The project involved development of UTCS time-of-day signal patterns that give preference to buses operating in Sections I and III of the Washington, D.C. UTCS traffic control area. Section I is a heavily traveled east-west arterial; Section III is a grid-like network just north and west of the White House, extending to Washington Circle. The overall objective of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of preferential treatment for buses when using fixed time signalization. This work included data collection and preparation, signal pattern generation and evaluation, and the conversion of selected signal patterns into a format compatible with signal controllers in Sections I and III. Signal patterns were generated using TRANSYT/5, a software package developed by the British Road Research Laboratory. This version of TRANSYT includes a bus traffic model, and an option that gives preferential treatment to buses.
Development of UTCS (Urban Traffic Control System) Signal Timing Patterns with Bus Priority
1976
84 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Road Transportation , Vehicular traffic control , Signal devices , Urban transportation , Patterns , Traffic signals , Computerized simulation , Buses(Vehicles) , Traffic control , District of Columbia , Bus priority systems , TRANSYT/5 computer program , Signal patterns