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> public transport vehicles where lights sync to the vehicle This is a common rumour, but is there anywhere which actually implements this?
by richardwhiuk 6y ago
> public transport vehicles where lights sync to the vehicle
This is a common rumour, but is there anywhere which actually implements this?
- iggldiggl 6y agoYes. (And I can also confirm the effect that at intersections where full public transport priority usually guarantees a green some drivers do react a bit... surprised on the rare occasion when it doesn't work for whatever reasons)
- buran77 6y ago> the rare occasion when it doesn't work for whatever reasons That's actually intentional (or at least I know for a fact that in some places it's by design). It keeps drivers alert and break the habit of just going ahead. Sometime for whatever reason the light has to be red and in some cases the public transport drivers were so used to just going through the intersection that they completely miss the lights. Also many of them get in their personal cars at the end of the day to the same effect. It's a known, studied effect and the solution is to "mix it up" a bit.
- buran77 6y agoWhere I live yes. On some lines especially in the city center and more crowded intersections public transport gets priority. When they have stops before an intersection no matter how long they have to wait there for passengers to get on or off, the moment they are ready to move the light turns red for everyone else. There are also places where a special light turns red (there's no green) when they pass in order to guarantee the priority while the rest of the time traffic uses the right of way for example. This makes sense, the light sync system is already in place and they carry dozens or more passengers at once. This kind of advantage over a car carrying one person gives people more incentive to use public transport.
- catalogia 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_priority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_priority
- emn13 6y agoWhere I live, they're even rain-sensitive, giving bikers priority in rainy conditions.
- MereInterest 6y agoWow. If you don't mind me asking, where is this? I live in a city that is considered relatively bike-friendly, but the timing of the lights is maximally bad for bikers, requiring us to stop at every light.
- emn13 6y agoGroningen, the Netherlands. Some other cities in the Netherlands do this too, but AFAIK it's not (yet) universal.