In recent years, the Russian Federation cities have been actively implementing the concept of "priority for the development of public transport". The most common measure for the implementation public transport priority in Russian Federation is the organization of dedicated lanes. Most often, lanes for public transport are created by reducing the number of lanes for cars and trucks. This method effectiveness is well studied, and it is also known that this measure leads to deterioration in traffic parameters for private vehicles. The article discusses an alternative variant of the public transport priority on intersections with the use of traffic light adaptive control. The analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of two algorithms for adaptive control of traffic light objects is carried out according to the criterion of reducing the delay time of public transport when driving through intersections. With the help of imitation micromodeling, the dependence the delay time on the traffic intensity at a separate intersection was established for the basic variant, the variant with a lane for public transport, two variants of the active priority and the combined variant "active + passive" priority. For all variants, a comparative assessment was made of the deterioration of the driving parameters for personal cars and the improvement for public transport. The methods of granting the public transport priority were ranked according to the criterion of efficiency (travel time delay) for vehicles and all transport system users (drivers and passengers). It was found that in terms of average user travel time delay, passive priority reduces delay by 11.2% on average across the board. Using the combined method (active + passive) reduces user travel time delay by 17.1%. Also, using the combined method reduces the negative effect on personal vehicles compared to passive ones.

The article proves that the traffic intensity of cars and buses is uneven both during the day and within 1 h. The dependences of the vehicles delay time when passing the intersection with five ways of providing the priority of public transport (PT) are given. The considered methods are divided into three groups: dedicated lane (passive), traffic light adaptive control (active priority) and combined options (combination of active and passive). To select the optimal method of priority in work, the users total delay time is used, taking into account the drivers and passengers time loss in private and public transport. An estimate of the total delay time was determined using the traffic simulation in PTv vissim. Algorithms for adaptive control of a traffic light object were developed in the visvap module.The best way to grant priority is different for different traffic levels at an intersection. At low traffic intensities of cars and buses, the combined method (dedicated lane and "green extension") is optimal. At high traffic intensities and a small number of passengers, the "green extension" becomes the best way.As the number of passengers on the bus increases, the effect of each method of granting PT priority changes to a different extent. So, at high traffic intensities, the combined method becomes optimal (dedicated lane and "green extension").Differentiation of the methods of providing the priority of PT in space and in time allows you to get the least loss of time for movement for each local section of the street and time period.