IMPACT OF SECOND PRIORITY SIGNAL PREEMPTION ON KITSAP TRANSIT AND BREMERTON TRAVELERS

This report documents results of a project to assess the impact of a second priority bus signal preemption system (Opticom Priority Control System) in Bremerton, Washington on 1) bus travel time, and 2) delay to automobiles at cross street intersections. Bus signal preemption systems provide preferential treatment to buses by allowing them to change traffic lights from red to green, thus decreasing their waiting time at traffic signals. The system in Bremerton is called a second priority system because it automatically grants first priority to emergency vehicles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, and Kitsap Transit, Bremerton, WA.
• Corporate Authors:

  TransNow, Transportation Northwest

  University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering
  129 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Williams, T
  • Haselkorn, M
  • Alalusi, K
• Publication Date: 1993-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Emergency vehicles; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal preemption; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00667263
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TNW-93-06
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 3 1994 12:00AM