TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION AND PRIORITY : TECHNOLOGIES, PAST DEPLOYMENTS, AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

This paper reviews traffic signal preemption and priority for emergency vehicles and transit buses respectively, with a focus on technology. Since the technologies traditionally associated with preemption and priority deal primarily with vehicle detection detection technologies are examined first, in terms of their functionality, strengths, and limitations. Past deployments of these technologies are then reviewed in terms of results and lessons learned. Given the many stakeholders affected by preemption and priority, requirements become an important consideration; the paper attempts to match the detection technologies with requirements developed as part of a regional study in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2001. Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington DC. Format: CD ROM
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  Rhode Island Department of Transportation

  372 State Office Building
  Providence, RI  United States  02903

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Ecological Resources Management Branch, Environmental Affairs Division, 11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701

  Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

  4012 Southeast 17th Avenue
  Portland, OR  United States  97202

  George Mason Univeristy

  School of Law, 4400 University Drive
  Fairfax, VA  United States  22030

  Mitretek Systems

  3150 Fairview Park Drive
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22042

  DKS Associates

  405 14th Street
  Oakland, CA  United States  94612

  PBS&J (Firm). ITS Division

  ,    

  PB Farradyne, Incorporated

  ,    

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  University of Miami, Coral Gables

  Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 1251 Memorial Drive
  Coral Gables, FL  United States  33146

  Microsoft Corporation

  Redmond, WA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Collura, John
  • Chang, James
  • Willhaus, Edward W
  • Gifford, Jonathan L
  • 0000-0001-6216-2118
• Conference:
  • ITS America 11th Annual Meeting and Exposition, ITS: Connecting the Americas
  • Location: Miami Beach Florida
  • Date: 2001-6-4 to 2001-6-7
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Technology assessment; Traffic signal preemption
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00817132
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 4 2001 12:00AM