The new route will inject $56 million worth of street and sidewalk upgrades, transit stop infrastructure, and advanced technology along a 10-mile corridor.
Reduces traffic signal delays, and uses AI to anticipate users’ arrivals at signalized intersections and then request priority.
With faster, more reliable service, PSTA projects ridership to increase to 5,000 rides a day.
Mayor Emanuel allocated $5 million toward unsnarling bus slow zones at bottlenecks and pinch points to improve service.
The technology, known as "queue jump," is part of a package of improvements designed to speed bus trips and keep service on time.
Starting in 2020, the 14-mile, 11-station BRT will run between Burtonsville and downtown Silver Spring
The average New York City Transit bus travels 7.4 miles per hour along its local, SBS, and express routes — slowest among the seventeen largest bus companies in the nation, according to a city comptroller report.
Just a few years ago county voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot proposal to raise the sales tax by a penny on the dollar to pay for light rail, expanded bus service and road work.
System will hold traffic signals green, allowing bus customers to shave time off of their commutes and improving bus on-time performance.
The 6.75-mile “JAZZ” service will introduce new technologies that include queue jump lanes, transit signal priority, and increased stop spacing to streamline bus traffic along the corridor and reduce travel times by up to 25 percent.
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