THE GOAL OF THE TRAVTEK CAMERA CAR STUDY WAS TO FURNISH A DETAILED EVALUATION OF DRIVING AND NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE, SYSTEM USABILITY, AND SAFETY FOR THE TRAVTEK SYSTEM. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, AN INSTRUMENTED " CAMERA CAR" WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE DRIVING PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY. SIX NAVIGATION TEST CONFIGURATIONS WERE EVALUATED IN THE CAMERA CAR STUDY. THESE INCLUDED:
- TRAVTEK ROUTE-MAP DISPLAY.
- TRAVTEK ROUTE-MAP DISPLAY WITH SUPPLEMENTARY VOICE GUIDANCE.
- TRAVTEK SYMBOLIC GUIDANCE-MAP DISPLAY.
- TRAVTEK SYMBOLIC GUIDANCE-MAP DISPLAY WITH SUPPLEMENTARY VOICE GUIDANCE.
TRAVTEK WAS AN OPERATIONAL FIELD TEST OF AN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) AND ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ATMS) TECHNOLOGIES. ...
One of the major evaluation goals of the TravTek operational test was to assess the safety impact of the TravTek system as implemented in Orlando, Flo...
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