STRANDED BUT CONNECTED? : CASE STUDY OF WIRELESS ITS SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN SMALL TOWN AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS
This paper investigates challenges to the deployment of effective Emergency Response and Management Systems (ERS/EMS) in rural areas. Using concepts of Interorganizational Systems and the National ITS Architecture, researchers build a framework for investigation of ERS/EMS in rural Minnesota. This framework allowed the identification of technology, institutional, and policy issues. These technical and non-technical dimensions were further examined through a series of in-depth interviews with practitioners and stakeholders throughout the state, supplemented by review and analysis of key evaluations of and reports on candidate ERS/EMS systems. Key technology concerns include slow systems upgrades and coverage gaps, protracted integration of wireless communications to existing infrastructures, and competing (and expensive) standards for deployment
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Supplemental Notes:
- Publication Date: 2003. Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. Remarks: Paper prepared for presentation at the 82nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2003. Format: CD ROM
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Corporate Authors:
University of California, Berkeley
California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
Richmond, CA United States 94804-4648California Department of Transportation
1120 N Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814University of California, Berkeley
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Berkeley, CA United States 94720 -
Authors:
- Horan, Thomas A
- Schooley, Benjamin L
- Dadabayeva, Nodira
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2003-1-12 to 2003-1-16
- Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 22 p.
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Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00962514
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Files: PATH, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 2 2003 12:00AM