AN IMPROVED METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (IMATS)

This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project focused on the development of the Improved Metropolitan Area Transportation System (IMATS). The objective of IMATS is to reverse the trend of increasing single-occupant-vehicle (SOV) use by providing a multiple-occupant-vehicle (MOV) transportation system that is equivalent or superior to SOV use in terms of convenience, flexibility, and cost. IMATS employs Instant Rent-A-Car (IRAC), Multiple Occupant Commuter Taxi (MOCT), Conventional Taxis, and transit. Vehicle use is integrated or scheduled by means of a central processor. It is envisioned that IMATS will evolve by sequentially implementing new user services. The IDEA project focused on a technology demonstration of the IRAC and MOCT.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38253
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This ITS-IDEA project was conducted by C.F. International, Reno, Nevada.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1995-1-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 25 p.
• Serial:
  • ITS-IDEA Program Project Final Report
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central processing units (Computers); Commuter service; Demonstration projects; Dispatching; High occupancy vehicles; Intelligent transportation systems; Scheduling; Taxi services; Technological innovations
• Old TRIS Terms: Central processing units; Demonstration; Instant rent-a-car; Multiple occupant commuter taxi
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738972
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: ITS-3
• Files: NTL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 23 1997 12:00AM