CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTORIST AID COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

THE NATURE AND SIZE OF THE DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS GENERATED BY USERS OF RURAL FREEWAYS, ARE DESCRIBED. POTENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ARE CLASSIFIED AND A PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF CANDIDATE SYSTEMS IS MADE ON THE BASIS OF OVERALL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. THE OPERATING EFFICIENCIES OF THE SELECTED SYSTEMS ARE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF THEIR ESTIMATED DETECTION EFFICIENCY AND DETECTION TIME. THIS ANALYSIS, WHEN COMBINED WITH SYSTEM COST PROJECTIONS, DEMONSTRATES THAT TERMINALS AT ONE-MILE INTERVALS WHICH PROVIDE TWO-WAY VOICE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MOTORIST AND AN AID DISPATCH CENTER PROVIDE THE BEST COST-BENEFIT RATIO CONSISTENT WITH A SATISFACTORY LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SELECTED SYSTEM ARE DESCRIBED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol Vt-19, PP 74-81
• Authors:
  • Cranston, T K
  • Kell, J H
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Communication; Communication systems; Detection and identification; Detectors; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Level of service; Speech; Voice communication
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Two way communication
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM