• DocumentCode
    1734900
  • Title

    DIRECT: A comparison of alternative driver information systems

  • Author

    Gilbert, R. Kent ; Underwood, Steve E. ; DeFrain, Leo E.

  • Author_Institution
    Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    397
  • Lastpage
    406
  • Abstract
    The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently initiated a three-year program named DIRECT, which stands for Driver Information Radio Experimenting with Communication Technologies. The DIRECT Project has been designed specifically to test, in an operational setting, alternative driver-information systems. DIRECT is being undertaken as a national IVHS operational field test and is funded through a public/ private partnership between FHWA (50%), MDOT (25%), and several automobile and electronic component manufacturers (25%). This paper describes the system, starting from the initial decisions on the project concept through the physical and experimental design concepts.
  • Keywords
    Automobiles; Communications technology; Design for experiments; Electronic components; Electronic equipment testing; Information systems; Large-scale systems; Proposals; System testing; US Department of Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1991
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VNIS.1991.205787
  • Filename
    1623651