Assessing the Effectiveness of Circulation and Spatial Coordination for Traffic Control in Bus Terminals

Abstract

Bus terminal is one of the latest strategies employed at solving urban transportation problems both inter and intra state. Bus terminal is a designated place where bus starts or ends its schedule route. It is a traffic nodal point in transportation which connects different traffic mode between states, cities and towns. This study aims to stipulate effective circulation and spatial coordination strategies either through design or planning that will enhance traffic control and effective functioning of bus terminal. In order to understand and evaluate the circulations in bus terminals, the study seeks to investigate sources of circulations in bus terminals, spatial arrangements and allocation of spaces in existing bus terminals. It also evaluates circulation for both pedestrian and vehicular method adopted in existing bus terminals and general maintenance culture of existing bus terminals. In order to present this research, the study based its methodology on review of existing literatures and case studies. The researcher studied nine (9) existing terminal facilities in a bid to critically analyze existing situations in bus terminals and invariably study their approach in circulation and spatial coordination to control traffic in the terminals.