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Research on Comparison of Tram with BRT

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Green Intelligent Transportation Systems (GITSS 2016)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 419))

Abstract

Urban traffic is a combination of various kinds of transportation demand level. On the premise of the same kind of traffic demand, there may be many public transportation modes for policy makers to choose. To medium capacity of BRT and tram, this paper comparative analysis, respectively, from the aspects of capacity, speed, economical efficiency, and energy consumption. In conclusion, the average speed and capacity of both are almost, and the economical efficiency of BRT is little better than tram, while the energy consumption of tram is greater than BRT. On comprehensive consideration, it is suggested that policy makers give priority to tram under the same condition.

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  1. Automotive and Transportation Engineering Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Song Fang, Jianxiao Ma & Yancai Wang

  2. Nanjing Institute of Railway Technology, Nanjing, 210031, China

    Song Fang

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  1. Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Wuhong Wang

  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Bengler

  3. Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Xiaobei Jiang

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Fang, S., Ma, J., Wang, Y. (2018). Research on Comparison of Tram with BRT. In: Wang, W., Bengler, K., Jiang, X. (eds) Green Intelligent Transportation Systems. GITSS 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 419. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3551-7_12

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