PTIPS ELECTRONIC BUS PRIORITY TRIAL ON ROUTE 400 IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

The RTA is developing the Public Transport Information and Priority System (PTIPS) to improve the reliability of public transport services, increase passenger confidence and satisfaction and reduce operation costs. PTIPS contains two major components: an on-board data collection and transmission system and the centrally located PTIPS that analyses data received from each bus. The on-board system collects route information from the automatic fare collection system and location and time from a global positioning system receiver. It then transmits this information to PTIPS via a data radio service. PTIPS analyses this information and if the bus satisfies the criteria for priority it passes a priority request to Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS). Depending on the traffic conditions SCATS will either accept or reject the request from PTIPS. This paper presents an account of the goals of the trial and the challenges faced in getting the trial up and running. The trial will be assessed in terms of its impact on bus reliability, variance in bus travel times and impact on the traffic network. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210620.

• Corporate Authors:

  TRANSPORT ROUNDTABLE AUSTRALASIA

  PO BOX 3224
  SOUTH BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND  Australia  4104
• Authors:
  • LAKE, G
  • VAN DREMPT, T
• Conference:
  • SMART URBAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, 2003, PARRAMATTA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Bus priority; Buses; Conferences; Data collection; Global Positioning System; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Intelligent transportation systems; Payment; Public transit; Traffic signal preemption; Travel; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 3882: Automatic; 1272: Bus; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 9126: Global positioning system; 8555: Information documentation; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 272: Payment; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00978038
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM