DENVER RTD'S COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH/AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM : THE HUMAN FACTORS CONSEQUENCE

This report documents the impacts of Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Locator (CAD/AVL) technology in providing real-time surveillance of vehicles and upgrading radio communication. The study examines the usability of the CAD/AVL features and how the CAD/AVL affected employees' work tasks.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1999 Federal Transit Administration, Washington DC Remarks: Performed by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center for the Federal Transit Administration Office of Mobility Innovation under contract no. DOT-VNTSC-FTA-98-8
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Planning Organization (Mass.). Central Transportation Planning Staff

  ,    

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stearns, Mary
  • Sussman, E Donald
  • Belcher, Jonathan
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: xiii, 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced public transportation systems; Automatic vehicle location; Buses; Scheduling
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798153
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-FRA-TRI-11-99-29, DOT-VNTSC-FTA-98-8
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 8 2000 12:00AM