Traffic/Transit/Pedestrian Technologies

The implementation of an interconnected network of signaling and sensor technologies aimed at promoting transportation efficiency and safety.

ACTIVATION THRESHOLD:

Project resides in corridor of interest, as determined by the Boston Transportation Department (BTD)

Traffic/Transit/Pedestrian (TTP) Technologies enhance Boston’s Complete Streets and Vision Zero Guidelines. If a project lies in a corridor of interest, the BSU program requires the project’s proponent to integrate the infrastructure (shadow conduit) necessary to to support future TTP implementation.

The technologies that fall under the umbrella of Traffic/Transit/Pedestrian Technologies are as follows:

The integration of Traffic/Transit/Pedestrian Technologies provides the following benefits:

• Safer and more efficient multimodal transit
• The collection of pedestrian safety trends and data
• The enhancement of “Complete Streets”
• Traffic speed management
• Increase of alternative transportation networks
• Carbon emission reduction
• Noise pollution mitigation
• Electrical grid resilience

Case Studies

Active Transportation Supportive

• Evaluation of the Virginia Department of Transportation adaptive signal control technology pilot project (Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research)
• Crash severity effects of adaptive signal control technology: An empirical assessment with insights from Pennsylvania and Virginia (Accident Analysis & Prevention)

Bus Rapid Transit

• Bus Rapid Transit: Synthesis of Case Studies (Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board)
• Bus rapid transit – a review (International Journal of Urban Sciences)