AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION AND BUS PRIORITY: THE LONDON SYSTEM

This paper describes how automatic vehicle location (AVL) and urban traffic signal control (UTC) systems are being integrated in London to provide bus priority. Alternative architectures for integrating AVL and UTC systems for bus priority are discussed, with reference to operational systems in France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Summary results of a study illustrating the potential benefits of providing different levels of priority according to adherence to schedule are presented. The paper concludes with an outline of the implementation of AVL/UTC in London and the evaluation of it within the European Commission DGVII project INCOME.

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• Authors:
  • Hounsell, Nick B
  • McLeod, F
• Conference:
  • World Transport Research: Selected Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Antwerp, Belgium
  • Date: 1998-7-12 to 1998-7-17
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 279-292

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle detection and identification systems; Automatic vehicle monitoring; Bus priority; Implementation; Performance evaluations; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: France; Italy; London (England); United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783984
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080435904
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 2
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 10 2000 12:00AM