Research on comparison of tram with BRT

Abstract

Urban traffic is a combination of various kinds of transportation demand level. On the premise of the same kind of traffic demand, there may be many public transportation modes for policy makers to choose. To medium capacity of BRT and tram, this paper comparative analysis, respectively, from the aspects of capacity, speed, economical efficiency, and energy consumption. In conclusion, the average speed and capacity of both are almost, and the economical efficiency of BRT is little better than tram, while the energy consumption of tram is greater than BRT. On comprehensive consideration, it is suggested that policy makers give priority to tram under the same condition.