Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Management of Public Transport

3. Input detector.

4. Queue detector.

The expressway ramp metering is applicable up to a lane capacity of 40-50 vehicles per km.

c) One way streets

A one way street system is one of the powerful techniques for increasing the capacity of

streets as well as safety. The advantages of one-way streets are:

1. Decreases the number of conflicts at intersections and, hence, improves safety and ca-

pacity.

2. More efficient use of capacity than two-way operations.

3. For narrow roads less than 15 mts width without markings and with parking on both

sides maximum capacity can be achieved ...