The way ahead for London's bus priority at traffic signals

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-200

  Hounsell, N B ^a   Shrestha, B P ^a   Head, J R ^b   Palmer, S ^b   Bowen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSPORT FOR LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION; BUS PRIORITY; BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM; FIXED INFRASTRUCTURE; FLEET MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS); LOCATION BASED; MULTIPLE DETECTION; PASSENGER INFORMATION; TRANSPORT FOR LONDON; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON;

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EID: 49149086445     PISSN: 1751956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its:20070060     Document Type: Article

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