VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

6 The Traffic Network
6.5 Public Transport
Public transport vehicles can operate in mixed traffic as well as on dedicated
roads or tracks. They are defined separately from all other traffic.
Data input for public transport requires two steps:
► Step 1: Creating PT stops.
► Step 2: Creating a PT line including route, served stops, PT vehicle and
schedules.
6.5.1 PT Stops
PT stops can be created on a link or next to it. There are two types of PT
stops:
► On Street stop (curbside stop): A PT vehicle stops on a user-defined
travel lane of the selected link.
► Bus Lay-by (turnout): A PT vehicle stops on a special link next to the
slow lane of the selected link.
Vehicles approaching a PT vehicle that stops for passenger interchange will
attempt to pass it on a multiple lane link, but will wait behind the PT vehicle
on a single lane link. By default, a bus leaving a lay-by will have the right-ofway
(appropriate priority rules forcing following vehicles to yield for the PT
vehicle are coded automatically). Deleting the priority rule for the bus priority
changes this behavior.
6.5.1.1 Creating
Prior to the definition of a PT stop, at least one dwell time distribution needs
to be defined (cf. section 5.2.6) except when dwell time calculation is used
(cf. section 6.5.2 for details).
1. Select the PT stops mode.
2. Select the link/connector on (or adjacent to) which the PT stop should be
placed (a lay-by stop can only be placed on a link, not on a connector).
3. Create the stop by right clicking at its start position (inside the
link/connector) and dragging the mouse along the link/connector while
the right button is held down. Thus the length of the stop is defined (it is
displayed in the middle section of the status bar).
4. Release the mouse button. The Create PT Stop window appears.
5. Define the stop properties (as shown in the next section) and confirm
with Ok.
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