Reilly, JackLevinson, Herbert2017-05-232017-05-232011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26722The introduction of urban rail transit and high performance/quality/capacity bus transit systems throughout the world has dramatically improved the mobility of residents of cities in which they operate. The objectives of this work are: to provide a technical resource for transit planners and designers in developing cities in their public transport capacity and performance analysis work irrespective of mode. This report recommends methods of achieving practical transit capacity during normally encountered operating conditions. Where capacity is influenced by a measure of dispersion of some characteristic such as stop dwell time or vehicle headway, this is also noted. The purpose of measuring capacity is not just to provide a measure of system capability to transport passengers but also to provide some insight into the effect of service and physical design on customer service quality. When the demand for a service exceeds its schedule design capacity, service quality deteriorates either due to overcrowding on vehicles or at station platforms or diminished ability of customers to board the next arriving transport vehicle since it is already fully loaded, increased dwell times and hence decrease revenue speeds. The importance of service quality in transit capacity analysis cannot be overstated. Transit operators should be mindful that the urban transportation marketplace is more competitive. While it might be technically possible to design a service using a loading standard of 7 or 8 passengers per square meter, a number of customers will find that level intolerable and will seek alternate means of travel including walking (in the case of short distance trips), riding with someone else, riding taxis or purchasing a motorcycle or car. Accordingly, such loading standards should be thought of as interim measures until higher capacity at lower crowding can be achieved.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCELERATIONARTERIAL STREETAUTOMOBILEBICYCLISTSBOARDING TIMEBOTTLENECKSBUFFERBUNCHINGBUSBUS BOARDINGBUS DESIGNBUS FLOORBUS FREQUENCYBUS LANEBUS LANESBUS LINEBUS MOVEMENTBUS MOVEMENTSBUS OPERATIONSBUS PASSBUS ROUTEBUS SERVICEBUS SERVICESBUS STATIONBUS STATIONSBUS STOPBUS STOPSBUS SYSTEMBUS SYSTEMSBUS TRANSITBUS TRANSPORTATIONBUS TRAVELBUSESBUSES PER HOURBUSWAYSCARCENTERCOMMUTER BUSCOMMUTER RAILCONGESTIONCORRIDORCROSSWALKCROWDED TRAINSCURB LANESDECELERATIONDESTINATIONDOMAINDRIVERSEQUATIONSESCALATORSEXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF WAYFARE COLLECTIONFARE COLLECTION SYSTEMSFARE STRUCTUREFARESFLOOR AREAFRAMEWORKFREE TRANSFERFREEWAYFREEWAY LANESFREEWAYSGRADEHEADWAYHEAVY RAILHIGH TRANSIT RIDERSHIPHIGHWAYHIGHWAY CAPACITYHIGHWAY SYSTEMIDENTITYINTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATIONINTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMINTERSECTIONINTERSECTIONSJUNCTIONSKILOMETERS PER HOURLANESLIGHT RAILLIGHT RAIL SYSTEMLOADINGMIXED TRAFFICMOBILITYMOTORCYCLEMOTORISTSORIGINPARKINGPASSENGER CAPACITYPASSENGER DEMANDPASSENGER FLOWSPASSENGER MOVEMENTSPASSENGER SERVICEPASSENGER TRIPPASSENGER VEHICLEPASSENGER VOLUMEPASSENGER VOLUMESPASSENGERSPASSENGERS PER HOURPASSENGERS PER HOUR PER DIRECTIONPASSENGERS PER VEHICLEPEAK DEMANDSPEAK DIRECTIONPEAK DIRECTION OF TRAVELPEAK HOURPEAK PERIODPEAK PERIODSPEAK RIDERSHIPPEAK-HOURPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN BEHAVIORPEDESTRIAN CONFLICTSPEDESTRIAN CROSSINGPEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTPEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTSPEDESTRIAN VOLUMESPEDESTRIANSPITCHPOPULATION DENSITYPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT CAPACITYPUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNINGRAILRAIL CAPACITYRAIL CARSRAIL LINERAIL OPERATIONSRAIL RAPID TRANSITRAIL SERVICESRAIL STATIONRAIL SYSTEMSRAIL TRANSITRAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMSRAIL VEHICLERAILROADRAPID TRANSITRAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMSRED TRAFFIC SIGNALSRIDERSRIGHT OF WAYRIGHT TURNRIGHT TURN ON REDRIGHT TURNING VEHICLESRIGHT TURNSRIGHT-OF-WAYRIGHTS OF WAYROUTEROUTESRUSH HOURSAFETYSERVICE RELIABILITYSIMULATIONSMART CARDSSPEED LIMITSPEEDSSTREET INTERSECTIONSSTREET TRAFFICTAXISTHROUGH TRAFFICTRACK CAPACITYTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONTROLTRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICESTRAFFIC LAWTRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENTTRAFFIC MIXTRAFFIC OPERATIONSTRAFFIC SIGNALTRAFFIC VOLUMETRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAMTRANSITTRANSIT AGENCYTRANSIT CAPACITYTRANSIT CORRIDORSTRANSIT OPERATING COSTSTRANSIT OPERATIONSTRANSIT OPERATORSTRANSIT PASSENGERTRANSIT PASSENGERSTRANSIT PLANNERSTRANSIT SERVICETRANSIT SERVICESTRANSIT STOPSTRANSIT SYSTEMTRANSIT SYSTEMSTRANSIT TERMINALSTRANSIT VEHICLETRANSIT VEHICLESTRANSPORT PLANNINGTRANSPORT RESEARCHTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION OPERATIONSTRANSPORTATION RESEARCHTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMTRAVEL DEMANDTRAVEL SPEEDSTRAVEL TIMETRAVEL TIMESTRIPSTRUCKSURBAN BUSURBAN RAILURBAN RAIL SYSTEMSURBAN RAIL TRANSITURBAN RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMSURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN TRANSPORTATIONVEHICLEVEHICLE CAPACITYVEHICLE CHARACTERISTICSVEHICLE DESIGNVEHICLE FLOWVEHICLE FLOWSVEHICLE LOADSVEHICLE MANUFACTURERSVEHICLE MOVEMENTSVEHICLE PLATOONINGVEHICLE SIZEVEHICLE SPEEDVEHICLESVEHICLES PER HOURWAITING TIMEWALKINGWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/26722