ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINING ADVANCED TRAVELLER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) : THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK (VCN)

This paper presents the Visual Communication Network (VCN) as a good example of the Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS) application in public transport to produce an economically sustaining product that benefit all passengers, including those with disabilities. The VCN system has been implemented in the Montreal metro, the New York Transit Authority, the New York Penn Central Rail Station, the Paris regional transit system (RERC), and the Kansas City International Airport. The paper then defines sustainable transportation technology and systems. It postulates that the transportation systems of the future need to be sustainable in more ways than one: access to all, inclusive decision-making, environmental protection and safety, and economic viability. To demonstrate how these criteria could be applied, the VCN is used here as a case study. For the covering abstract of this conference see IRRD number 872978. (A)

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  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • SMITH, T N
  • Suen, S L
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE XIIITH WORLD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION, TORONTO, ONTARIO, JUNE 16 TO 20, 1997
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

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Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Continuous structures; Development; Environmental protection; Greenhouse effect; Intelligent transportation systems; Planning; Pollutants; Pollution; Public transit; Safety
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 9006: Continuous; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9013: Development; 2433: Emission control; 2444: Environment protection; 2451: Greenhouse effect; 143: Planning; 2431: Pollutant; 2453: Pollution; 744: Public transport; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM