Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a system of public urban passenger transport (PUPT), based on the bus subsystem, designed to improve capacity and reliability compared to the classic bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes bus lanes and gives priority to buses at intersections where buses can interact with other traffic. Public transport is crucial to the future of a nation. Strengthens the economy, conserves energy and resources, reduces congestion, reduces global warming and improves air quality and health, critical emergency and disaster relief, increases real estate value and development, mobility in small urban and rural communities. As an instrument of transport policy, transport demand man- agement measures generally do not require large material investments, which gives them additional attractiveness. The paper was conceived on the strategy of sustainable development of cities as a func- tion of quality of life, and the basic characteristics of the BRT system and its role in urban mobility are presented in the work. Also, an insight into their potential is given based on past experiences of applica- tion in the world’s developed cities.
In this work, the characteristics of the traffic flow on the section of the Gradiška- Banja Luka highway, which is part of the European road route E-661, were analyzed in the period from 2019 to 2022. Data on the size of flow requests were taken from the database of the toll station “Jakupovci” on the Gradiška- Banja Luka highway. When defining the size of the flow request, the structure of the traffic flow was also taken into account, in accordance with the categories according to which the toll is collected. The period in which the analysis of flow characteristics was performed also includes the period in which the coronavirus pandemic reigned, when certain travel rules and prohibitions were in force. In accordance with that, the work will specifically analyze the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the characteristics of the traffic flow on the Gradiška- Banja Luka highway section. Given that the
„Jakupovci“ toll station is the busiest toll station on the Gradiška- Banja Luka highway, the results of the analysis can be applied to other sections of highways in the Republic of Srpska.
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a system of public urban passenger transport (PUPT), based on the bus subsystem, designed to improve capacity and reliability compared to the classic bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes bus lanes and gives priority to buses at intersections where buses can interact with other traffic. Public transport is crucial to the future of a nation. Strengthens the economy, conserves energy and resources, reduces congestion, reduces global warming and improves air quality and health, critical emergency and disaster relief, increases real estate value and development, mobility in small urban and rural communities. As an instrument of transport policy, transport demand man- agement measures generally do not require large material investments, which gives them additional attractiveness. The paper was conceived on the strategy of sustainable development of cities as a func- tion of quality of life, and the basic characteristics of the BRT system and its role in urban mobility are presented in the work. Also, an insight into their potential is given based on past experiences of applica- tion in the world’s developed cities.
