REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION

THE REPORT DESCRIBES A "COMPUTER UTILITY" FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN A VARIETY OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF THE UTILITY IS IN ITS DATA BASE, WHICH INCLUDES A REPRESENTATION OF THE STREET NETWORK IN ANY URBAN SYSTEM FOR WHICH THE UTILITY IS EMPLOYED. THE SYSTEM MAY CONSEQUENTLY BE EMPLOYED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS. IT CAN BE APPLIED TO FLEET ROUTING, AREA-WIDE TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRANSIT SYSTEM SUPPORT, AND SUCH NON-TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AS MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNMENT PLANNING, AND MARKET RESEARCH. THE UTILITY WOULD HAVE PARTICULAR APPLICABILITY IN OPERATIONS WHICH REQUIRE DYNAMIC ROUTING OR INSTANTANEOUS LOCATION OF NON-ROUTED VEHICLES. FEASIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL WITH REFERENCE TO TECHNICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS. EVALUATIVE CRITERIA WERE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN TERMS OF INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND DEMAND SATISFACTION. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT THE MAJOR OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTATION ARE INSTITUTIONAL; IN ADDITION, COST FACTORS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE PROHIBITIVE FOR SMALLER-SIZED ORGANIZATIONS. THE AUTHOR NOTES STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT AND CONCLUDES THAT FEW TECHNICAL BARRIERS EXIST. A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS APPENDED. /UMTA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROJ NO TRD-90
• Corporate Authors:

  MITRE Corporation

  Bedford, MA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Costello, M J
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Communications; Computer programming; Information processing; Management; Routes; Routing; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226491
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 1973 12:00AM