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Public Transport Capacity Analysis Procedures for Developing Cities Jack Reilly and Herbert Levinson September, 2011  World Bank, Transport Research Support Program, TRS With Support from UK Department for International Development  The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of a number of people in the development of this manual. Particular among these were Sam Zimmerman, consultant to the World Bank and Mr. Ajay Kumar, the World Bank project manager. We also benefitted greatly from the insights of Dario Hidalgo of EMBARQ. Further, we acknowledge the work of the staff of Transmilenio, S.A. in Bogota, especially Sandra Angel and Constanza Garcia for providing operating data for some of these analyses. A number of analyses in this manual were prepared by students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. These include: Case study – Bogota Ivan Sanchez Case Study – Medellin Carlos Gonzalez-Calderon Simulation modeling Felipe Aros Vera Brian Maleck Michael Kukesh Sarah Ritter Platform evacuation Kevin Watral Sample problems Caitlynn Coppinger Vertical circulation Robyn Marquis Several procedures and tables in this report were adapted from the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, published by the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.  Contents Acknowledgements 1 Contents 2 List of Tables 4 List of Figures 6 1. Introduction 7 1.1. Objectives 8 1.2. Audiences 9 1.3. Applications 9 1.4. Using the Manual 10 1.5. Manual Organization 11 2. Transit Capacity, Quality, Service and Physical Design 12 2.1. Transit Capacity 12 2.2. Key Factors Influencing Capacity 12 2.2.1. Theoretical vs. Practical Operating Capacity 14 2.3. Quality of Service 17 2.4. Relationship Between Capacity, Quality and Cost 18 3. Bus System Capacity 20 3.1. Introduction 20 3.2. Operating Experience 20 3.3. Bus Service Design Elements and Factors 20 3.4. Overview of Procedures 24 3.5. Operation at Bus St