Benefit
Evaluations of the QUARTET PLUS and TABASCO Projects in Europe found that transit signal priority reduced travel time for transit vehicles by 5 to 15 percent.
1994-1998
Toulouse,France; Turin,Italy; Gothenburg,Sweden; Munich,Germany
Summary Information
This report summarizes the evaluation results for many ITS projects implemented in Europe between 1994 and 1998. The report describes the benefits with few details of the implementations or the context of the results; however, it references many different projects by name, and evaluation reports for each can be found elsewhere on the Telematics Application Programme -Transport Sector web page (see source reference information contained in the Source box).
Results
Three projects investigated the impacts of public transit priority systems. Each of the projects demonstrated significant delay or travel time reductions for transit vehicles.
Results
Three projects investigated the impacts of public transit priority systems. Each of the projects demonstrated significant delay or travel time reductions for transit vehicles.
- Travel time reductions ranged from 5 to 15 percent in the QUARTET PLUS and TABASCO projects, with field trials in Toulouse, Turin, Gothenburg, and Munich.
- The project in Valencia, Spain found a 30 percent reduction in delay for vehicles already behind schedule.
Goal Areas
Related Metropolitan Integration Links
Link 10: Freeway Management to Traveler Information
Link 14a: Transit Management to Traveler Information
Link 16a: Transit Management to Arterial Management
Link 2: Arterial Management to Freeway Management
Link 27: Electronic Fare Payment intra-component
Link 6: Incident Management to Traveler Information
Typical Deployment Locations
Metropolitan Areas
Keywords
bus priority, traffic signals, TSP
Benefit ID: 2000-00135
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