The Cabildo awards the rehabilitation of the firm of the Southern Highway (TF-1) in the section between Güímar and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The insular area of Mobility reports that the action is intended to “facilitate the subsequent implementation of a HOV bus lane managed by ITS”, that is, through intelligent technologies applied to transport (ITS, in its acronym in English).
The insular Government explains that it already has the draft drafted and announces its prompt release for public display. From the Mobility area, it is detailed that this lane will be characterized by having intelligent transport systems that, by means of light beacons, will limit the use of the lane exclusively to private vehicles with high occupancy (two or more people inside) and to transport public. With this initiative, it is about rewarding those who share a vehicle or use public transport, since at times of traffic jams or slowdowns they will be able to access this fast lane.
This lane will be characterized by having intelligent transport systems
The system that will be applied in this VAO bus consists of creating a area of red and green lights that will allow only certain vehicles to pass into the lane at times of traffic saturation. Therefore, when it flows normally, the lights will remain green allowing regular use of the lane, while at times of traffic jam, it will be restricted by lighting it red so that only the aforementioned vehicles can access.
The awarded TF-1 rehabilitation project has a budget of 12,180 euros and an execution period of one month. The implementation of this project will contribute to making Tenerife go from having 3.2 kilometers of HOV bus lane to almost 30.
In the case of the section that runs between Güímar and anazathe forecast is that the work on the HOV bus takes place over eight months, as announced by the island government last July. The final route, which runs from the core of the southwest to the bus exit of the TF-1 to its entrance in Santa Cruz, will take a little longer since it will require the expansion of the highway by an additional lane. In addition, the insular Minister of Mobility, Enrique Arriaga, explained then that this HOV bus lane “would go in the central lane, without a physical barrier but with some lights on the ground embedded in the line and a series of indicative panels.”
