| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 土木工程學系 === 103 === The purpose of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is to save journey time more than the general bus, which can also enhance the operating environment, the quality of the bus system and the improvement of operating performance will attract more visitors to use.On the other hand, It can be simplified the traffic flow through a dedicated right of way traffic function, thus improving the service function of the road, and relieve the traffic congestion of metropolitan areas.
As Taiwan's second city owned BRT, Taichung BRT mainly to alleviate the growing traffic congestion of Taiwan road, and this research is to study about after the trial operation of Taichung BRT impact for passengers and road users-effects. This study consists of two parts, the first part is collect relevant information about road as a standard to assessment. So this study use VD data of the Department of Transportation Taichung in the Taiwan Road’s fast lane before and after Taichung BRT initial operations of average speed and average travel time and make a comparison, It found that about half of the lanes became the worse and half have improved, and the fast lane near BRT lane has higher proportion will be the impact. The second part is use questionnaire survey to understand the satisfaction of passengers and fast lanes vehicle users after Taichung BRT operations, The study result reveals that passengers consider the services is general biased satisfaction, and about half the proportion of the fast lane users considers the Taichung BRT has affected their driving safety and made their travel time increased.
After the examination discussion on March 23, 2015, Taichung city hall decided to turn the BRT lanes to bus lanes, original BRT buses replaced to "NO.300 Bus" and continue operation, and the charge was changed from the original external to interior charges , this study will also discuss the new measures may impact on traffic and influence, as a reference to the policy of the future.
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