NEW METHODS FOR THE CONTROL AND REGULATION OF BUSES

EQUIPMENT ENABLING BUSES TO BE AUTOMATICALLY TRACKED BY A COMPUTER THROUGHOUT THEIR ROUTES IS DESCRIBED. AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF HOW AN ON-LINE COMPUTER MAY BE USED TO DETECT THOSE IRREGULARITIES OF OPERATION FALLING INTO THE CLASS REQUIRING ACTION BY A CONTROLLER. CONTROL IS EXERTED FROM A CENTRAL POINT VIA RADIO TELEPHONE LINKS WITH BUSES. VARIOUS CONTROL STRATEGIES ARE DISCUSSED TOGETHER WITH THE BENEFITS OF OPERATING A BUS SYSTEM UNDER THIS TYPE OF CENTRALISED CONTROL. A DETAILED ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF A BUS OPERATING SYSTEM, AIMED AT MORE ECONOMIC UTILIZATION OF VEHICLES, IN WHICH BUSES ARE ONLY ROUTE PLAYING DURING THE RUSH HOURS AND REVERT TO DIAL-A-BUS OPERATION AT OTHER TIMES. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, 11 PP, 1 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5997

  Ergonomics Research Society

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  International Symp Man-machine Systems

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• Authors:
  • Oliver, B W
  • Stone, D
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Buses; Computers; Economic development; Operations; Peak periods; Routes
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225310
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM