A bus priority system on a major arterial in Portland, Oregon reduced bus travel times by five to eight percent.
Date Posted
09/21/2000
Portland, Oregon, United States
Portland,
Oregon,
United States
Bus Priority at Traffic Signals in Portland: The Powell Boulevard Pilot Project
Summary Information
Portland, Oregon, has integrated a bus priority system on a major arterial. By allowing buses to either extend green time or shorten red time by only a few seconds, bus journey times were reduced 5 percent to 8 percent.
Bus Priority at Traffic Signals in Portland: The Powell Boulevard Pilot Project
Bus Priority at Traffic Signals in Portland: The Powell Boulevard Pilot Project
Source Publication Date
07/02/1994
Publisher
ITS Compendium of Technical Papers
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Public Transportation »
Transit Signal Priority (PT09)
Goal Areas
Deployment Locations