NORTHEAST FLORIDA RURAL TRANSIT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Low productivity of paratransit services, lack of both inter- and intra-county trip coordination, and the high cost of long distance and out-of-county trips generated this study. The report documents the results of the evaluation of the Northeast Florida Rural Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project, a demonstration of ITS technology deployment in three rural Florida counties: Flagler, St. Johns, and Putnam. The research focused on the impact of ITS technology deployment to improve the mobility, efficiency, and productivity of rural paratransit service in these counties. The project tested and evaluated the effectiveness of ITS technologies for rural transit operations, including: mobility management, software applications, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System/Automatic Vehicle Location (GPS/AVL) systems. Mobile Data Terminals, and electronic applications (email and web-based information).

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4328
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Columbus Laboratories

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Coburn, N
  • Gopalakrishna, D
• Publication Date: 2003-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Geographic information systems; Global Positioning System; Intelligent transportation systems; Mobility; Paratransit services; Performance evaluations; Rural areas; Technology assessment
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Florida
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960929
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-MA-26-7007-03.1, DOT-VNTSC-FTA-03-02, Final Report
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 2003 12:00AM