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Travlink Operational Test Evaluation Report; Final Report

  • 1996-08-01

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  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Abstract:
    ">THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAVLINK OPERATIONAL TEST WERE TO IMPROVE TRANSIT FLEET MANAGEMENT, IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF TRAVEL INFORMATION, AND ENCOURAGE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. THE PROJECT'S CORRIDOR WAS A NEWLY RECONSTRUCTED FREEWAY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT AND RIDESHARING ELEMENT.



    EIGHTY BUSES WERE EQUIPPED WITH AVL TRANSMITTERS. A WORKSTATION AT MCTO'S RANSIT CONTROL CENTER PROVIDED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THESE 80 BUSES, AND SENT REAL-TIME BUS STATUS INFORMATION TO A COMPUTER SERVER AT MN/DOT'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER (TMC). FROM THE TMC, BUS STATUS AND OTHER TRAVEL INFORMATION, SUCH AS REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, WAS REPORTED TO THREE TRAVEL INFORMATION KIOSKS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, TWO VIDEO MONITORS, AND FOUR ELECTRONIC SIGNS LOCATED AT PARK-AND-RIDE LOTS IN THE I-394 CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS TO 212 TRAVLINK ON-LINE USERS WITH VIDEOTEXT TERMINALS OR PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT HOME OR WORK.



    THE TRAVLINK OPERATIONAL TEST WAS THE PRODUCT OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT, PERSONNEL RESOURCES, AND THE ACTUAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT UNDER WHICH THE

    APTS TECHNOLOGIES WERE TESTED. THE PRIVATE PARTNERS PROVIDED BOTH TECH- NICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL PROJECT FUNDING.">KEYWORDS:


    OPERATIONAL TESTS, TRAVLINK



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