Towards a Technology Assessment of Highway/Navigation and Route Guidance
There are now a wide variety of route guidance systems available, both automated and non-automated. There are navigation aids, route guidance and route control. The technology has reached and advanced stage and is on the market in some forms. Needed is an assessment of driver response and network behavior to evaluate the technical requirements and limitations. A thorough economic analysis needs to be undertaken to clarify cost effectiveness implications. Policy analyses are needed to look at the issues of liability and public acceptance.
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Corporate Authors:
University of California, Irvine
Institute of Transportation Studies
4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
Irvine, CA United States 92697Program on Advanced Technology for the Highway (Calif.)
,California Department of Transportation
1120 N Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814 -
Authors:
- Kanfani, Adib K
- Publication Date: 1987
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 14 p.
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Serial:
- PATH Working Paper
- Publisher: University of California, Irvine
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile navigation systems; Route guidance; Technology assessment
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00796759
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PWP-87-6
- Files: PATH, CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 24 2000 12:00AM