Public Transport Information and Priority System
The Public Transport Information and Priority System, abbreviated PTIPS, is a group of technologies developed by the Roads and Traffic Authority aimed at providing better service times to buses in the Australian city of Sydney.
The bus priority system comprises a data collection and transmission system on board the bus and the centrally located PTIPS datacentre that analyses data received from each bus.
The on-board system collects location, time and route information from the fare collection system and a GPS locator. It then transmits this information to PTIPS via a data radio service. PTIPS analyses this information, and if the bus satisfies the criteria for priority it passes a priority request to Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) to adjust the timing of traffic signals ahead on route.
References
- PTIPS Electronic Bus Priority Trial in Sydney, Australia. Retrieved on 16 April 2007.
- Contract ID: PTIPS, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. Retrieved on 16 April 2007.
- Besser, Linton: Priority bus green lights scrapped. Retrieved on 16 April 2007.