A Guide for Implementing Bus on Shoulder (BOS) Systems

A Guide for Implementing Bus on Shoulder (BOS) Systems
ISBN-10
0309258200
ISBN-13
9780309258203
Category
Bus lanes
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Transportation Research Board

Description

"Provides guidelines for the planning, design, and implementation of BOS operations along urban freeways and major arterials ... The report should be useful as a decision-making guide to assist transit operators, state DOTs, MPOs, and other stakeholders in assessing the feasibility of the BOS concept, developing safe and effective BOS plans, implementing initial BOS operations, and maintaining or expanding ongoing BOS operations."--Foreword.

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