Bus Rapid Transit Development Strategies in Santa Clara County California

摘要

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is planning the deployment of a fullfeaturedBus Rapid Transit (BRT) line for a major travel corridor in Santa Clara County,California. While the original project intended deployment of full BRT characteristics for theentire corridor, based on stakeholder feedback, it is very likely that VTA will not be able toestablish exclusive BRT characteristics for over 70 percent of the project corridor. This studymodifies the methodology of BRT ridership forecast used in an earlier BRT Strategic Plan andproposes several scenarios including the existing committed short-term scenario and the VTA’spreferred long-term scenario. Ridership forecasts, a marginal boarding analysis, the impact of anexclusive bus lane installation, and transit market analysis have been conducted and the preferredscenario is presented.