Transit Advantage: Transit Signal Priority on PA Route 3

Transit Signal Priority (TSP) has been studied as a way to enhance a mature mass transit route along a spine corridor in Chester County, PA. A TSP system can improve mass transit performance by reducing travel time and increasing a buses on-time performance. The TMACC formed two committees during this project, a technical advisory committee (TAC) and a policy advisory committee (PAC). The TAC was made up of municipal managers, transportation professionals and transit operations managers to provide technical expertise about signal systems, local traffic conditions and bus operations. The PAC was made up of elected municipal officials and policy level representatives to address all decisions that involved municipal policies, agreements and ordinances, as well as broader policy issues such as signal ownership, coordination, emergency response and legalities. TSP has been identified as feasible on a technical level with minor investments made in the current signal controllers, and with needed investments to the pedestrian network, connecting sidewalks and transit stops and shelters. Municipalities are interested in this project, although they want to limit their fiscal exposure. Funding will likely need to come from Federal, State and/or County agencies with the possibility for minor local contributions

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Management Association of Chester County

  Great Valley Corporate Center
  Valley Corporate Center
  Malvern, PA  United States  19355

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Planning and Research
  400 North Street, 6th Floor
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0064
• Authors:
  • Herron, Michael E
  • Cassel, Mark E
  • Cotter, Brendan W
• Publication Date: 2007-6-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 79p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus rapid transit; On time performance; Public transit; Routes; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signal timing; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088892
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PA-2007-020-TRANS 01
• Contract Numbers: TRANS 01
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 25 2008 2:36PM