Analysis of the Automobile Behavior Intervening into Bus Lane and Its Impacts on Bus Running: Case Study in Fukuoka City of Japan

As one kind of public transit, the role of bus is very important in solving the urban traffic problems such as traffic congestion, urban air pollution and low traffic efficiency. The purpose of setting up bus lane is to keep bus from various external disruptions and bring its effect into play thoroughly. However, bus lane will become less effective if a large numbers of automobiles running in adjacent lane intervene into it. This paper attempts to study the mechanism of automobile behavior intervening into bus lane and discuss its impacts on bus running. It may provide a significant base for the reasonable bus lane planning and the flexible traffic regulations adoption of using bus lane.