TECHNONEWS * USA - Staten Island Buses to Get Power to Turn Lights Green
300 buses on the route will be outfitted with special transmitters that can turn traffic lights from red to greenNew York,NY,USA -Gothamist -August 29, 2007: -- ... Starting next month, 300 buses on the route will be outfitted with special transmitters that can turn traffic lights from red to green. The transmitters will send signals to receivers on a 2.3 mile stretch of Victory from Forest Ave to Bay St that includes 14 traffic lights... The system turns a red light green seven seconds sooner if a bus is within 120 feet of the light. If the bus is out of that range, it will just sit in traffic as it normally does. If the light is already green, it will stay green longer for the bus. The technology will be included in the city's Bus Rapid Transit program, which is supposed to roll out over the next two years... (Photo by shveckle on flickr)
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