Data Driven Transit Signal Priority Reliability Analysis

This study will analyse Calgary Transit’s bus operations on The City’s road network. Intersections and road segments will be categorized based on Level of Service (LOS) based performance indicators such as bus travel time and schedule adherence. The outcomes of the analysis will indicate whether a particular intersection needs transit signal priority (TSP) to improve its LOS. Intersections will be ranked then from least critical to most critical to aid in identifying intersections vulnerable to severe delay at the network level. The results will be used to present TSP implementation recommendations to the City of Calgary. Various sets of data including real-time bus positioning data, passenger loading data, and the INRIX (a web application that uses crowd source data from vehicles and produces operational analytics) travel time data to accurately evaluate each intersection’s operational performance along a corridor.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lina Kattan

Student:

Partner:

City of Calgary

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration; Utilities

University:

University of Calgary

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