Computer Assisted School Bus Routing Model

This paper describes how administrators in school systems that operate their own school bus fleets, particularly those with relatively large fleets, are continually increasing their interest in the ability of modern electronic computational techniques to assist in their management and operational tasks. Not the least of these tasks is that of school bus scheduling and routing. This paper presents the results of a multi-year series of projects in the state of North Carolina in order to develop a computer program for school bus routing called the Routing Assistance Model (RAM). The paper explores the conceptual basis of the program and some of the operational aspects of implementing this program in several local educational areas (LEAs) in North Carolina.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  Centre for Transportation Studies
  Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada  V6T 1W5
• Authors:
  • Smith, P
  • Walcott, W
  • Hauser, E W
• Conference:
  • Research for Tomorrow's Transport Requirements. Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-5-0 to 1986-5-0
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1705-1712
• Monograph Title: Research for Tomorrow’s Transport Requirements

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fleet management; Routes and routing; Schedules and scheduling; School buses; Vehicle fleets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bus scheduling; School bus operations; Voice routing systems
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082479
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 18 2007 11:29AM