EVALUATION OF THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

This report documents the implementation and operation of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's Advanced Public Transportation System (ITS MARTA '96) as part of a showcase of Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies deployed for the 1996 Olympic Games. Due to funding limitations and other shortcomings, only a portion of the MARTA fleet was equipped with APTS technologies and most of the technologies were only partially functioning during the Olympic Games. The ITS technologies that were installed on some of the vehicles and in use at the time of the Olympics included: trip itinerary planning system, automatic passenger counters, automatic vehicle location system, wayside passenger information devices, the VISA cash card fare payment system, and traveler information kiosks. This evaluation was performed within the context of the goals and objectives of FTA's national APTS program. The report summarizes the findings from MARTA's experiences with the implementation of new technologies, and offers guidelines to organizations contemplating or planning for the adoption of similar technologies. The report provides background information on MARTA's ITS system, summarizes national and local objectives, describes each ITS component, discusses financial aspects of the ITS system, and provides a brief summary of the status and benefits to date of each of the ITS technologies used by MARTA. The report also contains conclusions and describes the lessons learned from the MARTA ITS project experience.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17300/17324/PB2001100783.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Research and Special Programs Administration

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Monahan, P
  • Schweiger, C
  • Buffkin, T
• Publication Date: 2000-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced public transportation systems; Automatic vehicle location; Computer aided design; Dispatching; Geographic information systems; In vehicle annunciators; Information display systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Passenger counting; Passenger information systems; Wayside signals
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801901
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-FTA-00-02,, FTA-MA-26-7007-2000-3
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 15 2001 12:00AM