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>Give buses priority at intersections, Or just give them the IR transponders that emergency services use to trigger the light in some places and have it go gre
by dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>Give buses priority at intersections,
Or just give them the IR transponders that emergency services use to trigger the light in some places and have it go green for the bus rather than red for everyone. You'd accomplish almost the same result with less trade-offs.
Giving one vehicle priority tends to increase complexity and causes a distraction which increases risk of accidents (which clog up the road making the bus late). This is why the modern doctrine for EMTs is to drive in traffic like everyone else and use lights/sirens only in the most time critical cases and when doing so will substantially affect travel time.
- donarb 8y agoSeattle has bus priority at multiple intersections and it does not cause problems. At those intersections busses arrive at the curb lane to pickup/dropoff. Then a special light tells the bus driver that it is ok to proceed into the intersection, while all other cars have a red signal. The bus pulls out and leapfrogs traffic.