Integrated Corridor Management Transit Vehicle Real-Time Data Demonstration: Dallas Case Study

As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) purchased new automatic passenger counter (APC) technology for its Red and Orange line light rail vehicles to provide real-time passenger counts to its train control center and to provide data to the ICM decision support system. By gaining access to real-time passenger counts, DART hopes to respond more effectively to unplanned incidents on the rail network by enabling more responsive service adjustments. This report summarizes how DART responded to incidents before ICM, addresses what has changed after ICM deployment, and identifies constraints to optimum responses.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FTA_Report_No._0077.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34580
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Biernbaum, Lee
  • Minnice, Paul
• Publication Date: 2014-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 35p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Case studies; Data collection; Integrated corridor management; Passenger counting; Public transit; Real time information; Technological innovations
• Identifier Terms: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562610
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA Report No. 0077
• Contract Numbers: DTFT60-11-N-00032
• Files: NTL, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2015 9:27AM