In 2011, the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) entered into a cooperative agreement with the Federal Transit Administration aimed at improving the integration of transit priority treatments on urban street networks. To address this issue, ITE in a partnership with the American Public Transportation Association conducted two peer-exchange-based workshops to educate practitioners, share experiences and lessons learned, identify barriers, and recommend potential solutions. The workshops were specifically targeted at fostering relationships between transit and traffic engineering professionals, with an overarching goal of improving the integration of transit operations and traffic control strategies. This article highlights the issues discussed and input received. Workshop proceedings and a more detailed white paper will be available on the ITE website in January 2013.
