Table 1: summary of transit signal priority deployment results

Control of Operations

Stakeholders are often concerned about who has responsibility for the system once it is installed in the field and that this division of responsibility is clear and unambiguous.

1) Have you determined or is it clear to you who will decide where and how the system will be installed, operated, and maintained?

⋄Yes Continue with the next question in this section.

⋄ No You may want to work on some suggestions of how this should be done and revisit the second question in this section.

2) Will it be your department or another department or agency that in your view will make this decision?

⋄ My department or agency Have you discussed this sufficiently both within you group and with other stakeholders? ⋄ Yes ⋄ No If NO, is this likely to be a problem?

⋄ Another department or agency Have you clarified this with the outside entity you see doing the maintenance? ⋄ Yes ⋄ No If NO, is this likely to be a problem?

3) Are you comfortable with how the operator of the vehicle will have to interact with this system?

⋄Yes Be sure to be clear on why you think this issue will not be a problem with the system you have chosen.

⋄ No Work with the chosen vendor or another vendor to achieve a preferred level of operator/system interaction.

Again, it should be stressed that this questionnaire is intended to raise important questions about the institutional aspects of the system you are considering to deploy before you approach stakeholders with proposed EVP and TP system alternatives. The questionnaire is not an examination of the likelihood of success of the system, nor does the questionnaire contain an exhaustive list of all potential institutional concerns and questions. Unique local conditions may result in concerns and issues not reflected in the questionnaire, and thus may require system planners and implementers to consider other factors in the identification of system objectives and requirements.