BUS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-LEICESTER BUS PRIORITY AT TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

THE PROJECT DESCRIBED WAS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF GIVING PRIORITY TO BUSES AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE EQUIPMENT USED INCLUDED A SMALL DEVICE WHICH WAS FITTED UNDERNEATH THE BUSES AND A SPECIAL DETECTOR LOOP WHICH WAS INSERTED IN THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD. BUSES MAKING A RIGHT TURN WERE GIVEN THE PRIORITY BY SHORTENING THE MAXIMUM GREEN TIMES OF THE OPPOSING PHASES. THE EXPERIMENT WAS SUCESSFUL. RESULTS SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DETECT BUSES IN A MIXED TRAFFIC STREAM AND TO REDUCE THEIR DELAY TIME. CALCATIONS SHOWED THAT THE AVERAGE GAIN TO BUSES IN THIS EXPERIMENT WAS LIKELY TO BE AS MUCH AS HALF A MINUTE IF MAXIMUM PRIORITY INCLUDING PHASE SKIPPING HAD BEEN AWARDED TO BUSES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Environment, England

  2 Marsham Street
  London SW1P 3EB,   England 
• Authors:
  • Depter, M
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 27 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Bus transportation; Loop detectors; Sensors; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226955
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&d Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1974 12:00AM