SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 17 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the Mobility area, has awarded the project to rehabilitate the pavement of the TF-1 in the section between Gmar and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the aim of facilitating the subsequent implementation of a Bus-HOV lane managed by ITS.
This lane, whose project has already been drawn up and will soon be on public display, will be characterized by having intelligent transport systems (ITS) that, by means of light beacons, will limit access to the lane exclusively to private vehicles with high occupancy (two or more people). inside) and public transport.
With this initiative, the aim is to reward people who share vehicles or who use public transport, since at times of traffic jams or slowdowns they will be able to access this fast lane, according to a note from the Cabildo.
The system consists of creating an area of red and green lights that will only allow certain vehicles to pass into the lane at times of retention.
Therefore, they stand out from the Cabildo, when the traffic flows normally, the lights will remain green allowing the normal use of the lane, while in moments of traffic jam, it will proceed to its restriction lighting it red so that only they can access mentioned vehicles.
The TF-1 rehabilitation project has a budget of 12,180 euros and an execution period of one month. The start-up of this project will contribute to making Tenerife go from having 3.2 kilometers of Bus-HOV lane to almost 30.
