By Colin Campbell, Baltimore Sun<\/p>\n
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\nAs part of Gov. Larry Hogan’s BaltimoreLink bus system overhaul, the Maryland Transit Administration has budgeted $11 million to install sensors on 200 local buses \u2014 out of 760 \u2014 and city traffic signals that will keep traffic lights green for six to 10 seconds longer when a bus is approaching, and shorten red lights for waiting buses by the same amount of time.<\/p>\n
The goal of the Transit Signal Priority technology \u2014 along with the planned creation of five miles of bus-only lanes and removal of hundreds of underused bus stops \u2014 is to allow buses to spend more time moving and less time in traffic, increasing on-time rates across the system.<\/p>\n
“The system has not been efficient, and it has not been reliable,” MTA administrator Paul Comfort acknowledged. “It takes too long to ride the bus to travel half a mile.”
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By Colin Campbell, Baltimore Sun … As part of Gov. Larry Hogan’s BaltimoreLink bus system overhaul, the Maryland Transit Administration has budgeted $11 million to install sensors on 200 local buses \u2014 out of 760 \u2014 and city traffic signals that will keep traffic lights green for six to 10 seconds longer when a bus … <\/p>\n