Line 22 BRT:Line 22 BRT:SummarySummary

Santa Clara Valley Santa Clara Valley Transportation AuthorityTransportation Authority

May 2003

Generally Accepted Features for Generally Accepted Features for BRT (Minimum of Four Required)BRT (Minimum of Four Required)

– Exclusive Rights-of-Way– Signal Priority– Queue Jumpers– Improved Station Areas– TOD and Transit Sensitive LU Planning– Limited Stops– Low Floor Boarding– Real Time Passenger Information– Uniquely Designed Vehicles

Line 22 BRT: Key ITS ElementsLine 22 BRT: Key ITS Elements

Advanced communications system (ACS)

Selective transit signal priority (TSP) Dynamic passenger information CCTV and emergency

communications Traffic management center

coordination

Overview of Original ObjectivesOverview of Original Objectives

Increase operating speed and time point adherence using bus signal priority and queue jump lanes

Provide dynamic bus arrival and system bulletins on-board and at stops

Improve overall passenger comfort with enhanced stations and low floor, low emission vehicles

Operating TargetsOperating Targets

• Station spacing ± every mile• Schedule time at ± 85% general traffic speed• Tight time point adherence• Minimized dwell time at stops• Headway no less than every 10 minutes

peak, 20 minutes off-peak• Conventional service retained at reduced

level

BRT Project EstimateBRT Project Estimate

$3,000,000

$1,550,000

$4,125,000

$23,747,250

Queue Bypass Lanes

Bus Signal Priority

Real-time Passenger Info

BRT Stations

Total = $32,422,250

Computer enhanced station at Julian St. and El Camino Real

StatusStatus

• Queue jump lanes at Page Mill and Arastradero completed

• AVL/AVI and articulated coaches in service• Beta test completed on bus priority software• Signal hardware upgrade procurement

Phases I & II in process• Preliminary station sites identified

Bus Signal PriorityBus Signal Priority

Caltrans has developed signal controller software modifications to provide bus priority functionality

Articulated coaches are equipped with priority request transponders

Funding provided for bus signal priority along El Camino Real from Race Street to the Palo Alto TC by BAAQMD (70% of the corridor)

                                                    

Bus Priority Operating PrinciplesBus Priority Operating Principles

Pedestrian calls as well as railroad and public safety preemption protected

Maximum frequency of priority grant every second signal cycle

No priority during transition to coordination

Phase skipping not permitted

                                                                                 

Priority RequestsPriority Requests

No manual intervention by driver Only late buses place requests Priority requests granted on a first-

come first-served basis Priority granted as early green and/or

extended green Truncation on check out or time out

ScheduleSchedule

Procurement of hardware in process Phase I implementation in Spring ’04 Phase II implementation in Summer

‘04 Before/after study conducted

longitudinally by Cal-Berkeley PATH on both phases

James T. JarzabJames T. Jarzab

BRT Program Manager

VTA

3331 N. First Street

San Jose CA 95134-1906(p) 408-321-5747 (f) 408-955-9765

(m) 925-895-5559

jim.jarzab@vta.org