SIGNAL PRIORITY FOR BUSES: AN OPERATIONAL TEST AT LOUISIANA AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS

Improved efficiencies in transit vehicle flow will improve schedule adherence and reduce transit operating costs. The improved service will make the transit system more attractive to patrons and will hopefully increase ridership. The major goal of this operational test was to investigate the ability of a traffic signal priority system to improve transit vehicle efficiencies while minimizing the level of disruption caused to automobile traffic flow. This project tested several scenarios including no priority, low priority, medium and high priority for transit vehicles.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Boje, B F
  • Nookala, M
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Technical Papers for the 66th ITE Annual Meeting
  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Date: 1996-9-15 to 1996-9-18
• Publication Date: 1996-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 309-313

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Ridership; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Transit buses
• Geographic Terms: Minneapolis (Minnesota)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734873
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1997 12:00AM