SUPPORTING DEMAND RESPONSIVE TRANSIT OPERATIONS : A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM DESIGNED USING THE NATIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE

The national ITS architecture provides a framework for the development of ITS applications to improve transportation operations and to support new user services. In public transit, automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems and geographic information systems (GIS) can enhance demand-responsive transit operations. The Peninsula Transportation District Commission (Pentran) in Virginia is studying the feasibility of "flexible route" or "route deviation" bus services using these technologies to enhance customer service, reach previously untapped markets, and reduce the burden on the existing paratransit service. Several transit operators in America are developing route deviation using AVL and paratransit dispatching software. The objective of this research is to develop a decision support system (DSS) for route deviation service that will operate within GIS instead of relying on other software packages commonly used for paratransit scheduling. The GIS package ArcView 3.0a was selected for its broad analysis, database management, and customization capabilities. The prototype DSS is currently under development. The final product of this research effort will be a customized GIS fully capable of meeting the decision support requirements of route deviation. Pentran will then be able to provide a reliable, real-time route deviation service for transit customers desiring to travel to areas not directly served by existing fixed bus routes

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1998 Published By: ITS America, Washington DC
• Authors:
  • Smith, Brian Lee
• Conference:
  • ITS America 8th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Transportation technology for tomorrow : conference proceedings
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1998-0-0 to 1998-0-0
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle location; Decision support systems; Geographic information systems; Paratransit services
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00776973
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM