Abstract
Guided bus systems are increasingly appreciated as a cost effective method of luring travellers from private to public transport. This paper describes the developments made to enhance a traffic microsimulation model in order to help design and evaluate guided bus schemes and the complex traffic management issues which such systems present. The model framework is illustrated through numerical experiments on simple artificial networks where traditional bus priority measures are performed and compared with a base case without any form of bus priority. Future research is planned to include tests on real networks with guided bus schemes actually being considered for real-life implementation. (A)