Bus and Rail Transit Preferential Treatments in Mixed Traffic (2010) / Chapter Skim
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The development and operation of transit service in San Francisco are the responsibility of the Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
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FIGURE 37 TSP treatments on San Francisco street system (Source: SFMTA)
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FIGURE 38 Exclusive lanes/boarding islands/bus bulb treatments on San Francisco street system (Source: SFMATA)
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON History In 1993, King County Metro established its Transit Speed and Reliability Program. Now in its 16th year, it has been responsible for scoping and coordinating the development of more than 200 transit priority treatments on the street system within King County, including TSP (using radio frequency tag/wayside reader technology)
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FIGURE 39 SFMTA TEP recommended network (Source: SFMTA)
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Speed and Reliability Service Partnerships King County Metro has adopted a 10-year transit service improvement plan, called Transit Now that has as its cornerstone the development of new BRT service in five corridors, as well as extensive service improvements on its local and express bus system. A key strategy in this implementation effort is entitled Speed and Reliability Partnerships.
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53 checklist_speed_reliability.doc FIGURE 40 King County Metro Speed and Reliability Partnership Criteria (Source: King County Metro)
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This includes assessment of both a "conservative" and an "advanced" approach. FIGURE 41 King County Metro TSP Interactive Model -- Example spreadsheet [Source: Route 5 Evaluation Final Report, DKS Associates (30)
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The intended goal of the program for TriMet was to recoup its investment through running time saved by "streamlining" -- in other words, if four or five buses could be saved during peak period operation, the bus operating cost savings would offset the investment in transit preferential treatments paid for through TriMet's contributions to the program. To date, signal priority has been installed at 275 intersections using the Opticom Infrared technology.
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Four substantial transit service and facility improvements were implemented in the 1981–1984 time frame: • 16th Street Transit Mall • Skip-stop operation on 15th and 17th Streets • Broadway/Lincoln bus lanes • Limited Stop Service on East Colfax Avenue. Each of these projects has had a significant impact on providing travel time improvements to and through the downtown Denver area.
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The bus lanes, each 4 miles in length, were found to provide an average travel time savings of 5 min per bus during the peak period (0.8 min per mile)
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58 FIGURE 44 Denver RTD FastConnects system (Source: Denver Regional Transportation District)
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3. Identifying facilities, priorities, or other measures that may improve bus travel time, by how much and the extent of riders affected.
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