SWEDEN DEVELOPS INTELLIGENT BUS

Sweden's Lund Institute of Technology has developed an onboard computer that is programmed with the bus route, bus stop schedule and the distance between stops. It can tell the driver as well as central dispatch, whether the bus is running on time, and also announce stops to passengers in a synthesized voice. The system includes a passenger information component for passengers waiting at bus stops. An intersection priority device allows the bus to communicate with upcoming traffic lights, switching them to green when the bus is behind schedule.

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  Academy for State and Local Government

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• Publication Date: 1988-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 4
• Serial:
  • Public Innovation Abroad
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Academy for State and Local Government
  • ISSN: 0887-4468

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Buses; Information processing; Intelligent vehicles; Onboard navigational aids; Passenger information systems; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design; On board
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482574
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM