Product No.: 15028
Date Published: 01/2017
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Near-term transportation improvements have been identified to reduce bus travel times along Roosevelt Boulevard (US 1). Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission staff modeled and evaluated four alternatives with micro-simulation software in a 2.3-mile-long sample section of the Boulevard. With some modifications, two transit operational improvements are unequivocal in their benefit for the flow of buses: Express Bus Service and designated Bus Lanes. Two traffic signalization strategies are ambiguous in their benefits for transit and general traffic. Conversely, the signalization options remain open for reevaluation with changes to the corridor’s physical geometry that might be accomplished with a long-term and capital-intensive Bus Rapid Transit system in the corridor. The project was undertaken pursuant to recommendations contained in Alternatives Development for Roosevelt Boulevard Transit Enhancements (DVRPC, May 2016, Publication Number 13072). Its findings will inform the City of Philadelphia‘s $2.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant to further develop all of the proposals in the Alternatives report.Geographic Area Covered: City of Philadelphia, PA (Northeast Philadelphia)
Key Words: Roosevelt Boulevard, US 1, Enhanced Bus Service, Express Bus Service, Traffic Signal Optimization, Transit Signal Priority, Exclusive Bus Lane, VISSIM, Level of Service, Travel Time
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- Keith Hartington (khartington@dvrpc.org)
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