BUSES BEFORE CARS AT SOUTHAMPTON

DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF A BUS PRIORITY SCHEME TO BE INTRODUCED IN SOUTHAMPTON. PRIVATE CARS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER A 3 1/4 MILE STRETCH OF ROAD ONLY AT SELECTED POINTS. BUSES WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN THE MAIN STREAM AT OTHER POINTS, THUS GAINING PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER VEHICLES. TRAFFIC PROGRESS WILL BE CONTROLLED BY VARYING THE GREEN PHASE TIME AT THE 13 SIGNALLED INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE MAIN ROUTE. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 39, No 1738, 16 PP, 1 FIG
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Highways and Traffic Engineering
  • Publisher: IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Buses; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Traffic control; Traffic signals; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225330
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1972 12:00AM