DEVELOP PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR FRONTAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT BUSES

The frontal collision warning function has been identifies as one of the key safety improvement measures initiated for the transit vehicle platform in the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The paper discusses the performance specifications being developed and validated for the Frontal Collision Warning System (FCS)for transit buses.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Transit Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zhang, W B
  • DeLeon, R
  • Burton, F
  • McLeod, B
  • Chan, Ching-Yao
  • Wang, X
  • Johnson, S
  • Empey, D
• Conference:
  • Technical Information on Transit IVI Projects
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 2002-10-28 to 2002-10-29
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Performance based specifications; Safety; Transit buses; Warning systems
• Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collision warning systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936262
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 2003 12:00AM