Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

i

i

“K18880” — 2014/11/6 — 12:31 — page 156 — #166

i

i

i

i

i

i

Public Transport Planning in Urban Areas

spacing is taken as 0.64 km based on the system characteristics of the recommended rail

technology, different travel regimes of station-to-station movement, and train stopping time

at stations. Also, the nearest node after minimum interstation spacing limit from the previ-

ous identified station was selected as a station location. This is done so as to allow frequent

transfer points along the rail corridor so that the travel time of a commuter from his origin

to final destination via the integrated network is as close as possible to its actual shortest

path ...