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082 _aP TH-1969
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100 _aChawla, Sahil
245 0 _aPerformance assessment of bus priority systems (Also Available on CD)
260 _c2016
300 _aviii,111p.,CD-ROM
505 _aCONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Definition 1 1.2 Background 1 1.3 Need for study 3 1.4 Aim of research 6 1.5 Objective of research 6 1.6 Approach and methodology 6 1.7 Detailed methodology 7 1.8 Scope and limitations 8 1.9 Chapter scheme 8 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 9 2.1 Public transportation 10 2.2 Public transportation priority systems 10 2.3 Policies for urban transport 27 2.4 Overview of Micro simulation modelling and calibration 31 2.5 Calibration parameters and inputs 33 2.6 Evaluation parameters (definitions and measurement technique) 35 CHAPTER 3 STUDY AREA PROFILE AND BASE MODEL DEVELOPMENT 39 3.1 City description 40 3.2 Description of test corridor 40 3.3 Public transportation services (Existing and proposed) 41 3.4 Study methodology and traffic surveys 42 3.5 Microscopic model development, validation and calibration 49 CHAPTER 4 SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARISON 57 4.1 Scenario results 59 4.2 Scenarios comparison 84 CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECCOMENDATIONS 101 5.1 Results comparison 102 5.2 Recommendations for implementation of priority systems 104 5.3 Need for further study 107 REFERENCES 108
700 _aSinha, Shalini (Guide)
891 _a2014 Batch
891 _aFP-PG
999 _c52060
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