Table 1: summary of transit signal priority deployment results

Guidelines for the

Planning and Deployment of

Emergency Vehicle Preemption and

Transit Priority Strategies

Section 1: Planning

1. 
   Institutional Issues, Local Needs Assessment, and System Objectives and Requirements.
   

Planning for an emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) and transit priority (TP) system is not a trivial task. A variety of institutional issues and local concerns must be addressed ranging from the identification of the important stakeholders, to the assessment of local EVP and TP system needs and the formulation of local EVP and TP system objectives and requirements (Gifford, Pelletiere, and Collura, 2001). To guide traffic, transit, and emergency response professionals in EVP & TP system planning, Exhibit 1 provides a structured approach to aid in addressing institutional issues and needs and in turn to facilitate the development of system objectives and requirements.

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