A public transit-based mobility system benefits everyone in a city, whether or not they choose to ride transit, as people using transit and private vehicles alike can access more destinations in the same amount of time after transit has been improved and density increased.
Improving transit does not mean creating speedways, since higher top speeds have little benefit for transit on city streets. Transit streets designed with people in mind are safe places to walk and bike, and transit improvements go hand in hand with better pedestrian access, safer crossings, and more enjoyable public space.
High-quality transit allows a city to grow without slowing down. When prioritized, transit has the potential to stem the growth of vehicle congestion, provide environmentally efficient and responsible transportation, and reduce both personal mobility expenses and overall public infrastructure expenses. Accomplishing all of this requires that cities set priorities and make investments, both in transit service itself and in the streets on which transit operates.
Much of the transit street design challenge lies in aligning the priorities and demands of city departments with those of transit operators, and in demonstrating the value of investments and dedicated street space to city residents and leaders.
Balancing multiple modes in a limited right-of-way calls for a considered approach, with short-term successes building to long-term gains. Designing to Move People Transit streets are designed to move people, and should be evaluated in part by their ability to do so.
Whether in dense urban cores, on conventional arterials, or along neighborhood spines, transit is the most spatially efficient mode. Traditional volume measures fail to account for the entirety of functions taking place on urban streets, as well as the social, cultural, and economic activities served by transit, walking, and bicycling.
Shifting trips to more efficient travel modes is essential to upgrading the performance of limited street space. Whether making daily commutes or discretionary trips, city residents will choose the mode that is reliable, convenient, and comfortable. Transit has the highest capacity for moving people in a constrained space. Where a single travel lane of private vehicle traffic on an urban street might move to 1, people per hour assuming one to two passengers per vehicle and to vehicles per hour ,3 a dedicated bus lane can carry up to 8, passengers per hour.
A transitway lane can serve up to 25, people per hour per travel direction. Using person throughput as a primary measure relates the design of a transit street to broader mode shift goals. The capacity of a single foot lane or equivalent width by mode at peak conditions with normal operations.
Reliability Matters Unlocking the enormous potential of transit requires active measures to make trips take less time. To achieve this, the Transit Street Design Guide details street design strategies to improve transit reliability and reduce overall travel times. Transit service that is reliable and efficient brings value to people and cities, but slow and inconsistent service will discourage passengers and jeopardize local benefits.
If a trip takes significantly longer by transit than by other modes, or if actual trip time ranges so widely as to be unpredictable, people may choose not to take transit and cities will miss out on opportunities to reduce congestion and spur development. For urban transit, getting to a destination faster means removing sources of delay rather than raising top travel speeds. The most significant sources of transit delay are related to both street design and transit operations, calling for coordinated action by transit and street authorities.
Source: Metro Transit. Time spent waiting for signals or slowing for stop signs, known as intersection delay or traffic control delay, increases as traffic volume nears the capacity of the street, and as cross streets are more frequent or reach their own capacity.
Providing transit lanes see page and using signal strategies see page can help cut travel times by half, with the greatest benefits made available by using transitways see page While signal delay is relatively easy to address through active TSP if traffic queues are short, signals with long or variable queues can add up to very long delays for buses and streetcars in mixed-traffic conditions.
Time spent slowly approaching red signals or stop signs in heavy traffic can also contribute to overall delay. Unreliable travel times are a major issue for transit operations because short delays can quickly snowball as more passengers try to board a late-arriving vehicle.
Missing one green signal can cause a bus or streetcar to fall behind enough to delay the transit vehicle behind it. DWELL TIME Dwell time related to passenger boarding and payment is a large component of total travel time on productive routes, especially in downtowns and destination areas. Level or near-level boarding see page 64 , multi-door boarding and advanced payment options see page , and better passenger information can cut dwell time in half or more.
Stop consolidation also reduces the amount of time spent dwelling at stops. Consolidating from stops to stations see page and introducing rapid services see page 10 can dramatically reduce this time expenditure. For buses in particular, merging into or re-entering the flow of general traffic after a conventional curbside pull-out stop is a perennial source of delay.
Circuitous routes and turns can be time consuming for transit operators and confusing for passengers, often adding significantly to travel time. Keeping transit lines simple and direct serves to minimize this delay, improving transit travel times.
While this may increase the time spent walking to a stop, it can benefit overall trip times. Evaluate any changes based on a walking network model and transit travel times.
Examples of the compounding benefits from responding proactively to development through transit investment right , and the compounding issues from auto-oriented development without transit investment left. Since passengers place 2. Addressing the main sources of transit delay has two related benefits. It shortens door-to-door time for a passenger trip, improving the competitiveness of transit. In this context a small travel time savings is a large cost savings.
Reliability affects how passengers perceive wait times. If wait time and travel time vary significantly, or are routinely much longer than the scheduled time, passengers build this time into their trips, and transit becomes less useful for them. Quality urban street design can make walking to a transit stop a positive feature of transit trips. Buses in mixed traffic are susceptible to a downward service spiral, in which increased congestion—exacerbated over the long term by designing streets primarily to accommodate private motor vehicles—results in lower ridership and revenue, resulting in service cuts and lower ridership and revenue.
This cycle can be reversed by improving on-street transit travel times. Shorter travel time allows transit operators to run more frequent service, with more runs per hour using the same number of vehicles and drivers.
Greater frequency and shorter trip time yields higher ridership, raising revenue and permitting still greater service frequency. For detailed information and analysis of transit delay, see the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 3rd Edition. Different transit services call for different facilities. Designing for the type and frequency of transit service on a street means providing transit with priority treatments and the space necessary to perform at a high level.
Whether a route uses bus, light rail, or streetcar, service decisions in an urban transit network are made based on a complex combination of capacity, reliability, comfort, and the need to accommodate passengers in a network. Some projects involve a simultaneous change in transit service on a street along with transit prioritization or streetscape investments, but all street design projects have a service context. This section provides designers and planners with a basis of discussion of the needs of transit, by linking specific design elements and comprehensive street designs, found later in the Guide, with concepts of transit service frequency and the type of transit route supported by a street.
Transit Route Types Different streets, neighborhoods, and cities have different transportation needs, and a wide range of service types are available to meet them. Likewise, service can be complemented by a range of design elements depending on service needs and street context. Structural routes form the bones of the transit network, and yield the greatest results from upgrades.
Nonstructural routes serve to fill gaps in the transit network. Robust evidence-based service planning using realistic data can identify new service and growth opportunities, especially opportunities to add rapid routes. These can be supported by street design to create broader transit benefits. Downtown local routes, often frequent, serve an area with a very high demand for short trips and are sometimes operated by a city transportation department or civic group.
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Read more about our data protection. This guide provides a comprehensive reference of current practice in the geometric design of transit facilities on streets and highways, including local buses, express buses, and bus rapid transit operating in mixed traffic, bus lanes, and For example, if reducing VKT is considered to be a primary goal—coinciding Skip to content. Developed through a new peer network of NACTO members and transit agency partners, the Guide provides street transportation departments, transit operating agencies, leaders, and practitioners with the tools to actively prioritize transit on the street.
The first-ever worldwide standards for designing city streets and prioritizing safety, pedestrians, transit, and sustainable mobility are presented in the guide. Participating experts from global cities have helped to develop the principles that organize the guide. Streets play a much larger role in the public life of cities and communities than just thoroughfares for traffic. Well-designed streets generate higher revenues for businesses and higher values for homeowners.
Traffic engineers can and should design streets where people walking, parking, shopping, bicycling, working, and driving can cross paths safely. Transportation engineers can work flexibly within the building envelope of a street. Many city streets were created in a different era and need to be reconfigured to meet new needs. Implement projects quickly using temporary materials to help inform public decision making.
Elaborating on these fundamental principles, the guide offers substantive direction for cities seeking to improve street design to create more inclusive, multi-modal urban environments.
It is an exceptional resource for redesigning streets to serve the needs of 21st century cities, whose residents and visitors demand a variety of transportation options, safer streets, and vibrant community life.
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