Linking Real Time and Location in Scheduling Demand-Responsive Transit

Details

• Creators:
  Kihl, Mary ; Crum, Michael ; Shinn, Duane
• Corporate Creators:
  Midwest Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Scheduling
  • Public transit
  • Automatic vehicle location
  • Rural transit
  • Demand-responsive transit
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Midwest Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  The specific objectives of this study are to : assess the benefits to a small rural demand-responsive transit operation of investing in smart technologies; assess the relative benefits of investments in automatic vehicle location (AVL) or dynamic scheduling in the context of a rural system; assess the potential increases in benefits to a small rural transit operation of a system that combines real-time vehicle tracking with dynamic scheduling; and assess the level of benefits resulting from coordinating acquisition of technology across a consortium of small transit systems. This report presents the findings associated with the study. In addition to an introduction and conclusion, it includes three sections: I. The needs of small demand-responsive systems and the potential response offered by advanced transit technologies; II. Applications of technologies to rural demand-responsive systems; and III. Assessment of the benefits and costs of these technologies to a small demand-responsive system.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23521/dot_23521_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 475.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73b77f679716f784c675852a06fe0901cc71f7e205b789d14b56f30ac1035e02a14acfc512558fd5065910ccadfcabf480e032a1ea743d3652eae979c90fd6be