Planning for Bus Rerouting in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

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The public bus is a fundamental transport mode and plays an important role serving the economy and society of cities. In Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), existing bus routes have been used for more than three decades, while land use together with road and rail (sky train and subway) networks have been changing significantly. This paper presents the study of bus rerouting in the BMR. The multimodal transport model was set up and calibrated for evaluating the impacts of bus rerouting schemes. The major findings from the model showed that the reroute schemes could increase the coverage area 52%, bus travel distance 63%, passenger volume 4%, passenger per bus 40%, and average load factor 13%. In addition, the schemes could significantly reduce the travel time 4%, waiting time 14%, journey time 12%, and interchanges 2%.