Determination Minibuses Stop Delay in İstanbul
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Date
2016
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Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Abstract
Although reduction of car use with the help of public transportation systems is desired, frequently stopping
of minibuses and buses to board and alight passengers, affects negatively traffic flow especially when a lane
is not assigned only for public transportation. The lost time, which is named as dwell time in the literature,
caused by passenger boarding and alighting consists of three durations. First duration is required to stop the
vehicle, second duration, defined as stop delay, is required for passenger boarding and alighting as well as
doors’ opening, third duration is required for the acceleration of the vehicle. Stop delays of minibuses are
examined within this study. The amount of minibus stopping for passenger boarding and alighting, durations
of each of these stopping and the number of boarding and alighting passengers were observed on two
selected minibus routes in İstanbul. It is found that stop delay changes at peak hours and with the presence
of stairs at the entrance of minibus. Additionally, it is determined that stop delay is not constant for analyzed
routes. Three mathematical models are formed for minibus stop delay where the number of boarding and
alighting passengers is used as independent variable. The dead time is calculated as 1.69 sec and stop delay
changes 2.13 sec per passenger.
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Keywords
Stop delay, Public transportation, Minibus route
Citation
Sarısoy, G., Polat, A., Çağlar, Z. Ç., & Öğüt, K.S. (2016). Determination Minibuses Stop Delay in İstanbul. Sigma, 7(1), 97-105.