Intelligence on board: modern approach to transit fleet management

GSI Gesellschaft fuer Systemtechnik und Informatik mbH, Salem, is the German supplier of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) which is a modular construction set for enhanced fleet navigation, operations information and management, vehicle dispatching and service restoration, and passenger service in public transportation. This paper focuses on the specific ITS approach of providing the fully vehicle autonomous operation through utilizing as much intelligence as possible on board the vehicles. The emphasis is not on completeness but focused on those components which may be referred to as of latest technology gaining increasing importance and significance in current applications