The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

SPRINT: Active bus priority in fixed time UTC London

SPRINT: Active bus priority in fixed time UTC London
SPRINT: Active bus priority in fixed time UTC London
Active bus priority at traffic signals in London, using selective detection, has been extended recently from isolated signals within Urban Traffic Control (UTC) areas. Facilities for bus priority in SCOOT were developed in the European Commission funded PROMPT project and have been successfully trialled in two London SCOOT regions. While SCOOT is gradually being extended in London, significant areas of fixed time UTC are operational and likely to remain. Bus priority has therefore now been developed for fixed time UTC using a system called SPRINT. The paper initially provides a description of the SPRINT system. This covers the priority actions available, the modelling of buses and other traffic in real-time and the constraints available for the user to control the balance between benefits to buses and possible disbenefits to other traffic. Optimisation and signal response actions are also summarised. The paper then describes the implementation and preliminary evaluation of SPRINT at 8 junctions in a fixed time UTC area on the Uxbridge Road in West London. The implications from this trial, undertaken within the EC funded project INCOME, are discussed alongside other initiatives under way in this project to provide integrated advanced bus priority systems using traffic signalling in London.
0860503097
75-86
Planning and Transport Research and Computation
Hounsell, N.B.
54781702-9b09-4fb7-8d9e-f0b7833731e5
Gardener, K.
a23feee7-e6f3-402e-a34f-c912db2cf375
Cook, D.
f097e3c6-a3f7-4f2a-9bc6-4eab9e91fb3b
Bowen, G.T.
769b8a63-a01d-4a45-b4a2-355fb1d52f0a
Hounsell, N.B.
54781702-9b09-4fb7-8d9e-f0b7833731e5
Gardener, K.
a23feee7-e6f3-402e-a34f-c912db2cf375
Cook, D.
f097e3c6-a3f7-4f2a-9bc6-4eab9e91fb3b
Bowen, G.T.
769b8a63-a01d-4a45-b4a2-355fb1d52f0a

Hounsell, N.B., Gardener, K., Cook, D. and Bowen, G.T. (1997) SPRINT: Active bus priority in fixed time UTC London. In Traffic Management and Road Safety : Proceedings of Seminars K and L held at the European Transport Forum Annual Meeting, Brunel University, England, 1-5 September 1997. vol. P419, Planning and Transport Research and Computation. pp. 75-86 .

Record type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Abstract

Active bus priority at traffic signals in London, using selective detection, has been extended recently from isolated signals within Urban Traffic Control (UTC) areas. Facilities for bus priority in SCOOT were developed in the European Commission funded PROMPT project and have been successfully trialled in two London SCOOT regions. While SCOOT is gradually being extended in London, significant areas of fixed time UTC are operational and likely to remain. Bus priority has therefore now been developed for fixed time UTC using a system called SPRINT. The paper initially provides a description of the SPRINT system. This covers the priority actions available, the modelling of buses and other traffic in real-time and the constraints available for the user to control the balance between benefits to buses and possible disbenefits to other traffic. Optimisation and signal response actions are also summarised. The paper then describes the implementation and preliminary evaluation of SPRINT at 8 junctions in a fixed time UTC area on the Uxbridge Road in West London. The implications from this trial, undertaken within the EC funded project INCOME, are discussed alongside other initiatives under way in this project to provide integrated advanced bus priority systems using traffic signalling in London.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: 1997
Additional Information: ISSN: 0952-3103

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 75121
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/75121
ISBN: 0860503097
PURE UUID: 59c0b319-3d46-40bd-a9df-3c4bbceccee1

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:56

Export record

Contributors

Author: N.B. Hounsell
Author: K. Gardener
Author: D. Cook
Author: G.T. Bowen

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×