Bus on Shoulder: Local Assessment of Shoulder Transit Lane for Regional Buses in San Luis Obispo County

The study looks at the applicability of integrating a Bus Only Shoulder (BOS) into the intermittently congested segment of US 101 in southern San Luis Obispo County. Policy, infrastructure and implementing criteria derived from case studies in Minnesota, Florida and California (San Diego) and the 2007 California Decision Document on BOS are applied to conditions in the region. One measure of performance, time savings, is projected to 2025 to determine the value of integrating the program by that horizon year. Given the substantial potential for time savings in that future year, recommendations are made to create the appropriate policy and infrastructure environment for the program.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of City and Regional Planning

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

City and Regional Planning

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Berry, Jessica R

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cornelius Nuworsoo

• public transportation
• trasit elasticity
• person time savings
• San Luis Obispo
• Caltrans
• SLOCOG
• Other Engineering
• Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Urban Studies and Planning

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2010.32

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1277