Advanced Public Transportation Systems: The State of the Art Update 2000
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2000-12-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00811793
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OCLC Number:45707812
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Edition:Final report
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Abstract:This report documents work performed under FTA's Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program, a program structured to undertake research and development of innovative applications of advanced navigation, communication, information, computer and vehicle technologies that most benefit public transportation. This report is the latest in a series of state-of-the-art reports, the last of which was published January 1998. It contains the results of an investigation of the extent of adoption of advanced technology in the provision of public transportation services in North America. It focuses on some of the most innovative or comprehensive implementations, categorized under five types of service/technologies: Fleet Management, Traveler Information, Electronic Fare Payment, Transportation Demand Management, and Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. The objective of the effort was to increase the industry's knowledge of successful applications of advanced technologies with the expectation that this will lead to their widespread adoption.
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