Table 3.
ABSM simulation scenarios.
| Bus Service Type | Higher Frequency Bus Service |
Lower Frequency Bus Service |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (10-min headways) | (20-min headways) | ||||||
| Modeling Parameters | HF_Base | HF_1 | HF_2 | LF_Base | LF_1 | LF_2 | LF_3 |
| Bus Design | |||||||
| Allowable Capacity | 40 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 20 |
| Windows | Closed | Closed | Open | Closed | Closed | Open | Open |
| Passenger Levers | |||||||
| Infection Probabilitya | 100% | 20% | 5% | 100% | 20% | 5% | 5% |
| Embark/Debark Social Distance | — | — | 6 ft | — | — | — | 6 ft |
a
The type of masking establishes the probability of infection: 100% reflects no masking (early pandemic); 20% denotes surgical masks; 5% reflects KN-95 masks.