Pasadena Transit buses will soon get a fast pass through some of the city’s busier intersections thanks to a project advanced by the City Council on Monday.

The council voted unanimously to spend up to $165,000 for the design of a so-called transit signal priority system in which hardware installed in buses communicates with traffic lights to give buses priority through an intersection — by extending a green light, for example.

The city hired Santa Ana-based Iteris Inc. to design the system that would upgrade all 29 of Pasadena Transit’s fixed-route buses and traffic lights at 42 intersections throughout the city.

The aim is to improve the local bus system along routes with the highest ridership by ensuring predictable travel times, reducing delays and making transit ridership a more attractive alternative to driving solo in a car, according to city officials.

Installing a transit signal priority system was among the goals outlined in the city’s 2015 Mobility Element, its transportation master plan.

Metro and Foothill Transit buses that travel through Pasadena already use transit signal priority systems.

Here are the intersections where the hardware will be installed:

Lake Avenue between California Boulevard and Rio Grande Street

California between Arroyo Parkway and Lake

Arroyo Parkway between California and Glenarm Street

Raymond Avenue between Glenarm and Walnut streets

Foothill Boulevard between Altadena Drive and Halstead Street

The project will also include design of three closed-circuit TV cameras which will allow officials to monitor and adjust signal timing as needed.

The design phase of the project will be completed by next summer. Funding for the actual installation will be considered after that.

Metro is providing $1.2 million in grant money for the project.