The implementation of an AVL/M system River City, KY: one transit property´s actual experience

Author

Mason, William D.

Author_Institution

Transit Authority of River City, Louisville, KY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

12-15 Oct. 1993

Firstpage

591

Lastpage

595

Abstract

The Transit Authority of River City (TARC) is a system of 312 vehicles serving the metropolitan community of Louisville, Kentucky. Given the changing nature of public transportation, a need has arisen for more efficient operations. It has been decided that by incorporating direct fleet monitoring, TARC management decisions could be made from online computer generated reports. The author reports on the selection of an AVL/M system designer, an AVL/M feasibility study, the signpost/odometer system, file interface definitions, system design software and signpost transmitters.

Keywords

transportation; AVL/M feasibility study; Louisville; TARC; Transit Authority of River City; automatic vehicle location/management; direct fleet monitoring; file interface definitions; management decisions; metropolitan community; online computer generated reports; public transportation; signpost transmitters; signpost/odometer system; system design software; Cities and towns; Computerized monitoring; Contracts; History; Marine vehicles; Procurement; Proposals; Rivers; Scheduling; Transportation;

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.1993.585702

Filename

585702