Advanced Public Transportation Systems
A Bibliography with Abstracts 1985-1991
April 1992
Click HERE for graphic. Advanced Public Transportation Systems A Bibliography with Abstracts 1985-1991 Final Report April 1992 Compiled and Edited by Marina Drancsak Federal Transit Administration Jerome T. Maddock Transportation Research Board Prepared for Federal Transit Administration Office of Technical Assistance and Safety 400 7th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20590 Distributed in Cooperation with Technology Sharing Program U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590 DOT-T-92-18 ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 1985-1991 A Bibliography With Abstracts Table of Contents Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii Sample Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv FTA-Sponsored Research Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Other Research Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 APPENDICES: FTA REGIONAL REPOSITORIES FACTS ABOUT TRIS ii U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration APTS: ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 1985-1991 A Bibliography With Abstracts AN UMTRIS/TRIS LITERATURE SEARCH The references included in this bibliography have been retrieved from the Urban Mass Transportation Research Information Service (UMTRIS) subfile of TRIS, the Transportation Research Information Services data- base. Each citation has a report availability statement for persons interested in obtaining a full text copy of the cited record. Each record begins with a Record Number. See Sample Records on the following page. The Record Number is followed either by "DA" or "PR". The "DA" indicates that the record is a Document Abstract, representing a published full text document. The "PR" identifies a Project Resume describing an ongoing or recently completed, but as yet unpublished, research project. For additional information on Project Resumes, contact the individual listed in the record at the address given. Toward the end of the bibliography is a listing of the Federal Transit Administration's Regional Repositories. Copies of FTA-sponsored reports have been deposited with these repositories and are available to the public through an interlibrary loan arrangement with any of the repositories listed here. For additional information on transit, please contact Marina Drancsak, Editor, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, at (202) 366-0201 or Jerry Maddock, Compiler, Transportation Research Board, at (202) 334-3250. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety iii Click HERE for graphic. Click HERE for graphic. PART 1. FTA-SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS AVAILABILITY: Documents cited in the bibliography include an availablilty statement. Look for the source following the statement "AVAILABLE FROM:" in each record. Click HERE for graphic. Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects 389977 DA A COMPUTER-AIDED APPROACH TO ENERGY CONTINGENCY ROUTE PLANNING FOR TRANSIT USING TNOP Friedman, TW; Janarthanan, N Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Special Report N203 1983 pp 65-68 5 Fig. 1 Ub. 1 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 In this study the use of a computerized transit planning package is tested for analyzing the demand patters and for deriving high-per- formance plans for serving different fixed-demand levels. The interactive graphic Transit Network Optimization System (TNOP) is a set of computer programs for use in designing and evaluating the performance of alternative bus and rail systems. TNOP is designed to analyze fixed- route, fixed schedule transit systems. One of several recent applications of TNOP for energy contingency planning at Seattle Metro is described in this paper. This paper appeared in TRB Special Report 203, Proceedings of the Conference on Energy Contingency Planning in Urban Areas. Conference was conducted by TRB and sponsored by UMTA, April 6- 9, 1983, Houston, Texas. 455098 DA A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE 1985 SPORTS FESTIVAL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA RBA Engineers, Planners 8338 Summa Avenue, Suite 302 Baton Rouge Louisiana 70809; Louisiana Dept of Transportation & Development P. 0. Box 94245, Capitol Station Baton Rouge Louisiana 70804; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Aug 1985 150P 3 App. REPORT NO: UMTA-LA-08-8011-85-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-LA-08-8011; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Baton Rouge, Louisiana served as the host city for the National Sports Festival VI from July 19 to August 5, 1985. The objective of this study was to develop a transportation plan that would transport the 4,000 participants to the various Festival activities and provide services that would afford other athletes the opportunity to view the competition. This report documents such a transportation plan. It describes the routes used in transporting the participants as well as the access and parking requirements for spectators. In addition, the report contains an evaluation of the transportation system and identifies specific problem areas that will assist future hosts in developing their transportation system for such an event. Overall, the transportation system provided the participants with the service it was designed to provide. The overall cost of the service was estimated at $160,000 which was nearly double the initial budget. Factors contributing to this overrun cost are discussed in this report. Better communication and planning was recommended to produce a more efficient and cost effective system as well as to avoid the problem areas discussed in this study. 455179 DA A RELIABILITY-BASED MODEL TO ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE AND COST OF A TRANSIT FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM Heimann, DI Transportation Systems Center Research and Special Programs Administration Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 DTS-65; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Jun 1985 Final Rpt. 120p REPORT NO: UMTA-MA-06-0153-85-1; DOT-ISC-UMTA-84-12 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The collection of transit system fares has become more sophisticated in recent years, with more flexible structures requiring more sophis- ticated fare collection equipment to process tickets and admit passengers. However, this new and complex equipment has often been plagued by reliability problems, frequently resulting in significant passenger congestion and delay. Development efforts are underway to improve reliability. It is uncertain, however, to what extent reliability needs to be improved and how much the improvement will cost. Attempting either too small or too large an improvement in equipment reliability or maintainability may waste valuable transit funds, and may not even solve the underlying problem. A way is needed to determine the dependability (i.e., the passenger congestion and delay arising from the system) and cost of a fare collection system, given the passenger demand, the equipment capacity, reliability, and maintainability, and the various system costs. This report discusses fare collection dependability analyses, and how transit systems can use it to make more effective investment decisions in selecting fare collection systems which best fit their needs, minimize costs, and provide effective service to passengers. Software implementing such analysis is available in the form of user-friendly computer models, also described in this report. Various types of analyses are described: evaluation (how well is the given system doing?); and trade-off analysis (what tradeoffs can be made among system values without affecting overall performance?). The simulation and analytical models to carry out fare collection system dependability and cost analysis are presented, including their technical approach and data requirements. Sample fare collection dependability cost analyses using data based on actual transit systems are shown, and results and conclusions are discussed. 462871 DA ADVANCED GROUP RAPID TRANSIT, PHASE IIB. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND FINAL REPORT Lyttle, DD; Freitag, DB; Christenson, DH Boeing Aerospace Company Automated Transportation Systems, P.O. Box 3999 Seattle Washington 98124; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Feb 1986 210p REPORT NO: UMTA-WA-06-0011-86-1 CONTRACT NO: DOT-UT-80041; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The purpose of the Advanced Group Rapid Transit (AGRT) APRIL 1, 1992 -1- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects program was to develop an advanced automated guideway transit system capable of providing high passenger volumes, short waiting times, and high levels of passenger service. Me system developed consists of small, automated vehicles operating on a single lane guideway at short headways, with unmanned, off-line stations. The work in this report summarizes the work performed by Boeing Aerospace Company under the AGRT program, Contract Number DOT-UT430041. The AGRT program summarized in this report focuses on the identification of the critical technologies required to safely command and control the movement of unmanned vehicles along a guideway. This report is organized to provide the reader insight into the management and development of the AGRT technology. A history of the program and its dependency on earlier developed and implemented technology and the identification of technologies that may be adaptable to existing transit systems is provided. Key issues and goals are presented as defined by UMTA for the introduction of microprocessor-based control systems. Summary conclusions are as follows: 1) the technology developed supports the partial automation of existing systems and more complete automation of new systems; 2) long range research and development directed to implementation of the technology to enhance transit efficiency and productivity should be continued; 3) safety and evaluation standards for implementation of microprocessor based control systems are required; and 4) a steering action group directed to monitor the implementation of automation to enhance transit system productivity is recommended. Earlier reports in this series are: Advanced Group Rapid Transit Vehicle Control Unit Design Summary, UMTA-WA-06-0011-84-3, NTIS No. PB86-169596, A12 and Advanced Group Rapid Transit Odometer Data Downlink Collision Avoidance System Design Summary, UMTA-WA-06-0011-84-2, NTIS No. PB86-169588, A08. 458780 DA ADVANCED GROUP RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT DESIGN SUMMARY FINAL REPORT Greve, AIR; Haberman, DE; Lang, RP Boeing Aerospace Company Automated Transportation Systems Seattle Washington 98124; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 May 1985 261p Figs. 2 Tab. REPORT NO: UMTA-WA-06-0011-84-3 CONTRACT NO: DOT-UT-80041; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The purpose of the Advanced Group Rapid Transit (AGRT) program was to develop an advanced automated guideway transit system capable of providing high passenger volumes, short waiting times, and high levels of passenger service. The system is the development of a transportation system consisting of small, automated vehicles operating on a single lane guideway at short headways with unmanned, off-line stations. This report documents the design, development and test activity associated with the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) for the AGRT program. The VCU is that part of the AGRT control hierarchy carried onboard a transit vehicle that is responsible for overall vehicle control and safety. The vehicle control function involves implementation of wayside commands conveyed to the vehicle by inductive communications and magnetic vehicle status measurements. The VCU controls longitudinal motion (jerk, acceleration, speed, and position); switching; closed-loop emergency stopping; and vehicle doors. Safety assurance tasks include overspeed protection, emergency removal of tractive effort, door control, status monitoring, fault protection, and system initialization. The VCU is described in detail, including conclusions as well as recommendations. 605353 DA ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 1991 n.p. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 This packet contains a brochure and flyers describing the Advanced Public Transportation Systems Program which is a component of an overall U.S. DOT initiative in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS). The program is structured to undertake research and development of innovative applications of advanced navigation, information, and communication technologies that most benefit public transportation. Major public benefits are expected as the application of these technologies attract travellers to transit and ridesharing modes, thus reducing traffic congestion, air pollution, and energy consumption. 616082 DA ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - THE STATE OF THE ART Casey, RF; Labell, LN; Prensky, SP; Schweiger, CL John A. Volpe Transportation Systems Center Research and Special Programs Administration Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 Apr 1991 92p REPORT NO: UMTA-MA-06-0196-91-2 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 This report documents one of the early initiatives of UMTAs Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program, a program structured to undertake research and development of innovative applications of advanced navigation, information, and communication technologies that most benefit public transportation. This report contains the results of a limited investigation of the extent of adoption of advanced technology in the provision of public transportation service in North America. It focused on some of the most innovative or comprehensive implementations, categorized broadly under the APTS program elements of Market Development, Customer Interface, Vehicle Operations and Communications, and High Occupancy Vehicle Facility Operations. The objective of this effort was to increase the industry's knowledge of successful applications of advanced technologies with the expectation that this will lead to their widespread adoption. 603467 DA AGENDA FOR THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION'S TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH Citations from TRIS -2- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects PROGRAM Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Jan 1991 42p Refs. REPORT NO: UMTA-UT-06-0001-91-1 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 This report presents the Agenda for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's Transit Planning and Research (TPR) Program. It is a response to the National Transportation Policy (NTP) issued by President Bush on February 26, 1990. NTP calls for a new direction that will "Increase the Federal transportation budget for research and technology projects, in coordination with the efforts of private industry, the academic community, and state and local governments." The new UMTA TPR program will integrate all of UMTAs planning and research and combine several existing programs under a single, flexible funding arrangement. The agenda was developed to guide UMTA's TPR program. It reflects industry's comments and suggestions at the 1990 Priorities Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri. This agenda report consists of 2 chapters. Chapter I (Introduction) introduces the National Transportation Policy and TPR; presents a history of UMTA Planning and Research; and discusses the Planning and Research opportunities. Chapter 2, titled The Proposed Transit Planning and Research Agenda, puts forth and discusses the following 6 "themes" that form the framework for the NTP and serve as the basis for the TPR agenda: Maintain and expand the Nation's transportation system; Foster a sound financial base for transportation; Keep the transportation industry strong and competitive; Ensure that the transportation system supports public safety and national security; Protect the environment and the quality of life; and Advance U.S. transportation technology and expertise. In this report, industry's proposed planning and research agenda are organized and discussed within the 6 NTP themes. 60750-5 DA AN EVALUATION OF AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTERS: VALIDATION, SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE. FINAL REPORT Strathman, JG TransNow, Transportation Northwest Washington Univ, Civil Engineering Dept, 135 More Hall FX-10 Seattle Washington 98195 Feb 1990 22p Tabs. Refs. REPORT NO: TNW90-19 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: TransNow, Transportation Northwest Washington Univ, Civil Engineering Dept, 135 More Hall FX-10, Seattle Washington 98195 This report addresses three issues associated with the implementation of automatic passenger counters (APCs), based on an evaluation of the recent experiences of the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met). First is the issue of validation, which is concerned with both the recovery and accuracy of APC passenger data. The second issue concerns the development of a sampling methodology for APCs compatible with UMTA's Section 15 reporting requirements. Third is the issue of inferring system-level ridership from sample data in the presence of selective APC failures. 615827 DA ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSIT AND RIDESHARE APPLICATIONS Davies, P; Hill, C; Emmott, N; Siviter, J Castle Rock Consultants Leesburg Virginia Jul 1991 130p Figs. Tabs. 117 Ref. 2 App. REPORT NO: NCTRP-604A SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 This report presents the results of a study to examine advanced technologies and systems that can be applied to high occupancy, ridesharing and transit needs. Advanced technologies can be used to encourage the use transit and rideshare facilities by improving their attractiveness and accessibility to travelers. In addition, they have the potential to increase the efficiency of transit and rideshare operations, reducing operational costs while offering higher levels of service to the public. Technologies were reviewed in the areas of traveler information systems, traffic management systems, fleet management and control systems, and automatic vehicle control systems. Within these areas, developments in the U.S., Europe and Japan were considered and a number of individual technologies were identified. The study included a review of current moves toward a national intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS) program. An outline of IVHS projects and activities directed at high occupancy vehicles, rideshare and transit vehicles has been prepared. These cover research, development, operational testing and standard setting activities for the technologies. The report makes recommendations for the direction of future work on transit and rideshare-related technologies, within the framework of a national IVHS program. 616286 PR AUTOMATED PARATRANSIT BILLING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT INVESTIGATORS: Blin, H SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Regional Transit Board Mears Park Centre, 230 East 5th Street St Paul Minnesota 55101 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-MN-06-002-3; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 9109 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9309 SUBFILE: UMTRIS The objective of this Twin Cities Smart Card Evaluation project is to support the efforts of the Regional Transit Board (RTB in evaluating the use of IVHS technologies in paratransit services. The project will examine the potential of automated card reader systems to improve service levels and management procedures for the region's Metro Mobility Program. The RTB; 5 objectives for this project are: to determine the appropriate use of smart card technologies in fare payment; to evaluate the potential use of smart card technologies to electronically administer Metro Mobility billings; to cite recommendations on possible improvements to contractor performance monitoring through the use of these systems; to evaluate potential applications of smart card systems; and to evaluate automatic vehicle location (AVL) applications to Metro Mobility, including an analysis of the potential for reducing or eliminating the existing 24 hour advance reservation requirement. It is anticipated that the evaluation April 1, 1992 -3- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects of these technologies will lead to implementation strategies that will improve Metro Mobility. This project is part of the Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) component of the Regional Mobility Program. 492359 DA AUTOMATED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP DATA COLLECTION PILOT TEST AND USER'S GUIDE. INTERIM REPORT Barnes, K.E; Urbanik, T, II Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University College Station Texas 77843 Sep 1989 68p 2 Fig. REPORT NO: UMTA/TX-89/1087-2; Research Rpt 1087-2 CONTRACT NO: Study 2-11-87-1087; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051 Austin Texas 78763 Transit systems need to collect bus ridership data to evaluate operational efficiency and to comply with the reporting requirements for federal government subsidies. Manual data collection, coding and summarization is a tedious, inefficient and expensive process. An automated data collection system such as the one produced by Multisystems, was found to be the most cost effective and versatile system for Texas small transit agencies. The automated system consists of two software packages. The Check*mate software is used on a portable computer to collect ridership data and the TIM software is used on a PC to correct, store and summarize the data. The supplied documentation for the system was inadequate for implementation and so a supplemental user's guide was developed. The automated system (including the new user's guide) was furnished to Citibus, the local transit agency in Lubbock. The implementation and their use of the automated system was then documented. Several comments and recommendations were generated for the automated system. Overall, the pilot test demonstrated that the automated system could be used effectively by transit systems to improve efficiency. The system does require considerable time to set up, and was one of the major concerns resulting from the pilot testing. State assistance in training and set-up may be one possible alternative for small transit agencies. TTI and Citibus personnel agree that the concept of an equipment "pool" for transit agencies to borrow the hardware necessary for an automated data collection system is not feasible due to the frequency at which data must be collected. 477590 DA AUTOMATED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP DATA COLLECTION. FINAL REPORT Barnes, KE; Urbanik, T, II Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843; Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051 Austin Texas 78763; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Sep 1988 32p REPORT NO: UMTA/FX-88/1087-1; Technical Rpt 1087-1 CONTRACT NO: Study 1-10-87-1087; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 Transit systems need to periodically collect and analyze ridership data to determine operational efficiency. Data must also be collected by those transit systems that receive Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) funding. An automated data collection system can be used to collect, check, arrange, summarize and store bus ridership data. The initial is more than offset by the savings in employee time after implementation. The Check*mate and TIM software packages developed by Multisystems provides the benefits of an automated data collection system at a reasonable price. However the documentation that is presently available is inadequate. Implementation of this system would be extremely difficult for a novice user and additional documentation is recommended. The centralized or pooled concept of an automated data collection system that could be made available to small transit systems in Texas was determined to be not feasible. The influencing factor for this decision include, the logistics of providing the equipment to the transit systems, the difficulties of scheduling and communication, the cost of an adequate number of systems and the time required to train the users. The Multisystems system does however appear to be a reasonable expenditure for individual transit systems. The final step in evaluating the benefits of an automated system and the recommendation of this study would be to provide a small transit system with the Multisystems system, appropriate hardware and training and then evaluate its use and effectiveness. 39-5276 PR AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION BUS EQUIPMENT EVALUATION INVESTIGATORS: Armstrong, W SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Metropolitan transportation Authority 347 Madison Avenue New York New York 10017 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-NY-06-0122; Contract PROJECT START DATE: 8406 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9006 SUBFILE: UMTRIS The New York MTA has contracted with Arthur D. Little, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to test and evaluate the state-of-the-art in automatic fare collection (AFC) technology and its application to the New York City bus system, as well as the capability of such equipment to increase passenger convenience, lower fare collection costs, and reduce fare evasion. Use of multi-ride/multi-value passes shows promise to substantially reduce revenue loss over use of monthly flash passes. Electronic pass-reading AFC equipment from three manufacturers will be evaluated: CGA/Camp; Crouzet (magnetic ticket reader/cancellors that use the small-size Edmonson magnetic strip paper tickets); and Cubic Western Data (swipe-through pass reader using standard credit card size magnetic strip plastic fare cards). In this project, MTA will evaluate upgraded units from these manufacturers corrected to resolve the problems identified in an earlier evaluation, as well as units from other manufacturers (such as SCI Systems, Control Systems, etc.) that have potential application. This study will produce a final report with comparative information useful to other transit agencies considering the installation of AFC equipment on buses. Citations from TRIS -4- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects 485826 DA AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTER AND ELECTRONIC REGISTERING FAREBOX DATA INTEGRATION PROJECT FINAL DEMONSTRATION REPORT Osei-Owusu, P; Johnson, A Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 2424 Piedmont Road Atlanta Georgia 30324; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Mar 1989 90p 15 Fig. 12 Tab. 6 Ref. REPORT NO: UMTA-GA-06-0019-89-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-GA-06-0019; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 This project aimed to develop a unified passenger and revenue data reporting system by merging separate output files from 2 separate data handling devices--automatic passenger counter (APC) and electronic registering farebox (ERF). The report evaluates the Automatic Passenger Counter and Fare Demonstration Project undertaken by MARTA. It was designed to test the merging of output data from 2 onboard devices (APC and ERF). Three MARTA buses, equipped with both devices, were chosen to run on 3 selected routes. Output data representing fare and passenger activities on each of the 3 routes were manually merged into a single integrated output for further analysis and report generation. An important aspect of the initial plan, to merge the data electronically, was abandoned because of technical difficulties. Even though an electronic merger was not possible, many project objectives were achieved. This report provides background information of the project as a whole, discusses GFI electronic farebox and APC equipment, describes what was done, and discusses the results pointing out project strengths, weaknesses and conclusions. Data output integration was the central theme of the entire project. 475621 DA AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTER SYSTEMS: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE. FINAL REPORT Hodges, CC Lane Council of Governments 125 East Eighth Avenue Eugene Oregon 97401; Urban Mass Transportation Administration Office of Planning Assistance, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590; Office of the Secretary of Transportation Technology Sharing Program, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Jun 1985 157p REPORT NO: DOT-1-87-36 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Office of the Secretary of Transportation Technology Sharing Program, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Automatic Passenger Counters (APCs) involve the use of electronic devices or "sensors" to detect transit passenger activity. Data on the number of passengers boarding and alighting (deboarding) the bus and the location of that activity are accumulated and stored in a microprocessor on-board the bus. These data are later transferred (either manually or automatically) to a central, stationary computer for data processing and report generation. Prior to the development of APCs, these tasks were performed exclusively by people. Today, many of the agencies using APC's have limited or discontinue data collection activities. This study evaluates the capabilities, costs, and benefits of automated data collection techniques in collecting and analyzing ridership information essential to public transit planning and management. This evaluation presents a broad range of detailed and technical information on APCs which will be a resource for agencies researching alternative data collection techniques. In addition, the discussion on APC system implementation will benefit agencies planning a conversion from manual to automated data collection methods. 480693 DA AUTOMATION IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY FINAL REPORT Crew, RE, Jr; Weither, GW Houston University, Texas 4800 Calhoun Road Houston Texas 77204; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Feb 1989 67p 10 Fig. 4 Tab. REPORT NO: UMTA-TX-11-0019-89-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-TX-11-0019; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 In 1979 the Harris County (Texas) Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) purchased HouTran--a bus system "in ruins." In 1985 this same bus system (renamed Metro) was recognized as one of the best systems in America. Many factors contributed to this dramatic change--new management, new personnel, new productivity brought about by the installation of an automated management information system (MIS). The purpose of this report is to systematically organize and share with other transit agencies Metro's experience and perception of the value of implementing these automated systems. This report describes the process by which a multi-element MIS was installed at Houston Metro and analyzes the impact of that installation on human productivity. The report begins with a history of mass transit events in Houston and describes the environment in which MIS was introduced. Two tasks were undertaken. The process analyses portion/task of this report documents the MIS implementation process and identifies problem areas and strategies addressing such problems. The impact analyses portion measures productivity in each automated area and analyzes relationships between the automated systems and productivity. Manual systems that were automated--vehicle maintenance, scheduling, accounting and others--and benefits derived from MIS are charted-out. Although productivity increased substantially between 1979-1985, the study does not link these improvements solely to automated systems. However, a plausible connection is established between the introduction of the vehicle maintenance program and the decline in the number of employees in that department. 615990 PR BELLEVUE SMART COMMUTER PROJECT INVESTIGATORS: Blumenthal, C SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle 821 Second Avenue Seattle Washington 98104 April 1, 1992 -5- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects CONTRACT NO: UMTA-WA-06-0039; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 9108 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9203 SUBFILE: UMTRIS The UMTA Advanced Transportation Systems Program (APTS) foresees new opportunities for attracting travelers to ridesharing by making mobile telecommunications mode work better through applications of telecommunications technologies. This is the initial planning and design of an operational test project applying the capabilities of mobile telecommunications (e.g. cellular telephones) to the growth and efficiency of carpools and vanpools serving the CBD of Bellevue, Washington - a major suburban employment center close to Seattle. Bellevue Transportation Management Association (TMA) staff, private sector commuter transportation coordinators, City of Bellevue, Metro Transit, and leading Bellevue-region mobile telecommunication companies will be mobilized to design an equipment and service package for deployment to every TMA-registered carpool and Metro vanpool coming into the Bellevue CBD, app. 400 vehicles. The project will create and document a method of deploying and paying for this package, along with a design for its operational testing and evaluation during 1992-93. 468840 DA BRIDGEPORT TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM STUDY Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency 525 Water Street Bridgeport Connecticut 06604; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Mar 1988 141p REPORT NO: UMTA-CT-09-0023-88-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-CT-09-0023; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Northwestern U Library, Evanston UC Berkeley The need for a central source for public transport information to retain and expand patronage in the 6-town area of the Greater Bridgeport Region (GBR) generated this study. Current information services are fragmented and do not address multi-modal trips. A previous ConnDOT study identified the need for establishing a series of regional transportation information centers that would provide multi-modal transit information and ultimately link-up with private sector data. The objective of this study is to define capital, operational, equipment and management needs for implementing a centralized public transport telephone information center serving the GBR. The literature review conducted and discussed in this report indicated quality information services essential to an operator's marketing/public relations program. Benefits flowing from the implementation of a telephone information center with automatic call distribution (ACD) and automated data retrieval capabilities are also discussed. The Bridgeport Information Center, designed in this report, focuses on at least one trip end within the 6-town Bridgeport area. It consists of an ACD system with 5 active lines and 4 lines allocated to queue capacity; an integrated computerized data retrieval system based around a mini-/microcomputer local area network system; and a management information system comprised of geographic and operator databases and related application software. Capital costs are expected to total $242,100 with annual operating costs ranging between $62,000 in year one of the implementation program and $336,800 in year five. Only available to the public through the interlibrary loan services of Regional Repositories/Document Delivery Centers of the: Transportation Library, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois 60208 and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. 611683 PR BUS ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEMS INVESTIGATORS: Hunter-Zaworski, KM SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Oregon State University Transportation Research Institute Corvallis Oregon 97331 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-OR-11-0007; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 91 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 92 SUBFILE: UMTRIS This project will focus on the technologies, operating policies, and training options currently in use in North America to improve transit accessibility for persons with disabilities (namely, individuals with sensory and mental impairments). It will include participation by transit agency officials and individuals with disabilities who are transit users or potential users. The study will be conducted in 2 phases. Phase one will document the research into the state-of-the-art in current and future technologies, operating policies, and training programs that accommodate individuals with disabilities, and identify problematic areas. It will also document the potential application of IVHS and ATIS technologies for assisting individuals with disabilities. Phase two report will present the results of the systematic design methodology applied to conceptual designs for technological solutions of the problems identified. A Final project report will document both phases of the project and will include results from the ongoing research into securement/restraint system design and wheelchair lifts. The final report will be made available to the general public. 616296 PR BUS TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION AND AVL STUDY INVESTIGATORS: Johnson, MH SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Chicago Transit Authority Merchandise Mart Plaza, P.O. Box 3555 Chicago Illinois 60654 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-IL-06-0088; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 92 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: UMTRIS The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will study and evaluate automatic vehicle location (AVL) and bus traffic signal preemption technologies and analyze their potential impact on auto traffic and bus operations in a Chicago corridor. The project includes an international literature search to locate suppliers with working system, interviews with potential vendors, visits to cities with operational AVLs and bus traffic priority signal systems and project evaluation reports. The project will demonstrate this technology in the S. Michigan/119th Street corridor to determine its suitability for systemwide application. 486514 DA DEVELOPMENT OF A GRAPHICS BASED AUTOMATED Citations from TRIS -6- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects AUTOMATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM (AERS) FOR RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS. FINAL REPORT Hathaway, WT; Heimann, D; Hammar, PK Transportation Systems Center Research and Special Programs Administration Cambridge Massachusetts 02142; Urban Mass Transportation Administration Office of Technical Assistance & Safety 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 May 1989 48p Figs. REPORT NO: UMTA-MA-06-0178-89-1; DOT-TSC-UMTA-89-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-MA-06-0178; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 This report presents an overview of the second generation Automated Emergency Response System (AERS2). Developed to assist transit systems in responding effectively to emergency situations, AERS2 is a microcomputer-based information retrieval system that provides train controllers, dispatchers, and supervisors with quick and accurate information. In contrast to the original AERS, AERS2 provides information through a color schematic map of a one-mile length of track on the upper half of the computer display screen and textual information on the lower half of the screen. The report describes the development and operation of AERS2, provides background information and a detailed description of the AERS2 data files, describes the operation and various functions of AERS2, and provides conclusions and recommendations for further action. 471396 DA DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED SECURITY INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (SIRS) FOR BUS TRANSIT. FINAL REPORT Cooney, NA Transportation Systems Center Research and Special Programs Administration Cambridge Massachusetts 02142; Urban Mass Transportation Administration Office of Technical Assistance, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Dec 1986 44p 15 Fig. 4 Ref. 1 App. REPORT NO: UMTA-MA-06-0152-86-3; DOT-TSC-UMTA-86-13 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The Security Incident Reporting System (SIRS) is a microcomputer- based software program demonstrated at the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) in Minneapolis, MN. SIRS is designed to provide convenient storage, update and retrieval of security incident data. The program utilizes data from dispatcher, bus operator, security officer, and municipal police reports. Drawing on this data, the program produces standard reports, summarizing incident frequency, type, time, location and other attributes. In addition, the system can be queried to provide ad hoc statistical information, and individual incident records can be retrieved for inspection. Although SIRS was designed to meet the requirements of MTC, it has applicability to transit bus systems in general and can be modified to meet the varying input and output requirements of other transit systems. Section 1 of this report describes the need for efficient and accurate security incident data reporting within the transit industry and discusses the role of automation in improving the reporting process. Section 2 of the report outlines the relevant characteristics of MTC and its security department. Section 3 details the design of the SIRS system and the functions it can perform. Lastly, Section 4 describes the applicability of SIRS to the transit industry in general and recommends future efforts to promote the use of automated reporting systems like SIRS. 458686 DA EVALUATION OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COMPUTERIZED RIDER INFORMATION SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT Ruiter, ER; Lung, RE Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated 222 Third Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02142; Urban Mass Transportation Administration Office of Technical Assistance, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Nov 1985 184p Figs. Tabs. 6 App. REPORT NO: UMTAMA-06-0049-85-15; DOT-TSC-UMTA-85-23 CONTRACT NO: DOT-TSC-1752; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Computerized Rider Information System (CRIS) project involved the installation of an automated telephone service to quickly provide bus stop-specific schedule and service information to residents throughout the Authority's service region, which includes Salt Lake City and its surrounding suburbs, as well as the city of Ogden, Utah. Potential bus users obtain this information by calling telephone numbers assigned to specific bus stops or groups of stops. UTAs bus dispatchers have access both to the CRIS system and to the existing dispatch/communications system which includes radios on each bus. The dispatchers monitor bus drivers' reports or schedule deviations and in turn enter this information into the CRIS system. In this way the information supplied to potential passengers who call the CRIS numbers reflects actual operating conditions. The primary goal of the system was to increase ridership and passenger revenues by making up-to-date service information available to all potential users of the transit system. UTA implemented this system, initially on six test routes, on February 4, 1983 under the same "Buzz- A-Bus." This final evaluation report is based on information gathered on CRIS system impacts throughout the sixteen-month Phase I period, which included two system effectiveness tests of six months each separated by four additional months of system operations. The final report includes a history of the system and an analysis of CRIS system usage and awareness, as well as the impacts on bus ridership and the usage of UTAs other information services. The system's cost and benefits are studied, and its lessons for other transit agencies are described. 611684 PR FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN INNOVATIVE RIDESHARING SYSTEM INVESTIGATORS: Pignataro, LT SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: New Jersey Institute of Technology Center for Transportation Studies & Research Newark New Jersey 07102 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-NJ-11-0014; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 91 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE:92 April 1, 1992 -7- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS This research will investigate the feasibility of developing a flexible, real-time, ridesharing system on a national basis, and explore the ways in which such a system could be incorporated into and accelerate the introduction of Advanced Traveler Information & Services (ATIS) and the Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) concepts. Me study will develop the concept of a real-time, telephone-based ridesharing system that uses the private automobile fleet as a public transportation system. Ride availabilities and needs would be coordinated by a computer-based dispatching service reached by phone. A debit/credit arrangement would pay for the rides or even for transportation related operating and capital costs. The system would be operated by private companies and perhaps subdivided into franchises. This study will detail the use, benefits, including societal, and debits of the system. Participation in the program is voluntary, and operates on a day-by-day or fixed carpool basis. Project results will help determine whether a telephone-based, real-time, ridesharing system is technologically, economically and legally feasible. Research activities will be recorded in a final report and made available to the general public. 615274 PR HOUSTON SMART COMPUTER IVHS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT INVESTIGATORS: Turnbull, K SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University TTI/CE Building, Room 101 College Station Texas 77843-3135 CONTRACT NO: Contract PROJECT START DATE: 9009 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9109 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS The Houston Smart Computer IVHS Demonstration Project focuses on the use of Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) technologies to promote and encourage the use of high-occupancy commute modes--such as buses, carpools, and vanpools-- and the transitways. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), a part of the Texas A&M University System, has received funding from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, and the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to conduct an assessment of the potential for the Smart Commuter Demonstration Project. The development of the demonstration is based on the hypothesis that commuters who have quick and easy access to relevant, accurate, and up-to-date information on existing traffic conditions and bus routes and schedules will be more likely to use public transportation and other high occupancy commute modes. Under this project, TTI is conducting an assessment of the market potential, available technology, and approaches to coordinating the gathering and dissemination of needed traffic and transit information. The outcome of this effort will be the development of a concept design and implemen- tation program for the Smart Commuter IVHS Demonstration Project. 608828 PR INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (IVHS) Citations from TRIS INVESTIGATORS: Lowery, EL SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority PO. Box 61429 Houston Texas 77208-1429 CONTRACT NO: Grant PROJECT START DATE: 91 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 92 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS METRO proposes to submit a grant application to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to fund two prototype efforts supporting the IVHS program. The projects are Qube Signs and Automated Barrier Gates. Current changeable message signs will be used to display information for HOV lanes. The signs can be used to simplify the HOV lane's changing occupancy requirements, differing times of operation, and provide informational messages for accidents, changes in traffic flow, and use in special events. Automated barrier gates will be placed in the freeway median and will provide an opening between concrete median barriers. The gates will be motor driven and will be operable on site or from a remote location. For HOV lanes, the proposed plan will also include one gate every mile placed along opposite sides of the HOV lane. 605279 DA INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS INITIATIVE CONTRACT NO: UMTA-TX-06-0072; Grant SUBFILE: UMTRIS The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the Texas A&M Research Foundation to utilize intelligent vehicle highway system technology to promote and encourage the use of buses, vanpools, carpools, and transitways in Houston. The recipient will develop a comprehensive study design, evaluate alternative approaches to traveler information systems and technologies, and establish the information gathering process. 611689 PR IVHS MOBILITY MANAGER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT INVESTIGATORS: Gamble, P SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Washington State Department of Transportation Transportation Building, KF-01 Olympia Washington 98504-5-201 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-WA-03-45-3; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 9101 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9201 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS This 12-month cooperative agreement will support the efforts of the Washington State DOT to implement a demonstration project to test the mobility manager concept of coordinating various agency-sponsored transportation programs. Key elements to be tested include: a single point of contact; tracking and recording transactions; and implementing a unified billing of transportation services for all cooperating agencies. The demonstration will rely on the mobility manager concept previously developed and will explore opportunities to develop partnerships with community based transportation sponsors such as local transit, school districts, and other state supported programs. Citations from TRIS -8- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects 616786 PR JOINT FHWA/UMTA OPERATIONAL ACTION PROGRAM. AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION (AVI) INVESTIGATORS: Richter, K SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Chicago Area Transportation Study 300 West Adams Street Chicago Illinois 60606 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-MI-06-0054; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 9110 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9210 SUBFILE: UMTRIS The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) to use an Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) system to provide an alternative to the Kennedy Expressway induction loop surveillance network during reconstruction of the Expressway. It is anticipated that the project will provide the following: 1) a backup system from which the travel time information can be provided if the inductive loop experiences problems; 2) a unique opportunity to test the accuracy and reliability of an AVI system compared to a loop system; and, 3) an opportunity to test AVI technology in an arterial setting versus a more typical tollway application. 616281 PR JOINT FHWA/UMTA OPERATIONAL ACTION PROGRAM. TRANSIT-INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM PROJECT INVESTIGATORS: Castronovo, S SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Michigan Department of Transportation State Highways Building, 42-5 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30050 Lansing Michigan 48909 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-MI-06-0054; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 91 10 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9210 SUBFILE: UMTRIS The purpose of this project is to support the efforts of the Michigan Department of Transportation to transfer real-time freeway traffic condition information to public transit dispatch centers. Congestion mapping information will be provided through personal computers. The two-way information transfer capabilities of computers will in turn allow bus drivers to serve as information sources for Michigan DOT's Freeway Operations Facility in the Detroit area. This project is one of 12 projects selected in a national competition under the Joint FHWA/UMTA Operational Action Program. 462031 DA MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM VIA Metropolitan Transit P.O. Box 12489 San Antonio Texas 78212; San Antonio Metropolitan Planning Organization 434 South Main, Suite 210 San Antonio Texas 78205; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Sep 1985 24p REPORT NO: UMTA-TX-09-0150-86-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-TX-09-0150; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Northwestern U, Evanston/UC Berkeley This report documents the seven tasks accomplished under UWP Work Element 79-12 that established an automated Management Information System (MIS) for VIA Transit. The purpose of the project was to automate the main sources of information such as Runcutting, Rostering, Timeroll, and Minischeduler and all other systems dependent on the information supplied by these major systems. Prior to this project, all systems that dealt with scheduling, Fostering, and bus operators work records were manual. In addition, the report discusses the establishment of a Demand Forecasting System; the cost-effectiveness of installing an Automated Timeroll Typesetting System; the design and installation of an integrated Geo-Coding database system that incorporates many different databases into a single unified database and is readily accessed by all VIA departments; defines user requirements for the Financial System and evaluates the General Financial Accounting Software Packages and the installation of SAGE Rostering System which takes the weekday, Saturday and Sunday runcuts and produces weekly runs or five days of work for each operator. All manual specifications and related documentation of this MIS project are available from: VIA Metropolitan Transit, 800 West Myrtle Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212. This report is available to the public through the interlibrary loan services of Regional Repositories/Document Delivery Centers of the: Transportation Library, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201 and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. 616282 PR MOBILITY MANAGER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Rogue Valley Council of Governments PO Box 3275 Central Point Oregon 97502 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-OR-03-4500; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 9109 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9304 SUBFILE: UMTRIS This 18-month project will demonstrate and validate the Mobility Manager concept to integrate transportation users, providers and funding sources. Advanced electronic technology will be used to document the financial transactions which occur. The initial phase will focus on providing elderly and disabled transportation service for those unable to use fixed route transit. The second phase will include frequent transit riders and the third phase will include participation by the general public. 462855 DA OTIS ADVANCED GROUP RAPID TRANSIT (AGRT) PRO-GRAM. FINAL REPORT APPENDICES A AND B Haines, G; Clohessy, T; Fredericks, W, Ochs, H; Thangavelu, K; Gupta, P Otis Elevator Company Transportation Technology Division, 11380 Smith Road Denver Colorado 80010; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Dec 1985 175p REPORT NO: UMTA-CO-06-0011-86-2; AGRT-OTIS-TTD-277 CONTRACT NO: DOT-UT-80042; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 April 1, 1992 -9- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects In recent years, it was recognized that a new generation of controls for automated transportation was needed if substantial improvements in the service, cost, and attractiveness of future transit systems were to be realized. Therefore, the Advanced Group Rapid Transit (AGRI) Program was established to develop and demonstrate an automatic 'moving block" control system for large scale urban applications based on a computer hardware/software hierarchy, taking advantage of advances in microprocessor and minicomputer technology. The AGRT program was structured to include design, fabrication, test of guideway, vehicle, and control system elements. However, primary emphasis was placed on the development and demonstration of microprocessor-based control and safety systems and communications systems which would have general application in urban mass transit. The authors point out that microprocessor-based systems offer the transit system operator the potential for significantly increased operational flexibility and system productivity, compared to conventional control and safety programs. Advances in microprocessor technology made this application possible. During several phases of the AGRT program over a period of several years, Otis Elevator Company, the Boeing Company, and Rohr Industries developed control system designs which met the program objectives. This report summarizes the work accomplished by the Otis Elevator Company on advanced automated transit technology under the AGRT program. A brief history of the program is provided along with a summary of significant technical accomplishments and findings in the area of mini and microprocessor controls, fault-tolerant computing and software development. A program status summary and comprehensive reference list is also provided. 462856 DA OTIS ADVANCED GROUP RAPID TRANSIT (AGRT) PROGRAM. FINAL REPORT Haines, G; Clohessy, T; Fredericks, W; Ochs, H; Thangavelu, K; Gupta, P Otis Elevator Company Transportation Technology Division, 11380 Smith Road Denver Colorado 80010; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Dec 1985 218p REPORT NO: UMTA-CO-06-0011-86-1; AGRT-OTIS-TTD-277 CONTRACT NO: DOT-UT-80042; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 In recent years, it was recognized that a new generation of control for automated transportation was needed if substantial improvement in the service, cost, and attractiveness of future transit systems were to be realized. Therefore, the Advanced Group Rapid Transit (AGRI) Program was established to develop and demonstrate a automatic "moving block" control system for large scale urban applications based on a computer hardware/software hierarchy, taking advantage of advances in microprocessor and minicomputer technology. The AGRT program was structured to include design fabrication, test of guideway, vehicle, and control system elements However, primary emphasis was placed on the development an demonstration of microprocessor-based control and safety an communications systems which would have general application i urban mass transit. The authors point out that microprocessor-based systems offer the transit system operator the potential for significantly increased operational flexibility and system productivity, compared to conventional control and safety programs. Advances in microprocessor technology made this application possible. During several phases of the AGRT program over a period of several years, Otis Elevator Company, the Boeing Company, and Rohr Industries developed control system designs which met the program objectives. This report summarizes the work accomplished by the Otis Elevator Company on advanced automated transit technology under the AGRT program. A brief history of the program is provided along with a summary of significant technical accomplishments and findings in the area of mini and microprocessor controls, fault-tolerant computing and software development. A program status summary and comprehensive reference list is also provided. 608827 PR PASSENGER INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM INVESTIGATORS: McLean, L SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority PO. Box 61429 Houston Texas 77208-1429 CONTRACT NO: Grant PROJECT START DATE: ND PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS METRO is developing a Passenger Information Display System for use aboard METRO buses. The system will serve as an aid to passengers with visual and hearing disabilities by both announcing and displaying bus location, destination, and other pertinent trip status information. Upon front door opening, an audio system would announce route, destination, and similar information of interest. En route, the system would display and announce cross-streets, transfer points, and time of day. The system would also function as an automatic vehicle locator system, sending schedule adherence, data, bus locations, and status (direction of travel, whether moving or stationary) to METRO's Central Dispatch Center. Also the system would alert the Dispatch Center when a bus has deviated from a prescribed route. Both voice and sign-displayed messages will be bilingual in Spanish and English. 462903 DA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF RAPID TRANSIT RIDERSHIP PATTERNS. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY Teleride Corporation 156 Front Street, West Toronto Ontario M5J 2L6 Canada; New York City Transit Authority 370 Jay Street Brooklyn New York 11201; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Apr 1986 242p REPORT NO: UMTA-NY-09-0083-86-1 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-NY-09-0083; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 Present methods of monitoring operations on the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) subway system depend upon manual Citations from TRIS -10- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects data collection and a combination of manual and computer processing of information. This adds significantly to the cost and increases time required to gather and process information. The purpose of this study was to investigate more effective and efficient methods of collecting and processing rapid transit ridership data through automated methods. Included in this analysis was an evaluation of alternative methods, the selection of the preferred method/s, and the development of a system functional and technical specification that could be included in a bidding document. A variety of passenger counting techniques were reviewed for applicability and summarized into 3 areas: station-mounted equipment, track-side systems, and on-train systems. The 3 methods selected and discussed in detail as having the most potential for immediate application were: the turnstile-based system that measures passengers entering or leaving the system at individual entrances and exits; load-weighing devices that could monitor the weight of the load on the car and thus the passenger load along the route; and photographic methods that would permit manual evaluation of loads on all trains passing a point in a more efficient manner than the stationary checkers on the platform. Additional details on the 3 systems and their implementation are included in Appendices A, B, and C of this report. The study conclusions favored automated passenger counting methods; use of this document to solicit bids for supplying a turnkey system; and implementation of the recommendations as a demonstration system utilizing advanced technology concepts. 605260 PR TEST AND EVALUATION OF AN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: California Department of Transportation Division of Mass Transportation 1120 N Street Sacramento California 95814 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-CA-06-0242; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 92 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 92 SUBFILE: UMTRIS This project provides an opportunity for public and private sectors of the transportation industry to jointly test an audiotext/videotext based advanced traveler information system in suburban communities in California. The communication technologies of audiotext/videotext permit residential and business users to interact with remote computer systems over telephone lines to obtain transportation as well as other types of information. 489177 PR TRAIN-TO-WAYSIDE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM SPONSORING ORG: Urban Mass Transportation Administration PERFORMING ORG: Mass Transit Administration 300 West Lexington Street Baltimore Maryland 21020-3415 CONTRACT NO: UMTA-MD-03-3003; Grant PROJECT START DATE: 91 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: UMTRIS The grantee will test and evaluate a new automatic train-to-wayside identification system which can be used to assist in automatic car routing and car maintenance scheduling. 605335 DA TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SCOOTER: AN AUTOMATED PARATRANSIT ROUTING, SCHEDULING, DISPATCHING AND MIS PROGRAM Modeling Systems Incorporated 1615 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta Georgia 30-367; Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Dec 1990 12p REPORT NO: UMTA-NY-08-0154-91-1 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Northwestern University, Evanston 619 Clark Street Evanston Illinois 60201 This brief report describes the installation of Modeling Systems, Inc., Computerized Trip Management System called SCOOTER. It is a fully integrated trip management system and includes modules for routing, scheduling, dispatching, complaint management, and vehicle maintenance. The first 3 functions are included within the software program SCOOTER with the SUGGEST module. The remaining 2 capabilities are reflected in the software modules GRIPE and VEMM. SCOOTER is an interactive, menu- driven system designed for the paratransit operator. It is a useful computer tool for both prearranged and demand responsive routing and scheduling, administrative record keeping, fleet planning and management analysis. This computer modeling system is designed for today's transportation planner or dispatcher requiring readily accessible information and operational control. SCOOTER provides these capabilities to improve vehicle utilization, provide more efficient routing, reduce number of missed trips, ease trip verification, and provide timely operations and administrative reporting. 496299 DA USE OF RADIOS IN RAIL TRANSIT OPERATIONS. VOLUME 1. REVIEW OF EXISTING PRACTICES Thompson, RE Battelle Memorial Institute Bellomo-McGee, Incorporated(bminc);Battelle Memori May 1989 140p REPORT NO: UMTA-IT-06-0190-89-2 SUBFILE: RRIS; UMTRIS; NTIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The report presents the results of a review of existing conditions and practices relative to the use of radios in rail transit operations. The study was in support of the Urban Mass Transportation Administra- tion's (UMTAs) efforts to be responsive to safety issues associated with rail transit. It focussed on radio communications as conducted between train operators and their operations control center. In particular, two aspects of such usage were examined: means utilized to ensure that trains carry operable radios, and the availability and use of radio operating rules and procedures. However, other related aspects were examined as well. The study provided insight into the present situation regarding those aspects, determined potential needs relative to them, and identified possible actions which UMTA might initiate in response to those needs. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation as it presently exists relative to rail April 1, 1992 -11- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 FTA-Sponsored Research Projects transit operations radio. See also Volume 2, PB90-159963. 496300 DA USE OF RADIOS IN RAIL TRANSIT OPERATIONS. VOLUME 2. TRANSIT AUTHORITIES' RESPONSES Thompson, RE; Kangas, R Battelle Memorial Institute 505 King Avenue Columbus Ohio 43201 Nov 1989 142p REPORT NO: UMTA-IT-06-0190-89-3 SUBFILE: RRIS; UMTRIS; NTIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The report presents the results of a review of existing conditions and practices relative to the use of radios in rail transit operations. The study was in support of the Urban Mass Transportation Administra- tion's (UMTA's) efforts to be responsive to safety issues associated with rail transit. It focussed on radio communications as conducted between train operators and their operations control center. In particular, two aspects of such usage were examined: means utilized to ensure that trains carry operable radios, and the availability and use of radio operating rules and procedures. However, other related aspects were examined as well. The study provided insight into the present situation regarding those aspects, determined potential needs relative to them, and identified possible actions which UMTA might initiate in response to those needs. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation as it presently exists relative to rail transit operations radio. See also Volume 1, P1390-159955. 465772 DA WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 1986 AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTER PROJECT ACCURACY EVALUATION Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590; Urban Transportation Associates, Incorporated 4480 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 302 Cincinnati Ohio 45242 1986 47p REPORT NO: UMTA-URT-20-86-1 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Northwestern U Library, Evanston/UC Berkeley The purpose of the 1986 WMATA Automatic Passenger Counting (APC) Accuracy Evaluation was to complete WMATA's 1984-85 project experience with APC technology. The 1984-85 project demonstrated APC capability by analyzing 5 WMATA routes and preparing recommendations for route improvements based on APC collected data; it did not include a formal APC accuracy evaluation. This 1986 APC evaluation was performed to assist WMATA in determining the role of APC technology in their total data collection effort. The 1986 project produced approximately 18,000 observed boardings/deboardings and consisted of over 400 sample trips. This evaluation represents the largest, most thorough accuracy evaluation of APC technology ever performed. The Urban Transportation Associates (UTA) provided APC equipment and analytic services for this APC project, namely: 3 APC units, 8 DC signpost transmitters and 1 month lease period plus preparation of WMATA's analyses. During October 1986, 3 APC equipped WMATA buses were deployed on the Rhode Island bus line. Experienced checkers rode selected trips on the APC equipped buses and performed standard WMATA ride checks, noting time, boardings, deboardings, and passenger load at each bus stop. The APC system produced a corresponding listing, thus allowing a detailed analysis of manual/APC concurrence to be conducted. Conclusions state that UTAs APC system produced a total boarding count equal to 99.7 percent of total WMATA checker boarding counts, and 98.4 percent of total WMATA checker deboarding counts. UTAs APC system counted total boardings/deboardings as accurately as experienced WMATA checkers. The concurrence between APC and manual counts were consistent throughout the project. Only available to the public through the interlibrary loan services of Regional Repositories/Document Delivery Centers of the Transportation Library, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois 60208 and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. Click HERE for graphic. PART 2. OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS AVAILABILITY: Documents cited in the bibliography include an availablilty statement. Look for the source following the statement "AVAILABLE FROM:" in each record. Click HERE for graphic. Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 489821 DA 1988 APTA RAPID TRANSIT CONFERENCE HELD IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, N Washington D.C. 20005 1988 v.p. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 Papers included: Smart cards as an intelligent fare medium (B. Waters); Recent improvements to NFTA's fare collection equipment (M.A. Fabian); NFTA's Transit Violation Bureau--staffing an procedures (DJ. Luh); Consideration in fare policy (A.F Leach) Evaluation of CTA fare structure options (E.R. Sawyer); Secure transit passes; GTO inverter system applications (B. Henderson) Baltimore Metro overview (N. Kiladis); Utilities in the critical path o a critical path (RJ. Ninahan); Status of the SCRTD metro rail project (W.J. Rhine); Developing a privatization policy (M.S. Siegel) Exclusivity of railroad corridors for transit; Recent developments in transit signage; The US consultant and transit overseas--status of the Singapore Transit System; Meeting the personnel needs of the future; OCC's and PC's (P. Bishop); Metro's project management strategy Be proactive (R.K Sandaas); Santa Clara County Transportation Agency views Project Management Oversight (G.A. Smith); Demystifying the Project Management Oversight Consultant (WJ. Rhine) Implementing computerized material management systems; Project Management Oversight a "Value Added" function; Project Management Oversight: SEPTA's experience (E. Magro); Effective strategic for records and information management at transit authorities (MJ. Huber); Stations that open and close automatically on the Long Island Rail Road (T Waring); Proposed improvements to the Long Island Road Jamaica station complex (A. Mcevoy); European development in station planning, design and operation (J.B. Mraic); Use of system level ridership forecast in rail station design (J. Pachucki); Howard street retail/transit center (J.W Davies); Colma BART statio AA/DEIS--"Team effort wins" (D.M. Claver); Accessible rail transit (M. Bayne); Electrical power substation design (R.E. Marcin); Wayne junction substation modernization (R.B. Fischer); Substations: Standard or prefabricated ... It's your choice (S.R. Lee); Traction power system for the downtown Seattle Transit Project; Communication an train control for Chicago Southwest transit project; Energy conservation in traction power system design; Detection of low current fault in transit systems; Optimizing train operation with existing substation capacity; Rail flange lubrication application overview (R.P. Reiff); comparative study of turnout design principles as practiced in Europe and North America (B. Jackson); Contact rail deicing (R.J. Ganeriwal); IDTS: A flexible data transmission system; Upgrading of Montreal's Metro operation control center; Signalling innovations on the Baltimore Metro; Buffalo's Metro rail system; Cultural differences--Signaling comparisons commuter rapid transit light rail on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; Is the operation control center safety critical? Control centers: training for safe decision making (PATCO); Lightwave comes to PATCO; and Rapid transit computer applications. List continues on TRIS 489822-489823. 483659 DA A COMPARISON OF SOME NEW LIGHT RAIL AND AUTOMATED-GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS Fox, GD Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Special Report N221 1989 pp 98-1 10 5 Tab. 9 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The past decade has seen dramatic developments in urban rail transit, particularly in the field of light rail transit (LRT). At the same time, several proprietary automated systems have been developed and deployed, often claiming superior levels of service and cost-effective- ness. Data are now becoming available that make it possible to check, for the first time, how well the new automated-guideway transit (AGT) systems are meeting their promoters' claims, and to compare such systems with the new conventional LRT systems. Methodologies are presented to collect and screen performance data from different systems in a uniform manner, and examples are developed to show how these data can be used to compare modes using actual operating information to the maximum extent. When new AGT systems are compared with new LRT systems, or when AGT and LRT are compared on identical alignments, it appears that the cost of additional maintenance and supervising staff and additional "non-staff' budget may exceed the savings that AGT systems achieve by eliminating operators. Although the new AGT systems represent a further advance in the development of urban transit technological capabilities, and reflect great credit on those who have built and financed them, they may also contain the seeds of future problems. Having a significantly higher construction cost per mile than LRT, urban areas with AGT will tend to have smaller rail networks than equivalent areas selecting LRT Being proprietary systems in limited use, they may experience future procurement problems, particularly if the promoter goes out of business. Being a contemporary, high-technology product, there is also a high risk of obsolescence in future years. This paper appears in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 221, Light Rail Transit: New System Successes at Affordable Prices - Papers presented at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit, May 8-11, 1988, San Jose, California, Conducted by the Transportation Research Board. 493894 DA A LOOK AT WHAT SOME STATES ARE DOING. TEXAS APT SYSTEM IS A FIRST American Association of State Highway & Transp Off AASHTO Quarterly VOL. 69 NO. 1 Jan 1990 p 14 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Association of State Highway & Transp Off 444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 22-5 Washington D.C. 20001 The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit (APT) system is the first application of people mover technology in a planned mixed use community in the United States. The fully automated, driverless system operating on its own guideway, serves the Urban Center, a 960 acre complex of multi-family residential and commercial buildings. Started in 1970, Las Colinas has a residential population of about 100,000 and a daytime population of around 150,000. The system uses an automatic train control system which includes automatic train operation, automatic train protection and automatic line supervision subsystems. 455343 DA A NEW CONCEPT OF RAILWAY SIGNALLING FOR THE DUSSELDORF AND DUISBURG METROS April 1, 1992 -13- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects Rohr, G (Rheinische Bahngesellschaft Ag Dusseldorf) Casa Editrice la Fiaccola Vie e Trasporti VOL. 54 NO. 531 Oct 1985 pp 591-596 Italian SUBFILE: UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Casa Editrice la Fiaccola Via Ravizza 62 Milan Italy In Duisburg and Dusseldorf sections of the existing tram network are being converted into a rapid transit system to come into service in 1988-9. Two new tunnel sections will be built for the new system, which will be provided with a railway type signalling system. In both cities the new metro will be integrated with the remainder of the tram system. This article presents a technical description of the project, including details of power supplies, communication systems and rolling stock. 493432 DA A NEW ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR BUSES Johansson, M Transportforskningsberedningen TFB Meddelande N44 1988 17p Swedish SUBFILE: UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Transportforskningsberedningen Box 2242 Stockholm Sweden This report describes a new electrical system for buses and coaches, based on multiplex technology and serial communication. The system is developed by TVAB (Toecksfors Vorkstads Ab). The system is in actual operation in a bus at SL (Stockholm Local Traffic Authority) mainly for test purposes. The paper describes the background and purpose of the project as well as the technical design. (Author/TRRL) 610620 DA A REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Cole, D; Patterson, D University of Michigan Transp Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-2150 Jun 1990 94p REPORT NO: UMTRI 90-16 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: University of Michigan Transp Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-2150 This study investigates the future role of alternative ground transportation systems in the United States. The central research questions concern the development and use of alternative modes of land transportation that can substitute for traditional gasoline/diesel fuel powered motor vehicles in the 2000-2010 period. Two of the alternative systems examined in this report, Electric/hybrid vehicles and increased mass transit, are regarded as possible substitutes for traditional motor vehicle transportation. The remaining two technologies, improved internal combustion engines (ICE) and intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS), are seen, in their most likely variants, as potential improvements to current 1990 motor vehicle technology. This study describes the four alternative technologies; discusses their status in terms of development and ongoing research; discusses technical and social barriers, if any, to their future adoption; and forecasts use of these technologies to move passengers and freight in the future transportation system of the United States in 200-2010. 496447 PR A REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE GROUND Citations from TRIS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INVESTIGATORS: Cole, D SPONSORING ORG: Chevron Research Company PERFORMING ORG: University of Michigan Transp Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-2150 PROJECT START DATE: 8911 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9004 SUBFILE: UMTRIS UMTRIS will perform the analysis and deliver a study concerning the likely adoption and use of feasible alternatives to traditional fossil fuel vehicle systems. The technologies proposed for review are the following: (1) electric vehicles, (2) hydrogen vehicles, (3) intelligent vehicle highway systems, and (4) increased use of mass transit systems. The basis for the evaluation will be the technical, social, economic, and political factors shaping the feasibility and probability of commercial development of these technologies in the future. The time frame for this evaluation will include the present through the year 2010. The final report will use a special matrix methodology that will allow comparisons across the technologies and will provide a means for ranking the feasibility of each alternative. 469525 DA ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LORRIES AND BUSES-AVOIDING THEM BY AUTOMATIC PREVENTION OF LOCKING. EVALUATION OF INQUIRIES AT SITE OF ACCIDENT Otte, D; Nehmzow, J Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, West Germany Unfallchirurgische Klinik 3000 Hannover 61 West Germany 1986 85p German SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; NTIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 In the context of local road accident inquiries in a large city, it was of particular interest to see which vehicles were involved in the accidents and to what extent the accident was affected by the presence of an automatic locking preventer (ABS), such as has been used for some years on vehicles braked by compressed air. Only accidents (177) with commercial vehicles and buses braked by compressed air were considered. The environment in which the accident occurred with the individual groups of vehicles in the traffic (lorries, private cars, lorries with trailers, buses, motorcycles and bicycles, pedestrians) and the road behavior, and the speed during the accident are first explained. Due to the results of the investigation, it was found that 7.1% of the accidents with ABS vehicles were avoidable. In 87% of them, there was damage to the lorry in the primary collision. 9.9% of the commercial vehicles also suffered secondary damage. Complete avoidability due to ABS systems could not be recorded for any pedestrian, motorcycle and bicycle accidents. 482854 DA ADELAIDE'S AUTOMATED BUSWAYS. FROM THE BOOK TRANSIT, LAND USE & URBAN FORM Wayte, A Texas University, Austin Center for the Study of American Architecture Austin Texas 78712 0-934951-01-2 1988 pp 107-118 Tabs. Phots. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Texas University, Austin Center for the Study of American Architecture Austin Texas 78712 This article describes the history, development, and technical details Citations from TRIS -14- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-199 Other Research of the Adelaide busway. The planning and decision process that resulted in the construction of this first application of the O-Bahn dual mode bus guidance technology to a high speed operation was long and controversial exercise. By contrast, the construction an operation have been remarkably problem free for a new technology and the system has proved to be highly attractive to its potential users 608060 DA ADVANCED HIGHWAY/VEHICLE PROGRAMS - A TEXAS VIEW Rillings, JH Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 p 33-39 REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 The paper describes the functional concepts of an intelligent vehicle highway system which is a subset of future applications of advance technology to transportation. This subset is operationally oriented. This paper describes the relationship of the State of Texas to the Mobility 2000 group, including several related efforts in Texas to utilize advanced technology to improve safety and mobility. One specific advanced technology project, sponsored by the State Department o Highways and Public Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Association is described in detail. The technical task to develop algorithms for "real time" optimization of traffic signal systems. The technical task is for the development of a vehicle which is capable of braking and steering via inputs from video cameras. This system could be the basis of collision avoidance system in a vehicle that did not emit either laser light or radar. The final section describes the outlook for the development of an advanced transportation technology initiative in the United States, including current efforts for Congressional action Paper Number 891703 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada August 7-10, 1989. 451113 DA ADVANCED SIGNAL SYSTEM AT PITTSBURGH LRT YARD Murphy-Richter Publishing Company Progressive Railroading VOL. 28 NO. 8 Aug 1985 pp 37-38 2 Phot SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Murphy-Richter Publishing Company 2 North Wacker Drive Chicago Illinois 60606 Port Authority of Allegheny county has a sophisticated Yard Signa Control System at its new South Hills Village Car Storage an Maintenance Area. The System covers main vehicle maintenance an storage areas, fare box removal platform, crew origination point an other ancillary facilities. This Transcontrol signal installation contain special control circuit features such as loss of shunt protection, tim locking of signals, automatic restoration of switches, staggering o switch machine operations, and through routing. While present service to Pittsburgh suburbs is operated with PCC cars, they will displaced over the next 15 years by longer articulated Light Rail Vehicles, first units of which are already on the property. Signal design considerations had to be given to accommodating two entirely different cars. Details of various signal system features are given. 486293 DA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES: VEHICLE AND AUTOMOBILE GUIDANCE Koltnow, PG Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Special Report N220 1988 pp 42.5-429 2 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington D.C. 20418 Today Automatic Vehicle Control (AVC) is getting a close, hard look as a feasible long-term tool to meet a variety of transportation objectives. As the cost of congestion and accidents goes up, complex and expensive countermeasures become more realistic. AVC has a number of potential operational benefits. They include elimination of congestion on guideways, improved trip-time predictability, increased vehicle capacity at lower cost than conventional freeways carrying manually operated vehicles, elimination of traffic disruption from off- road incidents, reduction in right-of-way requirements for new facilities, and reduction of accidents stemming from driver error or impairment. This paper discusses advances that have been made in AVC technology and the various concepts for automatic highways. This paper appears in "Transportation Research Board Special Report 220, A Look Ahead: Year 2020, Proceedings of the Conference on Long-Range Trends and Requirements for the Nation's Highway and Public Transit Systems, June 22-24, 1988, Washington, D.C. 604479 DA ADVANCED TRAIN CONTROL ADVANCES, SLOWLY Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Railway Age Feb 1991 pp 60-61 SUBFILE: RRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Railway Age Subscription Department, 345 Hudson Street New York New York 10014 The article calls attention to the June 1991 symposium on advanced Train Control, in Denver, Colorado. The symposium will have a broad- ranging coverage of ATCs, with discussions on the role of technology in meeting freight-transportation market-place demands. The business case for advanced train control will be covered as well as financing options and the implementation of new control systems. Presentations on new ATCS applications in Europe, Australia, and Japan will also be made. The article also discusses the question of safety and safeguards regarding the equipment itself and the fail-safe nature of any new system that will control train movements. Personnel training is another concern. Experience at Union Pacific and Burlington Northern is described: both are moving carefully into sub-system applications, with train control somewhere down the road. Canadian experience (Canadian National and CP Rail) is also described. 395285 PR ADVANCED TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM SPONSORING ORG: Association of American Railroads; Railway Association of Canada PERFORMING ORG: ARINC Research Corporation; Transportation and Distribution Associates, Inc; Lapp (Philip A) Limited 2-551 Riva Road Annapolis Maryland 21401 1818 Market Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103 CONTRACT NO: OVP-88-010 PROJECT START DATE: 85 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND April 1, 1992 -15- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects SUBFILE: UMTRIS The Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) is a closed loop, command, control, communications and information system that uses advanced microprocessors and digital data communications to link the dispersed elements of the railroad. The locomotives, track forces and waysided devices are connected to the central dispatch office and to the key managers. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is developing, through their systems engineering contractor, ARINC, specifications for the system logic, called "control flow specifications' and is developing tools to further evaluate communications specifications for the railroads. AAR is also actively supporting configuration management of the specifications. Specifications are available for the cost of reproduction in print and magnetic media through the AAR. 618756 DA ADVANCED VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGIES Transportation Research Board Special Report No 232 Transportation Research Board 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 1991 98p Bibl, Refs. 2 App. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 A Transportation Research Board committee of experts in vehicle and electronics manufacturing, transportation administration, public policy, and highway safety undertook a study of intelligent vehicle-highway systems (IVHS) that addressed the overall objectives for a national IVHS initiative and methods by which the program could be managed effectively. The committee reviewed experience in the United States with existing systems that incorporate some IVHS technology; programs under way to develop and demonstrate advanced systems in the United States, Europe, and Japan; and proposals for new U.S. programs from Mobility 2000 and from others. It also considered alternative models for managing and implementing research and for organizing public-private cooperative efforts. Specifically, three topics were examined. First, the committee proposed a vision for the potential development of IVHS. Second, the committee considered the process necessary to define a system architecture. Finally, the committee examined issues concerning appropriate public- and private-sector roles in research and operation of IVHS and appropriate assignment of responsibilities within the public sector with reference to the system design and management issues that are likely to arise during IVHS development during the coming decade. This report contains the committee's findings. Its conclusions and recommendations are addressed to those organizations that would be able to act on the committee's recommendations: DOT, Congress, IVHS America, the individual state departments of transportation, and private firms in the automotive, electronics, engineering, and communications industries. 469741 DA AFC: PICKING THE RIGHT SYSTEM deKozan, RL Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Railway Age VOL. 189 NO. 4 Apr 1988 2p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Washington's fare collection system is a model for new, high- ridership transit networks. Other cities, like New York and Miami, have characteristics requiring a different approach. 608056 DA AN ADVANCED DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NORTH AMERICA: A STRAWMAN PROPOSAL Rillings, JH Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 1-9 12 Tabs. 6 Refs. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 Under the leadership of the Federal Highway Administration, a team of experts from government, industry, and universities developed a strawman proposal for an advanced driver information system for North America. The proposal describes an ADIS for the year 2005 including its functions, vehicle equipment, support infrastructure, evolution, standards, regulatory issues, and R&D needs. The strawman is intended to simulate discussion, analyses, and further proposals, leading to a coordinated national program with well-defined roles for the public and private sectors. Paper Number 891682 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 616404 DA AN AMERICAN OBSERVATION OF IVHS IN JAPAN Ervin, RD University of Michigan Transp Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-2150 1991 62p Figs. Tabs. Phots. 40 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: University of Michigan Transp Research Institute 2901 Baxter Road Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-2150 This document provides a broad overview of the development and application of Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) in Japan. The report derives largely from a Study Mission to Japan conducted in March of 1991. It reflects one American's perspective on what was shown in Japan, presented in Japanese publications, and learned through various personal interviews. Sections 1 and 2 provide, respectively, an executive summary and introduction to the report. In Sections 3 and 4, the Japanese road system and its usage are presented. Section 5 discusses the major government agencies having jurisdictional authority in areas that may be impacted by IVHS. In Section 6, the rather advanced state of traffic management in Japan is presented. This matter is highly significant to IVHS implementation since the traffic management system constitutes a basic building block for IVHS infrastructure. Section 7 begins the immediate discussion of IVHS developments in Japan. It outlines certain additional organizations which have been created to foster collaborative projects and discusses each of the projects in terms of content and impact on the trajectory of the overall Japanese program. In Section 8, observations are presented on the state of technology taking each of ten functional areas under consideration. In Section 9, a set of miscellaneous "application issues" are addressed including, for example, tort liability, aging drivers, and financing the infrastructure. This discussion addresses both socioeconomic and market-based subjects which will bear upon the particular form of IVHS that will be deployed in Japan. Section 10 provides a summary view of the type of Advanced Traveler Information System that is likely to be implemented on a wide scale Citations from TRIS -16- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects in Japan beginning in about 1993. Finally, in Section II, observations are made on simple indicators of Japanese industry preparing to do business in IVHS products and services. 609795 DA AN APPROACH TO THE AUTOMATION OF THE SCHEDULING OF URBAN DELIVERIES. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AUST-RALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM; PART 2 O'Donnell, P; Wilson, D; Lee, M New South Wales Department of Transport GPO Box 1620 Sydney New South Wales Australia 0-7305-7800-3 VOL. 15 NO. Pt 2 1990 pp 489-504 13 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: New South Wales Department of Transport GPO Box 1620 Sydney New South Wales Australia Though there are now many software packages that can develop urban delivery schedules, there is a reluctance on the part of those involved with the management of the transportation systems to use automatic vehicle scheduling packages. The lack of confidence in such packages is, in part, the result of several failed implementation attempts. These failures can often be attributed to factors such as the installation of inappropriate software and the inability to deal with industrial relations problems. This paper describes an approach to the implementation of computerized load planning support. This method places a great emphasis on the "human' aspects of the system implementation. (Author/TRRL) 483696 DA AN EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED AND CONVENTIONAL RAIL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CENTURY FREEWAY RAIL LINE Stanger, RM Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Special Report N221 1989 pp 635-644 2 Tab. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The Century Rail Transit Line will operate for 17 mi in the median of the Century Freeway now under construction in Los Angeles. It will also extend initially for 3 mi on exclusive right-of-way into the large El Segundo aerospace employment center. In 1986 the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission staff evaluated the potential of looking first at improvements short of full automation, then at the benefits of full automation based on the experience of VAL and SkyTrain. It notes that the real benefit of full automation may come not so much from trade-offs between capital and operating costs, but from the revenue potential of frequent, all-day operation. The paper then compares the use of automated-guideway transit vehicles with a conventional light rail vehicle modified to be fully automated. It concludes that automating the Century Line appears to be justified, and that the use of conventional light rail vehicles modified to allow unmanned operation should be an integral part of a decision to automate. This paper appears in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 221, Light Rail Transit: New System Successes at Affordable Prices - Papers presented at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit, May 8-11, 1988, San Jose, California, Conducted by the Transportation Research Board. 571477 DA AN INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Aoki, M; Fujii, H Automotive Automation Limited ISATA In Pursuit In Technical Excellence: 22nd Vol. 1 1990 pp 127-134 English SUBFILE: UCITS; TLIB No abstract available. 455227 DA APPLICATION AND FINANCING OF GERMAN AGT SYSTEMS Meyer, U (Federal Ministry for Research and Technology) Institute for Transportation, Incorporated S VOL 19 NO. 1 1985 pp 65-72 SUBFILE: EIT; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The research and development program for automated guideway transit systems in the Federal Republic of Germany is addressed. A review is provided of the program goals and the demonstration that resulted from the program. The program funding method, funding rates and program phases are presented. The paper concludes with the future outlook of these systems in Germany and elsewhere. (Author abstract) 615083 DA APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 18-21,1991 Stephanedes, YJ; Sinha, KC American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017-2398 0-87262-818-3 1991 484p Figs. Tabs. Phots. Refs. SUBFILE: HRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017-2398 These proceedings consist of extended abstracts of papers presented at the Second International Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 18-21, 1991. It is concerned with the challenges and opportunities faced by the transportation engineering profession as it prepares to enter the 21st century. The papers focus on such topics as: (1) automatic vehicle monitoring, (2) advanced traveler information systems, (3) image processing and vehicle detection, (4) real-time traffic control, (5) advanced rail systems, and (6) automated incident detection. In addition, these papers present specific applications of these different technologies and national and state programs with particularly important results, including SHRP innovation projects. Sponsored by the Urban Transportation Division and the Highway Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration, Minnesota Department of Transportation, The Center for Transportation Studies, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Minnesota. 494706 DA APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH Davies, P American Association of State Highway & Transp Off American Assn of State Hwy & Transp Official Proc 1988 pp April 1, 1992 -17- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research 117-123 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Association of State Highway & Transportation 444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225 Washington D.C. 20001 Assessments of several advanced technologies for relieving traffic congestion were made and found to provide substantial returns on investments. However, prior to embracing any of these technologies, implementation considerations such as funding and jurisdictional concerns, and user acceptance must be addressed. The three technologies and their assessed systems include: Driver Information Systems-- Computerized rationalization of direction signing, Radio Data System (RDS) for information broadcasting, Self-contained onboard navigation systems, Electronic route guidance systems, and Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) for automated toll collection; Advanced Traffic Control Systems--Optimized vehicle actuation, Fixed-time coordination, Partially adaptive coordination, Fully adaptive coordination, and Ramp control; Automatic Vehicle Control (AVC) Systems--Because many of these systems are still in the development stage, complete assessments as to their benefits could not be determined at this time. Although many more advanced technologies are described in this paper, only the above mentioned were selected for in depth assessment. Selected Committee Meeting Papers presented at the Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Wichita, Kansas, December 5-6, 1988. 471404 DA APPROVAL PROCEDURES FOR AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT OF NEW METRO SYSTEMS Le Trung, B Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite Recherche Transports Securite 1986 pp 31-37 1 Fig. 4 Tab. 4 Phot. REPORT NO: Special Issue SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite 2, Avenue du General Malleret-Joinville, BP 34 94114 Arcueil Cedex France This paper deals with the safety-worthiness assessment of automatic equipment used in dedicated guideway means of transport, for the use of the French Ministry of Transportation. It details the implementation of different analysis methods to ensure this assessment. 468547 DA AUTOMATED DIAL-A-RIDE DISPATCHING IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Reinke, D; Moscovich, J; Rhyner, G; Pultz, S Crain and Associates, Incorporated 120 Santo Margarita Avenue Menlo Park California 9402.5 Jul 1987 123p SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The Automated Dial-a-ride Dispatching demonstration began in January of 1980 to demonstrate and test the use of an automated system for dispatching dial-a-ride vehicles. The demonstration consisted of a gradual changeover from manual dispatching by contractor employees at five separate sites to automated dispatching at a central location staffed by OCTD employees. Key elements of the demonstration included a dispatching system using a special computer program to determine vehicle routing and stop sequencing, and a digital communication system that automatically transmits dispatching information to the appropriate vehicles, eliminating the need for voice communication. The demonstration did result in some managerial improvements due to the centralized dispatching function. 479732 DA AUTOMATED MAINTENANCE AT MENDOCINO TRANSIT Turner, S American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 0-87262-508-7 Jun 1985 pp 547-553 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 This paper describes the set-up and daily use of Fleet Controller, a vehicle maintenance cost control microcomputer program, by the Mendocino Transit Authority. In Microcomputer Applications Within the Urban Transportation Environment: Proceedings of the National Conference on Microcomputers in Urban Transportation held June 19-21, 1985. 611820 DA AUTOMATED PARATRANSIT ROUTING AND SCHEDULING USING A HIGHWAY NETWORK MODEL Bower, DJ Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Record N1292 1991 pp 15-23 11 Fig. 1 Tab. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The quality of vehicle routing and scheduling has a great impact on the operating cost and service quality of any paratransit service. The difficulties associated with many-to-many trip requests, vehicle availability and capacity constraints, traffic patterns, and geographical obstacles are such that the process, when done manually, is error prone, labor intensive, and difficult to optimize. The development of computer software that creates paratransit schedules can, in addition to addressing these problems, significantly reduce the cost of generating schedules and improve the overall efficiency of providing service. COMSIS Corporation has developed the COMSIS Routing and Scheduling System (CRSS) to address these issues. It uses a highway network to model point-to-point travel times that recognizes geo- graphical obstacles. CRSS takes a set of trip requests entered by means of a paratransit management information system and generates vehicle manifests. The program also tracks the estimated vehicle locations and remaining vehicle capacity throughout the day. The software is processed in batch after all requests have been received. CRSS has been implemented at a number of paratransit agencies, and comparisons have been made. Manually generated schedules have been compared with CRSS schedules in the areas of service quality and operating cost and the results are favorable. Areas for further development have been identified. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1292, Specialized Transportation 1991, Proceedings of a Conference, October 28-31, 1990, Sarasota, Florida. 496830 DA AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED Citations from TRIS -18- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects PEOPLE MOVERS, MARCH 13-15,1989, MIAMI Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 23 NO. 2-3 1989 pp 89-97 Figs. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated P.O. Box 4670, Duke Station Durham North Carolina 27706 E.S. Neumann discusses the marketability of advanced transit technology. W Kulash proposes in his paper that the affordability of people mover systems in suburban activity centres, is determined by the intensity and characteristics of the land use in the centre. These characteristics, in turn, are determined by decisions largely within the control of the individual site owners. The paper identifies the land use decisions that are most important to the financial feasibility of people movers and suggests guidelines, for planning land use in suburban activity centres in a manner that enhances people mover feasibility. See also pages 99-127 of the journal. 399644 DA AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVERS FIND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation International Railway Journal VOL. 25 NO. 3 Mar 1985 4p 1 Fig. 5 Phot. SUBFILE: TRRL; IRRD; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation 345 Hudson Street New York New York 10014 The term automated people mover (APM) covers a wide range of different designs but all have in common automatic operation which can be controlled by microchips. They provide an efficient, safe and convenient method of transport in such places as city centres, business districts, universities, airports and amusement parks. Being a new concept in transport, ideas for APM technology and application developed rapidly and to promote the exchange of ideas an international conference on people movers has been held in Miami. This article describes several APMS from locations throughout the world in order to demonstrate their versatility and potential. The systems include the Aramis System in Paris, the Flydaway-under consideration in Cardiff, Otis Shuttle Transit Systems in Florida and Austria, the Metromover in Miami, the West Berlin M-Bahn System and the Peoplemovers at Gatwick and Birmingham airports. (TRRL) 469270 DA AUTOMATED TRANSIT VEHICLE SIZE CONSIDERATIONS Anderson, JE Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 20 NO. 2 1986 pp 97-105 Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated 1410 Duke University Road Durham North Carolina 27705 Synthesis of cost-effective transit alternatives using automated vehicles requires consideration of a wide range of factors that are moot in determination of the optimum size of manually driven vehicles where the need to amortize driver wages dominates the economics. Discussions of many of these factors have appeared in previous papers. This article brings them together into consideration of one specific system characteristic: the optimum automated transit-vehicle size. (Author abstract) 482870 DA AUTOMATIC CREW SCHEDULING: NEW OPERATING MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. FROM THE BOOK COMPUTER SCHEDULING OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT Dupuis, D Elsevier Science Publishers BV Postbus 2400 1000 CK Amsterdam Netherlands 0-444-87778-9 1985 pp 145-149 SUBFILE. UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Incorporated 52 Vanderbilt Avenue New York New York 10017 The Commission de Transport de la Communaute urbaine de Quebec has been an active user of automatic crew scheduling techniques since 1978. The HASTUS crew scheduling system generates the favorable impacts of automatic crew scheduling on operating costs and clerical work, but further benefits arise from the day to day use of the system. Integration of the system into the data base management system is envisioned in a series of modular phases. Proceedings of a workshop held in Montreal in 1983 under the auspices of the Centre de recherche sur les transports of the Universite de Montreal. 458674 DA AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN EMERGENCIES AND VENTILATION ON THE RHINE/MAIN S-BAHN Helfrich, W Eisenbahn-Fachveriag Deine Bahn VOL. 13 NO. 11 1985 pp 666-671 5 Phot. German SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Eisenbahn-Fachverlag Am Linsenberg 16 6500 Mainz West Germany There are plans to install escalators, heating and ventilating equip- ment and equipment for use in emergency on the section of line which runs through a tunnel 3.3 km in length on the Rhine/Main S-Bahn between Frankfurt Konstablerwache station and the stations of Frankfurt-South and Frankfurt-Muehiberg. There will be smoke and heat extraction equipment and equipment to deal with flooding. 471561 DA AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION IN TRANSIT A SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT PRACTICE Abkowitz, M; Driscoll, MK Taylor and Francis Limited Transport Reviews VOL. 7 NO. 1 Jan 1987 pp 53-63 Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Taylor and Francis Limited Rankine Road Basingstoke Hantshire RG24 OPR England Presentation of a synthesis of several sources of information pertaining to automatic fare-collection (AFC) operations. A discussion of system requirements, and the advantages and disadvantages of system operation is included. Performance measures of reliability and AFC systems are evaluated using these measures. Conclusions concerning current AFC practice. 608059 DA AUTOMATIC LAND VEHICLE LOCATION AND NAVIGATION IN THE YEAR 2000 Karimi, HA; Krakiwsky, EJ Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp April 1, 1992 -19- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 27-32 3 Fig. Tab. 19 Ref. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 The advancement in technologies of computers, mass storage devices, positioning techniques, and digital communications links have made automation of navigational activities possible. The recent trend has been towards building navigational information systems. Two generations of these information systems are proposed. For the development of each generation a different design methodology and set of techniques are employed. Second generation systems are, however, envisioned to be enhanced versions of first generation systems, but are knowledge-based. Paper Number 891686 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 462028 DA AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTING du Preez, W; Dehlen, GL National Institute for Transport & Rd Res, S Af, P.O. Box 395 Pretoria 0001 Transvaal South Africa Jan 1985 16p 7 Fig. 13 Ref. 1 App. REPORT NO: RT/4 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Institute for Transport & Rd Res, S Af P.O. Box 395 Pretoria 0001 Transvaal South Africa The advent of the microprocessor has made it feasible to count bidirectional pedestrian or passenger movements automatically, obviating the need for counts by human observers. At the request of a bus operator and the associated local, provincial, and central government authorities, the NITRR developed a prototype microprocessor-based passenger counter, and evaluated it on a bus in service. The report describes the principles of this and similar systems operating in South Africa and overseas, gives an indication of the accuracy achievable, and lists a draft set of requirements for APCs formulated by a committee of the Department of Transport. 494410 DA AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTERS: ARE THEY GIVING YOU A BREAK? Farell, C Friendship Publications, Incorporated Bus Ride VOL. 26 NO. 2 Apr 1990 pp 58-60 2 Fig. 1 Tab. 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Friendship Publications, Incorporated West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472 Spokane Washington 99210- 1472 The basics of S-cam brakes which use automatic slack adjusters as well as the importance of the air chamber stroke are discussed along with the workings and value of automatic slack adjusters. Although automatic slack adjusters are more efficient and less expensive than mechanics, they do need to be checked from time to time to make certain that they are functioning properly. 491419 DA AUTOMATIC TICKETING ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Wariless, D; Hart, M Taylor and Francis Limited Transport Reviews VOL. 9 NO. 4 Oct 1989 pp 361-370 Phots. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Taylor and Francis Limited Rankine Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 OPR England London Underground is currently going through a revolution in its fare collection systems. Magnetically encoded tickets are being introduced, obtainable from ticket office or self-service machines, which are then checked automatically at start or finish of journey in the Underground's central zone. The microprocessor controlled equipment handles all accounting aspects of fare collection, because it is all part of a computer-based network with centralized monitoring and control. The machinery was progressively installed from April 1987 to December 1988. This paper describes the history of the system, describes the new ticket and issuing machines, as well as discussing the development and project management tasks involved. 496879 DA AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION FOR CALGARY 1989 RAPID TRANSIT CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HELD IN PITTSBURGH Bennett, AJ American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 1989 p 22 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 The paper provides a background, identifies the criteria used, discusses the development and implementation, and describes the AVI (Automatic Vehicle Identification) system and its various applications. 615356 PR AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES INVESTIGATORS: Gupta, A SPONSORING ORG: Burlington Northern Railroad PERFORMING ORG: Center for Transportation Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 PROJECT START DATE: ND PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS In spite of the fact that contemporary Automatic Vehicle Iden- tification (AVI) technology offers very high accuracy and convenience for keeping track of railway vehicles and cargo, the use of such technology is still at an infancy stage. One major reason for the slow acceptance of this technology is the lack of consensus among the major railroads about what standards to use. Another hurdle is the problem of integrating information collected by AVI devices with the large information systems currently in use within each railroad and across railroads. This project attempts to overcome these major obstacles. Sponsored by Burlington Northern Railroad. UPDATE AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ONTARIO TRANSIT PROPERTIES: PHASE 1 REPORT (FINAL) Pekilis, B; Heti, G Transportation Technology and Energy Branch, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Sep 1991; Rev. Jan 1992 107p Figs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Technical Publications (TT&E Branch), Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, Room 321, Central Building, Citations from TRIS -20- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 1201 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ontario, Canada M3M 1J8 This report results from a study initiated by several Ontario transit properties, together with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) and the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA). The report assesses automatic Vehicle Location and Control (AVLC) systems, and their associated technologies, for small and medium ontario transit properties. The purpose of the report is to provide the background information necessary for the creation of a functional specification in preparation for a series of AVLC demonstration projects at several participating Ontario transit properties. The aim is to develop a province-wide standard that will meet the needs of the majority of properties in Ontario. During the course of this study, user requirements were identified through a survey of participating transit properties. The survey indicates that the introduction of AVLC systems in Ontario will significantly impact a property's operational and management practices. Also identified are essential, desirable, and optional system requirements. These two areas will form the basis for the development of an AVLC functional specification for Ontario. (Authors) 485844 DA AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION IN URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD SEPTEMBER 19-21,1988, OTTAWA, CANADA Hemily, B Canadian Urban Transit Association 55 York Street, Suite 901 Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada; Transport Canada Place de Ville, Tower C, 29th Floor Ottawa Ontario K1A 0N5 Canada Sep 1988 680p Figs. Tabs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association 55 York Street, Suite 901 Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada The Canadian Urban Transit Association, which represents urban transit operators and other transit-related organizations in Canada, organized on September 19-21, 1988 an International Conference on Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) in Urban Transit Systems. The conference, which attracted over 180 people from eleven countries, provided a unique forum to discuss the technological and managerial issues related to the development and effective use of this advanced technology. Papers presented at this conference, and contained in the Proceedings, cover the following topics: international experiences with AVL; costs and benefits of AVL; defining the transit system's needs; using AVL to provide management and planning information; alternative technological approaches to AVL; operational control strategies using AVL; real-time information systems for patrons; information systems integration; operational, organizational, and human impacts of AVL; and the future of AVL. 462784 DA AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT Poulissen, THG Siemens The Hague Netherlands 1986 6p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Siemens The Hague Netherlands Describes the LIO-PLUS family, which is an advanced program of computer and communication systems, which can be used for guidance, information and organization of the local public transport. Lecture on the occasion of the visit of a delegation of the Traffic Committee of the Swedish Public Transport Association at Siemens in The Hague, 24 September 1986. 462086 DA AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING IN EUROPE Goldsack, PJ Carter (C Carroll) Mass Transit VOL. 13 NO. 11 Nov 1986 pp 10- 11 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Mass Transit 1190 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 Europe's experience with state-of-the-art bus and tram traffic surveillance has been mixed; included in this report is a survey of technologies and where some of them are being tried. 473323 DA AUTOMATION AT THE STATION Miller, LS Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Railway Age VOL. 188 NO. 4 Apr 1987 pp 56-57 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 New rail transit systems have reaped huge benefits from automatic ticketing and collection equipment, and now some older systems are climbing on the bandwagon. 469269 DA BALTIMORE METRO SYSTEM R DEMONSTRATION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM HELD JANUARY 22-24, 1985, PHILADELPHIA, PA Lloyd, FH; Chyba, HJ; Delvernois, PJ Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engrs, Inc 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway New Jersey 088S4 0149-144X 1985 pp 407-412 7 Ref. REPORT NO: IEEE 85CH2120-4 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engrs, Inc Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway New Jersey 08854 A reliability demonstration test of the automatic train control system of the Baltimore Metro Heavy Rail Mass Transit System is reported. The system under test, the statistical basis of the test, the plan and procedures, and the participating organizations are discussed. The problem areas, the lessons learned and results and conclusions are examined. 496876 DA BALTIMORE'S PLANS FOR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS. 1989 RAPID TRANSIT CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HELD IN PITTSBURGH Patel, RH American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 1989 p 24 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 Benefits/capabilities; automatic vehicle location systems; computer April 1, 1992 -21- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects aided dispatch system; vehicle equipment and functions; communications control center equipment. 455135 DA BC TRANSIT THE WORLD'S LONGEST FULLY-AUTOMATED METRO Parkinson, TE (BC Transit) Transport Press Railway Gazette International VOL. 142 NO. 2 Feb 1986 pp 95-97 4 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Starting early in 1986, crewless transit trains began revenue service out of Vancouver, Canada, to southeastern suburbs. The initial 21.4-km route, principally elevated but with segments at grade and a tunnel into the downtown area, was placed in operation well in advance of the opening of Vancouver's Expo 86, which it will serve. Christened Skytrain, the lightweight trains feature two important innovations-- linear motors and steerable axle trucks. Married-pair units may be operated in trains of up to 6 cars. Self-service fare collection is used. Initial planning for a conventional light-rail system was superseded by the advanced light rapid transit (ALRT) concept, Canadian- developed, which is a meld of rapid transit, light rail and peoplemover technologies. 480842 DA BIG SWITCH IN MEXICO CITY Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Railway Age VOL. 190 NO. I Jan 1989 p 46 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Railway Age Subscription Department, 345 Hudson Street New York New York 10014 Service interruptions for 4.5 million Metro riders are less likely since switchover to a new communications system built around equipment supplied by Harris Digital Telephone. 615359 PR BOSTON REGION DEMONSTRATION INVESTIGATORS: Humphrey, T PERFORMING ORG: Center for Transportation Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 PROJECT START DATE: ND PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS While most IVHS technology is not yet in use around Boston -- even though Massachusetts is one of the nation's most congested states a number of installations are planned as part of the city's current major highway reconstruction. But Boston drivers won't benefit much from these IVHS installations if they aren't somehow interconnected: if there is a problem on one of these roads, redirecting traffic could involve the use of facilities in a number of jurisdictions -- the Metropolitan District Commission, the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Turnpike Authority. This project is seeking ways to maximize the benefits of the new technologies being installed around Boston by providing linkages between them. The first phase is to identify possible off-the-shelf technologies that could be implemented as demonstration programs, as a first step towards developing an interconnected system. From that roster of possibilities, a few will be chosen for a test on Massachusetts facilities, and a demonstration program will be planned. In addition, discussions are now underway with the Turnpike and Toll Authorities in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire to determine the feasibility of a regional pilot program of automatic toll collections. Sponsored by the University Transportation Centers Program, US Department of Transportation. 399588 DA BTX (INTERACTIVE VIEWDATA) AS A SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES Leinweber, J Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung Glasers Annalen ZEV VOL. 109 NO. 1 1985 pp 24-28 8 Phot. German SUBFILE: UIC; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 In June 1984 the postal authorities officially introduced the public BTX service throughout the Federal Republic. This new means of communication is based on the principle of using communications resources already possessed by most households (TV, telephone) in order to build up a large-scale public EDP system. For the first time it is now possible to bring information and services from different official sources into people's homes via their TV sets. 487953 DA CANADIAN-GERMAN WORKSHOP ON URBAN TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY (1ST) HELD IN TORONTO (CANADA) ON SEPTEMBER 16-17,1986 Studiengeselischaft Nahverkehr mbH Hamburg West Germany 1986 313p SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; NTIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 Contents: Sponsorship of R&D in public transit by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology; Cooperation in R&D by public transit companies; Canadian Transit Association; Transport Quebec's implication in urban transport R&D; An overview of Ontario's urban transit R&D programs; The status of technical development of light rail systems in the Federal Republic of Germany; articulated light rail vehicle; the M-Bahn: an automated transit system, operated from central control; Vancouver Skytrain; the development of S-Bahn and regional express services; Bus standardization in Germany; a transit bus adapted to the needs of the disabled; the dual-mode bus system; alternative fuels in transit; regenerative diesel-hydraulic power train for the urban bus; the Standardized Automatic Passenger Information System; Canadian overview of information systems for passengers; The Mississauga transit automated telephone information system; Priority service at traffic signals for light-rail-transit and bus; Toward an integrated management information system; the development of a service analysis system in Ottawa-Carleton; An interactive system for buses and crew scheduling; Flexible operation command and control system for public transit; Computerized system for timetable and staff compilation; Com- puterized operation control system; Communications and information system at the Toronto Transit Commission; Interactive systems in urban transit; Improvements to the public passenger transportation sector by means of the extensive development of EDP supported procedures; Transit information communication control system. Citations from TRIS -22- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 456213 DA CENTRALISED CONTROL OF THE JUBILEE AND METROPOLITAN LINES Hooper, A Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1 Ashbourne Close London W5 England Feb 1986 16p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institution of Railway Signal Engineers I Ashbourne Close London W5 England Continuing the development of computer technology on London Transport, this paper deals with the latest phase which combines the control of signalling with features of computer assisted train service management. The system will control from one center, six interlockings on the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines and the paper deals with all aspects, including both control center and local site equipment and simulation arrangements for the training of operating staff. Expansion of the system is also considered, together with possible future developments. 475904 DA CHANGES IN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS AND URBAN FORM Wigan, MR Martinus Nihoff Publishers Transportation VOL. 14 NO. 4 1987 pp 395-417 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company P.O. Box 211 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands Transport, communications and urban form cover an overlapping area of rising academic and practical concern. This paper traces several of the many themes brought together under different professional banners, and shows how a confluence of interest is emerging. The themes are the developments in urban planning analysis, transport and time use studies, telecommunications and industrial location, all of which contribute to the area of locational effects of improved telecommunications technology, and are affected by alterations in the nature of work and the uses made of time by individuals. The convergence of geographical, planning, transportation and communication developments now requires explicit investigation, as the timings of technological and theoretical developments appear to coincide with the emergence of a significant need to do so. Some of the gaps between present knowledge and expertise that need to be filed are specified. These include the investigation of the testing and use of current land use integrated analyses for road and development assessment, investigation of the nature and characteristics of work and education which are most affected by telecommunications and computer support, development of longitudinal monitoring methods for overall urban development leading indicators, exploitation of newly- available cross-sectional household and city data sets in conjunction with historical data for longitudinal investigations and forward projections, accounting for altered family structure and activity patterns and the anticipation and assessment of probable further technological change, which can and will undermine many current long term commitments. 602485 DA COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FOR FLEET DISPATCH International Taxicab Association TAXICAB MANAGEMENT VOL. 2 NO. 3 Jul 1990 v.p. April 1, 1992 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: TAXICAB MANAGEMENT 3849 Farragut Avenue Kensington Maryland 20895 The various communications systems and devices used to dispatch taxis to customers are listed along with the user. They consist of two-way radios which can use add on features such as voice scramblers, computer- assisted or fully computerized dispatch, vehicle locaters, automatic vehicle identification, and computerized maps of a company's service area. Also included are articles on 'How a Computer Dispatch System Operates" and "How Adding Voice Scrambling Equipment Helped to Alleviate One Taxicab Company's Communication Problems". 393498 DA COMPUTERIZED CUSTOMER INFORMATION SYSTEM-PART OF SCRTD'S TRANSMIS PROJECT Simpson, AU (TRANSMAX Incorporated) Friendship Publications, Incorporated Bus Ride VOL. 20 NO. 8 Jan 1985 3p 2 Phot. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Friendship Publications, Incorporated West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472 Spokane Washington 99210 As part of Southern California Rapid Transit District's management information (TRANSMIS) project, the Computerized Customer Information System (CCIS) is still being developed, although initial phases have already passed major tests. The goals were to computerize existing systems and adopt new technology and programs. The CCIS data base "Map" contains indices for addresses, intersections and landmarks including phonetic coding for regions with a mixture of English, Spanish and Indian place and state names. A pathfinding algorithm supports information on routes, stops, Schedules and fares. SCRTD estimates providing the same level of information without CCIS would cost $1 million more annually. A coming phase is expected to involve the NAVSTAR satellite system which will instantly locate any vehicle in the system within 200 ft. 480732 DA COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR TIMETABLE AND STAFF COMPILATION (EPON) AND COMPUTERIZED OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM (BON) Kosiek, B Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 254-265 Figs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1117 Canada The USTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG developed the computerized system for timetable and staff schedule compilation EPON and the computerized operation control system BON for public transportation companies. Both systems are supported by the Federal Minister for Research and Technology. The BON-system in Hanover is in daily operation since 1985 comprising the whole LRT network with 205 vehicles and 5 bus lines with 130 vehicles. The EPON-system is implemented in the planning office of the USTRA for operational testing. In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. 615665 DA CONCEPT OF COOPERATIVE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT April 1, 1992 -23- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects FOR THE GREATER MUNICH AREA. HIGHWAY CAPACITY AND LEVEL OF SERVICE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIGHWAY CAPACITY, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, 24-27 JULY 1991 Keller, H; Wolters, W; Schlichter, H-G Balkema (AA) P.O. Box 1675 3000 BR Rotterdam Netherlands 90 5410 011 7 1991 pp 197-202 1 Fig. Refs. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Balkema (AA) Publishers Old Post Road Brookfield Vermont 05036 Transport problems in metropolitan areas, like the Greater Munich Area, can no more be solved via a demand oriented extension of the road network. The general objectives can best be met by an integrated approach of all modes of transport based on the cooperation of the partners involved. The paper reports on the generic design of a Cooperative Transport Management based on the application o advanced transport control systems and a more detailed approach proposed for the Northern Sector of the Greater Munich Area. A demonstration field is planned for testing integrated transport control systems in a real environment and for system introduction o advanced communication and control technologies at sites which require immediate relief of existing transport problems. 615826 DA CONRAIL ROLLING WITH CELLULAR RADIO Murphy-Richter Publishing Company Progressive Railroading VOL. 34 NO. 8 Aug 1991 pp 65-66 2 Fig. SUBFILE: RRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Progressive Railroading 2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1825 Chicago Illinois 60606 Consolidated Rail Corp. has joined the ranks of thousands of U.S. businesses that have found that cellular radio communications offer dramatic productivity enhancements to their day-to-day activities. Conrail is using a special cellular product in two unique communications applications: remote monitoring of the railroad's traffic control system and also for standby backup in the event of landline telephone service failure; and a pilot voice-link to locomotives to enhance customer service and streamline railroad operations. 479079 DA CONSIDERATIONS FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING, AN OPERATING HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES IN FREEWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY Mounce, JM; Stokes, RW Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE Compendium of Technical Papers Jul 1988 pp 35-44 1 Tab. Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute of Transportation Engineers 525 School Street, SW, Suite 410 Washington D.C. 20024 This paper presents a summary of guidelines and standards developed for the planning, design, and operation of high occupancy vehicle facilities in freeway rights-of-way. The guidelines address planning issues such as determining critical freeway segments, location requirements and demand estimation, Design criteria are given for level- of-service, design speeds, alignment, cross section, clearances and other features. Operational considerations are presented regarding surveillance, communication and control systems, incident response, enforcement, support facilities, and signing and delineation. The materials presented in this paper are intended to provide a cursory overview of the key planning, design and operational issues associated with implementing high occupancy vehicle facilities in freeway rights- of-way. Institute of Transportation Engineers, District 6, 41st Annual Meeting, July 17-20, 1988. 600624 DA COST-EFFECTIVENESS FOR CIRCULATION-DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Herendeen, JH, Jr; Moreno, J Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Record N1262 1990 pp 86-90 6 Tab. 2 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The Environmental Impact Statement for the Omni and Brickell legs of the Miami Metromover required a cost-effectiveness analysis. As the analysis was undertaken, it became evident that the cost-effectiveness procedures usually used to analyze major regional transit improvements were not appropriate for circulation-distribution systems. One of the primary functions of circulation-distribution systems is to change trip- making patterns usually resulting in longer trips and sometimes in increased travel times. No provision in current cost-effectiveness procedures measures this travel impact. The methodology also fails to consider farebox revenue and local subsidies as offsets to either local or federal "costs." These issues, encountered during the cost- effectiveness analysis phase of the study, are described and suggestions made for modifying the procedures, so that the results of circulation- distribution system analyses are meaningful. A comparison of the values computed using different procedures for the analysis of the Omni and Brickell legs is also presented. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1262, Planning, Management and Economic Analysis 1990. 479330 DA DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE FOR AN AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN MASS TRANSIT Hobeika, AG; Nunnally, CE; Raju, S; Anderson, P Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Record N 1 165 1988 pp 86-93 5 Fig. 4 Tab. 6 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 Volumes of raw data collected using the Automatic Data Acquisition System are useless until they can be processed and transformed into meaningful reports and plots. This is done using the data processing software. The software has a matching algorithm that is modular in structure. It uses a simple, systematic, and logical sequence of actions in attempting to match the recorded activities in the raw data file to actual bus stops. The algorithm is tested, validated and justified by performing sensitivity analyses on data files resembling those obtained from the Automatic Passenger Counter experiment conducted in Roanoke Valley Metro in Virginia. It is found that the algorithm does not change its matching process with changes in the system variables. Thus, a robust algorithm has now been developed to do the matching accurately, removing the need for a radio signpost signal to be embedded to establish locational accuracy, consequently eliminating signpost installation and maintenance worries and costs. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1165, Transit Citations from TRIS -24- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects Management and Replacement Capital Planning. 480773 DA DESIGN OF A DATA BASE FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT INFORMATION Iskander, WH; Muotoh, DU Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Limited Transportation Planning and Technology VOL. 13 NO. 3 Mar 1989 pp 175-194 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: On-Demand Publishing P.O. Box 786, Cooper Station New York New York 10276 A mechanism is established for documenting operational and maintenance data of Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) systems on a consistent and repetitive basis. The present disparity in AGT data documentation is reviewed. Data elements which are representative of a wide range of operational characteristics of AGT systems are identified. Optimum frequencies at which the different data items should be reported are discussed, and a set of standard data-reporting forms are generated. Finally, the effort needed to accumulate the desired data on a continuing basis is reviewed. Data identified in this article were obtained through extensive literature surveys, as well as contacts with several AGT operators. In addition, an actual on-site data collection study was carried out at the Morgantown People Mover System to test the applicability of the forms. 604190 DA DETECTION OF DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO TRAINS BY ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTOMATIC TRAIN STOPPING AND COUPLING EFFORT Watanabe, T Railway Technical Research Railway Technical Research Inst, Quarterly Reports VOL. 31 NO. 3 Sep 1990 pp 118-121 7 Fig. 3 Tab. 2 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Ken-yusha, Incorporated Hikaricho 1-45-6, Kokubunji Tokyo Japan To develop an Automatic Split-Combine (ASC) system for Shinkansen electric cars, we conceive detection of distance between two trains at intervals of 0.2 seconds. For an on-board detecting device we examined an ultrasonic sensor and fabricated an equipment including small detectors (5 cm in diameter) using a microphone, which both transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave and a parabolic horn. The detectors are installed on the top of the two trains, one transmitting an ultrasonic wave and measuring the distance and the other as a slave receiving it and transmitting the answer. testing in the laboratory and on board, we have made sure the equipment is able to detect within 20 m, communicating with digital bits and it is not affected by the rain. It measures precisely the distance between the two trains and enables a backup braking pattern to be built from a point very near to the forward train in combination with the distance measured using a wayside coil and a rotary pulse generator on the axle. 608061 DA DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS Chen, K; Ervin, RD Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp April 1, 1992 41-49 4 Fig. 1 Tab. 15 Ref. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) improve the operation of cars and trucks on public roads by combining information technology with road transportation technologies. The basic idea about IVHS are by no means new but a number of converging forces have encouraged significant IVHS development in North America recently. Based on results of a Delphi survey to project realistic future scenarios, both applied and fundamental research agenda are being formulated in a Michigan-based IVHS program to push the IVHS technologies for advanced motorist information systems and for backup vehicle controls under emergency conditions. The scope of the research agenda includes social/human elements as well as hardware and software technological systems. The Michigan research program is expected to contribute to the development of IVHS in North America, both technically and institutionally. Paper Number 891705 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 484146 DA DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR BUS AND CREW SCHEDULING AT RN-PORTUGAL FROM THE BOOK COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSIT SCHEDULING Eusebio, JR; Amado, L; Fragoso, L Springer-Verlag Heidelberger Platz 3 D-1000 Berlin West Germany 0-387- 19441-X 1988 pp 147-159 3 Tab. 10 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Springer-Verlag New York Incorporated 175 Fifth Avenue New York New York 10010 This paper reports on the development and implementation of an automatic system for scheduling crews and vehicles at Rodoviaria Nacional (Portugal). The system has been implemented on PCs and it is based on several mathematical models which are briefly described in this report. The methodology adopted for the system and the corresponding implementation strategy are mentioned too. Finally, we report real life experience relative to the application of the system. Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, Hamburg, July 28-31, 1987. 496903 DA DEVELOPMENT OF TOUCH SWITCH TYPE AUTOMATIC TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Miki, S Japan Railway Engineers' Association Japanese Railway Engineering 1989 pp 25-27 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Japan Railway Engineers' Association 2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan Fare table and ticket issuing machine. The aged and the fare table. Development of touch switch type automatic ticket. Outline of touch switch type automatic ticket issuing machine. 604435 DA DIGITAL SYSTEM UPGRADES BC RAIL TELECOMMUNICATIONS April 1, 1992 -25- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects CTIONS Murphy-Richter Publishing Company Progressive Railroading VOL. 33 NO. 12 Dec 1990 p 35 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Progressive Railroading 2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1825 Chicago Illinois 60606 The article describes the new system which will not only improve BC Rail's internal railroad communications, but will also enable better service to outside customers using its telecommunications. In 1985 the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission granted BC Rail the right to interconnect its private system with that of BC Tel's facilities. BC Rail provides approximately 150 customers with some 350 dedicated circuits. The customers are located in areas served by BC Rail's trackage and comprise a wide variety of businesses, such as recreation and hospitality services. The digital overbuild of BC Rail's existing analog microwave system is described. In addition to digital conversion BC Rail is advancing other areas of its telecommunications system to assist with its rail operations. 494727 DA DRIVEN, ATTENDED, AND FULLY AUTOMATED TRANSIT QUALITATIVE COMPARISON Gary, DA Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Record N1221 1989 pp 51-58 1 Tab. 7 Ref. 3 App. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 Three levels of automation of line haul, grade-separated, urban transit systems ("Metros") are identified for comparison: driven, attended, and fully automated. Comparisons are made among these levels in eight areas of service, safety, and dependability for line haul, grade-separated transit applications. Attended and fully automated systems nearly eliminate the human errors of a driven system. They also offer shorter headways, thus increasing capacity and service, allowing smaller facilities, or both. The stopping accuracies of attended and fully automated systems allow the use of platform doors, dramatically improving platform safety. These systems can have other benefits, such as reducing insurance premiums, minimizing operational disruptions, and providing a more pleasant waiting room environment. The ride comfort of the two automated levels can also be improved over that of driven systems. Fully automated transit outperforms both driven and attended systems in making schedule modifications, providing off-peak service, and managing failures. It also offers inherent resources for creating a more efficient administration of the system. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1221, Research in Bus and Rail Transit Operations. 603306 DA DYNAMIC SCENE MODELING FOR AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC DATA EXTRACTION Vieren, C; Deparis, J-P; Bonnet, P; Postaire, J-G American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Transportation Engineering VOL. 117 NO. 1 Jan 1991 pp 47-56 Figs. Refs. 1 App. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017-2398 Some aspects of the automatic analysis of real dynamic scenes relate to obstacle detection for the prevention of accidents involving a trolley car driven through zones of possible conflict with other users are discussed in this paper. A new technique is described for detecting time-varying edges under nontrivial conditions. For modeling purposes, the knowledge of the boundaries of the moving objects is used to generate minimum bounding octagonal models of vehicles and pedestrians. The computational aspects associated with real-time image processing are discussed. The effectiveness of the surveillance system is demonstrated by means of video tapes recorded at street crossings, under natural lighting conditions. Two frame sequences, re different moving objects such as pedestrians and cars, cross an urban intersection are presented. 5314 DA ELECTRONIC TICKETING, A STEP TOWARDS AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION Vaugeois, CJ (Natioanl Public Services Research Institute, Alexa) International Railway Congress Association Rail International N5 May 1985 pp 8-11 3 Fig. 3 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 A review is presented of the functional characteristics of commercially available electronic ticketing equipment for integrated automatic fare collection. Consideration is given to the improvements they can make to passenger service and operating company management. The article concentrates on rail transport, but many of the conclusions apply to other means of transport. In particular two products of the French company Electronique Serge Dassault are described, the Mirabel system which has been installed in many stations of the French National rail network and the M6 1000 which is more sophisticated and has been designed for integration into a telematics network. The common characteristics of both systems are listed. These include: fare changes can be locally implemented; itineraries are stored in a data file and can be easily modified; protection against fraud; easy to connect to a distant computer allowing centralised acquisition of data and a reservation service. The organization of the two systems is illustrated diagrammatically. basic vehicle handling could be left to outside resources; 3) driver education, given only after a license is issued, would not accelerate the licensing process and the exposure of young people to accidents. For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 284321. 471530 DA EVALUATION REPORT AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTING DEMONSTRATION IBI Group 2865 East Coast Highway, Suite 303 Corona del Mar California 92625; Regional Transportation District 1600 Blake Street Denver Colorado 80202 Nov 1985 v.p. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Regional Transportation District 1600 Blake Street Denver Colorado 80202 This demonstration was undertaken to determine the accuracy and reliability of Automatic Passenger Counting technology for use in meeting the data collection needs of the Regional Transportation District (RT`D) of Denver. Hardware employing the pulsed infra-red sensing approach and that employing the treadle-mat approach were evaluated. Both were found to be more cost-effective in meeting RTD's needs. Citations from TRIS -26- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 458612 DA FAULT DIAGNOSIS FOR AUTOMATION SYSTEMS ON RAIL VEHICLES Bange, G Hestra-Verlag Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau VOL. 34 NO. 10 Oct 1985 pp 741-746 German SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Hestra-Verlag Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244 6100 Darmstadt 1 West Germany Fault diagnosis on rail vehicles best starts with the control system, because there the major process variables and measured data which characterize the condition of the vehicle are available in concise form. Whereas by subsequent reconstruction of fault incidents with workshop test equipment (outside diagnosis) continuously acting faults can be detected, the automatic monitoring of control systems (self monitoring) and the recording of disturbance including their accompanying circumstances and histories (fault syndrome diagnosis) with defect sporadically disturbances as well. The development therefore tends towards fault syndrome diagnosis which can be realized in rail vehicles by means of microcomputers. The combination of outside diagnosis, self- diagnosis and fault syndrome diagnosis results in highly efficient diagnostic devices. In view of the available potential further progress of fault diagnosis on rail vehicles can be expected. 453800 DA FIBER OPTICS TECHNOLOGY IN COMMUNICATIONS Russo, R (Safetran Traffic Systems) Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE Journal VOL. 55 NO. 3 Mar 1985 pp 46-49 Refs. SUBFILE: EIT; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The railroad industry is a potential user of fiber optic technology. Union Pacific (UP) in Denver has been experimenting with a fiber optic link between a CCTV monitor in a yard office and a camera in the lead yard. The cable is a figure eight configuration with six optic fibers. Two of the fibers are turned back to experiment with temperature variations over time on the performance of the transmissions capabilities. The UP is pleased with the performance of the fiber optic systems. The system is only using 6 Mhz out of the 400 Mhz available to the cable. Both the overhead cable, which crosses more than a dozen tracks, and the fiber optic components have performed perfectly. Significant advantages appear in comparing fiber optics systems with communications media that exist today such as microwave, twisted copper pairs, or coaxial cable. 479142 DA FIRST CANADIAN-GERMAN WORKSHOP ON URBAN TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY, TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 16-17,1986 Canadian Urban Transit Association 55 York Street, Suite 1101 Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada; Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie Stresemannstrasse 2, Postfach 200706 Bonn 2 Ontario K1A 0N5 West Germany; Transport Canada Transport Canada Building, Floor 27C, Place de Ville Ottawa Canada 1988 316p Figs. Tabs. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association 55 York Street, Suite 1101 Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada This publication contains the Proceedings of the Canadian/German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology, held at the Westin Hotel, Toronto, Canada, on September 16-17, 1986. The contents are as follows: a copy of the Federal Republic of Germany/Canada Science and Technology Agreement; the Workshop Agenda; Session 1: Overview of Urban Transit Research Programs: Institutional Arrangements and Activity Areas; Session 2: Rail Technology; Session 3: Bus Technology; Session 4: Information Systems for Passengers; Session 5: Information Systems for Operations, Planning and Management; and a List of Participants. 477532 DA FIVE YEARS AUTOMATION Daulmerie, D Reed Business Publishing Limited Developing Metros 1988-1988 pp 27-28 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Reed Business Publishing Limited Quadrant Subscription Serv, Oakfield House, Perrymount Rd Haywards Heath Sussex RH16 3DH England Safety measures, the reduction of vandalism, graffiti removal, and vehicle and station cleanliness in addition to the overall quality of service, all add to the success of the VAL system. 477554 DA FLEXIBLE OPERATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WCTR '86. RESEARCH FOR TOMORROW'S TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORT RESEARCH. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, MAY 1986. VOLUME I Kratschmer, W British Columbia University, Canada Center for Transportation Studies Vancouver V6T 1W5 British Columbia Canada 1986 pp 72-84 Tabs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: British Columbia University, Canada Center for Transportation Studies Vancouver V6T 1W5 British Columbia Canada Experience gained from automated public transportation command and control management as well as from "Demand-Responsive-Transportation- Systems (DRT)" led to development and deployment of the "Flexible Operation Command and Control System (FOCCS)" set up in the Lake Constance County, West Germany under the sponsorship of the German Ministry of Research and Technology and commissioned by the Rufbus GmbH Bodenseekreis. FOCCS has been developed for the joint management of both line-haul and DRT services and to cover the requirements of public transportation users by a flexible combination of all specific operation modes within a public transportation service area. Using the most modern information, communication and control technology. FOCCS is able to integrate rail services, line-haul bus and DRT services into a uniform transportation network. Components for the planning and manage- ment of the transit operation are added. The operation of the system is described. 480731 DA FOCCS--FLEXIBLE OPERATION COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT Gerland, H April 1, 1992 -27- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 245-253 Figs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada This paper describes the West German automated system FOCCS, Flexible Operation Command and Control System for Public Transit. Evolved from the RUFBUS dial-a-ride system which has been in operation since 1977. FOCCS has the following system functions: uniform public transportation services, automated timetable information, dynamic schedule synchronization, corridor service, and demand actuated or call bus service. The paper goes on to describe the data required for FOCCS application and parameters necessary for setting up and adjusting the system. Corridor service is described. Finally, the costs and benefits of FOCCS are detailed. In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. 475875 DA FRANCE:TRENDS IN URBAN TRANSPORT Goldsack, P MASS TRANSIT, Incorporated MASS TRANSIT VOL. 15 NO. 5 May 1988 pp 8-12 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: MASS TRANSIT P.O. Box 1478 Riverton New Jersey 08077 Many cities in France are relying on new technological advances to help them achieve better service quality which in turn will promote the degree of ridership that will render funding cuts such as the recent 6 percent cut in government funding less devastating. The following cities and their methods are discussed: Orly--an automated peoplemover which will serve Orly Airport; Paris--a computer package "chic' which will simplify route planning, route time-tabling and optimum allocations of manpower resources and the first subway control simulator anywhere in the world, Sosie systems, which will provide basic training as well as retraining for RATT control and signalling personnel; Nice--a priority traffic light system for buses; Valence--Visiobus, a television screen installed on all buses, which relays from central control pages of constantly updated information and entertainment to passengers traveling via bus; and Le Mans--an automatic bus network management system. 484908 DA FULL AUTOMATION OF SUBWAY SYSTEMS. REPORT 3 FROM THE 48TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, BUDAPEST, 11-16 JUNE 1989 International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 0378-1976 1989 32p Figs. 8 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: International Union of Public Transport Avenue de Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium Topics covered include: Part One: Achievements and Developments, H. Frey; Part Two: Methodology for an Approach to Automation of Existing Networks, A. Lombart; Part Three: New Automation Projects for Driverless Train Operation in Urban Public Transport, H. Dopfer; Part Four: Automation and Human Factors in the Genesis of Occidents, R. Gabillard; and Part Five; Conclusion, H-H, Meyer. 455288 DA FUTURE OF AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT IN THE MULTI-MODAL MIX OF TRANSIT Saunders, LL (Otis Elevator Company) Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 19 NO. 1 1985 pp 29-37 SUBFILE: EIT, UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Transportation has evolved and expanded over the centuries with each evolution as a result of the introduction of new technology. The potential role of automated guideway transit as a new technology for urban areas is the basis of the paper. Several methods to finance automated guideway transit in the urban areas are proposed. (Author abstract) 495475 DA FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY Willis, DK4 Lee, DB Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Record N1243 1989 pp 47-53 1 Tab. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The first author addresses the topic of intelligent vehicle/highway systems technologies, which fall into three categories: technologies that are strictly on board the vehicle; technologies that are strictly external to the vehicle, but provide useful information to drivers; and a combination of the two. The second author considers the applications of computers, in conjunction with other engineering and management innovations, to improve highway operations. This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1243, Future of Statewide Transportation Planning. 451104 DA GERMAN M-BAHN SYSTEM Weinberger, H Institute For Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 10 NO. 1 1985 pp 73-84 SUBFILE: BR; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated 1410 Duke University Road Durham North Carolina 27705 M-Bahn is an automated guideway transit system being introduced into public service. The M-Bahn technology is described including its principle of operation, vehicle, guideway and operating system. The status of the technology is reviewed with a description of the test facility and the Berlin system. 399817 DA GERMANY'S RHINE-RUHR:WHERE SYSTEMS WORK AS ONE Goldsack, PJ Carter (C Carroll) Mass Transit VOL. 12 NO. 7 Jul 1985 pp 9-10 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Mass Transit 337 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 The longest integrated public transit system is Germany's Rhine-Ruhr network encompassing 42 cities and townships covering 2000 sq. mi. Involved are 605 bus routes, 61 streetcar lines, 64 light rail transit lines and 41 commuter railroad services of German Federal Railway Citations from TRIS -28- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects (DB). Operations are handled by 19 local authorities and DB under the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR). A single fare system covers all modes; convenient interchanges and schedules have been developed. While the objective has been to encourage more use of public transit by increasing its convenience, transit improvements have come at a time of recession complicated by a drop in the area's population. LRT is getting attention by VRR. Another plan is for park-and-ride facilities. Two separate articles discuss application of an automation package for a segment of the rapid transit system in Hamburg (PUSH), and the success of Light Rail Transit in winning riders in Hamburg. Hamburg has been converting its traditional streetcar network to LRT since 1976; there will be 67 miles of LRT route in the 1990s. A standardized computer control for LRT systems, the so-called BON system is used on Hanover cars. 396458 DA GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. FROM SATELLITES TO BUS DRIVERS Knoernschild, GF (Rockwell International) Friendship Publications, Incorporated Bus Ride VOL. 21 NO. 2 Apr 1985 pp 60-62 5 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Friendship Publications, Incorporated West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472 Spokane Washington 99210 The NAVSTAR satellite system being implemented by the Department of Defense will have available a no-cost civilian channel which may be used to pin-point individual vehicles and indicate their location on a visual display unit with a 300-ft accuracy anywhere in the U.S. This Global Positioning System (GPS) allows for unlimited access by any number of users; each ground station requires a satellite-tracking receiver similar to a TV set which incorporates also an electronic map to indicate position. By adding a radio link to transmit GPS position to a central location, fleet monitoring may be achieved. 468847 DA H-BAHN, A FULLY AUTOMATIC PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEM. CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVERS: ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT IN MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS HELD MARCH 25-28,1985, MIAMI, FLORIDA Mueller, S American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 0-87262-488-9 1985 pp 433-441 REPORT NO: Conference Paper SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The H-Bahn suspended cabin system is the contribution of the Siemens- -DUEWAG joint development venture towards solving the problem of economical public transportation. This track-bound railroad system operating on a segregated traffic level can run fully automatically under computer control. It has undergone trials on test installations. The first public installation is now being commissioned in Dortmund. 459611 DA H-BAHN SYSTEM OF UNIVERSITY OF DORTMUND. FIRST FULLY AUTOMATIC UNMANNED SYSTEM IN GERMANY David, Y Transport and Road Research Laboratory Old Wokingham Road Crowthorne RG11 6AU Berkshire England Jun 1986 10p 6 Ref. REPORT NO: TRRL Transl 3291 SUBFILE: UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Transport and Road Research Laboratory Old Wokingham Road Crowthome RG11 6All Berkshire England The Dortmund H-Bahn line, opened in May 1984, is the first fully automatic, unmanned public transport system in service in Germany. The aim of the present note, based on the references listed at the end of the paper, is to describe the principal elements of the system. A general account of the line is followed by a brief description of the vehicles, their methods of suspension and propulsion. More details are given of the operating principles of the automatic system. (TRRL) 468848 DA H-BAHN SYSTEM: A FULLY AUTOMATIC RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM WITH ITS OWN SEGREGATED RIGHT-OF-WAY Mueller, S Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 19 NO. 1 1985 pp 55-63 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The development of a new transit system, H-Bahn, from the manufacturer's perspective is presented in the paper. Design and operating considerations are provided. The paper goes on to describe the first application of the technology in a public setting, giving the requirements for application and what equipment the manufacturer provided to meet these requirements. (Author abstract) 458759 DA HOW TO MAKE AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION PROFITABLE Johnson, BL Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 19 NO. 3 1985 pp 293-305 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Perhaps it should be noted that more persons ride every day in automated electrically driven pollution-free vehicles than now ride in all forms of mass transit, and they do so at zero-pricing--we call the vehicles elevators--they operate vertically. One can think about this system as a kind of horizontal elevator. This pro forma is designed to demonstrate the reasonableness of the proposition that a metropolitan area can be profitably served by an automated total transportation system, a horizontal elevator that carries freight as well as passengers, just as a vertical elevator does. And it is designed to note that there is far more revenue that can be developed and collected from carrying the mail, moving solid wastes, delivering shipments of freight, supplies, goods of all kinds across the city, than from carrying persons during rush hours. Too much attention has heretofore been given to too small a part of the total transportation problem. Automated, elevated, total transportation in a light-weight exclusive guideway grid, using small vehicles, can be profitable. 60082-3 DA I.A.G.O.: COMMAND CONTROL LINK USING CODED WAVEGUIDE April 1, 1992 -29- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-199 Other Research Projects Heddbaut, M; Degauque, P; Duhot, D; Mainardi, J American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Transportation Engineering VOL. 116 NO. 4 Jul 1990 pp 427-435 Figs. Refs. 1 App. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Civil Engineers 345 Fast 47th Street New York New York 10017-2398 Using a slotted specialized microwave waveguide, a new concept has been developed in France that allows the simultaneous transmission of several TV voice channels and high-capacity numerical transmissions. The experimentation is reported of I.A.G.O., information communication and automation using a waveguide (guide d'ondes) in a Paris subway. It has proved its ability to provide the major functions needed for the automation of a guided transportation system, i.e. a wide bandwidth communication link that allows bilateral simultaneous TV, phone, and data transmissions, a real-speed measurement capability without mechanical contact to the ground, and an absolute localization system. 477561 DA IMPROVING TRANSIT PERFORMANCE THROUGH AVM NETWORKS Goldsack, PJ MASS TRANSIT, Incorporated MASS TRANSIT VOL. 15 NO. 7-8 Jul 1988 pp 52-54 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: MASS TRANSIT P.O. Box 1478 Riverton New Jersey 08077 Although Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) systems have become more complex, city transit operators are now demanding even more sophisticated traffic control developments. 615922 DA IN-HOUSE COMMUNICATION AT THE METRO DEPARTMENT; A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGES Le Gall, Y Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens RATP Etudes/Projets Jun 1991 pp 20-25 10 Fig. French SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens 53 Rr. Quai des Grands Augustins Paris 75271 France In this article, the author presents the in-house communication of the Metro Department as a management tool intended to prepare and guide decentralization. After defining in-house communication -which is to be differentiated from simple information - he draws up a typology of communication actions and describes an original structure aimed at conducting the information and communication system of the Meto Department: RESOCOM. 471555 DA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORT Bonsall, P; Bell, M VNU Science Pres P.O. 2073 3500 GB Utrecht Netherlands 1987 384p Figs. Tabs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: VNU Science Press P.O. Box 2073 3500 GB Utrecht Netherlands R. Davies examines vehicle detection and classification. I. Catling discusses the various uses of automatic vehicle identification (AVI) and concludes with a description of the Hong Kong electronic road pricing pilot stage project. R. Ashworth deals with image processing for traffic monitoring. A. Mellor examines the recent development, and future potential, of electronic systems for collection of bus fares and car parking fees. J. Klijnhout considers with road traffic control and management systems. J. Holt describes the computer used by British Rail (BR) for the planning, monitoring and control of its rail operations. N. Ross looks at the air traffic control systems. M. A. Wren describes software for operations planning. G. Lapalme presents interactive graphics for routing and scheduling. R. Pope looks at the communications technology in the travel industry. L. Suen outlines the information that public transport users need. D. Jeffery looks at the route guidance and in-vehicle information systems. R Bonsall sets out the role of expert systems in transport. 482573 DA INNOVATIVE RAIL SYSTEMS FOR OSAKA Academy for State and Local Government Public Innovation Abroad VOL. 12 NO. 12 Dec 1988 pp 1-2 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Academy for State and Local Government 444 North Capitol Street Washington D.C. 20001 Two innovative systems are described. Linear motor trains, Japan's next generation rail transport system, will start commercial operations at Osaka in 1990. The 5.2 km linear train will link districts of the metropolis, facilitating public access to the 1990 Garden Exhibit. The linear motors will only be used to propel horizontally. Linear motors attached to the bottom of the cars drive a train horizontally by means of a magnetic force created between the motors and aluminum reaction plates set in the middle of the tracks. Osaka's linear subway will have steel wheels shaped like a conventional subway, and have an operating speed of around 70 km/h because of the short distances between stations. The linear cars can handle sharper curves with greater comfort. Osaka's other innovative system is the proposed AGT (Automated Guideway transit) shuttle which will provide access to Technoport Osaka, the future high tech district. The 3.6 km line will have 2.2 km thorugh an undersea tunnel with room for a roadway on either side. 457410 DA INTEGRATING LRT INTO FLEXIBLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS Tighe, WA; Patterson, LA Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 1985 pp 213-220 7 Fig. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The microprocessor traffic signal controller provides the opportunity to implement a flexible and relatively low-cost system of controlling light rail vehicles at signalized intersections. The signal controller can accommodate special LRT phases that are timed independently of concurrent automobile phases. Each direction of LRV travel can have its own phase, and these can be called and terminated by ordinary inductance loop detectors. Different levels of LRV priority, combined with different controller timings and parameter settings at different times of the day, can provide the flexibility needed to accommodate a wide variety of operating conditions and philosophies. The traffic signal systems proposed for the Woodward Corridor LRT line in Detroit and the Guadalupe Corridor line in Santa Clara County Citations from TRIS -30- April 1, 1 992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects demonstrate how this approach is intended to be used in quite different operational settings. In Detroit, all the traffic signals will have only two phases, and many will be controlling U-turn slots in a wide median. The signals will be coordinated at all times. Partial priority for LRVs will allow selective widening of the LRV green windows where two-way progression for LRVs cannot be provided. The Guadalupe Corridor system will involve multi-phase vehicle-actuated traffic signals. These signals will be coordinated at some times of the day and will run free, or uncoordinated, at other times. Partial priority for LRVs will allow window stretching during coordinated operation, and during free operation full priority will allow an LRV phase to be inserted at any point in the variable length signal cycle. The proposed signal systems involve the total integration of LRV control into the traffic signal controller logic. This permits the signal controller to serve LRVs without any priority treatment when appropriate, and also allows variable degrees of LRV priority to be implemented selectively when needed. In this way it is hoped the disruption and capacity reduction often associated with in-the-median LRT of service for LRT is provided. It will also permit operational strategies to be fine tuned in the field and altered over time as conditions or priorities change. (Author) This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 2, Light Rail Transit: System Design for Cost-Effectiveness. Presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit held May 8-10, 1985, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 601819 DA INTELLIGENT VEHICLE/HIGHWAY SYSTEMS IN ACTION French, RL Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE Journal VOL 60 NO. II Nov 1990 pp 23-31 3 Fig. SUBFILE: HRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute of Transportation Engineers 525 School Street, SW, Suite 410 Washington D.C. 20024-2729 The purpose of this article is to acquaint the reader with a wide variety of IVHS projects that are in various stages of planning, demonstration, or actual operation around the world. The activities described in the article were chosen to provide a representative, rather than exhaustive, compilation. An effort was made to include projects of each category of technology and/or application that is generally perceived as composing IVHS. The name and telephone and fax numbers of contacts for further information are included for most of the activities summarized here. 458598 DA INTERMEDIATE CAPACITY GUIDED TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND THE LONDON DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY Catling, DT; Mortlock, EA Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1 Ashbourne Close London W5 England Nov 1985 20p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1 Ashbourne Close, London W5, England The paper defines the potential role of intermediate Capacity Guided Transit Systems in the Public Transit Sector, the principal operating and technical characteristic of automated and non-automated systems, the current international "State of the Art" for both types and the encouraging developments in the United Kingdom. Against the current international background, it then outlines the main technical and operational features for the new London Docklands Light Railway, the reasons for their choice and the experience gained so far. 455223 DA INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR NEW SYSTEMS Ystehede, F (Norconsult AS, Oslo, Norway) Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 19 NO. 1 198.5 pp 8-5-95 SUBFILE: EIT; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The international market for new systems includes both developed and less developed countries. This paper addresses the market for the less developed countries. First, a study performed for Kuwait examining new system applicability is presented. Based on the experience in Kuwait an outlook for the greater Middle East and the Far East market is provided. The paper concludes with the factors necessary for new transit systems to be considered for developing countries. (Author abstract) 474152 DA INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATIC TICKET VENDING MACHINE ACCEPTING MAGNETIC CARD Okada, K Japan Railway Engineers' Association Japanese Railway Engineering N95 Sep 1985 pp 12-14 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The features and functions are outlined of a new ticket vending system, introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR), which uses magnetic cards called Orange Cards. JNR currently operates 6300 automatic ticket vending machines for passengers traveling short distances, and most of these machines accept coins and/or paper currency. The new card vending system was placed in public service in March, 1985. Topics include outline of card system (merit of card system, specifications of card, directions for use of the card); and measures to expedite use of the card (introduction of discount card, introduction of common card). 573044 DA IVHS APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSIT Brand, D; Behnke, R; Lyons, W; Turnbull, KF National Research Council Transportation Research Board, Washington DC 1991 SUBFILE: UCIT'S; TLIB Tape of session 147 at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Jan. 1991 which discussed aspects of the advanced public transportation systems program. Need for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Daniel Brand; Real-Time Traveler Information Systems, Robert Behnke; Automated Passenger Counting Systems, William Lyons; IVHS Implications for HOV Lane Operations, Katherine E Turnbull; Overview of IVHS Technologies to Transit Operators, Chris Hill. 469756 DA KEEPING THE BUS IN COLUMBUS Wilkins, V Stauss Publications/Bus World BUS World VOL. 10 NO. 4 1988 6p 10 Phot. Citations from TRIS April 1, 1992 -31- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Bus World P.O. Box 17018 Woodland Hills California 91365 The many ups and downs of bus services in Central Ohio which change from year-to-year and must constantly be addressed in order to keep the system viable and responsive to patrons needs and garner the support of its citizens are given. From near extinction to increasing ridership, acquiring more and newer buses, improving maintenance practices and constructing a new maintenance facility, acquiring and using modern equipment such as a computerized passenger information system and automated passenger counters, establishing express bus terminals in order to alleviate traffic congestion as well as implementing attractive fares for mid-day travel are some of the ways in which the Central Ohio Transit Authority has answered and continues to answer the call. 450468 PR KITCHENER TRANSIT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM SPONSORING ORG: Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communic, Can; Municipalities of Kitchener-Waterloo PERFORMING ORG: Bonner (Don) Canada CONTRACT NO: Contract PROJECT START DATE: 82 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: ND SUBFILE: UMTRIS The objective of the project is to develop a computerized communi- cation and information system consisting of. A total fleet radio system, automatic passenger counting, scheduling and runcutting, dispatching, automatic vehicle location, time keeping, vehicle maintenance, inventory control, and automatic telephone information system to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the transit service. The implementation of the various applications have been phased over a five year period. In 1982, a detailed cost/benefit analysis was conducted prior to adopting this project. Several different alternatives were evaluated by Kitchener Transit under a format devised by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, known as "Transit Control and Information Systems Evaluation Guidelines". 399819 DA LA'S TRANSMIS-THE TOOL FOR MODERN MANAGEMENT Herbert, R (Los Angeles Times) Carter (C Carroll) Mass Transit VOL. 12 NO. 7 Jul 1985 Sp 2 Phot. SUBFILE: UNITRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Mass Transit 337 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 The Transit Management Information System (TRANSMIS) of Southern California Rapid Transit District is a multi-faceted computer application that ultimately will involve nearly all of the SCRTD operations. TRANSMIS-1 is an off-the-shelf software application for vehicle management, materials management, financial management and capital-project control system. TRANSMIS-11 covers bus system planning, scheduling, runcutting, bus operator bidding and assignments, transportation payroll and personnel information. Ultimately TRANSMIS- II will include a model to simulate labor negotiation. A third major element of TRANSMIS is the Computerized Customer Information System (CCIS) which ultimately covers the entire SCRTD service region. This data base with its electronic map develops routes and alternatives with transfer points, schedule time and cost between any two travel points. A comparable system without the electronic data bases would cost $1 million more to operate annually. TRANSMIS-I, the vehicle and material management system, was the first to be introduced. It was decided not to simply computerize former job processes but to utilize computers to the limits of their abilities. SCRTD then turned the development process over to consultants. SCRTD and its consultants chose to adopt portions of systems developed previously by Bay Area Rapid Transit, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Chicago Transit Authority. The result is a system that controls maintenance activities at each division while knowing what each mechanic is doing and how each bus is performing. SCRTD estimated overall savings of $50 million from its $35 million investment in the various phases of TRANSMIS. 493733 DA LEVEL OF SERVICE IN LARGE-SCALE AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEMS Broxmeyer, C Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc Transportation Planning and Technology VOL. 14 NO. 4 Mar 1990 pp 287-308 16 Fig. 9 Tab. 26 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: STBS Limited One Bedford London WC2E 9PP England Automated short headway urban transportation systems were viewed in the early Seventies as a possible means of effecting radical change in the type of transit service available in cities. However, interest has declined and government-sponsored efforts in the area have ceased. The decline in interest was accompanied by much debate among the advocates of the various forms of transit. However, it does not appear to reflect the potential merits and limitations of short headway systems as disclosed by analysis. This paper provides a basis for comparing short headway systems of citywide scale with conventional transit means. The limitations inherent in rapid rail installations are reviewed and contrasted with the performance of short headway systems. Illustrative, large-scale guideway configurations for systems operating in the three- second headway range are defined and levels of service are dedicated using simplified heuristic methods. A basis is provided for specification and analysis of systems conforming to realistic spatial and passenger-movement constraints. It is concluded that automated transit systems operating in the three-second headway range remain visible candidates for large-scale installations. 469264 DA LONDON PERFECTS AUTOMATIC TICKETING Goldsack, P Mass Transit 1190 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 VOL. 15 NO. 4 Apr 1988 pp 8-10 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Carter (C Carroll) 1190 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 The London Underground is proceeding with the installation of one of the world's most sophisticated fare collection systems. 484888 DA LONDON UNDERGROUND'S REVITALISED TICKETING SYSTEM Rowlands, P Kennington Publishing Centre Limited Passenger Transport Management Systems Review Mar 1989 pp Citations from TRIS -32- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 16-17 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Passenger Transport Management Systems Review Circulation Manager, 78 Landor Road London SW9 9PH England London Underground is updating its ticket-issuing and revenue collection system. Benefits perceived include improved passenger flows and hefty yearly savings due to fraud reduction. 496901 DA LONG BEACH-LOS ANGELES (BLUE LINE) LIGHT RAIL SIGNALING PROJECT 1989 RAPID TRANSIT CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION HELD IN PITTSBURGH Fox, CR American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 1989 p 24 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20005 The conventional bidirectional cab signaling with overspeed protection is used. A unique scheme for nearside stations utilizing the cab signal system, audio-frequency overlay track circuits, and a train- to-wayside communication system has been developed. 60806-3 DA LONGITUDINAL CONTROL CONCEPTS FOR AUTOMATED AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS OPERATING ON A COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY Frank, SS; Liu, SJ; Liang, SC Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 61-68 Figs. Refs. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 The purpose of this paper is to present specifications for rubber tired vehicles operating on a cooperative highway. These specifications will allow control systems to be designed which could meet the require- ments of a new generation of automobiles and trucks operating on roadways which can carry more vehicles per hour. These vehicles are to be electronically guided and controlled. The problem is divided into two aspects: 1) lateral control and 2 longitudinal control. Lateral control will be done by a sensor system that can "see" te road ahead and steer the vehicle toward the road and will be presented in another paper. Longitudinal control will be the subject of this paper. It involves keeping a series of dissimilar vehicles properly spaced while operating at high speeds. Safe spacing must be kept as vehicles enter and exit the vehicle stream, and as disturbances occur such as hills and winds. Sensors and a control system required to perform this task to a set of performance requirements are discussed and presented in this paper. Obviously, there are many possible solutions to these general problems. Presented in this paper are some solutions to the sensing and control issues which show technical feasibility. Paper Number 891708 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 459638 DA LYON METRO INTRODUCES GRAFCET SYSTEM Huber, A; Luca, E Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung Glasers Annalen ZEV VOL. 110 NO. 6-7 Jun 1986 pp 240-244 German SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 A novel centralised control system using programmed automatic equipment has been introduced by the Lyon Metro Authority (SEMALY) for its new two-car units of the "C" Line. This choice has proved successful for the complex control of metro vehicles designed for mixed adhesion and rack duty. The automatic subsystems were programmed with the aid of the GRAFCET process description. The individual GRAFCET; were directly displayed using computer-aided design techniques and then processed directly by the computer, which also included programming of the computer's internal stores. Experience has shown that this control technique offers major benefits over a conventional relay-based system both in respect of the design and the testing and diagnostic capabilities because it enables stepwise monitoring of the train status along with implementing of modifications without the need for making any change to the train cabling. 477534 DA LYON PREPARES TO START AUTOMATED OPERATION Boller, A Reed Business Publishing Limited Developing Metros 1988 1988 pp 32-33 2 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Reed Business Publishing Limited Quadrant Subscription Serv, Oakfield House, Perrymount Rd Haywards Heath Sussex RH16 3DH England Lyon's fourth metro line which will be fully automated with driverless trains is described. The new line will use an infra-red beam system to detect falling passengers as opposed to platform doors. Since this line had to cross both the Rhone and Saone rivers in quick succession and the discovery of important archeological remains, the bentonite tunnelling method was used for the first time in France. 455133 DA MEDIUM-CAPACITY TRANSIT GOES SLOW ON AUTOMATION Iguchi, M (Tokyo University, Japan) Transport Press Railway Gazette International VOL. 142 NO. 1 Jan 1986 pp 43-46 1 Fig. 1 Tab. 4 Phot. SUBFILE: UNITRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Automated guideway transit, as applied in Japan, has been marked by rather lengthy routes that the author calls intermediate capacity transit. Most American AGT's are shorter people movers. While the first Japanese AGT, a 6.4-km route opened in Kobe in 1981, operates with no crew onboard, subsequent installations have elected for less than full automation. Four of the six ICT systems use rubber-tire suspensions running on guideways and the other two are monorails, one straddle and the other suspended. Details on guideway design, vehicles, propulsion, signaling and communications are given. The author explains that experience gained with the first two systems showed that automatic controls were not necessarily cheaper than an April 1, 1992 -33- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research operator's wages and his presence did give passengers a sense of increased security. For monorails which lack an emergency walkway along the guideway, it is believed that an operator should be present to deal with emergencies. 603394 DA METRO, PATH AND AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTION Gewehr, B Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Portfolio VOL. 3 NO. 3 1990 pp 44-49 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Circulation Manager, One World Trade Center, 67 West New York New York 10048 The new fare collection system on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's PATH train shares many basic features with that used by the Washington Metro run by the Washington Area Transit Authority (WMATA). WMATA is a pioneer in using magnetic tickets for automated fare collection. On Metro, fare gates must determine both the trip distance and the time it is taken. The command and control systems at the heart of magnetic ticket systems are described. The PATH and Metro systems fare collection equipment to gather, process, and communicate data, has streamlined some essential management activities, including maintenance, revenue servicing, marketing research, and revenue control. A recent innovation in WMATA's automated fare collection is the use of credit and debit cards for ticket purchases. WMATA has a joint venture with a bank to sell tickets through modified automated teller machines. 478262 DA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ADVANCE, VOL 43, JUNE 1988, RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION EDITION. TECHNICAL REPORT Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Tokyo Japan 1988 37p SUBFILE: UMTRIS; NTIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 The issue contains technical reports on: Overview: Trends in Railway Technologies; New Guideway Transit Systems; Information and Communication Systems for Railways; Applications of Computer Systems to Railway Systems; A Train-Information Management System; Propulsion Systems for Railcars; A New Electric-Command Air-Brake System for Railcars; Remote-Control Systems for Electric-Railway Power Networks; An Advanced Air-Conditioning System for Trains; Export-Model Electric Locomotives and Propulsion Equipment; R&D Progress Report: An Expert System for Train_ Traffic Control; Technical Highlight: A Multisource Ionized-Cluster-Beam Deposition System for Superconducting Thin-Film Formation; New Products. 467994 DA MODULAR APPROACH TO ON-BOARD AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS-SEMINAR Transportation Research Board NCTRP Research Results Digest N5 Nov 1986 6p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 On March 11 and 12,1986, a seminar addressing on-board automatic data collection systems was sponsored by the National Cooperative Transit Research and Development Program (NCTRP). Forty-three individuals attended the seminar, which was held at the National Academy of Sciences facilities in Washington, DC. The seminar was organized by The MITRE Corporation as a follow-on to the research performed by MITRE on a NCTRP project titled: "A Modular Approach to On-Board Automatic Data Collection Systems." This Digest summarizes the presentations and discussions at the seminar. It was evident from the attendance and discussion at the seminar that a number of changes had taken place since the conclusion of the NCTRP research effort and, in particular, since the last formal meeting on the subject of automated data collection, a 1982 working group meeting sponsored by the Transportation Systems Center (TSC). While the TSC meeting was attended almost exclusively by U.S. transit agencies and U.S. equipment suppliers, the NCTRP seminar attracted nearly equal numbers of U.S. and Canadian representatives, plus representatives from three foreign suppliers. In addition, the developments at the seminar indicated not only increasing technological maturity, but also a greater emphasis on system modularity. 479738 DA MULTI-AGENCY TRANSIT FINANCIAL PLANNING SYSTEM Markowitz, J American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 0-87262-508-7 Jun 1985 pp 194-203 1 Tab. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the regional transportation planning agency for the San Francisco Bay area. This paper describes MTC's efforts to develop an integrated, automated transit financial management system. In Microcomputer Application Within the Urban Transportation Environment: Proceedings of the National Conference on Microcomputers in Urban Transportation held June 19-21, 1985. 459642 DA NEW COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BOOSTS REVENUES Bobit Publishing Company Metro VOL. 82 NO. 5 Sep 1986 3p 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Bobit Publishing Company 2500 Artesia Boulevard Redondo Beach California 90278 Metro Vision is a new computerized visual communications system which consists of: (1) a customer information/special promotions segment; (2) a news, weather, sports segment; and (3) an advertisement segment. It promotes ridership, allows instantaneous changes in routes and schedules, continuously updates changes in the transit market, and informs riders about current events. It does all of this for free, but also pays monthly dividends to the transit authority. It is a system in which color television monitors consisting of 40 pages of information are placed at high traffic-volume locations throughout a transit operation displaying each page for 15 seconds and is repeated every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day. A detailed description of the system and how it works is given. 486557 DA NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SIGNALING MASS TRANSIT, Incorporated Citations from TRIS -34- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects MASS TRANSIT VOL. 16 NO. 7 Jul 1989 p 20 1 Phot. SUBFILE: RRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: MASS TRANSIT P.O. Box 1478 Riverton New Jersey 08077 Recent developments in signaling and information gathering are presented. Included are the Model 3000 Micro Grade Crossing Predictor, a microprocessor-controlled system which provides a constant warning at grade crossing for approaching trains irrespective of speed, TMACS train monitoring and control system which provides data vital to accident investigations, condition of locomotives and operational summaries and the TRANSMATION for light rail vehicles, subways and buses which gathers information on board independently of drivers. 615226 DA NEW LEVEL OF TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company ENR Vol. 227 No. 9 Sep 1991 p 8 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York New York 10020 Traditional road building schemes are being abandoned in an effort to combat increasing congestion on the 51-mile stretch of Interstate 95 through Philadelphia. The effort involves an ambitious plan to integrate all modes of transportation through the corridor. The 1-95 Intermodal Mobility Project will include the design and reconstruction of the road, and will proceed in phases with potential high-tech additions such as magnetically levitated trains after 2000. The project will include the construction of transportation centers that bring together bus, rail and cars to provide speedy access to the center city. Almost sure to be included in the final scheme is some sort of dedicated traffic lane, possibly used as a test for high-tech smart highway systems. One proposal is for a priority roadway and exclusive lanes. 455201 DA NEW MEDIUM CAPACITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN JAPAN Shimoura, S (Kawasaki Heavy Industries) Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 19 NO. 1 1985 pp 15-27 SUBFILE: EIT, UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Japan has developed medium capacity transit systems and made several deployments. This paper discusses the reasons for this development and types of technology employed. Unmanned operation and its implementation in the Japanese context is addressed. A detailed description of the various aspects of the medium capacity transit system is provided. Topics include basic design, track, coaches, switching, electrical equipment, command and control. The paper concludes with a review of the first medium capacity system in operation in Japan at Kobe. (Author abstract) 451467 DA NON-CONVENTIONAL RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR SHORT-DISTANCE TRAFFIC Braendli, H Hestra-Verlag Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau VOL. 34 NO. 1-2 1985 pp 163-169 3 Tab. 7 Phot. 7 Ref. German SUBFILE: UIC; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Hestra-Verlag Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244 6100 Darmstadt 1, West Germany Since the early seventies four railway systems have been developed in the Federal Republic of Germany, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology. Two of the systems have since been abandoned, while the overhead railway or H-Bahn has gone into service in Dortmund and the M-Bahn is waiting to undergo trials in Berlin. The author gives a short description of the different systems and their specific functions and assess the likelihood of their going into commercial operation taking into account customer requirements and services offered by conventional modes. 608780 PR OPTIMAL DIVERSION STRATEGIES FOR A CONGESTED URBAN NETWORK INVESTIGATORS: Hobeika, AG SPONSORING ORG: Department of Transportation; Virginia Department of Transportation PERFORMING ORG: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Center for Transportation Research 106 Faculty Street Blacksburg Virginia 24061 CONTRACT NO: Contract PROJECT START DATE: 8808 PROJECT TERMINATION DATE: 9207 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS The goal of this research is to develop an effective tool that can formulate diversion strategies in real time. This research also has useful applications in the Advanced Traffic Management System component of Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems. To achieve this goal, a two- pronged research approach is being adopted. These are the user-optimal and system-optimal approaches. In order to predict more realistically the effects of diverted traffic on traffic flow and the time-dynamic impacts of congestion, a dynamic traffic assignment model is being developed to assess re-routing options. In addition, the warrants to initiate diversions using artificial intelligence are being developed to assist diversion planners in making decisions in this regard. This research is being applied to the Northern Virginia urban area as a case study. Hobeika, AG, Sherali, HD, O'Neill, WA, Sivanandan, R, and Akundi, B, Optimal Diversion Strategies for a Modified Urban Network - Phase I Report, July 1989; Hobeika, AG, Sivanandan, R, Zhang, Y, and Ozbay, K, Optimal Diversion Strategies for a Congested Urban Network - Phase 2 Report, October 1990. 616401 DA OUTLINING A NATIONAL IVHS PROGRAM. A SYNTHESIS DERIVED FROM THE PROJECT REPORTS FOR NCHRP3-38(1) AND NCTRP 60-1A Castle Rock Consultants Leesburg Virginia 22075 May 1991 105p 2 App. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 This report consists of a synthesis of recommendations for a national Intelligent Vehicle Highway System (IVHS) program derived from two research projects conducted by Castle Rock Consultants of Leesburg, Virginia. NCHRP Project 3-38(l) examined the potential of advanced technology for relieving urban traffic congestion. NCTRP Project 60-1A focused on mass transit and ridesharing in reducing urban traffic congestion and the use of advanced technologies in April 1, 1992 -35- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects improving their operations. Following completion of the two projects, and in consideration of the emerging emphasis being given to IVHS, Castle Rock Consultants was asked to synthesize the recommended national programs from each project into a single report. This document is a result of that effort. This report contains a brief description of the development of a National IVHS Program, a detailed appendix covering the program including research, operational testing, standard setting, implementation and ongoing support, and a second appendix which provides a preliminary program schedule with short-term projects and activities receiving the greatest amount of development. The final reports from the two projects are scheduled for publication in the near future in the regular NCHRP and NCTRP report series. This report is being made available from the Transportation Research Board as an unedited research agency report. 457402 DA OVERVIEW OF MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROLS IN TRANSIT AND CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR INTRODUCTION Mitchell, DJ Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 1985 pp 164-170 5 Fig. 25 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 The present and future uses of microprocessors in transit have been described and the concerns expressed by transit industry personnel about their introduction have been identified. Further discussions and research on several of these concerns need to be conducted. Micro- processor-based control equipment also needs to be implemented in test settings on operating transit systems and its performance monitored. Such efforts will ease the introduction of this new technology and prove its safety and reliability in operating environments. (Author) This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 2, Light Rail Transit: System Design for Cost-Effectiveness. Presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit held May 8-10, 1985, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 493765 DA OVERVIEW OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS IN FRENCH TOWNS Lassave, P; Meyere, A Taylor and Francis Limited Transport Reviews VOL. 10 NO. 1 Jan 1990 pp 27-49 Refs. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Taylor and Francis Limited Rankine Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 OPR England The recent development of dynamic information systems for public transport passengers in numerous French towns and cities is based on two major technological innovations: videotext and electronic control in bus fleets (AVM). It describes the main dynamic information systems in use, what is involved and how these systems are integrated, reports on the first comments on public use, and finally mentions a few economic considerations on the basis of current experience. 458615 DA PASSENGER SAFETY IN METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS International Union of Public Transport UITP Revue VOL. 35 NO. 1/86 1986 pp 14-20 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium To enhance the safety image of rapid transit systems, the responsible agencies must take every opportunity to make clear to the public that the systems are safe and reliable. In the course of minimizing the staff associated with operations the following areas of passenger safety require attention: Construction and layout of station; full range of communications and monitoring equipment; installation of communications on board trains; attention to the system's appearance; security in keeping of the cash which is generated; automation should be made less intimidating for passengers by the presence of persons in authority-- ticket inspectors, mobile staff and police. An important factor in the passenger's subjective feeling of security and a preventive measure against crime is the presence of police on regular patrols, possibly together with the transit staff, and by the use of the rapid transit system by all uniformed police officers, both on and off duty. This is a report of the UITP International Metropolitan Railways Committee, Subcommittee on Operations. French title is: La Securite des Voyageurs dans, le Metro and German title is: Fahrgastsicherheit in U-Bahnen. 454051 DA PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CENTRAL CONTROL OF TRAM TRAFFIC EXPERIMENT, TRAMLINE ONE AT AMSTERDAM Gouverneur, EJ; Vrieling, H; Kogure, K ( National Defense Academy, Kanagawa) Werkdagcommissie P.O. Box 163 Driebergen-rijsenbuR Netherlands 0038-0806 May 1985 pp 275-286 3 Tab. Dutch SUBFILE: TRRL; IRRD; HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Werkdagcommissie PO Box 163 Drieberg-en-rijsenbuR Netherlands In this paper an evaluation is given of the first stage of the "central control of tram traffic experiment". This experiment was carried out on Tramline One in Amsterdam by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, the Municipal Transport Authority of Amsterdam and the Technical University of Delft. 'ne cost of experiment was borne by the Ministry of Transport. The aim of the experiment was to improve the regularity of the trams using electronic information-and control systems. In this first stage the apparatus and software were to be developed in conjunction with the communication system and a number of informative stop signs along the line in one direction. During the first stage the plans were revised on the basis of experiences with the system. Thus the system was introduced in both the inward and outward bound directions and as an extra service to passengers the stop sign carrying information about waiting time was developed. For the drivers, however, only two informative stop signs have been put in place. The system as it now stands consists of a central processor and ten local stations. The central processor gets information on the location of the trams and provides the controller with an overview of the whole line with all the car locations in respect of the time-table. If the situation should require it, action can be taken. The drivers also are given information as to their position by the stop signs. The control strategy applied is a system based on punctuality. Its effectiveness is evaluated using the continuously available statistical data. To evaluate the influence of changes on the line or new control strategies, a simulation model was developed. This model was intended for metro-use but was adjusted for use on a tram-line. The evaluation of the first stage concerns two aspects in particular. A comparison of the past and present situation on the line Citations from TRIS -36- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects based on the available data and a cost/benefit analysis based on the round trip times of the vehicles. The evaluation has shown that the experiment was successful and that continuation to the next stage will be desirable. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 286502. Bijdragen Verkeerskundige Werkdagen 1985. 4552.31 DA PROBLEMS OF SO CALLED GUIDE WAY SYSTEM AND A COUNTERMEASURE Nishiki, T Japan Society of Civil Engineers Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Proceedings Jul 1985 pp 127-135 7 Ref. Japanese REPORT NO: No. 359/IV-3 SUBFILE: EIT; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 There are many places where there is no efficient transportation, though they are worried about traffic jam. To solve this problem we studied qualities and quantities of urban transport, and located some kinds of transportation to the adequate positions in the spectral field of traffic demand. Consequently we noticed that the construction cost is too expensive when the density of traffic is under some degree. In order to reduce the construction cost and business expenditure, we propose a light vehicle and high frequency system. To lower axle load, width of the car is contracted. This means reduction of axle load, and at the same time, of carrying capacity. So high frequency system of trains is adopted. It will also present good service to the passengers. (Author abstract) 451284 DA PROJECT BOOKLET FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SYSTEM REMOTE PARKING STATION. 1,2, AND 3 ODP NO. 586 Chicago Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 Mar 1985 13p 2 App. REPORT NO: ODP 586 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 The Remote Parking Station for Chicago's O'Hare Airport Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system will serve as the entry and exit point for airline passengers and visitors using AGT Located in the northeast quadrant of the Airport, this station has been placed to provide parking lot patrons convenient access to the Terminal Core Area. It will also serve the needs of airline passengers who do not park but reach the Airport by private or commercial vehicle. This booklet provides an overview of the Station facilities. The station will be on an elevated structure with an island platform. Access will be by stairs, escalators and elevators. The entire facility, including guideways, will be limited to development of passenger facilities. This document is intended for review by the Airlines consistent with the provision of Article IX, Section 9.03a of the Airport Use Agreement and Terminal Facilities Lease. ADP Number TS-07a. 451286 DA PROJECT BOOKLET FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SYSTEM TERMINAL STATIONS 1,2, AND 3. ODP NO. 588 Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 LaSalle Street, Room 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 Mar 1985 13p REPORT NO: ODP 588 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 This booklet provides an overview of the three Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) Terminal Area Stations in the core of Chicago's O'Hare Airport. These stations have been located at the approximate midpoint of each terminal and to the outside of the upper level being linked to the adjacent terminal building by a new overhead pedestrian bridge and with below-grade connections to existing pedestrian tunnels which link terminal and public parking garage. Each station will have an island- type platform reached by means of stairs and escalators. The entire platform, including guideway, will be enclosed by a single structure. The AGT System will serve to connect the terminal Area with a remote surface parking facility on the airport property. This document is intended for review the Airline consistent with the provision of Article IX, Section .03a of the Airport Use Agreement and Terminal Facilities Lease. P Number TA-1 and TX-06a. 1285 DA PROJECT BOOKLET FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SYSTEM MAINTENANCE BUILDING. ODP NO. 587 Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 Mar 1985 20p 2 App. REPORT NO: ODP/587 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Municipal Reference Library City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Room 1004 Chicago Illinois 60602 This booklet provides an overview of the Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) Maintenance Building located at the approximate mid-point of the AGT system which will extend from the Airport Terminal Area of Chicago's O'Hare Airport to a remote surface parking area of the Airport property.The AGT Maintenance Building as been planned as a flow-through type of operation to serve daily requirements of the AGT vehicle fleet. In addition to housing maintenance support activities, the building will also accommodate the system's train control operations center, offices and employee welfare facilities. Ultimately it will accommodate three guideways (tracks). Of five work stations on each, two will be used for repair-in-place maintenance and the remaining three for major repairs. There are descriptions of pits, jacks, maintenance equipment and other features. is document is intended for review by the Airlines consistent with the provision of Article IX, Section 903a of the Airport Use Agree- ment and Terminal Facilities Lease. ADP Number TS-07b. 608058 DA PROPOSED POSITION AND HEADING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF AUTOMOBILE ON FREEWAY USING LASER BEAMS Tsumura, T; Komatsu, N Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 19-25 14 Fig. 2 Phot. 3 Ref. 1 App. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 April 1, 1992 -37- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects This paper presents a variety of methods for obtaining position and heading of automobiles. All of them use laser beam transmitter and receiver units. The first method uses laser transmitter and receiver units on the vehicle and corner cubes set on the side of the roadway. The second method uses laser scanning fan beam units on the vehicle and the corner cubes on the upper side. The third method uses the laser beam transmitter on the side of the roadway and the receivers on the vehicle. Experimental results for three proposed methods using automobiles show that these methods can ba applicable for accurate compensation of errors caused by dead-reckoning positioning method introduced by digital differential odometry. Paper Number 891685 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 458865 DA RADIO SYSTEM ON THE BUCHAREST METRO Rusu, E; Lixandru, I Ministerul Transporturilor si Telecomunicatiilor Revista Transporturilor si Telecomunicatiilor VOL. 12 NO. 9 Sep 1985 pp 81-85 5 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: ILEXIM Str 13 Decembrie Nr 3, P.O. Box 136-137 Bucharest Romania No Abstract. 490936 DA REINFORCING THE ROLE OF MASS TRANSIT Kennington Publishing Centre Limited Passenger Transport Management Systems Review Sep 1989 p 8 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Passenger Transport Management Systems Review Circulation Manager, 78 Landor Road London SW9 9PH England The role that information technology will play in the future of mass transit was evident at the UITP Conference held in Budapest. Not only will automation have positive effects on productivity, safety, and the size of the labor force (through fully automated transit systems), but it will also be useful for planning transit systems, magnetic fare cards, and customer information dissemination. 493696 DA REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGH-WAY SYSTEMS Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Mar 1990 71p 3 App. REPORT NO: DOT-P-37-90-1 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary, 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 The purpose of this report is to assess ongoing European, Japanese, and U.S. Intelligent Vehicle Highway System (IVHS) research initiatives; analyze the potential impacts of foreign IVHS programs on the introduction of advanced technology for the benefit of U.S. highway users and on U.S. vehicle manufacturers and related industries; and make appropriate legislative and/or programmatic recommendations. Chapter I is an executive summary of the report. Chapter II describes what an IVHS is and why there has been growing interest in the development and use of IVHS technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of the highway system. Chapter III describes various IVHS technologies and discusses how each of them could affect highway travel. Chapter IV describes the major European and Japanese IVHS research programs. Chapter V describes IVHS programs now underway in the United States. Chapter VI discusses the effect of foreign IVHS programs on highway users and on U.S. motor vehicle and electronics companies; it also discusses the benefits domestic highway users could receive if IVHS technologies were widely adopted. The last chapter, Chapter VII, presents conclusions and recommendations. 616398 DA RESEARCH INITIATIVES FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Circular N380 Oct 1991 15p SUBFILE: HRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 To take advantage of improved traffic control systems and communi- cation technology, there is a need now to research algorithms and approaches for improved traffic signal system operation, to make these systems more responsive to traffic demands, and to provide improved equipment diagnostics and fail-safe operation. Also, the output from new computer models for analyzing traffic movement need to be correlated, and the models need to be made more user friendly. In addition, there is a need to look to the future--to determine through research how to make the best use of existing street and freeway networks. This can be accomplished through development of advanced traffic control systems and improved motorist information systems, and through research on driver behavior as it relates to motorist acceptance and use of new traffic control and motorist information and guidance systems. The Traffic Signal Systems Committee of the Transportation Research Board has developed this Circular of research problem statements which list and discuss specific research needs for the present and the future. Chapter I discusses the areas that need research in advanced technology, while Chapter II describes the research needed now. 608067 DA RESEARCH NEEDS IN ROADWAY AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY Shladover, SE Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 89-104 10 Fig. 5 Ref. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UNITRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 Although the concept of roadway automation has been in the public eye for nearly fifty years and it has now been thirty years since the first test track demonstrations of some of the requisite technologies, virtually no progress has yet been made toward implementation. This paper explains why it is worth re-examining roadway automation now in the light of current transportation needs and technological progress. The main body of the paper outlines the technical questions that need to be answered in order to make roadway automation a reality, based on the nine functions of an automated roadway system. The following variables are considered in this paper: intelligent traffic signalling, traffic information systems, driver warning and assistance, automatic Citations from TRIS -38- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects steering control, automatic spacing control, obstacle avoidance, automatic trip routing and scheduling, control of merging of streams of traffic, and transitioning to and from automatic control. Paper Number 891725 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 617992 DA RIDING ON DIGITAL DATA Dennis, G Community Transportation Reporter VOL. 9 NO. 9 Nov 1991 pp 12-13 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Community Transportation Reporter 725 15th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington D.C. 20005 The article looks at two specific innovations that are sure to have an impact on transportation. Radio-based data communication technology is transforming how transportation will comply with the market's pull and the government's push toward mobility for all Americans. Automatic vehicle location (AVL) is one of the benefits that can be delivered by mobile data networks. 471567 DA SIBIL 1.0 ON AUTOMATED TICKETING SYSTEM Atanasov, S; Meckarova, L; Georgiev, S Zelezop" ten Transport N9 1986 pp 12-14 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Zelezop" ten Transport Sofia Bulgaria No Abstract. 458813 DA SIGNALLING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE DUBLIN AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM Cuffe, P Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, 1 Ashbourne Close London W5 England Oct 1985 15p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institution of Railway Signal Engineers 1 Ashbourne Close London W5 England The author explains how the introduction of 1500V D.C. electrifica- tion provided the opportunity for replacing life expired mechanical and early power signalling with modern equipment with all its benefits. He then details the way side signalling, the computer driven control system with its keyboard and visual display screens, explaining the means available for keeping trains running in the event of failures. He explains also the describer orientated automatic route setting, the cab signalling with its automated train protection for the E.M.U.'s and the continuous automatic warning system devised for the locomotive hauled trains running over the same lines. He talks also of the improvements to level crossings, complementary communications systems and management information systems. 494952 DA SINGAPORE COMPLETES ITS SYSTEM IN SEVEN YEARS Leong-Geok, L Reed Business Publishing Limited Developing Metros 1990 1990 pp 66-67 2 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Reed Business Publishing Limited Quadrant Subscription Serv, Oakfield House, Perrymount Rd Haywards Heath Sussex RH16 3DH England The construction of Singapore's 67 km metro which began on November 7, 1987, is scheduled to be completed on July 6. Singapore boasts a conventional standard-gauge, third rail system which handles massive passenger volumes, automatic fare collection with an experimental program using common ticketing between rail and bus, and centralized train monitoring and control. 484902 DA SMART TRANSIT SYSTEMS: PRESENT STATUS FUTURE PROSPECTS: INTERNATIONAL AUDIT OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT OPERATIONS Ecoplan International Paris France 1988 24p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Ecoplan International Paris France Presents background information and supporting details on a multi- client study on urban transport systems with driverless vehicles automatically controlled over guideways that have been built and put into service in sites around the world. The latest results of operating experience are assessed and systems will be reported in studies (Trans 21 and EcoPlan). Conditions of participation in the research and subscription are given in this prospectus. 486821 DA SOFTWARE IMPROVES PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS Communication Channels, Incorporated American City and County VOL. 104 NO. 8 Aug 1989 p 30 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Communication Channels, Incorporated American City and County, P.O. Box 28968 Atlanta Georgia 30358-9990 An automated transit services information system called PARIS is described, which eliminates the need for printed reference materials, does the search, selection and computation, and formulates the response to travel planning questions. Information on fares, stops, lines, service level, service mode, sales, and handicapped accessibility is provided. The transit information software package is being used by 3 agencies: Southern California Rapid Transit District; Denver's Regional Transportation District; and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston. It is hoped that the improved service provided by these agencies will promote public transit ridership. 477551 DA SOME NEW TOOLS FOR THE TRANSPORT PLANNER APPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WCTR '86. RESEARCH FOR TOMORROW'S TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORT RESEARCH. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, MAY 1986. VOLUME 1 Taylor, MAP British Columbia University, Canada Center for Transportation Studies Vancouver V6T 1W5 British Columbia Canada 1986 pp 138-150 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: British Columbia University, Canada Center for Transportation Studies Vancouver V6T 1W5 British Columbia April 1, 1992 -39- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects Canada The advances in information technology offer transport planners and managers exciting and effective means for improving their productivity and quality of work. The developments outlined in the paper, notably in the use of interactive graphics, CAD and expert system methods in transport planning may be taken as indications of the new possibilities given to planners by the information revolution. The availability of these procedures on microcomputers provides powerful and cheap means to bridge the various communication gaps between computers, planners, and the community. Systems are: MULATM, LAMM, VIEWMATX, and PCSCALE. 456249 DA SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBWAY SYSTEM FIRES National Transportation Safety Board Bureau of Accident Investigation Washington D.C. 20594 Oct 1985 47p 3 Tab. 3 App. REPORT NO: NTSB/SIR-85/04 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 Additional recommendations designed to improve fire safety in the New York City subway range from an improved fire data reporting system to a more sophisticated communications system in subway tunnels for use by the New York City Fire Department and emergency personnel. The report covers a 7-day investigation conducted in December 1984. The purpose was to identify safety improvements that could either prevent, or reduce, fire hazards in the system which was the site of 4,368 fires in the first 10 months of 1984. The National Transportation Safety Board had earlier issued 12 recommendations on improved subway fire safety. These added recommendations are directed to the New York State Public Transportation Safety Board. NTSB said NYCTA should develop a more precise definition of a confirmed fire and should categorize track and structure fire data to more accurately reflect the hazards to the riders. The current system is not designed to assist NYCTA senior management adequately to identify serious track and structure fire hazards. NYCTA was also advised that its system safety department should institute an internal review process to insure that correct data are being reported to data collection systems. Tb improve emergency communications in event of fire, NYCTA was urged to install a hardwire communications system throughout the subway with jacks at frequent intervals so firefighters could plug in telephone transceivers. Presently Fire Department radios operate on a line-of-sight range and are incapable of transmitting or receiving effectively below ground so that firemen must be stationed at short intervals in tunnels to relay communications over portable radios. This reduces the number of persons available to fight fires. The phone jack system would give NYFD maximum capability to fight fires and evacuate passengers. 608068 DA STANDARDS FOR THE RADIO DATA SYSTEM - TRAFFIC MESSAGE CHANNEL Davies, P; Hill, C; Klein, G Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 105-115 3 Fig. 4 Ref. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 The Radio Data System (RDS) consists of a silent data channel already being broadcast by most VHF-FM radio stations in the United Kingdom. One of the additional features currently being developed for RDS is the Traffic Message Channel (TMC). This will provide motorists with a constant stream of traffic information, either displayed on an in- vehicle receiver or by speech synthesis. Significant work has already been carried out on messages to be broadcast, location codes, and message management issues for RDS-TMC, which is reported in this paper. Through the European DRIVE Road Transport Informatics project called RDS-ALERT (Advice and Problem Location for European Road Traffic), this work is now continuing toward standards for RDS-TMC throughout Europe. Paper Number 891684 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 608066 DA SUPER SMART SIGNS Craig, P Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 85-87 Refs. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 Super Smart Signs are a modern version of the old Burma Shave Signs, designed to advise drivers how to speed traffic flow. A series of computer driven signs along a roadway advises drivers individually, providing advice such as "speed up", "merge left", "please don't rubberneck", etc. Sensors of general and local traffic provide input to a computer, which drives the sign arrays. The system could be implemented immediately at modest costs, and could easily be interfaced to in-vehicle signals as these become available. Paper Number 891723 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, 13C, Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 482574 DA SWEDEN DEVELOPS INTELLIGENT BUS Academy for State and Local Government Public Innovation Abroad VOL. 12 NO. 12 Dec 1988 p 4 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Academy for State and Local Government 444 North Capitol Street Washington D.C. 20001 Sweden's Lund Institute of Technology has developed an onboard computer that is programmed with the bus route, bus stop schedule and the distance between stops. It can tell the driver as well as central dispatch, whether the bus is running on time, and also announce stops to passengers in a synthesized voice. The system includes a passenger information component for passengers waiting at bus stops. An intersection priority device allows the bus to communicate with upcoming traffic lights, switching them to green when the bus is behind schedule. 468411 DA SWITZERLAND VOTES FOR COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT Citations from TRIS -40- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects PORT Sullivan, M Allan (Ian) Limited Modern Railways VOL. 45 NO. 473 Feb 1988 pp 50-51 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Allan (Ian) Limited Coombelands House, Addlestone Weybrige Sutton KT15 0HY England A Landmark in world railway development was reached on Sunday, 6 December 1987. The Swiss electorate voted by a 57 percent to 43 percent majority, in favor of the "Bahn 2000" project in a referendum. The much-discussed plan to give Switzerland far-and-away the world's most advanced public transport system became law. By 2000, on completion of the new lines, journeys between the major centres will take just under one hour. This will produce a "symmetrical" timetable with groups of trains meeting on the hour at the major interchanges. The rail infrastructure is determined by the timetable; the principle is not "as fast as possible" but "as fast as necessary". By this means journeys between any two Swiss stations will be available every hour through services than so far exist, notably in the semi-fast category. And on some routes frequency will be every 30min, day-long. 456326 DA SYSTEM FOR THE ISSUE OF TICKETS AND FARE COLLECTION ON PUBLIC VEHICLES. APPENDIX Dahlbaecker, U Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden 1985 32p 15 Fig. 15 Tab. Apps. SWEDISH REPORT NO: MR37 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden This report is to be read in conjunction with "System for the issue of comprehensive details of existing systems, automatic machinery, etc, and discusses in depth the demands to be met by such systems. This volume is an appendix to IRRD 288381. 456327 DA SYSTEM FOR THE ISSUE OF TICKETS AND FARE COLLECTION ON PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES Dahlbaecker, U Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden 91 85402 915 1985 26p Figs. 4 Tab. 7 Ref. SWEDISH REPORT NO: TFK Rapport 1985:4 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden Public transport companies use different systems for the issue of tickets and for fare collection, but accounting for tickets sold by drivers is cumbersome. The system used must provide for (1) fare regulation combined with use of season tickets; (2) paying of fares by passengers on boarding the bus; (3) issue of tickets containing variable information, which are difficult to forge; (4) easy accounting by driver for tickets sold. In the proposed new system, the driver is issued by the company with a number of cards each worth e.g. Sek 500. These are inserted by the driver into the machine and recorded one at a time. The passenger tenders his fare and states the destination, the driver enters these data and issues the ticket. Season tickets are checked visually, and a statistical entry is made on the machine. The machine indicates when the number of tickets sold almost amounts to the value of the driver card, and a new card is inserted at the end of his shift, the driver can easily account for the number of tickets sold by using the information on driver cards. Multijourney tickets and season tickets would be purchased from machines at larger stations using credit cards (to avoid use of cash for security reasons) or for cash from authorised agents. For abstract of the appendix to this report see IRRD 288382. 456323 DA SYSTEMS FOR TICKETING AND FARE COLLECTION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT Dahlbaecker, U Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden 91 85402 915 1985 26p Figs. 2 Tab. 7 Ref. Swedish REPORT NO: TFK Rapport 1985:4 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Swedish Transport Research Commission Grev Turegatan 12A Stockholm Sweden The objective of this project was to present a specification for a technical system for ticketing and fare collection in public transport, which is easy to understand for the customer, easy to handle for the driver and transport company and economic for the society. The project is limited to journeys with public transport which do not need booking. (Author) 610584 DA TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS. PUBLIC TRANSPORT '91. ORGANIZATION AND DATA PROCESSING. REPORT 6. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, 49TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, STOCKHOLM Khorovitch, BG; Catalano, G; Hoeflinger, P; Leprince, M International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 2-87171-044-9 1991 47p Figs. Tabs. Refs. Apps. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium In public transport today, automatic vehicle monitoring systems (AVC) form an important part of the way modern day operations are controlled and monitored. Usually the systems works together with microprocessor technology and are of modular construction. They can be developed step by step, either for a particular function or to cover the network. This report discusses the improvements AVC systems bring to the punctuality and regularity of vehicle operations; to disruption management; to guaranteeing connections; and to information provision to both operators and passengers. The study reports on the technological position of AVC systems used by UITP members and looks into their future development. The benefits to the service and passenger are also clarified. 609885 DA TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES REFINE REMOTE FORECASTING Brownhill, J; Jones, R D.R. Publications Limited Highways VOL. 58 NO. 1966 Oct 1990 p 21 April 1, 1992 -41- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1 Other Research Projects SUBFILE: HRIS; ATRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: D.R. Publications Limited Faversham House, 111 St James Road Croydon Surrey CR9 2TH England This article reports how advanced surface measurement and data communication technology now make it possible to predict road and runway temperatures accurately at long distances from a forecast centre. Birmingham University and the Transport and Road Research Laboratory developed an Ice Prediction model, based on a heat balance equation using known thermal characteristics of the road and runway materials. The model needs to be initialised by real-time information from the road surface, provided by remote sensors, and the prediction is based on accurate weather forecasts in 3-hourly steps. Today, many authorities have road sensor outstations linked to their central computers by dial- up telephone lines. The computer processes data from the outstations and produces graphical displays of the relevant parameters alongside the weather forecast information from the forecast centre. As a result of this continual comparison, any developing forecast inaccuracies can be updated immediately and the authority can be informed. Examples are given of successful forecasting services of this type, provided by forecasting specialist Oceanroutes to clients in the UK, USA and Brazil. (TRRL) 457282 DA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRAVEL SUBSTITUTION OF MODIFIED MOBILITY? Salomon, I Bath University Journal of Transport Economics and Policy VOL. 19 NO. 3 Sep 1985 pp 219- 235 2 Tab. Refs. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Bath University, England Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY England Substitution of travel by new telecommunications technologies in other types of interactions between physical and electronic communication modes is considered. It is suggested that enhancement of travel, particularly for discretionary purposes, will offset travel reduction realised through substitution. Were most individuals' needs to be satisfied at home through telecommunications, psychological considerations would suggest that new travel would be generated. Business trips and the avoidance of future travel through use of telecommunications are also analysed. It is argued that the effects on the transport system are dependent not only on the costs of communicating but also on the value of information. In general, the substitution of travel by telecommunications is expected to be minor. (Author/TRRL) 480717 DA THE BERLIN M-BAHN, AN AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM, OPERATED FROM CENTRAL CONTROL Kratky, E Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 81-92 Figs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada The M-Bahn is due to start passenger service in 1987, in time for Berlin's 750th anniversary. The first section is 1,600 meters long with 3 stations. Starting from a major subway line, the new rail system serves a district of particular cultural importance. The track, which, thanks to the special features of the M-Bahn system, is extremely narrow, is almost complete. It contains the synchronous motor with guideway stator, consisting of a three-phase linear induction motor. support and propulsion are then achieved in conjunction with the permanent lift magnet on the vehicle. The vehicles are now under construction and the central control technology is at present being right in line with the latest developments in this field as well as the current official requirements. In First Canadian-German on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 6-17, 1986. 483657 DA THE CASE FOR AUTOMATED-GUIDEWAY TRANSIT Pastor, GJ Transportation Research Board Transportation Research Board Special Report N221 1989 pp 79-88 Fig. 1 Tab. 2 Ref. SUBFILE- UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 Automated-guideway transit (AGT) is a class of transit systems characterized by fleets of driverless transit vehicles operating under computer control on exclusive rights-of-way above, at, or below ground level. AGT systems, in general, can perform all of the rating functions of conventional, fixed-guideway transit systems, ranging from simple shuttles through collection and distribution to urban and commuter line- haul systems, including complex networks. transit systems represent a fundamental change in the operational capabilities of transit systems, resulting in significantly improved service levels with simultaneous improvements in productivity when pared with conventional transit. Two of the most significant urban employments of AGT are in North America and Europe: the SkyTrain system in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the VAL system in Lille, France. Their first years of operating performance are pared with those of other contemporary but conventional fixed-guideway systems. The conclusions drawn are that, in certain applications, AGT is more than competitive with conventional transit and that, under certain conditions, AGT systems can return sufficient revenues, to match and even exceed their total operating and maintenance costs at acceptable fare levels. This paper appears in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 221, Light Rail Transit: New System Successes at Affordable Prices - Papers presented at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit, May 8-11, 1988, San Jose, California, Conducted by the Transportation Research Board. 480729 DA THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERVICE ANALYSIS SYSTEM IN OTTAWA-CARLETON Gault, HE Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 197-218 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Automatic passenger counting goes back as far as 1978 in Ottawa when an early system was installed. In 1984, a major re-design and upgrade of the passenger counting system was started. The enhanced APC system is now close to completion and its development and Citations from TRIS -42- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects capabilities will be described. It is planned that the enhanced APC system will form the core of a comprehensive service analysis system. The next steps to incorporate data from other sources will be discussed. In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. 482788 DA THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE TRANSPORTATION POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Ohta, K Pergamon Press Limited Transportation Research. Part A.- General VOL. 21A NO. 1 Jan 1989 pp 91-101 4 Fig. 3 Tab. 4 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Pergamon Press, Incorporated Maxwell House, Fairview Park Elmsford New York 10523 This paper explains the development of postwar transportation policies in Japan, particularly how transportation infrastructure development planning is placed in the regional development context. Based upon the 1950 Comprehensive National Land Development Act, four consecutive Comprehensive National Development Plans have been formulated so far under the land planning framework, which is closely coordinated with the economic plan. 'ne Fourth Plan, approved in June 1987, aims for a dispersed multipolar pattern of development as Japan enters the 21st Century, emphasizing the development of the nationwide high-speed transportation and information/communication networks through Integrated Interaction Policy. Although each plan reflected the major issues discussed at the time, the basic theme underlying these plans has been the spatially equitable growth of a better and more stable living environment. Transport investment has always been emphasized as the major policy instrument to achieve the basic goals. In this paper, the Japanese institutional frame work for regional development and transport planning is first introduced. Then, the four Comprehensive National Development Plans are discussed in terms of their background, the major policies, and the transport elements. 480718 DA THE DEVELOPMENT OF S-BAHN AND REGIONAL EXPRESS SERVICES Weigelt, H Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 96-105 Figs. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada The Transportation System "S-Bahn" is the result of a technological- operational development from the origins of suburban services on main line tracks to a special rapid transit system operated by the state owned railways. Sixty years after the first Berlin S-Bahn, which is managed now by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), there is again innovation on the way: The development of a new DC-S-Bahn unit. BMFT is promoting this project in order to test a lot of innovative components, and raise the passengers comfort, e.g.: Use of GTO-technology at input shopper and at three phase frequency changer, or micro electronics for vehicle steering and error recording, of "fiber-optics" and "broad band communication". In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. April 1, 1992 4782.50 DA THE ECONOMIC BALANCE SHEET OF AN ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC GUIDED TRANSPORT SYSTEM David, Y Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite Recherche Transports Securite N3 Jun 1988 pp 28-35 Tabs. Phots. 8 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite 2, Avenue du General Malleret-Joinville, BP 34 94114 Arcueil Cedex France The price to be paid for the advantages of automatic systems, in the field of quality of service and of easy operation, is considered acceptable by operators. A financial balance sheet is drawn up. It is shown that the economic balance sheet of fully automatic underground railway lines is clearly positive. It is in practice confirmed by the example of the D-Line in Lyon. The introduction into the urban transport market should become more pronounced during the next years. A table gives the cost-aspect of the Kobe underground (Japan). 458672 DA THE FUNCTIONING AND CLASSIFICATION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING RAILWAY VEHICLES Lansky, M Nakladatelstvi Dopravy a Spoju Zeleznicni Mchnika VOL. 16 NO. 1 1986 pp 11-16 1 Tab. 7 Phot. 7 Ref. Czech SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Nakladatelstvi Dopravy a Spoju Hybernska 5 115 78 Prague, Czechoslovakia The author presents a system for diagnosing the condition of railway vehicles which enables the economic operation of vehicles to be optimized and facilitates decisions concerning their maintenance or repair. 451105 DA THE LILLE UNDERGROUND-FIRST APPLICATION OF THE VAL SYSTEM Tremong, F Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 10 NO. 1 1985 pp 39-53 SUBFILE: BR; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated 1410 Duke University Road Durham North Carolina 27705 The VAL system was the first totally automatic transit system opened in France. This paper examines the reasons behind the development and application of the VAL technology to date. The technology is described including the vehicles, guideway and supporting equipment, as well as its operating system. The paper concludes with a review of the experimental operation of the first of the line and the public's reaction. 604389 DA THE MILTON KEYNES EXPERIENCE WITH SMARTCARDS IN THE UK. 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION IN PT Slevin, R International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 1990 11p April 1, 1992 -43- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-199 Other Research Projects REPORT NO: 443 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium The experience in Milton Keynes of introducing a passenger Smartcard system on local buses to provide accountability to the local concessionary and other multi-operator ticketing systems in the area is studied. The Smartcard ticketing system adopted is produced by AES and marketed under the name of Datafare 2000. THE MISSISSAUGA TRANSIT AUTOMATED TELEPHONE INFORMATION SYSTEM Cousins, D Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 168-175 Figs SUBFILE:UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Mississauga transit was seeking alternatives for encouraging ridership in a primarily low density car-oriented city. An automated telephone information system was proposed with the objective of increasing the attractiveness of taking transit. The automated telephone information system provides readily available information to potential transit riders about bus departure times at the nearest bus stop. It was felt that this would greatly reduce the most important deterrent to transit riding, which is the waiting time at bus stops, particularly when such waiting becomes lengthy, uncertain and takes place in poor weather or at night. In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. 468448 DA THE RATP'S PRIVATE DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Goasdoue, P Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer N12 Dec 1987 pp 41-51 1 Tab. 9 Phot. French SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Description of Paris Transport Authority's telecommunications system. 475605 DA THE SK HECTOMETRIC SYSTEM Soulas, C INRETS Recherche Transports Securite N2 Jul 1987 pp 11-16 Figs. Tabs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: INRETS 2, Avenue du General-Malleret-Joinville Arcueil Cedex France B.P. 34 F-94114 The SK (Soule-Kermadec) system is described which is a guided, automatic, hectometric, semi-continuous system operating on a mechanically active track. The development of the system is described, as well as each of its design characteristics. The system philosophy is also described. In the SK system, the safety is due to the fact that any deviation in the position of a vehicle with respect to that of the cable cannot have any undesirable consequences for the passengers because of the action of the progressively engaging clamp. The operating system is based on a certain elasticity. Vehicles can be inserted into or withdrawn from the system during the course of the day if required. Possibilities with regard to future developments of the SK system are also discussed. 480724 DA THE STANDARDIZED AUTOMATIC PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM Gotz, RE Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1R7 Canada Sep 1986 pp 149-155 Figs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Canadian Urban Transit Association Suite 1101, 55 York Street Toronto Ontario M5J 1117 Canada The Standardized Automatic Passenger Information System (STAFI), a project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology (BMF7), is an integral part of the BISON project. STAFI increases access to information in line with the latest technological possibilities: Staffed information points; Staffed and/or automatic telephone information; Videotext (Vtx), if required via automatic information points with printer attached. In First Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology held in Toronto, September 16-17, 1986. 477600 DA THE TAXI 2000 PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM Anderson, JE Institute for Transportation Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 22 NO. 1 1988 pp 1-15 2 Fig. 9 Ref. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Information, Inc Document Delivery Service, Room 204, 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 TAXI 2000 is the result of a comprehensive process of."top-down" design optimization beginning "from scratch" and subject to a variety of practical constraint. It builds on over two decades of work on automated transit in virtually every industrialized country and on a comprehensive theory of transit economics and technology developed by the author. The system's low cost is a result of discovery of optimum configurations and of technology advances not available a decade ago. The paper includes a description of the system and the process of and basis for its development; discussions of technical areas of dependability, safety, evacuation and rescue, power requirements, and performance; discussions of the state of development, development plans, process of certification, and problems in implementation of the PRT concept. 475878 DA TIPS TURNS COMMUTERS ON Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation Railway Age VOL. 189 NO. 8 Aug 1988 2p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Information, Inc Document Delivery Service, Room 204, 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 Travel Information Processing System, TIPS, a new, automated train schedule and fare information retrieval system, which is handling a large number of customer calls received by Metro-North Commuter Citations from TRIS -44- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects Railroad is reviewed. Persons with touch-tone phones receive fare and schedule information directly from TIPS, while those with rotary dials are forwarded to a customer service representative. Since the system uses digitally-stored speech, the number of lost calls has been greatly reduced. 480797 DA TORONTO MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM TESTS INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS Wintrob, S Plesman Publications Limited Computing Canada VOL. 14 NO. 22 Oct 1988 2p SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Plesman Publications Limited Suite 703, 2 Lansing Square Willowdale Ontario M2J 5A1 Canada The Toronto Transit Commission (TIC), the 2nd largest transit system in North America, currently is testing its new Communications and Information System (CIS) on 285 buses at its Wilson Avenue garage. The CIS project is believed to be among the most advanced of its kind, permitting automated continuous monitoring of all TTC surface vehicles-- buses, street cars, and trolley coaches. One operator in the control center can locate a vehicle within 150 ft. Vehicle locations are picked up by microwave transmitters that are mounted on hydro and telephone poles along the way. Drivers can use the keyboard on the dash-mounted Transit Universal Microprocessor (TRUMP) unit to communicate with the control center, and the center can address the operator via a liquid crystal display on the TRUMP unit. By the end of 1991, the TTC hopes to have 2,000 of its surface vehicles integrated in to the CIS. There is enough equipment available for 2,300 buses. 456231 DA TOULOUSE FOLLOWS LILLE INTO FULL AUTOMATION Transport Press Railway Gazette International VOL. 141 NO. 11 Nov 1985 pp 846-847 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The technical success of VAL persuaded Toulouse that driverless trains offered operating economies and a better service despite higher costs. 491389 DA TRACK TRANSIT SYSTEM, GATWICK AIRPORT MacLeod, DJ; Harding, CG Telford (Thomas) Limited Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings, Pt 1 VOL. 86 NO. 1 Oct 1989 pp 899-912 SUBFILE: ATRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Telford (Thomas) Limited Thomas Telford House, 1 Heron Quay London E14 9XF England This paper describes the conceptual thinking behind the choice of track transit system, details of the system itself and the design and construction of the track transit structure required to carry the driverless computer-controlled vehicles. 610111 DA TRAFFIC CONGESTION: THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT. STATEMENT OF ELEANOR CHELIMSKY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES General Accounting Office 441 G Street, NW Washington D.C. 20548 May 1991 I lp REPORT NO: GAO/T-PEMD-91-10 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: General Accounting Office P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg Maryland 20877 This is the testimony of Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller General, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, General Accounting Office, on the subject of traffic congestion and federal approaches for dealing with it. The discussion is centered on the following basic points: 1) traffic congestion is a worsening problem; 2) the federal government has a role in improving mobility-, 3) intelligent vehicle and highway systems are promising but need further testing; 4) there are other low-cost approaches that need to be considered; and 5) the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act should contain mobility-enhancing provisions. 493449 DA TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. STEP 3: EXPERIENCE AND SYSTEM TEST Andersson, PG Transportforskningsberedningen TFB Meddelande N46 1988 49p 15 Ref. Swedish SUBFILE: UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: Transportforskningsberedningen Box 2242 Stockholm Sweden This report is a summary of the first two steps of the project traffic control and passenger information systems which started in 1983. It is also the final report of the third step, concerning a detailed system study and tests of a controller unit for all information equipment in a public transportation vehicle. This third step resulted in a proposal for a demonstration of the system in a bus. (Author/TRRL) 456285 DA TRAFFIC CONTROL STUDIES IN LONDON: SCOOT AND BUS DETECTION Chandler, NJH; Cook, DJ (Greater London Council) PTRC Education and Research Services Limited Planning & Transport Res & Comp, Sum Ann Mtg, Proc 1985 pp 111-128 6 Fig. 6 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited 110 Strand London WC2 England Substantial traffic control developments are currently underway in London on a wide scale, including automatic checking of signals, new generation urban traffic control, SCOOT, and bus priority. London's UTC system covers 1300 of the capital's 2400 traffic signals, and implementation of SCOOT started with 50 junctions in early 1984. This was expected to provide London based experience on which to assess the further introduction of SCOOT. In practice some survey and assessment work has been necessary. The paper discusses the performance of SCOOT in relation to existing fixed time control, the choice of SCOOT areas, and characteristics of SCOOT in relation to particular features of the traffic network. The second part of the paper reviews the evaluation of different methods of selective vehicle detection which was undertaken before introducing bus priority at signals on a widespread basis in London. Before deciding on a April 1, 1992 -45- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects standard which would allow 5000 buses to interact with several hundred sets of signals, it was considered necessary to investigate a variety of techniques, including infra-red, microwave and inductively coupled transponders, and roadside-only methods of signature and visual image processing. The paper also mentions how the choice of detection facilities has been influenced by the bus operators requirements, and the possible interaction with central computer systems used for signal monitoring and control. (a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see TRIS 456275. Traffic Operation and Management. Proceedings of Seminar M held at the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, University of Sussex, England, 15-18 July 1985, V P269. 610030 DA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FITS ENGLISH ISSUE NUMBER 6. INTELLIGENT INTERSECTION: A CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR URBAN INTERSECTIONS Sellam, S; Boulmakoul, A Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite Recherche Transports Securite N6 Feb 1991 pp 45-50 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute National Recherche sur Transp et Securite 2, Avenue du General Malleret-Joinville, BP 34 94114 Arcueil Cedex France Intelligent intersection is a real time expert system architecture able to deal with (and help to solve) all the problems of urban intersections. It is based upon an integrated software system which is able to work in real time, to communicate (with adjacent junctions, central offices ... ), to manage many types of detectors, particularly video-based ones, to apply control strategies or work in a local maode. A mock-up of this expert system is currently designed with a real time expert system tool (G2 'from Gensym' Corporation). Herein are described the main components of the system and their linkage, the objects which model the different elements of the junction (traffic lights, entry lanes, exit lanes, conflict zones, movements ... ) with their mutual interactions. It deals at greater length with the monitoring function which is part of the Drive project INVAID Integration of Computer Vision for Automatic Incident Detection. the paper presents also the main features of the interface between the video-based sensor and the expert system. 608129 DA TRAFFIC RECORDS: BACK TO THE FUTURE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEMS. JULY 24-27, 1989, EL PASO, TEXAS. FORUM EXCHANGE. A TIME TO SHARE National Safety Council 444 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois 60611 1989 v.p. SUBFILE: HRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National Safety Council 444 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois 60611 This tenth section of the proceedings covers the following areas presented by nine speakers: (1) Status of the Fifth Edition of the D16 Manual of Classification of Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents by Benjamin V. Chatfield, Arlington, VA; (2) Applications of Satellite Technology by Roger Merrill, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, TX; (3) The Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) by John G. Viner, Federal Highway Administration, Rockville, MD; (4) Cooperative Automated Data Matching with Virginia by Dennis E. Utter, NHTSA, Washington, D.C.; (5) Urge and Murge Systems by Donald W. Reinfurt, Highway Safety Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC; (6) Update on FARS by James C. Fell, NHTSA, Washington, D.C.; (7) Hawaii's Mandatory Seat Belt Law by Carl Vim, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; (8) Education and traffic Records by Dwayne S. James, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; (9) The Colorado Accident Report by George J. Pugh, Colorado Department of Highways, Denver, CO. 458786 DA TRAIN SECURITY AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM OF THE AMSTERDAM METRO AFTER FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION Meijer, J; Drews, D Verlag R Oldenbourg Elektrische Bahnen VOL. 83 NO. 11 1985 pp 376-384 German SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The first stage of construction of the Amsterdam Metro consists of 18 km route with 20 stations and 44 EMUs. A central traffic control center operates the running of the trains. After the order of departure by the train driver the train security and automation system moves the train with an energy-saving mode of driving from station to station over the line according to the drive orders of the light signals. The train driver supervises the running performance and switches over from automatic to manual operation in the case of a fault, in which mode he can continue the train movement under the control of the system. It consists of systems such as central traffic control, automatic train supervision, signal boxes, speed and braking distance control, continuous train control, train destination indicator, train radio and interruptionless energy supply. The system consists of three levels of automation. (Edited author abstract) 462085 DA TRANSIT TRACKING IN TORONTO Anastasi, SC Carter (C Carroll) Mass Transit VOL. 13 NO. I 1 Nov 1986 pp 8-9 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Mass Transit 1190 National Press Building Washington D.C. 20045 Canada's largest city has undertaken an ambitious automatic vehicle monitoring program over recent years; MT reports on the program's progress so far. 496831 DA TRANSIT PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVERS, MARCH 13-15, 1989, MIAMI Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 23 NO. 2-3 1989 pp 129-164 Figs. Tabs. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated P.O. Box 4670, Duke Station Durham North Carolina 27706 L.J. Fabian summarises European experience with fully automated metro and circulator systems from a North American perspective. S. Kikuchi and IC Ohta discuss the background for the development of advanced technology transit in Japan, examine the characteristics of the new transit modes and conduct a critical review of the progress of developing advanced technology modes in Japan. Citations from TRIS -46- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects 462070 DA TRANSITWAY SURVEILLANCE, COMMUNICATIONS, AND CONTROL CHAPTER 4 OF THE MANUAL FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING AND OPERATING TRANSITWAY FACILITIES IN TEXAS. FINAL REPORT McCasland, WR; Stokes, RW; Mounce, JM Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University College Station Texas 77843; Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051 Austin Texas 78763; Federal Highway Administration 400 7th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20590 Oct 1986 83p Figs. Tabs. 7 Ref. 1 App. REPORT NO: FHWA/TX-86/09+452-2F; Res Rpt 42-5-2F, Ch 4 CONTRACT NO: Study 2-8/10/84-425; Contract SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: National technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield Virginia 22161 Transitways are exclusive, physically separated, limited access roadway facilities for high occupancy vehicles (buses, vans, carpools). The complexity of operations (reversible flow) and, in many applications, the restrictions to cross-section width, emphasizes the need for an active traffic operations management system which includes capabilities for surveillance, communications, and control. The importance of coordinating Surveillance, Communications and Control (SC&C) considerations with both the planning and design processes for transitways cannot be overstated. Operation of a transitway is critical and should be considered early in the design phase. This report addresses Transitway Surveillance, Communication, and Control as Chapter 4 of the previously prepared "Manual for Planning, Designing and Operating Transitway Facilities in Texas: (Research Report 425-2F). This chapter of the manual presents information for assessing the need for SC&C systems on transitways, describes the basic concepts, systems and technologies associated with SC&C, outlines some general guidelines for selecting the appropriate SC&C system, and provides criteria for the actual design of a SC&C system. 608628 DA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: ISSUES FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION DURING REAUTHORIZATION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. STATEMENT OF KENNETH M. MEAD BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, UNITED STATES SENATE General Accounting Office 441 G Street, NW Washington D.C. 20548 May 1991 21p Refs. REPORT NO: GAO/T-RCED-91-56 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: General Accounting Office P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg Maryland 20877 This is the testimony of Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office, on highway and highway safety reauthorization issues and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1991. It focuses on reauthorization issues relating to future federal spending, bridge deficiency determinations, intermodal funding for highways and mass transit, intelligent vehicle and highway systems, motorcycle helmet and automobile safety belt laws, and other highway safety matters. 497230 DA TRANSPORTATION'S TECHNOLOGY FUTURE. PROSPECTS ON ENERGY AND AIR QUALITY BENEFITS Conroy, PJ Transportation Research Board TRNews N148 May 1990 pp 32-37 4 Fig. 9 Ref. SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Transportation Research Board Publications Office 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20418 A technology-oriented transportation future should create opportunities for enhancing energy security and air quality. If the United States nd other countries are to pursue these opportunities, however, effective organization is crucial. Those involved must overcome longstanding biases and address the issues that will help shape the overall effects of new technology. Although many technical issues must be resolved, it is not too early to outline the basic opportunities, obstacles, and issues that will affect new transportation technologies and their application to energy and air quality problems. This article looks first at new applications of existing technologies now being considered for transportation. These include intelligent vehicle-highway systems (IVHS), urban commute vehicles, advanced travel demand management (e.g., telecommuting and videotext), and new mass transit concepts. This is followed by a discussion of transportation- related approaches to energy security and the attainment of air quality goals. vehicles, these strategies include (1) improving vehicle fuel economy, (2) maintaining more effective vehicle emissions controls, and (3) providing flexibility beyond the single (gasoline) fuel transportation system, including cleaner, renewable fuels and compatible pulsion systems. System-level strategies generally involve (1) reducing overall travel demand, (2) shifting trips from lower-to higher-occupancy vehicles, and (3) shifting travel to nonpeak periods nd smoothing traffic flow, thereby reducing fuel wastage and the polluting effects of vehicle stops and delays. Also discussed in this article are barriers to and arguments for joint action for meeting mobility, energy, and air quality goals, and California's experiences in forging a link between transportation and air quality groups. 99608 DA UITP 46TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, BRUSSELS 1985. NO. 8 FARE SYSTEMS AND FARE COLLECTION-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE ASPECTS Torjussen, F; Gerard, M (Hovedstudsomradets Trafikselskab (HT); Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 1985 47p Figs. 13 Ub. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: International Union of Public Transport Avenue de l'Uruguay 19 B-1050 Brussels Belgium Automatic fare collection offers the potential for differentiated fares taking into account such passenger characteristics as age, family status and economic status along with trip characteristics such as origin and destination, trip reason, date and time of day. Passengers will demand increasing simplification and convenience at the same time there is a definite trend toward zone fares and integration of transit systems with system-wide fares. The use of single tickets, token and cash fares is declining with half of trips now being make with multiple- ride tickets of a constantly increasing diversity aimed at target groups of passengers. It is recommended that UITP clearly define concepts in the fields of fares and their collection. Because of the link between April 1, 1992 -47- Citations from TRIS Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1 Other Research Projects marketing and users' costs, the fare structure is an essential instru- ment of transit marketing. From the UITP survey it is shown that the policy underlying many fare and fare collection systems is not well defined. The fundamental objectives of any fare system should be a correct orientation of the flow of passengers, coverage of operating costs, and redistribution of social resources. 468897 DA UNDERGROUND GETS REAL TIME REVENUE PROTECTION Reed Business Publishing Limited Railway Gazette International VOL. 144 NO. 3 Mar 1988 p 179 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Reed Business Publishing Limited Quadrant Subscription Serv, Oakfield House, Perrymount Rd Haywards Heath Sussex RH16 3DH England With around 2,500 computers at 248 stations in continuous communication, LU's ticket issuing and checking system is the most complex yet installed. 496832 DA URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVERS, MARCH 13-15,1989, MIAMI Institute for Transportation, Incorporated Journal of Advanced Transportation VOL. 23 NO. 2-3 1989 pp 203-219 Figs. Tabs. Refs. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Institute for Transportation, Incorporated P.O. Box 4670, Duke Station Durham North Carolina 27706 J.H. Banks presents a simple mathematical approach to the problem of efficient merging of branch route schedules, L.F.A.M. Gomes shows a numerical comparison of ToDim and ELECTRE II, two alternative methods for multicriteria ranking of urban transportation system alternatives. 612390 DA URBAN TRANSPORT INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY REPORT DRAWN UP FOR THE URBAN TRANSPORT COORDINATING GROUP Meyere, A European Conference of Ministers of Transport 19 rue de Franqueville 75775 Paris Cedex 16 France 1989 78p SUBFILE: HRIS; TRRL; IRRD AVAILABLE FROM: European Conference of Ministers of Transport 19 rue de Franqueville 75775 Paris Cedex 16 France This report presents an inventory of public transport experimental initiatives (as at early 1989) in the provision of information to passengers by means of electronic technology. In parts 1 and 2 the general issues of the purpose of information provision, and the technical environment are dealt with, and the situation in the ECMT member countries replying to the questionnaire is described. In part 3 detailed data are presented on significant member country experiments. Data sheets in standard format for each experiment give the following information: information available to users, user/system relationship, production of database and transmission of information, technical performance of the systems, user acceptance, potential for development, and location at which facilities are used. The following systems are reviewed: AUTOPLUS (La Rochelle, France: automatic guide to urban activities and transport guide); STAFI (Germany: Citations from TRIS -48- April 1,1992 standardised automated passenger information system); BUS INTEL (France: interactive videotext service giving real waiting time, destination and route of next bus); UMEA (Sweden: automatic telephone based information system); West Midlands Travel Scheme (United Kingdom: telephone answering system for bus stops in Solihull and south Birmingham); STINS (Sweden: automatic journey planning system); SITU (France: public transport route finding system); ACSIS (Netherlands: dynamic guidance and information system at Amsterdam Tram station); INFOTRAN (Belgium: dynamic information system at tram stops in Antwerp); ELSIE (United Kingdom: the talking bus stop at Weston super Mare); proposed VASERTERMINALEN information system (Sweden: dynamic information in the new Stockholm bus station); INFOMETRO (Spain: automatic metro route finder); VIDEOLUS (France: automatic system for indicating time to next bus); SAE BARCELONA (Spain: information system at bus stops); VIDEOPLAN (France: video guidance and information dispenser); West Yorkshire PTE (United Kingdom: bus service planning timetable system); GURU (France: onboard bus information unit), and IT (Sweden: onboard video and audio information system). (TRRL) 458639 DA USE OF PROGRAMMED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS FOR CHECKING THE OPERATION AND CONTROLLING RATP RECTIFIER SUB-STATIONS Buhour, Y Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer VOL. 104 NO. 1 Jan 1986 pp 23-28 French SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Engineering Societies Library 345 East 47th Street New York New York 10017 The author discusses the use of automated machines that can be programmed for checking the operation and controlling RAIT rectifier sub-stations, as the advantages of installing such machines were evident when the replacement of equipment became necessary. He describes the precautions and the special measures that had to be taken, particularly with regards to operational safety and reliability, so that electronic equipment and high-power electric installations could be placed together. The article concludes by stating that it has been decided to entrust the programming work to electrotechnicians thereby giving clear priority to the functional aspect of the problem. 469296 DA VECOM: A POWERFUL LOCAL COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN VEHICLE-BORNE AND ROADSIDE SYSTEMS. PROCEEDINGS OF AN ESA WORKSHOP ON LAND MOBILE SERVICES BY SATELLITE (N87-15361 07-32) Ros, W European Space Agency 8-10 rue Mario Nikis 75738 Paris Cedex 15 France Sep 1986 pp 23-2.5 SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York New York 10019 A system which provides for an inductive data transmission channel for local communication is described. Data exchange takes place at strategic spots via communication loops, embedded in the road. Citations from TRIS -48- April 1, 1992 Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS): 1985-1991 Other Research Projects Though the main applications of the system are in the field of public transit, in other fields of transportation the system might offer interesting possibilities, especially when combined with a long range data communication system. 608064 DA VEHICLE/HIGHWAY AUTOMATION: POLICY ISSUES AND STRATEGIES IN CALIFORNIA Vostrez, J Society of Automotive Engineers Vehicle Highway Automation Tech and Policy Issues Aug 1989 pp 69-79 Figs. Tabs. REPORT NO: SP-791 SUBFILE: HRIS; UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Society of Automotive Engineers 400 Commonwealth Drive Warrendale Pennsylvania 15096 One of the main options still open to solve the urban congestion problem is the incremental introduction of Intelligent Vehicle/Highway System Technology. This technology could provide longitudinal and lateral control of vehicles for much higher capacity and improved safety. This major change in the transportation system requires understanding of the major policy questions, and the elimination of the institutional, human factors, internal, and external barriers to development and deployment of this vehicle/highway technology. These efforts must proceed on a parallel track with the development of the technology if success is to be achieved. Paper Number 891721 presented at the Future Transportation Technology Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BQ Canada, August 7-10, 1989. 485781 DA VIA LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH AVM SYSTEM O'Neill, J Bobit Publishing Company Metro VOL 85 NO. 3 May 1989 3p 2 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Bobit Publishing Company 2512 Artesia Boulevard Redondo Beach California 90278-9984 Discussed is how automated vehicle monitoring is making it possible for San Antonio's VIA to track buses and streamline operations. 607247 DA VOICE-RESPONSE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGES SCHEDULE INFORMATION AT WORLD'S BUSIEST BUS TERMINAL MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION CALLERS TO BENEFIT ANNUALLY Friendship Publications, Incorporated Bus Ride VOL. 27 NO. 1 Mar 1991 pp 52-53 1 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Friendship Publications, Incorporated West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472 Spokane Article describing the computer voice-response system in service at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. It has the ability to sort through bus service schedules from area terminals to locations across the U S., organize information about departure times, gate numbers, ticket prices and more, and then explain it all in a human voice to telephone callers. The article explains how the voice-response unit (VRU) operates, its various capabilities, and duration time of each call. Also includes comments by Charles Martin, patron services coordinator at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. 486481 DA WINNIPEG TRANSIT A TRADITION OF INNOVATION Friendship Publications, Incorporated Bus Ride VOL. 2-5 NO. 4 Jul 1989 pp 42-45 8 Phot. SUBFILE: UMTRIS AVAILABLE FROM: Friendship Publications, Incorporated West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472 Spokane Washington 99210- 1472 Past innovative ideas in the areas of computerized information systems, planning, driver selection and training and maintenance, among others, brought to fruition as well as future plans of Winnipeg Transit are highlighted in this article as the transit operator continues to meet challenges and embark upon innovative approaches in order to provide the best service to its customers. Click HERE for graphic. 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