Brisbane Linked Intersection Signal System or BLISS was
Brisbane City Council
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infrastructure platform. This system incorporates large-scale
Traffic Signal
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control, a Real Time Passenger Information System (
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), and other infrastructure for managing and monitoring the road network for the Greater Brisbane Area.
For many years, Brisbane City Council was very progressive amongst local governments in the development and implementation of intelligent transport systems (ITS) solutions, and BLISS is one of the results of these endeavours.
History
The BLISS project began in the mid-1980s to replace separate legacy systems for traffic signal coordination within the city, and pioneered the use of local co-ordination modules integrated with, or connected to the traffic signal controller in the field.
BLISS was previously used in
Brisbane
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to control approximately 900 sets of traffic signals throughout the city. It was replaced by SCATS.
BLISS was also used for a number of years along Jalan Tebrau in
Johor Bahru
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,
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. It is no longer used, developed or supported.
Alternative Software
TransmaxSCATS - Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System
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Transport in Brisbane
Intelligent transportation systems