Recommended Practice

Implementing BRT Intelligent Transportation Systems

Abstract

This document establishes a recommended practice for incorporating intelligent transportation systems (ITS) into bus rapid transit (BRT) services and infrastructure.

Document History
Document Number Version Publication Date Publication Related Information
APTA BTS-BRT-RP-005-10 10/01/2010 Published Current

Keywords

bus rapid transit (BRT), intelligent transportation systems (ITS)

Summary

 ITS is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of technologies, treatments and strategies that allow improvements to the flow of transit systems. In many cases, insertion of ITS types of technologies provide transit travel improvements with a minimal of capital investment. In other words, these methods extract efficiencies from an existing system by adding refinements to the system and/or infrastructure rather than major rehabilitation.

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