{"id":3082,"date":"2013-08-13T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T19:14:47","slug":"putting-the-rapid-in-rapid-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/13\/putting-the-rapid-in-rapid-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"putting the rapid in rapid transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019re excited about the transformation of York Region\u2019s major corridors from busy highways to complete streets designed to be shared by transit-users, pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.\u00a0 But first and foremost, vivaNext is about building a true rapid transit system. \u00a0Because they\u2019re not going through mixed traffic, these dedicated rapidways will help viva vehicles move past congested stretches of Highway.\u00a0 But the bus rapid transit system will also use a number of other technologies or \u201ctransit priority measures\u201d to put the rapid into the system.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the rundown on how we\u2019re going to help keep viva buses reliably rapid.<\/p>\n

The first main component is that all buses will have GPS systems installed, which will constantly calculate the vehicle\u2019s speed, heading, latitude and longitude.\u00a0 That way, the transit system will know exactly where each vehicle is, relative to where the schedule says it should be.<\/p>\n

The next main component is the traffic signal control system that governs all the intersections along the rapidway route.\u00a0 The system relies on the findings of sophisticated traffic analysis that has worked out the optimal timing for each intersection to ensure the most efficient use of the corridor.\u00a0 This analysis takes into account long-term traffic data reflecting all the users of each intersection, including east\/west traffic, north\/south traffic, pedestrians and cars making left turns.<\/p>\n

Using this analysis, each traffic signal is pre-programmed for the optimal phasing, including how long a green light should last going in each direction.<\/p>\n

With real-time information available about where each vehicle is, the transit system will constantly calculate whether a viva vehicle approaching an intersection is on time, or delayed.\u00a0 If the vehicle is behind schedule, a signal sent from the bus to the traffic signal at that intersection will temporarily adjust the phasing so that the vehicle doesn\u2019t have to stop.<\/p>\n

The last major component of this complex system is the one that tells our customers when the next bus will arrive at the station. The variable message signs (VMS) installed at each station display real-time arrival information showing the arrival times for all buses expected within the next while, based on the information sent by the vehicle\u2019s on-board GPS system.\u00a0 These message boards are a feature of the viva system that customers really appreciate.<\/p>\n

Using this multi-layered approach, we\u2019ll be able to help each viva bus move along quickly, and you\u2019ll be able to know how soon it will arrive.\u00a0 All of which adds up to rapid transit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re excited about the transformation of York Region\u2019s major corridors from busy highways to complete streets designed to be shared by transit-users, pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.\u00a0 But first and foremost, vivaNext is about building a true rapid transit system. \u00a0Because they\u2019re not going through mixed traffic, these dedicated rapidways will help viva vehicles move past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,67],"tags":[40,39,76,8,350,114,47,50,14,34,61,21,11,6,7,9],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rapidways","category-stations","tag-brt","tag-bus-rapid-transit","tag-congestion","tag-connections","tag-growth","tag-highway-7","tag-markham","tag-mixed-use-development","tag-rapid-transit","tag-rapidway","tag-richmond-hill","tag-transit","tag-transit-only-lanes","tag-viva","tag-vivanext","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}