Assessing Transit Providers' Internal Business Case for Transit Bus Automation

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• Creators:
  Mahavier, Kendall ; Peirce, Sean ; Machek, Elizabeth
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Advanced driver information systems
  • Automation
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Capital investments
  • Decision making
  • Transit buses
  • Transit operating agencies Automated driving systems
  • advanced driver assistance systems
  • ADAS
  • business case
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0187
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1520673
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; Jan 2020- Dec 2020
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  This report explores how transit providers make decisions and assess their internal business case for transit bus automation. It aims to inform transit agencies and other transit industry stakeholders interested in understanding how agencies are approaching automation decisions. This report covers decision-making for all capital investments, decision-making specifically for automation projects, the benefits and costs of transit bus automation, and the challenges to assessing the business case for transit bus automation. Findings are that agencies often approach automation projects the same way they would other capital investments, but they often have to rely on qualitative measures to assess the fast-moving world of transit bus automation. The ability of agencies to assess their business case for automation is limited by data availability and a lack of knowledge on regulatory issues as well as uncertainty over operational changes, customer acceptance, and the applicability of findings from various pilot projects.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55463/dot_55463_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 954.10 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
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