BUSPlus™

 

Features include:

• Reduces operating costs.

• reduces travel time.
• optimizes rolling stock inventory requirements.
• improves on-time performance.
• improves scheduling reliability.

• improves service levels.

• increases ridership.
• provides accurate vehicle tracking.
• provides multi-level priority.
• delivers peace-of-mind with proven and reliable off-the-shelf technology.

• scalable from one to several hundred intersections.

• provides flexible installation options.

• compatible with any surface transit vehicle.

• compatible with most traffic controllers that have TSP capability.
• offers complete TSP/ITS solution combined with Novax’s 6905 controller.
• compatible with most central ITS systems.
 

BusPlusTMProven Transit Signal (TSP) Priority

 

Reduces Operating Costs: Real world experience has shown that a properly functioning TSP system reduces operating costs. Productivity improves and transit vehicles can be utilized more efficiently resulting in an overall reduction in direct operating costs such as fuel, energy and labour.* BusPlus™ is a proven, reliable, off-the-shelf technology TSP solution that delivers.

 

Reduces Travel Time: TSP is a prime component of a complete ITS solution. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (Translink) estimates that the TSP/ITS solution reduces #98 B-Line service travel time by 20%.

 

*Reduces Fleet Requirements: Real world experience has shown that a properly functioning TSP system reduces the number of vehicles required to provide a given level of service. The BusPlus™ solution alone has been credited with reducing Translink’s vehicle requirements by one vehicle on the #98 B-Line Bus Rapid Transit service.* When BusPlus™ and ITS technology are combined the estimated reduction is five vehicles.

 

Improves On-Time Performance: Multi-level priority allows transit vehicles to be where they should be, when they should be. BusPlus™ multi-level priority provides for selective priority. Late vehicles can be given higher priority than vehicles running on time or ahead of schedule.

 

Improves Scheduling Reliability: Transit vehicles can be scheduled with greater reliability and accuracy as BusPlus™ keeps them on schedule by giving them priority through all intersections.

 

*Improves Service Levels: Predictability and reliability are the basic tenets of transit service. BusPlus™ minimizes the negative impact of traffic congestion by providing priority for transit vehicles when they need it.

 

*Increases Ridership: Increasing customer satisfaction results in an increase in ridership. Customer satisfaction ratings improve in proportion to frequency and trip reliability.

 

*Provides Accurate Vehicle Tracking: BusPlus™ technology positively verifies the location of a transit vehicle as it approaches a controlled intersection with an accuracy of two metres. BusPlus™ also positively verifies the location of the transit vehicle with the same accuracy as it enters an intersection.

 

Provides Multi-level Priority: BusPlus™ multi-level priority allows transit systems to tailor priority for routes and changing conditions such as deviations from schedule. As a result a high priority transit vehicle that is behind schedule can be given a higher priority. The traffic controller will then cycle more quickly to expedite the higher priority transit vehicle through an intersection.

 

Delivers Peace-of-Mind: The purchase of any new system is fraught with unanswered questions about reliability and the ability to deliver performance. BusPlus™ is a proven, reliable, no-surprises, off-the-shelf technology that has been in operation for several years.

 

Scalable: BusPlus™ is fully scalable. BusPlus™ can provides a TSP solution for one or two key intersections or become the TSP backbone of a large integrated ITS system involving hundreds of intersections.

 

Provides Flexible Installation Options: BusPlus™ has optional full wireless communication capability to ease installation in areas where hard-wire communication is not practical. In other words no need to tear up roadways or sidewalks to install new conduit.

 

Compatible With Any Surface Transit Vehicle: BusPlus™ can be utilized with any surface transit vehicle that shares the road with automobiles or is required to cross intersections. BusPlus is equally at home on a bus, trolley, street-car, street level LRT, mini-bus or just about any transit vehicle that rolls with or through traffic.

 

Compatible With Most Traffic Controllers: BusPlus™ will interface with just about any traffic controller that has TSP or advanced detection capability.

 

Complete TSP/ITS Solution: The ideal BusPlus™ companion is Novax’s proven and reliable 6905 controller that has full multi-priority TSP capability as a stand-alone system, or as a part of a centralized traffic management system. The Novax 6905 controller timer unit can also be swapped into many existing control cabinets, instantly upgrading them to full TSP functionality and central system connectivity.

 

Compatible With Most Central ITS Systems: BusPlus™ and the Novax 6905 controller were designed in keeping with tomorrow’s world of ITS and centralized traffic management systems.