Integrated Passenger Transport Policy - Worcestershire County ...

2.2.9 Additional priority measures have been developed and are being installed during the LTP2 period.These are:– linking Warndon Villages and Worcestershire Royal Hospital withWorcester City Centre via Worcester Shrub Hill station and Lowesmoor.– linking Dines Green with Worcester City Centre via St John's2.2.10 In combination, these two corridors will improve the efficiency of east west bus operationsacross the city.2.2.11 Taxi infrastructure in Worcestershire is limited to taxi ranks in the larger urban areas. The linkbetween taxi rank provision and service levels is limited, with the result that in some areas, overrankingis a major issue as a result of supply outstripping available infrastructure.2.3.1 The application of transport telematics to support passenger transport users and operators has beenlimited within the county. At the time of writing, real time information has not been adopted inWorcestershire, although scheduled departure boards have been installed in the WorcesterCrowngate Bus Station and Perdiswell Park & Ride, the County's principal bus stations and some busstops in Redditch. Additional screens are to be installed at Worcestershire Royal Hospital andRedditch Bus Station.2.3.2 Rising step barriers are in place to restrict general traffic access to and through the County HallCampus in Worcester. Transponders have been provided to the operators to equip buses thatoperate via the campus.2.3.3 Selective vehicle detection systems have been installed at a limited number of signal controlledjunctions in Worcestershire. These detect a bus upstream of the junction and amend the operationof the signals to provide priority. There is significant scope to increase the number of locationswhere this approach could be adopted and also make use of technology which can differentiatebetween buses which are operating late, on time or early, with the appropriate level of priority thenapplied.