis, 2020. "Impacts of Metering-Based Dynamic Priority Schemes," THEMA Working Papers 2020-14, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
    19. Wu, Jiaming & Kulcsár, Balázs & Selpi, & Qu, Xiaobo, 2021. "A modular, adaptive, and autonomous transit system (MAATS): A in-motion transfer strategy and performance evaluation in urban grid transit networks," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 81-98.
    20. Duy Q. Nguyen-Phuoc & William Young & Graham Currie & Chris Gruyter, 2020. "Traffic congestion relief associated with public transport: state-of-the-art," Public Transport, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 455-481, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:643:y:2024:i:c:s0378437124002954. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.