Designing a C-ITS Communication Infrastructure for Traffic Signal Priority of Public Transport

Abstract

Looking ahead: transforming conventional public transport prioritization into C-ITS G5 services. The city of Frankfurt aims to digitize its public transport prioritization system in order to fulfill the requirements of future public transport communication standards and, moreover, to build on this very infrastructure for the development of imminent C-ITS services. Therefore, the communication systems of the mobility and transport provider VGF (Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH) are being revised fundamentally by implementing new technologies for Car2X C-ITS G5 communication. The hardware components of the C-ITS system are strategically positioned with the help of a newly developed planning tool that identifies and determines the range of communication. For highly significant sites and locations of the hardware components, the calculated data are validated by utilizing measurements within a mobile setup. The operational stability and the development of previously unused potential are then carried out via the combination of the C-ITS services TSP (Traffic Signal Priority) and GLOSA (Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory). The overlay of the C-ITS services results in a high level of operational stability. As a result, potentials can be adequately employed through the sensible shifting of waiting times to the stops and a smooth flow of traffic through information on optimal speed and remaining times of the traffic light potentials. This paper presents a new methodology with which it is now possible to plan and evaluate C-ITS with regard to service distribution and radio propagation.