BCC-RAPID
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Brisbane City Council - Realtime Advanced Priority and Information Delivery (BCC-RAPID) is a
bus priority
and passenger information system developed by Brisbane City Council that is in use on the South-East
and Inner-Northern busway
s and will be implemented on the Northern
and Eastern
Brisbane busways when they are constructed. It aims to improve road capacity by encouraging people to use buses.
RAPID is built upon Brisbane City Council's BLISS ITS
platform and uses existing traffic signal infrastructure to track the buses and to lower communications costs.
RAPID uses detector loops in the road and transponder
s on buses to track the location of buses
on the road and busway network. The data collected is used in a complex mathematical formula to predict the arrival time of buses at all busway stations and selected stops on the suburban network. The predicted arrival times are displayed on electronic signs for the information of people waiting at these stops.
Operations staff are able to use the system to identify the precise location of buses within the road network. Specifically the system displays bus numbers, route numbers, driver numbers, how early or late a bus is, where it originated and where it will terminate.
The system also has the ability, when configured, to provide traffic light priority to buses if they are running late. This is possible because the same detection loops in the road network are used to control the traffic lights throughout the city.
The system has had significant problems, with information displays frequently being inaccurate, and buses simply not arriving, or their information simply disappearing from the screens.
bus priority
Bus priority
Bus priority or transit signal priority is a name for various techniques to speed up bus public transport services at intersections with traffic signals amongst other methods. Trams and light rail vehicles can also be given priority...
and passenger information system developed by Brisbane City Council that is in use on the South-East
South-East Busway, Brisbane
The South East Busway is a grade separated bus-only corridor running south from the Brisbane CBD to Eight Mile Plains, in South East Queensland. Service providers using the Busway operate under the TransLink system...
and Inner-Northern busway
Busway
Busway may refer to several things:Transport technology* Bus rapid transit, bus systems including some elements of trams or metro systems* Guided busway, concrete tracks exclusively for modified busesTransport systems...
s and will be implemented on the Northern
Northern Busway, Brisbane
Northern Busway is a bus-only road in Brisbane, Queensland. The busway allows buses to travel north/south through the Brisbane City without encountering car traffic. The first section of the Northern Busway opened in February 2004 had one station, QUT Kelvin Grove, later Normanby and RCH Herston...
and Eastern
Eastern Busway, Brisbane
The Eastern Busway is a bus-only corridor in Brisbane, Queensland. The busway runs from the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus via the Eleanor Schonell Bridge, connects with the South East Busway at Buranda busway station and then extends to Coorparoo following the Old Cleveland Road...
Brisbane busways when they are constructed. It aims to improve road capacity by encouraging people to use buses.
RAPID is built upon Brisbane City Council's BLISS ITS
Intelligent transportation system
The term intelligent transportation systems refers to information and communication technology that improve transport outcomes such as transport safety, transport productivity, travel reliability, informed travel choices, social equity, environmental performance and network operation...
platform and uses existing traffic signal infrastructure to track the buses and to lower communications costs.
RAPID uses detector loops in the road and transponder
Transponder
In telecommunication, the term transponder has the following meanings:...
s on buses to track the location of buses
on the road and busway network. The data collected is used in a complex mathematical formula to predict the arrival time of buses at all busway stations and selected stops on the suburban network. The predicted arrival times are displayed on electronic signs for the information of people waiting at these stops.
Operations staff are able to use the system to identify the precise location of buses within the road network. Specifically the system displays bus numbers, route numbers, driver numbers, how early or late a bus is, where it originated and where it will terminate.
The system also has the ability, when configured, to provide traffic light priority to buses if they are running late. This is possible because the same detection loops in the road network are used to control the traffic lights throughout the city.
The system has had significant problems, with information displays frequently being inaccurate, and buses simply not arriving, or their information simply disappearing from the screens.