PURPOSES : According to the guidelines of Super Bus Rapid Transit(BRT), dedicated bus roads and dedicated bus lanes shall be used, and physical lane separation facilities should be installed for lane separation. Therefore, physical barriers (lane separation facilities) are being developed for exclusive bus operations. Low-profile lane separation facilities should be developed that do not interfere with the views of pedestrians and drivers. The appropriate heights of the barrier to prevent overriding in the event of passenger car crashes were reviewed.
METHODS : By applying the performance standards of the safety barrier, passenger protection performance according to the change in the height of the lane separation facilities and the vehicle behavior after the crash were analyzed using computer crash simulations. Crash criteria of 1.3 ton-60 km/h-20°and 1.3 ton-80 km/h-20°were used as vehicle impact conditions. The simulation was performed by increasing the height of the lane separation facilities from 200 mm to 500 mm. To prevent the deformation of the lane separation facilities owing to a vehicle crash, the boundary conditions of the node under the lane separation facilities were fixed and modeled.
RESULTS : The collision simulation results showed that, for a collision speed of 60 km/h, no override occurred for the height of the lane separation facility of 250 mm or more, and for a collision speed of 80 km/h, no override occurred for the height of the lane separation facility of 300 mm or more.
CONCLUSIONS : Therefore, the appropriate height of the lane separation facility for the collision of a passenger car with a collision speed of 80 km/h or less was determined to be 300 mm or more.