Autonomous dial-a-ride transit. Part 1, technical overview

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• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Command And Control Command Systems Computer Hardware Computerized Dispatching Systems Computer Schedul Computer Software Demand Responsive Transportation Systems Dispatching Low Density Urban Areas Paratransit Services Transit Industry Urban Transportation

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA-TRI10-99-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Edition:
  Technical overview
• Contracting Officer:
  C. Wilder
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  Is autonomous-dial-a-ride (ADART) and idea whose time has come with the advent of technologies. This report describes the essential features of an experimental ADART service and establishes a context for ADART implementation based on urban transit industry characteristics. ADART is a demand-responsive transit service with fullt automated dispatching and autonomously managed vehicles carrying all command-and-control facilities onboard. It is porposed as a many-to-few demand responsive service that uses modern computer technology to boost productivity and reduce labor requirements. Subscribers to ADART could use the service to travel from their homes to one or more attraction centers or from attraction centers to their gomes or other dispersed destinations. Potential benefits, as compared to conventional dial-a-ride service, include reduced costs and improved service with advantages of ADART increasing as the scale of operations expands. Computerized dispatching, ADART's distinguishing characteristic, eliminates order-entry clerks to arrange travel. Instead, a fully automated distribution system assigns trips to vehicles, devises itineraries, and plans routes. This technical overview consists of four chapters/papers. it begins with an introductory overview of ADART, followed by deliberations on the prospects for ADART implementation in terms of historical precedent, logistics, and costs. The third and fourth chapters review the state-of-the-art of technologies crucial to ADRT operations--mobile communications and vehicle navigation hardware and software systems. the final chapters present study conclusions. ADART is a flexible system that may be the answer for transit services to low-density areas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
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  urn:sha256:83c6af4ad467fc4514c80493aca066e81b58fb48349b4b23ee9a80b47b9ca9b8
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8492/dot_8492_DS1.pdf
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