URBAN VEHICLE MONITORING: TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY. VOLUME I: SUMMARY REPORT

THE STUDY IS OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND OPERATING PUBLIC URBAN LOCATING SERVICES (PULSE) THAT MIGHT BE SHARED JOINTLY AMONG METROPOLITAN AREA USERS. PULSE IS COMPRISED OF SYSTEMS WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY REPORT THE LOCATION OF NUMEROUS MOVING OBJECTS TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR OPTIMUM ROUTING OR OTHER CONTROL. THE SYSTEMS CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE THE OPERATIONS OF SEVERAL URBAN FUNCTIONS INCLUDING POLICE, PUBLIC TRANSIT, AMBULANCE, FIRE CONTROL, GOODS MOVEMENT, AND OTHERS. VOLUME 1 GIVES A SUMMARY OF THE STUDY. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No HUD-H-1030
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute Public Administration

  /Teknekron
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Highway operations; Information systems; Location; Monitoring; Position fixing; Traffic; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Public urban locating services /pulse/
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228328
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 1981 12:00AM