Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration: Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner, Evaluation Report

Details

• Creators:
  Martin, Elliot ; Nichols, Aqshems ; Cohen, Adam ; Shaheen, Susan ; Brown, Les
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Berkeley. Transportation Sustainability Research Center ; ICF
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITSJPO)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Access
  • Advanced traveler information systems
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Itinerary
  • Public transit
  • Stakeholders
  • Transportation disadvantaged persons
  • Web applications
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0185
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1520671
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  This report documents the results of an independent evaluation of the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner (OTP), called Go! Vermont, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration program. The project intended to serve as an alternative to other trip planners by including flexible transit options such as route deviation, dial-a-ride, and other demand-responsive alternatives and to analyze web traffic data to determine the level of user activity attracted by Go! Vermont since its launch. The evaluation compared the trip itineraries of Google Maps and the OTP and explored the inclusion of flexible transit options. Eight hypotheses were evaluated, and expert (stakeholder/project partner) interviews highlighted VTrans partnerships with employment services and vocational rehabilitation to leverage the trip planner for improving access to jobs, training, and healthcare for carless and carlite house-holds. Interviewees noted how the trip planner improved how telephone dispatchers and case workers provided transportation information.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-16-D-00052L
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57992/dot_57992_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.28 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c190ba269912d517b22692e71010c796ef82f208f149031cac0c36ee9977a02511cc970611d2ccba5e9b42fba6c9f85c00e642004e9ec4cdee22f3c9abb7ff92