Analysis of TheImpact of Bus Rapid Transit System on Hanoi Transportation

摘要

Bus Rapid Transit is a high-quality bus-based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective services at metro-level capacities. To date, more than 170 cities have implemented some form of BRT system worldwide, carrying around 33 million passengers each weekday.Hanoi BRT is the first Bus Rapid Transit system in Hanoi. It opened on December 31, 2016, ten years after the planning started. With funding and consultant of the World Bank, Bus Rapid Transit was expected to be a solution to solve traffic jams in Hanoi.Currently, a BRT route cannot solve traffic congestion in the urban area;however it was considered as a breakthrough to develop the public transport system as well as raise public awareness of participating in the traffic.This paper will compare the changes in traffic flow before and after operating on Bus Rapid Transit in Hanoi through two surveys was done in front of two Bus Rapid Transit stations.