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Brtuk Research Paper No 1 : Baseline UK BRT Systems 1 October 2014 Research Paper for BRTuk UK Bus Rapid Transit - A Common Standard? November 2015 Exceed |Respect |Value |Innovate BRTuk Research Paper for BRTuk UK Bus Rapid Transit – A Common Standard? November 2015 the transportation consultancy 397 Birmingham Road Bordesley Redditch Worcs B97 6RH Tel: 01527 65318 Email: [email protected] www.ttc-transportplanning.com Document Control Form Project Title: UK Bus Rapid Transit - A Common Standard? Project No: J210051 Document Ref: J210051 Research Paper Document Status: FINAL REPORT Document Approval: _________________________________________________________________ Project Director Alan Bailes __________________________________________________________________ Project Manager George Bailes ___________________________________________________________________ Technical Review/Audit Alan Bailes ___________________________________________________________________ Issue Date and History: Final Report – 30th November 2015 Distribution: External: BRTuk - Steering Group Internal: File This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of The Transportation Consultancy Ltd being obtained. The Transportation Consultancy Ltd accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequence of this document being used for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was commissioned. The Transportation Consultancy Ltd accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. Research Paper for BRTuk November 2015 UK Bus Rapid Transit - A Common Standard? Contents 1. Background and Introduction 2. Aims and Objectives 3. Bus Rapid Transit 4. Bus Rapid Transit in the UK 5. Classification of Global BRT Systems 6. Comparison of UK BRT Systems Versus World BRT Systems 7. Results of Comparison 8. Developing a UK Standard for BRT 9. Sensitivity Testing of the UK BRT Standards 10. Conclusions 11. Next Steps Tables Table 1 Current BRT Schemes in Operation across the UK Table 2 ITPD Scorecard: UK Issues Table 3 New Proposed Scorecard Categories for UK BRT Standard Table 4 Proposed UK Standards: Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic Table 5 Scoring of systems by new UK BRT Standards Figures Figure 1 BRT Passengers per Day across the World in Thousands Figure 2 Location of UK BRT Schemes Operational across the UK Figure 3 Comparison of ‘Gold’ Standard BRT Cities Populations and UK Average Figure 4 Comparison of ‘Gold’ Standard BRT Cities Population Densities and UK Average Figure 5 Comparison of Operating Speeds for BRT Cities Population Appendices Appendix A Technical Note No1 – Documentation of Existing and Planned BRT Schemes in the UK. Appendix B ITPD Scoring Card and Standard Categories Appendix C Proposed BRTuk Scoring Card and Standard Categories 1. Background and Introduction BRTuk is an organisation which aims to promote the benefits of BRT and deliver a greater awareness of the role BRT can play throughout the UK. The overarching objective of BRTuk is to provide a wider dissemination of information and knowledge base regarding BRT throughout the UK. To fulfil these aims BRTuk is currently developing an ‘Education and Research’ component of the organisation, as part of this commitment, BRTuk has commissioned The Transportation Consultancy Ltd. (ttc) to undertake the first phase of research examining Bus Rapid Transit Systems in the UK. Guidance as to what constitutes a BRT system at a national level in the UK is lacking and as a consequence BRTuk feels that there is a requirement to develop a common standard which focuses on specifically BRT systems in the UK. A common standard will provide a more uniform approach to BRT in the UK to allow for more focused research and analysis, which will in turn allow for better guidance resulting in appropriate policy guidance on future BRT schemes in the UK. This research paper sets out to start this missing process, whereby the specific aims and objectives of the research are outlined below. 2. Aims and Objectives The overarching aim of the research paper is to: ‘Examine the need for a more uniform process for quantifying the benefits of the UK BRT Systems’ The main objectives of this research paper are to: 1. Ensure a more uniform delivery to quantifying the benefits of the existing UK BRT schemes. With a view in the future to: 2. Establish a comparable analysis of performance and patronage information in the UK for BRT Schemes; 3. Provide better guidance to inform future UK BRT schemes on how to be successful and inform Government; and 4. Be better placed to secure funding for BRT schemes. 3. Bus Rapid Transit Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) can effectively be defined as a ‘high quality bus-based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable and cost effective services’ (ITPD 2008). Basically BRT is a system which provides the benefit of a rail transit system at a significantly less cost, with the added advantage of providing greater flexibility to meet the growing demands of cities and their populations. A BRT system can cover many formats and standards of BRT and vary significantly across the world. The majority of BRT systems can be identified as sharing the single requirement of provision for a significant amount of segregated busways or bus lanes to avoid traffic congestion and provide faster, more reliable journeys for bus services. J210051: UK Bus Rapid Transit - A Common Standard? November 2015 5 Research has shown1 that BRT can act as a catalyst for economic regeneration and the popularity of BRT, as a solution to traffic congestion, has significantly increased over the last ten years, whereby there has been a quadrupling of kilometres of BRT systems installed across the World. The strongest areas of growth in BRT are visible in the rapidly urbanising and development parts of the world such as China, Brazil and Indonesia. The illustrations below display a recently new BRT system which is operational in Yichang, China and the well-established TransMilenio in Bogota, Columbia. Yichang (China) Bogota (Columbia) In order to gauge an understanding of patronage of BRT systems in the UK compared to systems across the world we have examined the amount of passengers using BRT systems broken down by different parts of the world, the results are displayed in Figure 1. Figure 1 – BRT Passengers per Day across the World in Thousands Source: Alan Howes Associates (BRT Conference) It can be seen from Figure 1 that BRT systems in the developing parts of the world such as Latin America, The Far East and China, BRT are more heavily used compared to more development parts such as the UK, North America and Europe. 1 The payback: evidence on land and property value changes from transit development - Zoe Vidion, TfL J210051: Bus Rapid Transit A Common Standard for the UK? November 2015 6 4. Bus Rapid Transit in the UK As displayed by Figure 1 and when compared to other countries around the world, BRT in the UK is not as well established in terms of substantial numbers of passengers. Within the UK BRT schemes also vary significantly in respect of infrastructure and type of systems used across the UK. For the purposes of the research paper all the BRT schemes currently in operation within the UK have been compiled. In order to be robust, the search criteria for BRT schemes were identified as: ‘having some form of segregation for buses from normal traffic as opposed to bus priority schemes or bus lanes’. The comprehensive list of BRT systems operation in the UK is presented below in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. The list has been agreed with members of the BRTuk Steering Group and set out in a technical note2 and contained in Appendix A. Table 1 – Current BRT Schemes in Operation across the UK Location/Scheme/Branding Notes – Information The scheme incorporates a 200m section of the guided busway, which opened in 1995 Ipswich (Kesgrave) between Kesgrave and Grange Farm, and was re-guided in 2005 to allow for larger double-deck buses. An unguided busway network built as part of the new town extension of Runcorn. The Runcorn busway is 14miles with an elevated section into a shopping area. Phase 1 was complete in 1971, whilst Phase 2 was complete in 1977. Considered to be the first BRT System in the UK. Redditch An unguided bus network built as part of the new town extension of Redditch. There are only short sections of busway on the network. London (East London An unguided bus route with sections of segregated running. First stage runs from Illford Transit Scheme) to Dagenham Dock and was completed in February 2010. Phase 2 Barking Riverside to Dagenham Docks opened in 2013. The Thames Gateway Fastrack is unguided with sections of segregated running. Opened Kent Thameside (Fastrack) in phases: Route A – Dartford – Bluewater opened in June 2007, Route B – Dartford – Gravesend opened in March 2006. Leeds Leeds superbus corridor has sections of guided busway; A61 Scott Hall Road opened in 1995 and A64 York Road / A63 Selby Road opened in 2001. Bradford Opened in 2001 the A641 Manchester Road Quality Bus Initiative includes for 1 mile of guided busway. Crawley (Fastway) The Crawley Fastway is a 15 miles two bus route system with segregated lanes and 1 mile of guided busway. There are two small BRT schemes operational; an exclusive busway on the south bank of Tyne and Wear the River Tyne and Route 19 in North Tyneside which includes an exclusive busway accessed through guidewheel gates. 2 Technical Note No1 – Documentation of Existing and Planned BRT Schemes in the UK. J210051: Bus Rapid Transit A Common Standard for the UK? November 2015 7 The Luton to Dunstable Busway runs between Luton Airport and Houghton Regis . The Luton route runs for 6.1 miles, of which 4.8m is a guided track with a maximum speed of 50mph.
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