GENESIS - PROJECT DESIGN AND PILOT TEST

The Genesis initiative of the Minnesota Guidestar program is advancing toward the goal of providing travelers with real-time travel information using Personal Communication Devices (PCD's). The Genesis initiative has completed concept definition, preliminary and detailed system design, and plans for a demonstration and pilot test of PCD's. PCD's under design are personal digital assistants (PDA's), notebook computers and alpha-numeric pagers. Real-time travel data is collected and processed by data collection and fixed end servers and distributed to mobile PCD's over RF networks. A pilot test is planned for the Spring of 1995 in the western and southern regions of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Starr, R A
  • Wright, J L
  • Hoffman, P
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Technical Papers, 64th ITE Annual Meeting
  • Location: Dallas, Texas
  • Date: 1994-10-16 to 1994-10-19
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 250-254

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Passenger information systems; Personal computers; Pilot studies; Real time control; Traveler information and communication systems
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Old TRIS Terms: Pilot study; Real-time systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716660
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 22 1996 12:00AM