Evaluation of Transit Signal Display Options

There is a need to assess the operational and safety impacts of alternative transit signal displays and inform recommendations to be incorporated in state and national transit signal design guidelines. OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand the current state of practice on the implementation of transit signal displays through a thorough review of the literature and outreach to transit agencies and other relevant stakeholders. 2. Explore transit operator preferences regarding positioning and display of transit signals through a survey to transit operators. 3. Investigate correlations between crashes and transit signal displays, through crash report analyses. 4. Understand driver behavior when encountering transit signals through field observations, static evaluation surveys, and driving simulation. 5. Develop recommendations for consideration in the next version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) regarding positioning and display design of transit signals.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.mass.gov/doc/evaluation-of-transit-signal-display-options/download

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $455,132.00
• Contract Numbers:

  133854

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Project Managers:

  Gurcan, Anil

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  130 Natural Resources Road
  Amherst, MA  United States  01003

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  101 Kearney Hall
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331
• Principal Investigators:

  Christofa, Eleni

  Knodler, Michael

  Tainter, Francis

  Pradhan, Anuj

  Hurwitz, David

  Jashami, Hisham

• Start Date: 20260401
• Expected Completion Date: 20280229
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Driving behavior; Information display systems; Literature reviews; Public transit; State of the practice; Traffic control devices; Transit operators
• Subject Areas: Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01992934
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 133854
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 18 2026 10:03AM