?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.214246&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modelling+cell-based+quality+of+service+and+capacity+in+bus+rapid+transit+station+platforms&rft.creator=Jayatilake%2C+Sewmini&rft.subject=Bus+Rapid+Transit&rft.subject=Busway&rft.subject=Station&rft.subject=Platform+Operation&rft.subject=Waiting+Passengers&rft.subject=Passenger+Activities&rft.subject=Capacity&rft.subject=Quality+of+Service&rft.subject=Level+of+Service&rft.subject=COVID-19&rft.description=This+research+identifies+highly+congested+areas+in+Bus+Rapid+Transit+(BRT)+platforms+and+apply+measures+to+improve+Quality+of+Service+and+capacity.+It+developed+a+novel+model+that+partitioned+BRT+platforms+into+cells+and+examined+passenger+activities+to+evaluate+variation+in+area+available+per+passenger+across+the+platform.+It+was+identified+that+areas+available+for+stationary+and+circulating+passengers+in+a+platform+cell+differed+significantly.+BRT+platform+operation+during+the+COVID-19+pandemic+was+evaluated.+Significant+variations+exist+in+waiting+passenger+distributions+between+the+Before+COVID-19+and+During+COVID-19+cases.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F214246%2F1%2FSewmini_Panambara%2520Arachchillage_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.214246&rft.relation=Jayatilake%2C+Sewmini+(2021)+Modelling+cell-based+quality+of+service+and+capacity+in+bus+rapid+transit+station+platforms.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F214246%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Engineering%3B+School+of+Civil+%26+Environmental+Engineering