• DocumentCode
    3473207
  • Title

    A personal transit arrival time receiver

  • Author

    Burgener, E.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Transcom Int. Ltd., Winnipeg, Man., Canada
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 1993
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) is used in the transit industry to achieve schedule adherence and reduce supervisory costs. Passengers benefit only indirectly. A more direct benefit is a Personal Portable Transit arrival-time-receiver, to provide a real time estimate of the time to arrival of the bus, subway, special needs/handicapped passenger transit pick-up, or high occupancy vehicle.
  • Keywords
    traffic information systems; bus; handicapped; high occupancy vehicle; schedule adherence; special needs; subway; transit arrival time receiver; Assembly; Broadcasting; Costs; Displays; Job shop scheduling; Portable computers; Standards development; Transportation; Vehicle safety; Weather forecasting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE-IEE
  • Conference_Location
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1235-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VNIS.1993.585583
  • Filename
    585583
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3473207