Assessment of Computer Dispatch Technology in the Paratransit Industry

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• Creators:
  Stone, John R. ; Gilbert, Gorman ; Nalevanko, Anna
• Corporate Creators:
  UNC Institute for Transportation Research and Education ; Advanced Public Transportation Systems Program (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Communication and control
  • Automatic fare collection
  • Automatic vehicle location
  • Dispatching
  • Paratransit services
  • Advanced public transportation systems
  • Fleet management
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OR R&D
  • PARATRANSIT
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-T-92-23
• DOI:
  2489
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) technologies include a range of communications and control technologies. The U.S. Department of Transportation has applied IVHS technologies, such as electronic payment media, automatic vehicle locator systems, and intelligent databases, to highways and roadways. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), recognizing the importance of this technology and its potential applications to public transit, has now made IVHS technologies a priority research and development program through their Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program. Central to the APTS program is the "mobility management" approach to service delivery. The Mobility Manager is a mechanism for achieving the integration and coordination of transportation services offered by multiple providers (public, private for-profit, and private non-profit) involving a variety of travel modes (bus, taxi, van pool, rail, etc.). This report contains the results of an investigation into one area of technological advancement--computer dispatching and scheduling technology. The central research question is whether computer dispatch technology is, or will be, capable of effectively improving the efficiency of dispatching shared-ride vehicles on a real-time basis.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2581/dot_2581_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 832.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library ; FTA 50th Anniversary Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:662558c2f618b2c08736923ea81e67462394ebbeb9db219fa5b4915211b5409a