A NEW APPROACH FOR BUS PRIORITY AT SIGNALISED INTERSECTIONS

Bus priority has become an important component in advanced urban traffic control (UTC) systems. It improves the efficiency of bus services and hence encourages modal change to public transport. Currently a project for developing a Bus Information and Priority System (BIPS) is being undertaken by the Computer Systems Engineering Group (CSE) of University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in conjunction with the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) of NSW and CSIRO. The main work of this project is to develop the above system (BIPS) as a subsystem of the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) with the aim of giving bus priority at signalised intersections while having the minimum possible adverse effects on other traffic. BIPS will offer the capability of processing a group of buses competing for priority at related intersections. This will be achieved by optimising the signals at related intersections with a cost function which combines the total bus delay and stops at intersections. In this paper, the system architecture of BIPS is presented. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. 492019.

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• Authors:
  • Chen, W
  • Jarjees, G
  • Drane, C R
• Conference:
  • ARRB TRANSPORT RESEARCH LTD CONFERENCE, 19TH, 1998, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 391-9 (SESSION A)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Buses; Conferences; Costs; Intelligent transportation systems; Intersections; Public transit; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1272: Bus; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9010: Delay; 697: Journey time; 455: Junction; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 671: Traffic flow; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769976
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-86910-783-6
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 7 1999 12:00AM