TravTek evaluation Orlando test network study

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• Creators:
  Inman, V. ; Sanchez, Rebecca ; Bernstein, L. ; Porter, C. L.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; Science Applications International Corporation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Advanced Driver Information Systems Advanced Traffic Management Systems ATIS ATMS Drivers EVALUATION/PROGRAM ASSESSMENT INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE OR IVI ITS IVHS OPERATIONAL TESTS Perception Performance Real-Time Traffic Information Route Guidance Route Planning Traffic Control Centers TravTek

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-95-162
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Edition:
  Final Report; Nov. 1991, Sept. 1995
• Contracting Officer:
  Frank Mammano, HSR-12
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  The Orlando Test Network Study was one of a series of investigations conducted as part of the TravTek operational test of an
  
  advanced traveler information and traffic management system (ATIS/ATMS). The TravTek system consisted of the Orlando
  
  Traffic Management Center (TMC), the TravTek vehicles, and the TravTek Information and Services Center. The TMC
  
  broadcast updated travel times for TravTek traffic links to the TravTek vehicles once each minute. The TravTek vehicles
  
  broadcast their link travel times back to the TMC for transmission to the other TravTek vehicles. The vehicles were equipped
  
  to provide route planning, route guidance, and a data base of local services and attractions. The primary purpose of this study
  
  was to evaluate the effects of alternative driver interfaces on driver performance, navigation performance, driver perception,
  
  driver preference, and willingness-to-pay.
  
  A controlled experiment was conducted in which up to six TravTek vehicles traveled the same origin to destination (O/D)
  
  pairings to evaluate six alternative information presentation configurations: five TravTek alternatives and a control configuration.
  
  Three visual display conditions were tested: a moving map display, a symbolic guidance display, and a condition with no
  
  visual display. Two aural conditions were tested in combination with the three visual conditions: synthesized voice guidance
  
  and no voice guidance. The six information presentation configurations were evaluated both in the day and at night. Five of
  
  six combinations utilized the TravTek and one configuration (no visual display and no voice guidance) was considered the
  
  Control condition. The drivers in the Control condition had to plan and navigate to their destination as “they normally would”
  
  without the use of automated route planning and route guidance. Data from 3 18 drivers are presented.
  
  TravTek benefits to individual drivers included travel time savings and a reduction in perceived workload. Both the moving
  
  map and simplified turn-by-turn visual displays were very effective compared to the Control condition, particularly when the
  
  visual displays were supplemented with synthesized voice guidance. User perception and performance data suggest that the
  
  system was easy to learn and easy to use. Participants in this study indicated that they would be willing to pay about $1000 for
  
  a system such as the one they drove.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-91 C-001 06
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ITSJPO Digital Library
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