Automatic Vehicle Location/Control and Traffic Signal Preemption: Lessons fromEurope

摘要

The Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) need to replace an old bus radio systemwith an automatic vehicle location/control (AVLC) system and to update the traffic signal preemption (TSP) system generated this tour of European systems. Europe has led in the deployment of such systems. The purpose of this travel log report is to document the insights and sharing of information provided by the European site visits, in the hope that other persons in the transit community will benefit from this information. The travel log documents the lessons learned from the European site visits by staffs from the CTA and the City of Chicago. The European sites visits began in October 1991. The first week focused on AVLC systems in Germany and included site visits to Osnabruck, Koln, Wiesbaden, Saarbrucken and Stuttgart. The second week focused on TSP and included site visits Zurich, Switzerland, Hanover, Germany, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The European tour provided invaluable insights in the development of the CTA's AVLC system. Contents: Traffic Signal Preemption; Automatic Vehicle Location/Control; Control Centers; Active Signs/Passenger Announcements; Individual City Reports; Appendices (selected material received in cities visited