ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, ACCURACY, AND COSTS OF AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTERS

The research results of an assessment of the operational effectiveness, accuracy, and costs of various bus transit automatic passenger counter (APC) technologies are presented. The primary objective of automated passenger counters is to efficiently acquire accurate data on passenger activity and transit travel times. These data, which are essential for ongoing planning and scheduling activities, may include boardings, alightings, passenger loads, and vehicle running times. Automated techniques enable the reporting and analysis of these data in varying levels of detail. The current applications of APC technology in 12 North American transit properties are assessed on the basis of four technological factors: accuracy, equipment reliability, data turn-around time, and cost. Finding indicate that APC technology and its creative use may not be the magical solution to the bus transit monitoring dilemma; however, APC technology does offer a reasonable cost-effective option that operators can seriously consider to satisfy their data-collection needs.

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• Authors:
  • Attanucci, John
  • Vozzolo, David
• Conference:
  • 62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1983-1-17 to 1983-1-21
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 15-23
• Monograph Title: Transit management and services
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 947
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Buses; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Passenger counting; Reliability; Ridership; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automated passenger counters
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389389
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309036682
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 821
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM