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Performance
Peak throughput (passengers / hr / direction)
Peak buses / hr / direction
Full corridor AM peak speed
Full corridor PM peak speed
BRT system coverage (2-way roads) (1 fare)
Operational mode
Routes operating both inside & outside BRT roads
Routes operating only in busway corridors
System passenger-trips per day
Average bus occupancy (peak direction & point)
Highest peak hour boardings at a single station
Highest full-day boardings at a single station
Major prizes
Network of routes and corridors
High peak period operational speed (>20km/hr)
Faster than a trotting donkey (>15km/hr)
Buses operating both in & out of BRT corridors
Most bus passengers in BRT corridors carried by BRT buses
Net time saving for bus passengers in corridor
Throughput >20,000 passengers/hr (one direction)
Throughput >10,000 passengers/hr (one direction)
Carries more than a mixed traffic lane (2500 pphpd)
Infrastructure
Number of BRT stations
Stations with functioning passing lanes
Most station substops
Location of busway lanes
Longest BRT station (non terminal)
Shortest BRT station
Total length of dedicated busway
Length including mixed traffic portions
Station platform width (including walls & doors)
Station platform height
Average distance between stations
Number of corridors
Number of BRT terminals
Number of BRT depots
Segregated busways or bus-only roadways
Enhanced station (more than just a bus shelter)
Overtaking lanes at more than 75% of stations
Bike sharing in vicinity of BRT stations
Wheelchair accessible stations
Distinctive BRT stations
>1 substop at >75% of stations (requires overtaking)
Includes BRT-only tunnels or bridges
>1 stop position at stopping area at >75% of stations
Stations away from intersections
Station size based on passenger demand
Full weather protection on most station platforms
Full weather protection on all station platforms
Covered station access
Escalators/lifts at >20% of stations with bridges/tunnels
Signal priority or grade separation at intersections
Level boarding and alighting
High-quality passenger information at stations
Bicycle parking at BRT stations
Segregated bike lanes along main corridor(s)
Improvements to nearby public space
Physical BRT laneway dividers
Vehicles & ITS
Fleet of special BRT buses
Fleet of regular buses using BRT stations
Fleet of 18m or larger BRT buses
Fleet of integrated BRT feeder buses
Type of fare collection / verification technology
Location of bus doorways
Number of doors in BRT buses
BRT vehicle length
No. of seats in 12m BRT buses
No. of seats in 18m BRT buses
BRT vehicle fuel
BRT bus manufacturer
Fare system vendor
Sliding door system vendor
Surveillance system vendor
Real-time next bus information displays
Distinctive BRT buses
Sliding doors in BRT stations
Low-emission vehicle technology (≥Euro III)
Automated fare collection and fare verification
System control centre
High-quality passenger information on buses
Audio announcements on BRT buses
Real-time CCTV surveillance at all stations
Other
REGULATION AND COSTS
Fare type (flat fare or distance-based)
Median cash fare
Median smart card fare
Infrastructure cost per km
BRT bus operator(s)
12m BRT bus cost
18m BRT bus cost
BRT management agency
Operating hours
Infrastructure financing source
More than one BRT bus operator
Pre-board fare collection and fare verification
Competitively bid operating contracts
Payment per bus-kilometre rather than per passenger
No operational subsidy from government
Buses paid for by operators rather than government
Oversight from an independent entity/agency
BRT authority plans and controls the system
MISCELLANEOUS
BRT Standard score (GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE)
Year system commenced
System name
Lead local design / planning work
Project website
Distinctive marketing identity for system
Shanghai Route 71 busway
updated: 26 February 2021
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Shanghai
Peak throughput (passengers / hr / direction)
:
2,180
East of Changde Rd station, AM peak, west-east, 8-Nov-2018
BRT Standard score
:
SILVER
75.4. 8 point deductions, scored: 24-Feb-2022
Year system commenced
:
2017
System name
:
Shanghai medium volume 71 road
Number of BRT stations
:
25
Segregated busways or bus-only roadways
:
Pre-board fare collection and fare verification
:
Performance
Peak throughput (passengers / hr / direction)
:
2,180
East of Changde Rd station, AM peak, west-east, 8-Nov-2018
Peak buses / hr / direction
:
40
Changde Rd station, AM peak, west-east, 2018.11.8
AM peak speed (full corridor, peak direction)
:
17.2km/hr
21 Jul, 27,30,31 Aug, 1,2,3 Sep 2021
PM peak speed (full corridor, peak direction)
:
18.0km/hr
21 Jul, 27,30,31 Aug, 1,2 Sep 2021
BRT system coverage (2-way roads) (1 fare)
:
27 km
Operational mode
:
trunk-only
Routes operating both inside & outside BRT roads
:
3
1250, 1251,748
source
Routes operating only in busway corridors
:
3
Route 71, Route 71 interval line, Route 71 interval extension
source
System passenger-trips per day
:
50000
As of June 2019, the highest number of passengers carried in a single day exceeded 50,000 passenger trips
source
Average bus occupancy (peak direction & point)
:
55
Network of routes and corridors
High peak period operational speed (>20km/hr)
Buses operating both in & out of BRT corridors
Vehicles & ITS
Fleet of special BRT buses
:
68
Fleet of regular buses using BRT stations
:
0
Fleet of 18m or larger BRT buses
:
40
Fleet of integrated BRT feeder buses
:
0
Type of fare collection / verification technology
:
Card, cash,QR code
Need to download the Shanghai Transport Card App
source
Location of bus doorways
:
Left side
traffic is on the right
Number of doors in BRT buses
:
2-3
2 for 12m, 3 for 18m
BRT vehicle length
:
12m, 18m
No. of seats in 12m BRT buses
:
25
No. of seats in 18m BRT buses
:
35
BRT vehicle fuel
:
electric
BRT bus manufacturer
:
Yutong
Real-time next bus information displays
Distinctive BRT buses
Sliding doors in BRT stations
Low-emission vehicle technology (≥Euro III)
Automated fare collection and fare verification
System control centre
High-quality passenger information on buses
Audio announcements on BRT buses
Real-time CCTV surveillance at all stations
Other
BRT Standard score
:
SILVER
75.4. 8 point deductions, scored: 24-Feb-2022
Year system commenced
:
2017
System name
:
Shanghai medium volume 71 road
Lead local design / planning work
:
Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute (Group) Co.,Shanghai Denso Intelligent Systems Co.
Distinctive marketing identity for system
Electric buses
Fleet of pure e-buses 12m or less
:
28
2017
source
Fleet of pure e-buses more than 12m
:
40
2017, Yutong, 18m
source
E-bus percentage of fleet in BRT buses
:
100%
2022
Number of seats in e-buses
:
35
35 seats in 18m e-buses
source
Number of charging position at largest depots
:
120
2018.06
source
E-bus battery material
:
lithium iron phosphate
2017, Yutong
source
E-bus battery vendor
:
CATL
2017, Comtemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
source
12m e-bus cost
:
1,090,000 RMB (not including the battery rental fee)
2017
source
18m e-bus cost
:
2,080,000 RMB (not including the battery rental fee)
source
Main type of charging
:
pantograph charging
2017.06, Shanghai Zhongyunliang 71, electric trollybus
site visit
Max. charging service fee for 12m e-buses
:
1.3 yuan / kwh
2016.5.5-2020.12.31
source
Speed refers to sections of routes operating inside BRT corridors, with samples from all corridors
Infrastructure
Number of BRT stations
:
25
Stations with functioning passing lanes
:
0
Most station substops
:
1
Location of busway lanes
:
Centre of roadway
Mostly underneath an elevated road
Total length of dedicated busway
:
17.5 km
Length including mixed traffic portions
:
17.9 km
Average distance between stations
:
745m
Number of corridors
:
1
Number of BRT terminals
:
2
Number of BRT depots
:
1
Segregated busways or bus-only roadways
Enhanced station (more than just a bus shelter)
Overtaking lanes at more than 75% of stations
Bike sharing in vicinity of BRT stations
Wheelchair accessible stations
Distinctive BRT stations
>1 substop at >75% of stations (requires overtaking)
Includes BRT-only tunnels or bridges
>1 stop position at stopping area at >75% of stations
Stations away from intersections
Station size based on passenger demand
Full weather protection on most station platforms
Full weather protection on all station platforms
Covered station access
Escalators/lifts at >20% of stations with bridges/tunnels
Level boarding and alighting
High-quality passenger information at stations
Bicycle parking at BRT stations
Segregated bike lanes along main corridor(s)
Improvements to nearby public space
Physical BRT laneway dividers
Regulation & costs
Fare type (flat fare or distance-based)
:
flat fare
Median cash fare
:
2 yuan
Median smart card fare
:
2 yuan
Infrastructure cost per km
:
1 billion yuan+ for 17.5km
2017 value
BRT bus operator(s)
:
Shanghai Bashi Public Transport Co.
12m BRT bus cost
:
1.09 million yuan
18m BRT bus cost
:
2.01m yuan
Operating hours
:
4:30am-11:30pm
More than one BRT bus operator
Pre-board fare collection and fare verification
Payment per bus-kilometre rather than per passenger
No operational subsidy from government
subsidy needed
Buses paid for by operators rather than government
BRT authority plans and controls the system
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