Buses World News

13.4.07

TRAFFIC SIGNALS * Australia - No Priority for T-Way Buses

NSW,Australia -Australasian Bus and Coach -13 April 2007: -- The NSW State Government has scrapped the priority system that gives buses green lights through Sydney’s congested northwest... The System uses electronic tags fitted to buses to ensure a clear run through lights along the 17-kilometre route... The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) has quietly dumped the technology that would have prevented buses waiting at red lights along the $500 million North-West T-way between Parramatta and Rouse Hill... A month after the route opened, none of the Hillsbus vehicles using the T-way have the tags, and the company says buses using the Liverpool to Parramatta route have had their tags switched off at some intersections...

Labels: traffic signals

12.4.07

Hold Traffic Signals * Buses may fast track lights to beat jams

Bay of Plenty,New Zealand -MyTown Bay of Plenty, by JOHN COUSINS -12 April 2007: -- A plan to allow Bay Hopper buses to electronically hold traffic signals on green at some major city intersections could make catching the bus to work a whole lot quicker... Several initiatives are being considered by Tauranga City Council, the most radical of which would allow Bay Hopper buses to hold traffic signals on green, or bring them forward to green, at Cameron Rd intersections with 17th Ave and 22nd Ave... There were a number of systems to trigger the signals but the most common was an electronic transponder installed in buses which automatically activated signals as the bus approached...

Labels: traffic signals