ADVANCED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IN URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS-VOLUME IA: BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

IN CONNECTION WITH THE REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 1, A BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM (BPS) IS DESCRIBED THAT EMPLOYS SHORT-RANGE RADIO TRANSMITTERS LINKED TO RECEIVERS AT SELECTED INTERSECTIONS AND TO THE CENTRAL CONTROL COMPUTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF OVERRIDING THE NORMAL INTERSECTION CONTROL PATTERN TO HOLD THE GREEN CYCLE UNTIL PASSAGE OF THE BUS. EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, COORDINATION OF THE BPS WITH THE REAL-TIME SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM, NEAR-FIELD TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES, COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IS PROPOSED TOGETHER WITH THREE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE EVALUATION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROJ NO TRD-59
• Corporate Authors:

  Sperry Rand Corporation

  1209 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY  United States  10019
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Information processing; Real time control; Strategic planning; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal timing
• Old TRIS Terms: Real time systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226473
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 7 1972 12:00AM