Synthesis 24, AVL Systems for Bus Transit, published in 1997, addressed various aspects of developing and deploying automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems over the previous 20 years. It discussed practice at that time, AVL architecture and technologies and the institutional context of AVL defined in terms of funding, justification, staffing, and procurement. Much has happened over the past 10 years for the implementation of these systems. More transit agencies acquire AVL systems and collect real-time vehicle location data. An update of older information is needed to address present day usage, technologies being employed today, and how AVL systems are being used as a real time management tool. This synthesis will document the state-of-the-practice, focusing on the uses of AVL data, as well as changes in agency practices related to the use of AVL data. Information will also be sought on effects, benefits, and costs to transit agencies. A review of the relevant literature in the field will be combined with surveys of selected transit
agencies. Based on survey results, selected case studies will be developed, describing practices at transit agencies with mature AVL systems in order to profile innovative and successful practices, as well as lessons learned and gaps in information.
KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Information technology KW - Public transit KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=167 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230978 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462866 TI - Role of Public Transportation in Emergency Evacuation (Supplement to SAFETEA-LU NAS/TRB Policy Study) AB - Emergency evacuation of major cities has taken on new prominence following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The congressional request for this study, however, stems from the consequences of 9/11 and the critical role that transit played that day in evacuating lower Manhattan following the attack on the World Trade Center and in providing emergency assistance. Timely decision making by transit operators and rapid evacuation of transit facilities in the immediate vicinity of the World Trade Center avoided any casualties to transit riders as a result of the collapse of the two towers. Hundreds of thousands of people were safely evacuated from lower Manhattan after tunnels were deemed safe for operation. Transit operators also brought emergency responders and emergency aid to the World Trade Center. In Washington, D.C., the shutdown of the federal government following the strike on the Pentagon on 9/11 clogged the road network and Metro became the mode of choice, evacuating several hundred thousand people from Washington and northern Virginia in a few hours. Emergency personnel arrived at the site by Metro and regional bus system buses, which stayed on scene in support of the response and recovery. Even so, immediately after the strike on the Pentagon, police and senior local and federal public officials gave Metro conflicting orders. One senior official demanded that the system be shut down out of fear of further terrorism, while others wanted to requisition transit cars to move emergency equipment. Any large metropolitan area has multiple jurisdictions and may even have multiple transit agencies. Thus having a sound, executable plan that brings all these parties together is an essential element for effectively utilizing transit in emergency evacuations. Experience in both New York City and Washington indicated that existing plans had many weaknesses. Use of transit for evacuation in response to Hurricane Katrina failed completely. New Orleans had an emergency plan to rely on transit for the 100,000 to 200,000 New Orleans residents estimated to be without means of private transportation. The plan called for drivers to drive loaded buses, including the drivers' families, to shelters outside the city, but few drivers reported to work. Even had the drivers been available, the city's 500 transit and school buses could only have moved a fraction of the residents estimated to be transit-dependent. Several transit agencies and Amtrak had vehicles and drivers ready to assist, but communications breakdowns and the lack of an incident management control center in the immediate aftermath of the storm resulted in these assets sitting idle. In the case of New Orleans, the problem was having a plan that wasn't workable, but at least there was a semblance of a plan for transit. A 2001 review of 16 state hurricane emergency evacuation plans found no specific plans to rely on transit for evacuation. KW - Emergency communication systems KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency training KW - Evacuation KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - World Trade Center UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1165 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231090 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460059 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SF-12. Paratransit Managers' Skills, Qualifications, and Needs AB - Easter Seals Project ACTION hosted a Consensus Conference in 2005 to explore recruitment, training, retraining, and rewarding paratransit managers. It was directed at the long-term goal of increasing the competency of paratransit managers, as well as the effectiveness of their training. To move toward this goal, it is important to explore the background of current paratransit managers. This synthesis will document the state-of-the-practice in paratransit managers' skills qualifications, and needs in order to increase the understanding of the current state of paratransit management. Transit management, educators, human resource directors, trainers, as well as current or future paratransit professionals would find it valuable in planning action steps needed to improve the profession.
This synthesis will address articulated, double-deck, inter-city motor coach, and other buses that are higher capacity than the conventional 40-foot transit bus. The synthesis will document how transit agencies determine when higher capacity buses are needed and what type of bus is most appropriate. It will also investigate planning/scheduling, operating and maintenance issues associated with higher capacity bus operations. This study will complement TCRP Synthesis 41, The Use of Small Buses in Transit Service. This study will draw upon selected transit agencies' experiences in comparing higher capacity buses versus the use of conventional 40-foot buses with respect to issues, including but not limited to the following:
The objective of this research is to develop an independent and comprehensive estimate of public transportation capital needs to inform decision makers and the industry of the national magnitude of needs. The needs estimate for transit investments will inform the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and will contribute to APTA's estimating and reporting of transit needs.
KW - Capital investments KW - Decision making KW - Investments KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1163 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228271 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01024760 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2004 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance. Report to Congress PY - 2006/02//Report to Congress SP - 506p AB - This is the sixth in a series of combined documents prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation to satisfy requirements for reports to Congress on the condition, performance, and future capital investment requirements of the Nation's highway and transit systems. This report incorporates highway and bridge information required by Section 502(g) of Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), as well as transit system information required by Section 308(e) of Title 49 U.S.C. Beginning in 1993, the Department combined two existing report series that covered highways and transit separately to form this report series. This document is intended to provide congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performance, financing mechanisms, and future investment requirements of highways, bridges, and transit systems. This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and finance data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators to provide a national-level summary. Some of the underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment requirements analyses are developed specifically for this report and provide national-level projections only. The report begins with an Executive Summary section that highlights the key findings in each chapter. This section is also distributed as a separate stand-alone summary document. The main body of the report is organized into five major sections: (I) Description of current System (Chapters 1 through 6); (II) Investment/Performance Analysis (Chapters 7 through 10); (III) Special Topics (Chapters 11 through 15); (IV) Supplemental Analyses of System Components (Chapters 16 through 20); and (V) Afterward: A View to the Future. The report also contains three technical appendices that describe the investment/performance methodologies used in the report for highways, bridges, and transit. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Financing KW - Highways KW - Investments KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - United States KW - United States Congress UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2004cpr/pdfs/cp2006.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33400/33457/2004Status.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/782449 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01024759 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2004 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance. Report to Congress - Executive Summary PY - 2006/02//Report to Congress - Executive Summary SP - 31p AB - This document is a summary of the "2004 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance" report to Congress (C&P report). The C&P report is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge, and transit physical conditions, operational performance, financing mechanisms, and future investment requirements. This edition of the C&P report is the sixth in the series that combines information on the Nation's highway and transit systems. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Financing KW - Highways KW - Investments KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - United States KW - United States Congress UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33400/33456/2004StatusSummary.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/782459 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01026398 AU - Idaho State Police Headquarters AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Incident Response Computer Aided Dispatch System, Boise, Idaho PY - 2006/01/30/Final Report SP - 5p AB - The Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) computer system went into live operation in January 2002. System design involved creating a distributed network, which involved setting up a central main server at the Idaho State Police (ISP) headquarters located in Meridian, Idaho and a thin server located in each of the three regional dispatch centers, which would communicate with the main server. The design concept provided a system whereby each center could operate independent from the main server during periods of lost connection between the regional dispatch centers and the main server. Additionally, during instances of thin server failures the system was designed to allow one of the center workstations to become the thin server to sustain operations until such time as the primary regional thin server could be brought back into operation. This report discusses the challenges to system implementation and lessons learned. Since going live with the system in 2002, there have been 679,522 calls for service processed from the three dispatch locations through CAD. One of the most important elements of CAD is to assist the dispatch personnel in keeping track of a trooper's status for officer safety. KW - Dispatching KW - Idaho State Police KW - Implementation KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Lessons learned KW - System design KW - Traffic incidents UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14255.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14255_files/14255.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783437 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01031146 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Non-Rail Vehicle Market Viability Study Final Report - Executive Summary PY - 2006/01/19/Executive Summary SP - 12p AB - Currently, only four manufacturers account for most of the transit bus production in the United States. In order to investigate the viability of the U.S. transit bus manufacturing market, this study examined a variety of reference sources on the topic and conducted surveys and interviews with representative transit agencies and bus manufacturers. A general consensus emerged from the study that the viability of the U.S. bus manufacturing industry is at risk. Increasingly, the ability of bus manufacturers to meet the demands of public bus transit has diminished. Research related to the needs of transit agencies with respect to non-rail vehicles demonstrated that a variety of factors influence the purchasing decisions of transit agencies, including fleet size, vehicle age, service needs, and financial capacity. These factors, however, often have a negative effect on bus design, development and manufacturing. The bus manufacturers have expressed serious concerns regarding the fluctuation in transit bus demand, the general lack of volume in orders relative to industry production capacity, and the complexity of these procurements. Today, the financial condition of most bus manufacturers is tenuous at best. The purpose of this publication is to evaluate the viability of the U.S. bus manufacturing industry to meet the demand for fixed-route transit buses. This study is available to all interested readers but includes information particularly salient to federal transportation officials, transit agency representatives and bus manufacturing industry professionals. KW - Demand KW - Industries KW - Interviewing KW - Markets KW - Procurement KW - Production KW - Surveys KW - Transit buses KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Viability UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787829 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01025528 AU - Hidalgo and DeVries, Incorporated AU - Frances Kernodle Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - U.S. Non-Rail Vehicle Market Viability Study PY - 2006/01/19/Final Report SP - 130p AB - The U.S. non-rail vehicle (bus) manufacturing industry faces extreme challenges today. In the last decade, no fewer than ten manufacturers have either reorganized or gone out-of-business. Today, the financial condition of most bus manufacturers is tenuous at best. Presented as a stand-alone report to the Federal Transit Administration, the purpose of this publication is to provide an exploratory evaluation of the viability of the U.S. bus manufacturing industry to meet the demand for fixed-route transit buses. This study is available to all interested readers but includes information particularly salient to federal transportation officials, transit agency representatives, and bus manufacturing industry professionals. KW - Bus industry KW - Demand KW - Financial viability KW - Market assessment KW - Transit buses UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/assistance/research/research_5918.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/782738 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489289 TI - Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Pilot Project AB - This cooperative agreement supports the ITS Pilot project at the Ohio State University (OSU) to exploit automatically sensed data for improved transit planning and operations. For the last five years, OSU researchers have been investigating the use of remotely sensed data to augment traditional traffic data and improve estimation of traffic flow critical to transportation planning and monitoring, possibly at a substantially lower cost. The two focus areas of research are (1) Develop, test, and validate approaches to estimating origin-destination (OD) passenger flow patterns from automatic vehicle location (AVL), automatic passenger counter (APC), and, possibly, automated fare collection (AFC) data, and (2) Develop, test, and validate approaches to estimating traffic conditions from bus automatic vehicle location (AVL) data and additional bus mounted sensors. This project is currently in the process of coding OD estimation algorithms to develop a simulation framework. KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Origin and destination KW - Pilot studies KW - Public transit KW - Traffic data KW - Traffic flow KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258306 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01029072 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration TI - U.S. Department of Transportation's Summary of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Integration Projects, January 2006 PY - 2006/01 SP - 601p AB - This document provides summarized information on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) projects initiated as a result of the enactment of the ITS Integration Component of the ITS Deployment Program as defined in Section 5208 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The ITS Integration Component provides Federal funding for the integration of multimodal ITS components in a variety of settings, including large regional areas (for example, statewide, multistate, or multicity), metropolitan areas, and rural areas. ITS integration projects should improve transportation efficiency; promote safety; enhance transit integration; provide for enhanced infrastructure security; improve paratransit/demand-responsive transit operations, including operations of health and human service providers; improve traffic flow, including the flow of intermodal freight at ports of entry; reduce emissions of air pollutants; improve traveler information; promote tourism; enhance alternative transportation modes; or support improved transportation systems operations, management and maintenance. This document includes ongoing ITS integration projects that were initiated, and whose Federal funding was approved, through September 30, 2005. In some cases, project deployment/integration activity has terminated, but final evaluation reports are under development. The submission of a final evaluation report constitutes project completion. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Air quality management KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Freight flow KW - Human service transportation KW - Improvements KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - ITS Integration Projects KW - Paratransit services KW - Security KW - Tourism KW - Traffic flow KW - Transportation efficiency KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation operations KW - Transportation safety KW - Transportation system management UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/784476 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01518869 AU - Department of the Interior AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Transportation Observations, Considerations, and Recommendations for Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Provided by the Interagency Transportation Assistance Group (TAG) / Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) Program PY - 2006 SP - 12p AB - A field investigation of the current transportation infrastructure and operations at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area by the inter-agency Transportation Assistance Group (TAG) was conducted December 4-8, 2006, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and local stakeholders. This TAG report was prepared subsequent to the site visit and documents the conditions observed, transportation issues and considerations, and recommendations arising from the TAG team’s analysis. The site visit and the preparation of this report were facilitated and funded by the Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in coordination with the Department of the Interior (DOI). KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Infrastructure KW - Nevada KW - Recommendations KW - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/50000/50600/50659/Red_Rock_TAG_report_1-30-07.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1290550 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489288 TI - Remote Infrared Audible Signage (RIAS) AB - This cooperative agreement supports the effort of the Sound Transit to conduct a pilot project to purchase, install, and demonstrate Remote Infrared Audible Signage (RIAS) technology at various multimodal and regional transit stations, and transit vehicles in Seattle area. This project will show the benefits of RIAS technology by providing way-finding and direction information to persons with visual, cognitive, or learning disabilities. The RIAS transmitters are installed within a given environment on specific places, such as, airport transit stations, bus stations, ferry stations and rail platforms, information kiosks, fare vending machines, street intersections with pedestrian signals, and transit vehicles including buses and trains. The receivers, which pick up voice messages from the transmitters, are then used to guide target users through the environment. The project is currently in the process of procuring RIAS equipments. KW - Audible signage KW - Kiosks KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit stations KW - Remote infrared signage KW - Seattle (Washington) KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258305 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01104577 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Transit Safety & Security Statistics & Analysis Annual Report PY - 2006 SP - n.p. AB - This annual report provides uniformly collected comprehensive safety and security data regarding public transit. These data are collected from all recipients or beneficiaries of the Urbanized Area Formula funds through the National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting System. KW - Annual reports KW - Public transit KW - Security KW - Statistics KW - Transit safety KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/863390 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080604 AU - Ramasubramanian, Laxmi AU - McNeil, Sue AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Visualizing Metra Design Intent Manual PY - 2006 SP - 17p AB - Planners and decision-makers in large organizations require access to different types of data and information, typically collected for different purposes by several departments over a period of time. Some of this data is scale-dependent, while other pieces of data and information are scale-independent and therefore likely to be useful in different decision-making contexts. In the case of Metra, Chicago’s regional commuter rail system, decision-makers in different departments (planning, engineering, operations, and marketing) all require information about Metra stations, station yards, data about location and quality of infrastructure such as rail lines, land use patterns, and ridership profiles, though not all information is relevant to each department’s needs. Disseminating information that is meaningful to different users requires that careful attention be paid to data organization and display so that the user can assemble and analyze data most appropriate to their immediate decision-making needs. Researchers are working collaboratively with Metra to develop a prototype information dissemination application that is adaptable to the needs of different departments within the agency. The interactive interface includes text and icon-based navigation. A geographic, scalable base map with embedded links allows the user to navigate to visual, quantitative, or text data that appear on separate pop-up windows. The changing scale (geographic boundary) of the base map allows the user to visualize and access data that is appropriate to that scale. This Manual is meant to be used as a guide to adding content to the Visualizing Metra prototype. The manual will show each section of the prototype and explain its function, features and content rationale. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Design KW - Information dissemination KW - Infrastructure KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Land use KW - Location KW - Manuals KW - Maps KW - Metra KW - Prototypes KW - Rail transit stations KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Railroad stations KW - Railroad yards KW - Railroads KW - Ridership KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839940 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080589 AU - Dong, Yukun AU - McNeil, Sue AU - Mehta, Jignesh AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Paint-The-Region and Long-Range Regional Transportation/Land Use Planning: A Visualization Experience of Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission PY - 2006 SP - 15p AB - Northeastern Illinois, with 272 municipalities, more than 1,200 units of government, and 8 million people, requires effective and extensive collaboration on its regional planning process. In 2001, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) initiated Common Ground, as a Blue Print for Regional Action to address a new standard for public planning. In 2005, this comprehensive planning effort led to the 2040 Regional Framework Plan that provides a set of guidelines for an interactive public planning process aided by the application of state-of-art technology. This paper describes the procedure that was developed to support the visualization of alternative feature in the public participation process. Utilizing internet based customized GIS software, participants are able to “paint the region” on the screen presenting their own desired future in terms of the region’s transportation, land use and the environment. User-friendly multiple digital layers of the existing infrastructure are provided to the participants to enable them to make choices and understand the full complexity of the region’s systems. The painted features are further explained and supported by both general statistics on quantifiable decisions made by each workshop group through innovative keypad technology, and the comprehensive synthesizing process done back at the agency. The final synthesized regional transportation and land use map (in the form of centers, corridors and green areas) is referred to as the Common Ground scenario. Compared with the traditional forecast scenario generated by population forecast and transportation modeling, the Common Ground scenario fills the gap between the qualitative public inputs and rigid transportation planning models through interactive visualization technology, where the geo-database is used as a bridging tool. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Geographic information systems KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Internet KW - Land use planning KW - Long range planning KW - Maps KW - Northeastern Illinois KW - Public participation KW - Regional transportation KW - Software KW - Transportation planning KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839909 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080585 AU - Kelly, Michael J AU - Lassacher, Suzanne AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Simulation and Rapid Prototyping to Support the Deployment of Advanced Crash Avoidance Systems PY - 2006 SP - 8p AB - U.S. Highway 191 in southwestern Montana has been identified as the location of a number of accident clusters. The accident rate is not significantly greater than that for similar highways with similar traffic densities but the accidents that do happen tend to receive great visibility. Because of the roadway geometry and the lack of practical alternative routes, crashes and incidents in this area have a disproportionate impact on transportation in this heavily traveled corridor. A rapid prototyping approach is being used in the driving simulation laboratory at the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) to simulate approximately 22 miles of U.S. 191 between the Big Sky Resort community and the northern mouth of the Gallatin Canyon. The simulations are used to help the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) develop and refine safety countermeasures for that roadway. Custom roadway tiles for the simulation were designed and programmed from MDT’s “as built” plans for the highway, topographic maps, and video taken from a vehicle driving the route. Projected safety-related system deployments such as dynamic message signs and revised delineation can be electronically simulated on a geo-typical roadway. MDT engineers can “drive the roadway” to examine the impacts of prototype deployments. A sample of drivers can drive the scenarios to test the effectiveness of deployments. If changes in the systems are suggested, the simulation can be easily altered to represent the new specifications and the refinements. The primary benefit of the visualization and rapid prototyping approach using interactive, immersive simulators is that it provides an opportunity for formative evaluation, allowing engineers to refine the design at an early stage in the system development process before significant resources are invested in the deployment. The proposed system hardware and operations are all produced by computer graphics for a very small fraction of the cost of the actual deployment. Changes at this point may involve only a “click and drag” operation on a computer interface, changing one image for another, switching JPEG images of signs, or selecting alternative commands. By evaluating and refining the deployment early in the process, considerable time and money can be saved if changes need to be made to achieve the desired traffic objectives. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Computer graphics KW - Countermeasures KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Driving simulators KW - Formative evaluation KW - High risk locations KW - Highway safety KW - Montana KW - Rapid prototyping KW - Traffic crashes KW - Traffic incidents KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839938 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080571 AU - Rohter, Laurence AU - State, Ray AU - Kimkeran, Stirling AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Minding the Gap: Using Ground Based Rotating Lidar for 3D Viewing and Measuring PY - 2006 SP - 4p AB - A geospatial technology firm from the United Kingdom has developed and tested a custom suite of hardware and software for measuring a railway's loading gauge. Called "OmniGauge™", the system is designed to achieve high speed surveys of railways and other networks with complicated infrastructure. OmniGauge™ is a laser gauging implementation that provides a complete solution for scanning tunnels, platforms, trackside objects and roadbed. The profile of a tunnel, for example, can be scanned with the vehicle running at 60mph, whilst keeping data loss to a minimum to enable a 3- dimensional reconstruction of the tunnel's interior. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Computers KW - Gage (Rails) KW - Geospatial technology KW - Laser radar KW - Laser scanning KW - Measurement KW - Railroad platforms KW - Railroad tunnels KW - Railroads KW - Software KW - Surveying KW - United Kingdom UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839907 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080563 AU - McNeil, Sue AU - Ramasubramanian, Laxmi AU - Scheu, Rachel AU - Thomas, Amit AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Visualizing Metra: An Interactive Visualization Tool PY - 2006 SP - 9p AB - An interactive visualization tool, Visualizing Metra, was developed for Metra, Chicago’s regional commuter rail system, to support decision-makers in different departments requiring information about Metra’s stations, lines, ridership, land use, surrounding stations and connections to other transportation facilities. The application was developed as an intranet application in Macromedia Dreamweaver with a scalable base map with embedded links. The application allows the user to navigate visual, quantitative and text data. The strength of the application lies in its design. The design developed a template for each level in a spatial hierarchy providing a consistent approach to accessing information based on scale. Each level provides access to many different functions with common headers for navigation. The main frame has a GIS map of the station and surrounding suburbs. A zoom tools allows the user to see more or less detail. The secondary frames include track video and a slide show of the station area. The track video is accessible by clicking on the secondary window or on the video icon in the main window. Functions available at other levels include: 1. System level - ability to navigate directly to a line or station; 2. Line level - zoom tool and ability to navigate directly to a station via a list or the map; 3. Station and nearby blocks level - aerial photographs, socioeconomic data for the community; 4. Station level - access to detailed Autocad representation of station information, and navigable station panoramas; 5. Station building level - parking information. The prototype was developed in collaboration with Metra staff to address their needs for access to and display of information. The presentation describes the system from the point of view of the various users. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Computer programs KW - Decision making KW - Geographic information systems KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Maps KW - Metra KW - Parking KW - Rail transit stations KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Railroad stations KW - Ridership KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839904 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080560 AU - Transportation Research Board TI - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop, October 23-26, 2006, Denver, Colorado PY - 2006 SP - v.p. AB - The 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop was held October 23-26, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. The goal of the conference was to develop an awareness of visualization in the context of transportation needs, and promote ideas for action that evolves the ability to address those needs. To achieve this goal, the Symposium embraced four primary objectives: (1) Continue to promote the education and awareness of the benefits (realized and potential) of visualization technologies and practice as applied to the transportation industry; (2) For the first time, provide a program that brings together the diversity of expertise needed to deliver effective transportation programs in the context of visualization technologies and practice; (3) Provide a balance of traditional presentations and audience-engaging panel sessions on research, demonstration & practice; (4) Gather and document the knowledge exchanged and ideas generated in order to drive innovation in practice, targeted research, and technology development to evolve the use of visualization in transportation. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Awareness KW - Benefits KW - Conferences KW - Education KW - Innovation KW - Knowledge KW - Needs assessment KW - Research KW - Technology KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839903 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080555 AU - Hughes, Ronald G AU - Schroeder, Bastian AU - Fischer, Thomas AU - Transportation Research Board TI - 3D Visualization and Micro-Simulation Applied to the Identification and Evaluation of Geometric and Operational ‘Solutions’ for Improving Visually Impaired Pedestrian Access to Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes PY - 2006 SP - 10p AB - The Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University is responsible for an NCHRP funded effort to identify and evaluate roundabout and channelized turn lane treatments intended to improve facility access for visually impaired pedestrians. As part of this effort, ITRE is utilizing VISSIM micro-simulation/modeling capabilities to investigate the (estimated) effectiveness of proposed treatments in advance of their full scale field evaluation. While VISSIM provides effective animation capabilities for use by engineers for preliminary design, its primary focus is on the representation of traffic operations. While the program has a very useful AVI graphic output, it does not have the capability to generate the type of photo-realistic 3D models shown to be useful in public involvement settings. ITRE, working in conjunction with the NY State DOT has generated additional 3D visual environments showing the range of treatments and treatment combinations currently proposed. The principle audience for this work were the NCHRP “panel’ members whose responsibility it was to provide the go-ahead to the Phase II treatment implementation and evaluation phase. The paper provides an overview of how 3D visual simulation and micro-simulation/modeling were used in an integrated fashion to address geometric design and operational facility performance issues. The work is responsive to research needs identified by the TRB Visualization Technical Committee that call for more effective techniques for integrating real time and non real time simulation methods and for increased recognition of modeling requirements underlying the visual simulation of transportation system ‘operations.’ The methodology being employed in NCHRP 3-78 is an outgrowth of the use of VISSIM by an NIH funded bioengineering research partnership effort that was headed by Western Michigan University and supported by NC State University, Vanderbilt University, Johns-Hopkins, and Accessible Design for the Blind. This is the first time, to the authors' knowledge that photo-realistic visualization methods and computer simulation/modeling have been applied to this problem area. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Access KW - Channelized intersections KW - Computer models KW - Geometric design KW - Highway design KW - Highway operations KW - Left turn lanes KW - Microsimulation KW - Right turn lanes KW - Roundabouts KW - Three dimensional KW - VISSIM (Computer model) KW - Visualization KW - Visually impaired persons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839905 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080550 AU - Kuhn, W AU - Jha, M K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Using Visualization for the Design Process of Rural Roads PY - 2006 SP - 10p AB - The three-dimensional image of a road, which gives drivers all the important information for driving, is only obtained when three design levels are superimposed. If design engineers do not follow current standards during this complex process, shortcomings may occur and effect road safety. That’s why during the classical road design process he must check the three-dimensional alignment with the aid of perspective images. In order to be able to avoid shortcomings it is necessary to develop a new methodology of road design by using special three-dimensional design elements. The three-dimensional design can consist of fixed dialogue and coupling elements. The three-dimensional course of the route is visually represented using a real time simulation and the three-dimensional image can be checked by stereoscopic techniques. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Highway design KW - Real time information KW - Rural highways KW - Simulation KW - Stereoscopic models KW - Three dimensional imaging KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839910 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080549 AU - McCall, Cyrus AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Visualization Data Standards for Planning and Design PY - 2006 SP - 11p AB - The goal of transportation planning and design is to develop solutions that improve communities in terms of mobility, safety, or even to provide an environment suitable for a pleasant afternoon of shopping and dining on Main Street. Because of the many purposes and needs that a road can provide, public stakeholders are often in conflict with each other about a project. These conflicts can be over anything from the overall purpose of the project to impacts to a specific old growth tree or stonewall. They can be expensive, with time and money invested in solutions that do not move forward. Visualization techniques that place the proposed design in existing site photography have become critical to support consensus building throughout planning and design. When a before and after photo is presented, a common question is “How accurate is this proposed visualization?” This really depends on the stage in project development and available data. For the purposes of this discussion, consider visualization data standard as the characteristics of the complete set of information that goes into making the final product. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Accuracy KW - Consensus KW - Design standards KW - Highway design KW - Highway planning KW - Photography KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839935 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080544 AU - Lu, Chang-Tien AU - Boedihardjo, Arnold P AU - Zheng, Jinping AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Towards an Advanced Spatio-Temporal Visualization System for the Metropolitan Washington D.C. PY - 2006 SP - 6p AB - This paper delves on a suite of visualization approaches for exploring real-time and historical loop-detector data in the Washington Metropolitan D.C. region. To that endeavor, the authors have developed an effective web-based visualization system, the Advanced Interactive Traffic Visualization System (AITVS). The AITVS provides capabilities to browse the spatiotemporal dimensions hierarchy via roll-up and drill-down operations. It supports data visualization in a standard web-based environment where users can conveniently access the system via the Internet, thus facilitating the utilization of transportation information. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Highway traffic KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Internet KW - Loop detectors KW - Traffic data KW - Visualization KW - Washington (District of Columbia) KW - Washington Metropolitan Area KW - Web-based systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839906 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01080541 AU - Ramasubramanian, Laxmi AU - McNeil, Sue AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Visualizing Metra Technical Manual PY - 2006 SP - 21p AB - This Technical Manual exists as the ‘how-to’ for extending the Visualizing Metra prototype to other stations and for making changes. Planners and decision-makers in large organizations require access to different types of data and information, typically collected for different purposes by several departments over a period of time. Some of this data is scale-dependent, while other pieces of data and information are scale-independent and therefore likely to be useful in different decision-making contexts. In the case of Metra, Chicago’s regional commuter rail system, decision-makers in different departments (planning, engineering, operations, and marketing) all require information about Metra stations, station yards, data about location and quality of infrastructure such as rail lines, land use patterns, and ridership profiles, though not all information is relevant to each department’s needs. Disseminating information that is meaningful to different users requires that careful attention be paid to data organization and display so that the user can assemble and analyze data most appropriate to their immediate decision-making needs. Researchers worked collaboratively with Metra to develop a prototype information dissemination application that is adaptable to the needs of different departments within the agency. The interactive interface includes text and icon-based navigation. A geographic, scalable base map with embedded links allows the user to navigate to visual, quantitative, or text data that appear on separate pop-up windows. The changing scale (geographic boundary) of the base map allows the user to visualize and access data that is appropriate to that scale. U1 - 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and WorkshopTransportation Research BoardFederal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationDenver,CO,United States StartDate:20061023 EndDate:20061026 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Information dissemination KW - Infrastructure KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Land use KW - Location KW - Manuals KW - Maps KW - Metra KW - Prototypes KW - Rail transit stations KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Railroad stations KW - Railroad yards KW - Railroads KW - Ridership KW - Technical reports KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/839941 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075775 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Branson transit study, alternatives analysis : environmental impact statement PY - 2006///Volumes held: Draft KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Missouri UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/835169 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075774 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - South Florida east coast corridor transit analysis study : environmental impact statement PY - 2006///Volumes held: Draft, Dapp KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Florida UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/835168 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01049405 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Annual Report on New Starts: Proposed Allocations of Funds for Fiscal Year 2007. Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(k)(1) PY - 2006///Annual Report SP - 306p AB - This report provides the U.S. Department of Transportation’s recommendations to Congress for the allocation of funds for the construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions (49 USC 5309(d) – Major Capital Investment Grants of $75,000,000 or More, or “New Starts,” and 49 USC 5309(e) – Capital Investment Grants of Less Than $75,000,000 or “Small Starts”) for fiscal year (FY) 2007. The Annual Report on New Starts for FY 2007 is a collateral document to the President’s annual budget submission to Congress. It is important in the administration of the Federal transit assistance program, and improves the information exchange between the Executive and Legislative branches at the beginning of an appropriations cycle for the next fiscal year. The President’s Budget for FY 2007 proposes $1,466 million for the capital investment grant program under Section 5309. A total of $1,229.48 million is recommended for 16 existing, two pending, and five proposed Full Funding Grant Agreements (FFGA). A total of $101.86 million is proposed for four projects that are anticipated to be in final design by the Spring of 2006, pending resolution of outstanding issues, and for additional rail cars to be added to the completed Largo Metrorail Extension (metropolitan Washington D.C.) FFGA. A total of $100 million is recommended for the new Small Starts program. Finally, a total of $34.66 million is recommended for specific ferry projects, statutory funding to support the work of the Denali Commission, and New Starts oversight activities. In addition to funding recommendations, Appendix A of the FY 2007 Annual Report on New Starts provides the status of 16 existing FFGA projects currently under construction; detailed results of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA’s) evaluation of the merit and local financial commitment of 20 major capital investment projects in preliminary engineering (PE) and final design; and brief summaries of the status of four projects in PE or final design which are requesting less than $25 million in New Starts funding and therefore exempt from the New Starts evaluation process. Appendix B describes the measures, rating breakpoints, and overall process followed by FTA for evaluating projects currently in PE and final design which are pursuing an FFGA. KW - Annual reports KW - Appropriations KW - Capital investments KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Full funding grant agreements KW - Fund allocations KW - Guideways KW - Line extensions (Rail transit) KW - New Starts Program KW - Rail transit KW - Small Starts Program UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FY07_NEW_STARTS_REPORT_COMPLETE.pdf UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/reports_to_congress/publications_2639.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/808961 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01047594 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Model Bus Transit Safety and Security Program: Program Strategies PY - 2006 SP - 6p AB - In 2000, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) began work on its Model Transit Bus Safety and Security Program (Bus Safety and Security Program). Over the next few years, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was developed and signed by FTA, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA). In signing the MOU, each partner organization agreed to promote Bus Safety and Security Program elements, assess the activities and performance of program implementation, and incorporate all reasonable actions necessary to ensure the effective implementation of safety and security programs at bus transit agencies, thereby maintaining the voluntary nature of the Bus Safety and Security Program. Since the signing of the MOU, there have been many advances in bus transit safety and security by AASHTO, APTA, CTAA and the bus transit agencies, themselves. FTA recommitted itself to the success of the Bus Safety and Security Program and has taken steps to ensure increased coordination with the transit bus industry and a closer working relationship with its MOU partners. To commemorate the next phase of the Bus Safety and Security Program, FTA invited its MOU partners to participate in a Kick-off Meeting, held on July 18, 2006. This meeting was essential to reestablish a working relationship, to address the challenges of the past few years, and to identify a way to move the Bus Safety and Security Program forward. The meeting provided FTA an opportunity to: Acknowledge progress that has been made in safety and security in the bus transit industry and by the state departments of transportation; Listen to MOU partner presentations of bus transit industry achievements, concerns and suggestions; Discuss FTA’s intent for the program; and Solicit feedback on future program direction. A summary of Bus Safety and Security Program objectives and proposed strategies discussed during that meeting are presented in this report. KW - Bus transit KW - Security KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit safety KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/807145 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01047344 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Federal Transit Administration Annual Research Report 2006 PY - 2006 SP - 37p AB - This report is the U.S. Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) annual research report for fiscal year 2006. It highlights many of the achievements of the FTA that were accomplished in 2006. The report is organized by 5 goals, and it describes the accomplishments of the FTA in the following 5 goal areas: (1) providing transit research leadership; (2) increasing transit ridership; (3) improving capital and operating efficiencies; (4) improving safety and emergency preparedness; and (5) protecting the environment and promoting energy independence. KW - Annual reports KW - Capital expenditures KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Energy KW - Environmental protection KW - Leadership KW - Operating efficiency KW - Research reports KW - Ridership KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit safety KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/FY06_Annual_Report_032207.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/806779 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01036478 AU - Westart-CALSTART AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Vehicle Catalog: A Compendium of Vehicles and Powertrain Systems for Bus Rapid Transit Service: 2006 Update PY - 2006 SP - 36p AB - The 2006 Vehicle Compendium for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is an annually updated reference guide of domestically and internationally manufactured buses for BRT service applications. The compendium contains pictures of stylized vehicles, top-level specifications, vehicle features, propulsion system features, and links to individual manufacturer websites for further information. The new update now includes the latest natural gas engines from Westport and John Deere. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Catalogs KW - Compendium KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Natural gas buses KW - Photographs KW - Specifications KW - Transit buses KW - Vehicle characteristics KW - Vehicle drive systems UR - http://www.nbrti.org/docs/pdf/2006_brt_compendium.pdfhttp://www.nbrti.org/docs/pdf/2006_brt_compendium.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/793263 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030768 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2006 Transit Watch Toolkit PY - 2006 SP - v.p. AB - In 2003, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) launched the "Transit Watch" public safety and security awareness campaign. In 2005, the FTA and Department of Human Services (DHS) developed a follow-up initiative to determine levels of implementation of "Transit Watch," along with other critical safety and security concerns, including unattended baggage and transit evacuation. By incorporating the "Transit Watch" concept into various public outreach campaigns, the FTA and DHS aim to heighten public recognition of a standardized safety and security awareness symbol. The templates included in this CD are based on extensive research and review of existing transit agency safety and security materials. Due to its size, the Transit Watch Toolkit CD has been divided into several self-extracting files. Directions are given for using these files. KW - Awareness KW - CD-ROM KW - Evacuation KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Safety campaigns KW - Security KW - Symbols KW - Toolkits KW - Unattended baggage UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/security/TransitWatch/toolkit2006.asp UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787714 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01026411 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg TI - Federal Transit Administration Environmental Management Systems Training & Assistance PY - 2006 SP - 121p AB - This report contains the results of a 29-month effort by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), ten local transit agencies and the Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement at Virginia Tech to advance international environmental management standards (ISO 14001) in public transit agencies in the United States. The report summarizes FTA's environmental management systems (EMS) training and assistance project. The intent of this program was threefold: (1) To introduce a geographically and size diverse set of public transit entities throughout the U.S. to EMS; (2) To stimulate these agencies into adopting EMS and becoming EMS champions in the universe of public transit agencies; and (3) To develop an EMS training program that would be, to a certain extent, transit specific. Training and assistance participants included FTA grantees from New England, the Middle Atlantic Region, the Mid West, the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest and the West Coast. These agencies ranged from medium sized traditional bus and paratransit operations to large organizations operating buses, ferries and commuter rail. The testimonials of Senior Management are a tribute to both the enthusiasm of the individual EMS teams and the estimable qualities of ISO 14001 Standards. KW - Environmental management systems KW - ISO 14001 KW - Public transit KW - Standards KW - Technical assistance KW - Training KW - Transit operating agencies KW - United States UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/FTA_EMS/EMS_Final_Report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783482 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025840 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Meyer, Michael D AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Women's Issues in Transportation: Policy and Planning SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - pp 51-58 AB - Trip-making behavior is influenced by a variety of factors, including the demographic characteristics and lifestyle choices of the traveler as well as factors associated with the transportation system itself. Many paper presented at this conference have reported on different aspects of these explanatory variables. The papers in the plenary session on policy and planning focus instead on choices made by society in the form of public policy, which can also strongly influence trip behavior, including such things as the availability of alternative modes of transportation, how transport choices are priced, the availability of lifestyle support services such as daycare centers, the manner in which communities develop, and how tax structures influence one kind of behavior over another. Three specific questions define the types of issues to be examined in this session: What are the implications of women's trip behavior for planning practice? What are the implications of women's transportation issues for policy? What has been international experience with respect to women's travel? The topic of public policy and planning is so broad and encompasses so many issues that it is difficult to establish boundaries around what should be included and, perhaps more important, to know how not to cover topics that are discussed elsewhere in the conference. In some ways, all of the other sessions and papers in this conference could be placed under the broad umbrella of policy and planning because they all relate in one fashion or another to policy and planning methods and to establishing the analysis context for policy recommendations. The purpose of this overview is to set the context for the papers presented in the policy and planning session of the conference by establishing a conceptual framework for planning and policy development, which is used to describe current understandings and potential research needs. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Females KW - Framework (Planning) KW - Public policy KW - Research KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel behavior UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783307 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025839 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Ferguson, Susan A AU - Braitman, Keli A AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Women's Issues in Highway Safety: Summary of the Literature SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - pp 39-50 AB - A review of research literature on passenger vehicle safety that focuses on gender differences is provided. Around the world women are licensed and driving more than in the past. The result is that more women are dying in crashes, although more men than women still die in crashes every year because men drive more miles than women and tend to take more risks (speed, driving under the influence of alcohol, less frequent use of seat belts). Men's crashes are often more severe than women's, but when crash severity is controlled for, women are more likely to be killed or injured. Evidence suggests that for the most part vehicle features designed to reduce injuries (e.g., seat belts and airbags) are as effective in protecting women as men. Sometimes they are more effective. For example, improvements to head restraints may be reducing neck injury more for women than men. There also have been changes in crash testing; dummies representing shorter women are beginning to be used. One area that has received limited attention is the safety of pregnant women and their fetuses. The development of a pregnant dummy has been under way for years, and research using both real and computer-simulated pregnant dummies is exploring how factors such as seat belts, airbags, and crash severity affect a pregnant mother and fetus in a crash. As more women drive into their later years and drive more miles, it will be important to evaluate changes in crash characteristics over time as a function of age and sex as well as the types of injuries that women and men sustain. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Age KW - Air bags KW - Crash severity KW - Deployable head restraints KW - Dummies KW - Fatalities KW - Females KW - Fetus KW - Gender KW - Highway safety KW - Impact tests KW - Injuries KW - Literature reviews KW - Pregnant women KW - Seat belts KW - Traffic crashes KW - Vehicle safety UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783306 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025838 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Handy, Susan L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Community Design and Travel Behavior: Exploring the Implications for Women SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - pp 29-38 AB - In the face of growing levels of congestion and persistent air quality problems, planners increasingly see community design as a way of reducing automobile dependence. Because of growing levels of obesity and the attendant health problems, public health officials have also turned to community design as a way of increasing physical activity. Proponents from both camps argue that higher population and employment densities, greater mixes of land uses, more gridlike street networks, and better transit service contribute to lower levels of driving and higher levels of walking, and they cite numerous studies to support their cases. But most studies focus on the population as a whole, and few studies so far consider the ways in which the effect of community design might differ for particular segments of the population given their particular travel needs. As evidence of the complexity of women's travel accumulates, researchers have begun to explore what community design means for women, both the possibility that community design adds to their travel burden and the possibility that it can help to ease that burden. Women face significant concerns related to family, health, and safety that complicate their daily lives; these concerns contribute to their need for travel and to the constraints they face in attempting to meet those needs. Communities designed so that women must drive long distances to work, to daycare, to shopping, or to medical appointments add to the time and cost of meeting their personal and household needs. In contrast, communities designed for shorter driving distances and for modes other than driving may offer women the option of reducing the time and money they spend on travel. At this time, few questions have been answered and many questions remain, not only about the implications of community design for the travel of women but also about the relationship between community design and travel behavior more generally. As a step toward building a research agenda on the implications for women of the relationship between community design and travel behavior, the available literature is reviewed here, original data analysis is presented, and outstanding issues are discussed for the following questions: What is community design? How does community design affect travel behavior? How might these effects differ for women? Where do we go from here? U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Communities KW - Data analysis KW - Design KW - Females KW - Literature reviews KW - Research KW - Travel behavior UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783305 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025837 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Rosenbloom, Sandra AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Understanding Women's and Men's Travel Patterns: The Research Challenge SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - pp 7-28 AB - Men and women have long had different travel patterns. However, there is increasing convergence in those travel patterns, at least at the aggregate level. Trends in women's and men's travel patterns over time are evaluated to determine whether comparable men and women have similar travel patterns. It is concluded that (a) women's and men's aggregate travel behavior is still far from equal on a number of measures whereas trends toward convergence may be slowing, (b) disaggregating behavior often reveals distinct differences between the sexes, and (c) so many potentially explanatory variables are tied to sex in society that it may not be relevant whether sex or other intensely gendered variables, such as household role or living alone in old age, explain differences between men and women. There is more than adequate justification for a focus on women's transportation issues and the need for continued research on the nature and expected duration of the travel differences between women and men to supply the information needed to make effective transportation and other policies. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Females KW - Males KW - Research KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel patterns KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783304 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025836 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Frye, Ann AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Research on Women's Issues in Transportation, Report of a Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers. Keynote Address SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - pp 5-6 AB - The author gives a very brief summary of some of the key factors that she believes are important in helping to establish a better balance in the transport world so that women's voices are heard and women's needs are recognized and met. She points out that increasingly we have more women in senior positions in the transport industries, changing attitudes and perspectives and challenging old ways of working; more research that has identified gender issues; and a clearer focus on understanding people's needs as a starting point for developing and delivering transport services. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Needs assessment KW - Research KW - Transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783303 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025835 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Research on Women's Issues in Transportation, Report of a Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers SN - 0309099560 PY - 2006 IS - 35 SP - 75p AB - This conference had two primary objectives: (a) to identify and explore additional research and data needed to inform transportation policy decisions that address women's mobility, safety, and security needs and (b) to encourage research by young researchers. The conference was organized around four subject areas: Understanding Travel Issues; Transportation, Access, and Community Design; Injury Prevention and Ergonomics; and Policy and Planning. The conference proceedings are presented in two volumes. This volume, Volume 1, includes the conference summary, the four peer-reviewed overview papers presented by the topic leaders, the keynote presentation, and a list of conference participants. Volume 2 contains the peer-reviewed breakout and poster papers and several abstracts of papers on subjects of particular interest to the conference organizing committee. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Access KW - Conferences KW - Decision making KW - Design KW - Ergonomics KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Injury prevention KW - Mobility KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel behavior UR - http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/156976.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783302 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01052247 AU - WestStart-CALSTART AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - The Case for Hybrids in Transit Buses: A Meta-Analysis and Literature Review PY - 2005/12 SP - 29p AB - This document presents a literature review of available reports and data that promote the use of hybrid vehicles as a propulsion technology choice. Arranged in four chapters, each section covers a major category of arguments in favor of procuring hybrid buses: economic, environmental, policy, and technological cases. KW - Electric buses KW - Electric vehicles KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/810763 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01020828 AU - Jeng, One-Jang AU - New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark AU - New Jersey Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Survey of Driver Perceptions of Railroad and Light Rail Warning Devices/Grade Crossings PY - 2005/12//Final Report SP - 74p AB - The objective of this study is to conduct a human factors survey to understand drivers' behavior and perceptions at various types of railroad and light rail crossings, and determine their understanding of different types of traffic control devices. This understanding would help to take necessary steps to improve the safety of railroad and light rail crossings, and also determine the appropriate information that should be included in the driver manuals. A human factors experiment was conducted which studied 38 subjects about their perceptions and decision makings while a car traveled approaching railroad crossings. Results of the study suggest that some traffic control devices used in the vicinity of railroad grade crossings, such as stop sign and traffic signal lights, should be implemented carefully to avoid confusion to drivers. Many drivers are not familiar with traffic control devices or roadway layout at light rail crossings. A proposed section to address driving issues related to railroad crossing was drafted based on the experiment results, literature review, and comparison of other states' driver manuals. A simulated driver test was conducted using questions constructed based on information in the 2004 New Jersey Driver Manual and the proposed railroad crossing section. Human factors research methodology has been demonstrated to be an effective approach for studying driver perception and driving behaviors on the current traffic safety project. KW - Behavior KW - Decision making KW - Driver manuals KW - Drivers KW - Human factors KW - Light rail transit KW - Light rail transit grade crossings KW - Literature reviews KW - Methodology KW - New Jersey KW - Perception KW - Railroad grade crossings KW - Stop signs KW - Surveys KW - Traffic control devices KW - Traffic safety KW - Traffic signals UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/778591 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460709 TI - Guidebook for Mitigating Fixed-Route Bus-and-Pedestrian Collisions AB - Bus-and-pedestrian collisions often cause serious injury or death to pedestrians. In addition, these collisions are bad for the driver, the passengers on the bus, the transit system, and the community as a whole. Even a highly experienced bus driver, with a stellar performance record, can be involved in a collision with a pedestrian and suffer because of the stress of the event. The reputation of a public transportation system can be hurt by bus-and-pedestrian collisions, despite the infrequency of such events and regardless of the circumstances. Collisions with pedestrians may give rise to expensive litigation and large settlements that can have sizable financial implications for public transportation systems. Having a better understanding of bus-and-pedestrian collisions, including why they occur, will help public transportation systems and their communities develop more effective strategies and practices to reduce the frequency and severity of these events. Are bus-and-pedestrian collisions more likely to occur at night or in bad weather when driving conditions are more difficult? To what extent do traffic conditions, bus-stop design and location, obstructions to bus driver visibility, driver errors, or pedestrian carelessness contribute to bus-and-pedestrian collisions? Answers to these and many related questions would be very useful to public transportation systems, traffic engineers, vehicle manufacturers, and the general public. A variety of strategies have been implemented by public transportation systems and their communities to improve pedestrian safety and to mitigate the frequency and severity of bus-and-pedestrian collisions. Research is needed to gather information on these and other strategies and practices that are currently being used and to recommend those that are most effective. The objective of this project is to develop a guidebook that identifies strategies to assist public transportation systems and their communities to mitigate the frequency and severity of collisions between pedestrians and fixed-route buses in the United States. KW - Bus crashes KW - Buses KW - Crashes KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Pedestrian-vehicle crashes KW - Pedestrians KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit safety UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1017 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228927 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462973 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SB-14. Methods of Ridership Communication AB - It is the goal and objective of transportation agencies to provide high quality customer service in hopes that a satisfied customer is a repeat customer. Now more than ever, unexpected situations--from service interruptions to the ever present threat of terrorism further impact public transportation ridership and compound the need to identify effective methods of ridership communications. What methods do transit agencies use to communicate successfully? This synthesis will document the state of the practice. It will focus on public transportation modes--bus, rail, trolley, and ferry and report on the advancement of technologies, including cell phones, PDAs, text pagers, the Internet, AVL signposts, etc. that create opportunities for public transportation to reach out and effectively communicate with ridership. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus transit KW - Communication KW - Mobile communication systems KW - Personal digital assistants KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=177 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231198 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075525 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - St. Louis metro south MetroLink extension : environmental impact statement PY - 2005/11//Volumes held: Draft(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Missouri UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834919 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01042425 AU - Paaswell, Robert AU - Goldman, Todd AU - Seaman, Mark AU - Thorson, Ellen AU - Gordon, Cameron AU - University Transportation Research Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Analysis of Capital Cost Elements and Their Effect on Operating Cost PY - 2005/11//Final Report SP - 117p AB - This report presents and analysis of light rail transit capital cost increase. It discusses three distinct types of cost growth: cost overruns, unit cost escalation, and project escalation. Specific factors that push costs higher include lack of in-house expertise, regulatory mandates, poor or non-existent competition among vendors, and the use of custom designs. The study suggests that training, peer reviews, less restrictive procurement requirements, and improved understanding of life cycle costs and standards could help mitigate future cost growth. KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Capital costs KW - Competition KW - Cost escalation KW - Cost overruns KW - Custom design KW - Expertise KW - Life cycle costing KW - Light rail transit KW - Operating costs KW - Peer review KW - Procurement KW - Project costs KW - Regulation KW - Standards KW - Training UR - http://www.utrc2.org/research/assets/107/utrc-2005-fta1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/798703 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462975 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SH-08. Incorporating Bus Transit Service in Planning for New Development AB - The need to coordinate transportation and land use planning and to design more transit friendly communities has become an important issue. Several TCRP projects have addressed various aspects of this issue. To assist in this coordination, a number of transit agencies and others have developed guidelines and/or processes for incorporating transit service considerations in planning for new developments. An example is the Maryland Mass Transit Administration's "Access by Design." This synthesis will address how transit service planning for new development takes place, identifying practices used to ensure that transit service needs are properly considered in the planning and design process. It will include, but not be limited to, the following: (1)ƒnChallenges to planning transit service for new developments; (2) Guidelines or processes that have been used by transit agencies and others to ensure that transit service considerations are incorporated into planning for new development; (3) Physical design issues related to the provision of transit service (transit friendly street design; easy, safe, and pleasant pedestrian access to bus stops; urban densities needed to sustain minimal service, i.e. every 30 minutes); (4) Funding strategies; and (5) Transit agency statutory/regulatory authority. A review of the relevant literature in the field will be combined with surveys of selected transit agencies and other appropriate stakeholders in order to report on the current state of the practice. Based on survey results, several case studies will be developed to profile innovative and successful practices, as well as lessons learned and gaps in information. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Bus transit KW - Coordination KW - Design KW - Development KW - Land use planning KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=199 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231200 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462976 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SC-08. Use of Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) in Transit AB - The number of transit agencies using mobile data terminals (MDTs) on buses and paratransit vehicles has increased in recent years. The MDT is the underlying data processing and transporting facility. Applications such as AVL, sensors, data communications, and security use the MDTs to communicate. MDTs communicate pertinent information between vehicles in the same region and with dispatchers or central information systems. In paratransit, this greatly facilitates the communication of driving directions, schedule changes, and other information. Fixed route systems are using MDTs to communicate detour information, available overtime work, urgent messages, etc. The purpose of this synthesis is to survey selected transit agencies throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe who use MDTs, document their successes and failures, and summarize other information about the following: (1) Types and brand of equipment used; (2) What applications/built-in functionalities are supported by MDTs; (3) How these applications are integrated; (4) Types of information communicated to MDTs versus other means; (5) Costs to install and maintain MDTs; (6) Staffing requirements to maintain the equipment and utilize the data; (7) Staffing acceptance ; (8) Operational/technical problems encountered and solutions; (9) MDT uses desired beyond the capabilities of the existing equipment; (10) Future applications and technologies; (11) Information technology and communications infrastructure supporting the MDT; (12) Types of communication (e.g., WiFi, cellular, multi-hop, RF, etc.); (13) Security and resilience of communications (after disruption). The synthesis will cover the use of MDTs in both urban and rural/small urban areas, will include both fixed-route and paratransit applications, and will identify reasons for success and failures of their use, as well as lessons learned. A review of the relevant literature in the field will be combined with surveys of selected transit agencies in the United States, Canada, and Europe and suppliers in order to report on the current state of the practice. Based on survey results, several case studies will be developed to profile innovative and successful practices, as well as lessons learned and gaps in information. KW - Bus transit KW - Data collection KW - Dispatchers KW - Information technology KW - Mobile communication systems KW - Paratransit vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=180 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231201 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462689 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SH-06. Fixed Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 66: Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods examines the state of the practice in fixed-route transit ridership forecasting and service planning. The report also explores forecasting methodologies, resource requirements, data inputs, and organizational issues. In addition, the report analyzes the impacts of service changes and reviews transit agency assessments of the effectiveness and reliability of their methods and of desired improvements.
KW - Fixed routes KW - Forecasting KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - State of the practice KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=197 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230911 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458332 TI - Project Management Guidelines for Construction Projects AB - Transit agencies undertaking construction projects for the first time need handy tools for better project management and construction management to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget and meet project specifications. This project will develop and publish a project management and construction management handbook that provides guidance on engineering design, construction management, cost and schedule estimation, quality assurance and quality control, and project management controls. The handbook is intended for use primarily by public transportation agencies with little or no experience in managing construction projects. In addition, the project management guidelines will be packaged as interactive CD-ROM for use by managers, planners, and engineers. Placing the guidelines on an interactive CD-ROM will make the guidelines easier to use in individual self-study situations and provide a handy computerized reference for project managers. KW - Construction management KW - Cost control KW - Design KW - Engineering KW - Handbooks KW - Project management KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality control KW - Quality control KW - Research projects KW - Schedules KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226543 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075513 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Norfolk Light Rail transit project, Hampton Roads Transit : environmental impact statement PY - 2005/10//Volumes held: Final KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Virginia UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834907 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074138 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - For the mid-city/westside transit corridor project; Wilshire bus rapid transit & exposition transitway, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica : environmental impact statement PY - 2005/10//Volumes held: Draft, Final(2v) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833532 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01025731 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Federal Transit Administration Strategic Research Plan - September 30, 2005 PY - 2005/09/30 SP - 31p AB - This Strategic Research Plan identifies key Federal Transit Administration (FTA) goals and priorities for investing in transit research during 2006-2010. It incorporates the suggestions, ideas and comments of transit agencies, Congressional committees and staff, transit business leaders, public transportation researchers, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) modal administrations, and FTA staff. This plan is designed to be reviewed and updated periodically, in conjunction with key stakeholders, to ensure that it remains strategically relevant, provides leadership regarding new ideas, and responds to transit industry needs as they are identified. This Plan has three parts, each of which answers one of the following questions: why FTA conducts and sponsors transit research; what FTA researches; and how FTA conducts and sponsors transit research. Section 1 presents the impetus for FTA's involvement in transit research. Section 2 lays out the goals, objectives, strategies, and performance measures for FTA's research activities. Section 3 addresses research program administration, including the important issue of determining how well the research accomplishes the goals of the program. Section 3 also sets forth the principles for how FTA selects, manages, evaluates, and undertakes research. KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Strategic planning KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Strategic_plan_9-30-05.doc UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/782948 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549276 TI - The e-Zine Technology Knowledge Center for Transit AB - The transit industry has recognized that transit lags behind the commercial sector in effective adoption of information technologies in the management and delivery of its services. In an industry that is constantly in the public eye, an aversion to the risk-taking involved in implementing operational and stakeholder information technologies is understandable, but detrimental to the mission of transit in today's society. Tools are needed to assist transit agencies in obtaining information on technologies and their potential risks and rewards in a more timely fashion. One such tool that could assist is an "Electronic Magazine" (e-Zine ) that provides concise, timely information in an electronic format. Newsletters, magazines, and other publications that are distributed via email are often called e-Zines. A web-based e-Zine designed to help all levels of transit staff to find objective, informative articles on technology useful to the transit industry would be beneficial. The objective of this research is to develop, operate, and evaluate an e-Zine that provides information on current, useful information technologies and successful practices for transit. This project will be conducted in two phases: (1) development of a business plan for a 1-year e-Zine prototype and (2) creation, operation, and evaluation of the e-Zine prototype for a minimum of 1 year. KW - Asset management KW - Business practices KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Documents KW - Electronic commerce KW - Information technology KW - Internet service providers KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Supply chain management KW - Technology transfer KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1183 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1336491 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463065 TI - Understanding How to Motivate Communities to Support and Ride Public Transportation AB - In 1999, the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) conducted research to assess the current public perceptions of public transportation and to identify how these perceptions might be changed. This research was instrumental in providing guidance in the development of Public Transportation Partnership for Tomorrow (PT)2, implemented by the American Public Transportation Association, and of the Visibility, Image and Positioning (VIP) campaign implemented by the Canadian Urban Transit Association. The first phase of the (PT)2 and VIP programs focused on the importance of public transportation in providing freedom, mobility, and choice to Americans and Canadians. The strategies employed during this first phase were successful in raising awareness of the need for public transportation and the value it brings to the community. TCRP Report 63, Enhancing the Visibility and Image of Transit in the United States and Canada, has been used by many transit systems to design their marketing programs. The study introduced new research concepts and brought new data to the decision-making process. Because TCRP Report 63 is 6 years old, it is necessary to review and validate the information and to present new developments and research results related to public perceptions about public transportation. In addition, the public transportation industry must identify the values and decision-making processes that motivate people to support public transportation. Once these values have been identified, the industry should explore the best strategies for accomplishing a change in perceptions that motivate people to take action. The findings will be useful to the transit industry in increasing ridership and developing support for public transportation at the national, regional, and state levels. The objectives of this research are to (1) identify values, perceptions, and decision-making processes that lead to behaviors that affect the degree of support for and use of public transportation; and (2) determine the most effective methods for motivating individuals to take action in support of public transportation. The results of this research should be useful to transit agencies; elected officials; community leaders; business leaders; and federal, state, and local funding agencies in both the United States and Canada. KW - Communities KW - Marketing KW - Mobility KW - Perception KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1055 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231290 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549277 TI - Employee Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas AB - The objective of this project is to prepare guidelines to help providers of transit in rural and small urban areas develop employee compensation. The guidelines should be an easy-to-use resource for transit providers to make decisions related to compensation levels, policies, and practices and should reflect budget constraints, the concerns of other stakeholders, and sensitivity to employees. KW - Employee compensation KW - Employees KW - Guidelines KW - Labor force KW - Rural areas KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Urban areas UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1112 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1336492 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460707 TI - Development of Crash Energy Management Performance Requirements for Light-Rail Vehicles AB - The primary objective of this research is to provide technical assistance to enable the ASME RT-1 Committee and its CEM Subcommittee to determine reasonable performance requirements for dynamic crush behavior for LRV-to-LRV collisions based on a CEM approach that minimizes the probability of injury and fatality for a range of LRV designs under various high-risk collision scenarios. As a secondary objective, the ASME RT-1 Committee and its CEM Subcommittee seek information and guidance on the technical feasibility and practicality of CEM zones to mitigate damage and human injury in roadway vehicles during LRV-roadway vehicle collisions. This research will support the current ASME RT-1 effort to develop an ASME structural safety standard for LRVs. The research should determine through engineering analyses (e.g., computer simulations) the relationships between crush behavior and the risk of occupant injury and fatality over a range of possible LRV designs and LRV-to-LRV collision scenarios. Suggestions should be provided for defining vehicle dynamic strength requirements. The research should use non-linear, dynamic computer modeling to estimate the LRV-to-LRV crush behavior and the buff strength of several current LRV designs to assist in understanding the implications of considering a change in design requirements from static strength to CEM. It is not anticipated that computer simulation validation tests will be required for any part of this research; however, existing results of relevant tests previously performed by others may be considered. In addition, it is not anticipated that detailed computer simulations will be required for the secondary objective regarding LRV-roadway vehicle collisions. Rather, it is desired that guidance in this area can be developed based on available information and less-rigorous technical analyses. KW - Crashworthiness KW - Crashworthiness KW - Light rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Safety KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Vehicle design UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1078 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228925 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463060 TI - Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration in Buildings Caused by Rail Transit AB - Ground-borne noise and vibration from rail transit systems can be a significant source of community intrusion. The annoying aspects caused by the resulting building vibration include perceptible vibration; audible noise re-radiated by vibrating room surfaces; and rattling of windows, pictures, and objects on shelves. Current criteria for acceptable levels of building vibration are based on American National Standard, ANSI S3.29-1983, "Guide to the Evaluation of Human Exposure to Vibration in Buildings" and International Organization for Standardization, ISO 2631-2:2003, "Mechanical Vibration and Shock -- Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-body Vibration -- Part 2: Vibration in Buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz)" plus general practices and experience with new transit systems over the past 30 years. As stated in the ANSI guide, "There are many and complex factors determining human response to vibration, and a paucity of consistent quantitative data concerning man's perception of vibration and his reaction to it." Current criteria for acceptable levels of building vibration have not been verified in independent field tests. Research is needed to measure human responses to ground-borne noise and vibration in buildings. Such research will provide a sound basis for feasible and reasonable vibration control measures. Rail system designers and mitigation specialists also need guidance on consideration of vibration-sensitive building uses (e.g., concert halls, recording studios) and research/medical activities (e.g., electron microscopy, laser surgery). The objective of this research is to develop proposed criteria for acceptable levels of rail-transit-generated, ground-borne noise and vibration in buildings. KW - Ground transportation KW - Noise control KW - Noise sources KW - Rail transit KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Vibration KW - Vibration control UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1091 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231285 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01322436 AU - Schwenk, Judith C AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Evaluation of South Carolina’s Virtual Transit Enterprise PY - 2005/09/09/Final Report SP - 72p AB - The evaluation presents an assessment of South Carolina's Virtual Transit Enterprise (VTE) project up to February 2005. The VTE is a shared technology solution to being the state's public transit providers together to solve mutual problems. The cornerstone of the project is a Web-based communication network through which transit providers and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) access standardized software resources located in a central location. The VTE offers a variety of products to users: electronic invoicing, email, automated scheduling and dispatching, reporting, and vehicle maintenance management. The evaluation is being conducted as a requirement of the VTE grants that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded to SCDOT in FY 1998 through FY 2000. It tells the story of the VTE project implementation, determines how well the project meets the objectives of the sponsors and users, examines the effects of the projects on participants, determines how well the technology is performing, and enumerates lessons learned. KW - Data sharing KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Information technology KW - Public transit KW - South Carolina KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Virtual reality UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34700/34781/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-05-09.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1083973 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549318 TI - Guidebook for Measuring, Assessing, and Improving Performance of Demand-Response Transportation AB - Demand-response transportation (DRT) systems are under increasing pressure to improve performance because of increased demand for service and financial constraints. Improving DRT performance requires understanding the characteristics of DRT services and the factors that affect performance. To identify opportunities for improvement, DRT systems need better data and methods to measure and assess performance consistently and systematically. Assessing and improving performance of DRT systems is complicated because there are many types of DRT systems, and the performance of DRT systems is influenced by many factors--both controllable and uncontrollable. Controllable factors are those within the DRT operator's domain, such as service policies (e.g., pickup time windows, maximum allowed onboard time, and curb-to-curb versus door-to-door service); fleet mix (e.g., vehicle capacity, vehicle design, and fleet size); trip-scheduling method (i.e., the extent to which it produces viable and efficient vehicle routes and schedules); dispatch control method (e.g., re-scheduling late trips and making use of capacity in the event of late cancellations and passenger no-shows); and driver and dispatcher training. Uncontrollable factors include physical and geographical factors (e.g., size of service area and geographic barriers, such as bridges); service type (e.g., ADA complementary paratransit service versus other demand-response services); and passenger demand. The existence of diverse types of DRT systems affected by different controllable and uncontrollable factors makes it difficult to compare the performance of different DRT systems and identify opportunities for improvement. For example, a DRT system with low ridership could be operating in an area where few passengers are eligible to use a service. Conversely, low ridership could be caused by poor service scheduling that does not maximize vehicle utilization and ride-sharing. DRT systems need reliable data and useful measures that allow for meaningful assessments of performance over time and across DRT systems. Historically, data collection and reporting have not been rigorous among DRT systems. Data on performance have not been consistently defined and methods for collecting data have not been consistently or rigorously applied. Similarly, performance measures have not been widely or consistently used as an element of performance assessments. For example, service effectiveness for DRT, a measure of utilization or productivity, can be defined as the number of passenger-trips per vehicle-hour of operation. However, the exact definitions of the terms "passenger-trips" and "vehicle-hours" vary across systems. Consequently, research is needed to provide guidance on the types of data and measures that are needed to allow for meaningful assessments of and improvements to DRT performance. The objective of this research is to develop a guidebook for measuring, assessing, and improving the performance of demand-response transportation (DRT) systems. The methods presented in the guidebook should address the diversity of DRT services, service areas, and passengers. The guidebook should identify the important controllable factors that affect DRT performance and should include methods based on reliable data and meaningful measures that allow relevant assessments of performance over time and across DRT systems. KW - Assessments KW - Data collection KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Fleet management KW - Measurement KW - Performance KW - Serviceability KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1054 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1339634 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01322431 AU - Christner, Paul J AU - Mauri, Ronald A AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Sharing of Track by Transit and Freight Railroads: Liability and Insurance Issues PY - 2005/09/01/Final Report SP - 26p AB - This report explores the issues of liability and insurance that arise in planning and operating track shared between light rail transit and freight railroads. Shared track operations involve some unique risks, and the liabilities associated with these risks can affect whether such services are offered and, if offered, their operating plans and costs. Insurance is used to mitigate or manage such risks and insurance premiums can be a significant cost item for transit agencies. KW - Freight traffic KW - Freight transportation KW - Insurance KW - Liability KW - Light rail transit KW - Rail transit KW - Railroad tracks KW - Railroad traffic KW - Railroad transportation KW - Shared tracks UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34700/34780/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-05-08.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1083975 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489237 TI - Indoor Air Quality Engine Control Demonstration AB - The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the Zenith Fuel System LLC to determine the impacts on indoor air quality and HVAC costs in indoor transit facilities using propane powered forklifts with conventional and state-of-the-art fuel control systems. If the research demonstrates the anticipated emissions reduction benefits of the advanced fuel systems, it will demonstrate a path toward improved air quality within enclosed transit facilities using advanced propane-powered forklifts. As a secondary benefit, it may be possible to reduce the required fresh air exchanges within such facilities, thereby reducing heating and air conditioning costs. Overall, this project will demonstrate (1) the improvements that will be made to indoor air quality when a state of the art technology in engine management is applied to a forklift truck as used in local transit maintenance facilities; and (2) the effects upon the utility costs required for heating and air conditioning in a transit maintenance facility. KW - Air cleaners KW - Air conditioning systems KW - Air quality KW - Emission control systems KW - Environmental impacts KW - Fork lifts KW - Fuel systems KW - Heating systems KW - Maintenance facilities KW - Propane KW - Public transit KW - State of the art KW - Transit centers KW - Ventilation systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258256 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458436 TI - Chester County Transit Security Training Facility AB - This amendment supports the continuing efforts of Chester County Economic Development Council (Council), in cooperation with the Chester County Transit Security Training Facility to develop an effective and coordinated response to emergencies and environmental hazards through the use of advanced command and control technologies. A series of eight different transit security training programs will be developed. These training programs will prepare Chester County's emergency responders to better handle transit security problems, such as bus incidents, aircraft crashes, public transportation terrorism, hazardous environments, railroad tank car incidents, and proper traffic control techniques. KW - Air transportation crashes KW - Bus crashes KW - Crashes KW - Emergency response time KW - Hazards and emergency operations KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Tank cars KW - Terrorism KW - Traffic control KW - Training programs KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226647 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458435 TI - Lehigh Carbon Community College Transit First Responder Training Facility AB - This project enables Lehigh Carbon Community College, in Eastern Pennsylvania, to develop a comprehensive Regional Public Safety Training Center (RSTC). It will include development of a curriculum and delivery of an integrated training program for fire and police department personnel, as well as for first responders, emergency services, and health professionals in the region. This project may have statewide and national applicability. The project will identify multiple ways to disseminate the training by utilizing a mix of available communication technologies while building on existing technology infrastructures employed by the end users of the training programs. KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency training KW - Emergency vehicles KW - Fire departments KW - Health care services KW - Infrastructure KW - Personnel development KW - Police departments KW - Research projects KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226646 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458400 TI - Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Technology Development AB - The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTS) to establish a Low Cost Carbon Fiber Technology for Carbon Fiber Composite Applications at UTSI Advanced Carbon Based Materials Center. This project enables the UTS to develop low-cost pitch based carbon fiber useful in the manufacture of buses/bus components, lightweight railcars, and other transit vehicles. Carbon fibers could advance new applications in such areas as light weight structures, light weight paneling, fire-proof materials for seats, fuelcell electrodes, and rechargeable batteries. KW - Bus transit KW - Carbon fibers KW - Composite structures KW - Fire retardants KW - Fireproof materials KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Railroad cars KW - Research projects KW - Tennessee KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226611 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458333 TI - BUSolutions AB - The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of Automation Alley in designing and building two advanced technology prototype buses. The buses will demonstrate ways to revitalize the public bus transportation industry in the United States through improvements in maintenance, fuel economy, emissions, and passenger comfort. The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the SMART bus service operating in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne Counties, will each receive one of the prototype buses for regular transit use and evaluation. BUSolutions is a joint effort of Automation Alley and Altair Engineering, Inc. to provide an easily maintainable, next generation, transit bus that addresses challenges facing the U.S. urban transit systems. KW - Bus transportation KW - Bus travel KW - Exhaust gases KW - Fuel conservation KW - Maintenance management KW - Passenger comfort KW - Transit buses KW - Urban transit KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226544 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030771 AU - Clarke, Randy AU - Gaumer, Robert AU - Redington, Michael AU - Rutyna, Eve AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 2003 Annual Report PY - 2005/09//Final Report SP - 90p AB - This is the eighth annual report of the results of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. The report summarizes the new reporting requirements introduced for calendar year 2003, the requirements of the overall drug and alcohol testing program (the revised CFR Part 40 and CFR Part 655), the results from the data reported for 2003, and the random drug and alcohol violation rates (the percentage of persons selected for a random test who produced a positive specimen or refused to take the test) for calendar years 1996 through 2003. The results of drug tests--for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines--are compared with the results of alcohol tests for the various types of required tests. Statistics are presented for random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests combined and for each individual test type. Those test results are further compared by employer type (transit agencies and contractors), employer size (large, small, and rural), employee category, FTA region, and the drug type. Statistics on employees returned to duty and results of return-to-duty tests and follow-up tests are presented separately from results of the other four test types because return-to-duty tests and follow-up tests represent a different segment of the test population and not all employers offer rehabilitation. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Contractors KW - Drug tests KW - Random testing KW - Statistics KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Types of drugs KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/substance/damis03/pdf/2003_Damis_AnnualReport.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787715 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463066 TI - Shared Use of Railroad Infrastructure with Non-FRA-Compliant Public Transit Rail Vehicles AB - There are two methods in which railroad corridors can be shared between public transit and freight rail operations. The first consists of public transit rail vehicles using existing railroad corridors, but not sharing the same track. The second method involves public transit rail vehicles sharing the same track with freight rail operations. The focus of this research is on the second method of shared use, particularly as it relates to sharing track with lighter public transit vehicles (e.g., light rail vehicles) that do not meet current Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) crashworthiness regulations. This "co-mingled" use of track with has enormous potential for public transit expansion because rail freight corridors that crisscross the nation often provide the only transportation corridors left to connect suburban development in many urban communities. Each potential shared-use corridor has a unique set of operating issues that requires development of new techniques, operating rules, and technology applications to allow the sharing of privately owned corridors that are becoming an increasingly valuable community asset. In other instances, transit agencies have acquired rail corridors but are required to maintain pre-existing freight services, or public transit operators have been able to reach shared- use agreements with existing railroads. In either case, the FRA maintains jurisdiction and oversees use of the corridors based on regulations, laws, and policies developed during a century of safety oversight of the railroad industry. Research is needed to better understand (a) the business case for the shared use of non-FRA-compliant public transit rail vehicles with freight operations; (b) potential business models for such shared-use operations; and (c) how technology, operating procedures, and techniques can be applied to address the key risks associated with these shared-use operations. The objective of this research is to develop a guide for practitioners that (1) provides a business case for the shared use of non-FRA-compliant public transit rail vehicles (e.g., light rail) with freight operations; (2) suggests business models for such shared-use operations; and (3) identifies and evaluates available and emerging technology, operating procedures, and techniques that could be used to minimize the risks associated with sharing of track between non-FRA-compliant public transit rail vehicles and freight railroad operations. KW - Corridors KW - Freight transportation KW - Infrastructure KW - Public transit KW - Railroads KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1016 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231291 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489225 TI - Develop Transportation Safety Center AB - Florida A&M University (FAMU) will undertake intermodal transportation safety research. KW - Intermodal terminals KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Public transit KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258244 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462618 TI - Fuel Cell Bus AB - This project is a research effort to develop, build, and deploy a fuel cell powered hybrid transit vehicle, to be used on the University of Delaware Campus and within the State of Delaware. Fuel cell technology offers the potential to reduce our reliance on foreign oil supplies and to decrease the effects of harmful emissions on our environment. The project will focus on developing a fuel cell powered technology demonstration vehicle, establishing a refueling infrastructure, and conducting reliability, Safety, and durability studies KW - Bus transit KW - Delaware KW - Exhaust gases KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Pollutants KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230839 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486804 TI - Advanced Transit Technology FY05 AB - The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of WestStart-CALSTART to conduct a variety of Clean Fuels, Clean Propulsion Systems and Transit Enhancement projects focused on Bus Rapid Transit, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Bus, Transit Linked Mobility and First Mile Solutions, Advanced Technology Fuels, and Advanced Transportation Technologies Industry Support. KW - Alternate fuels KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Clean fuels KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Mobility KW - Propulsion KW - Technological innovations KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256590 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01018729 AU - Callaghan, Lisa AU - Lynch, Sheila AU - Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Analysis of Electric Drive Technologies for Transit Applications: Battery-Electric, Hybrid-Electric, and Fuel Cells PY - 2005/08//Final Report SP - 54p AB - This report provides an overview of the current status of electric drive technologies for transit applications, covering battery-electric, hybrid-electric and fuel cell buses. Based on input from the transit and electric drive industries, the analysis examines the state of electric drive technology for transit buses, including a list of current deployments; the benefits of major market penetration of electric drive buses to both transit and the broader community; the barriers that remain to achieving this goal; and potential steps the transit industry believes the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) could take to alleviate some of these barriers. The report focuses on hybrid-electric technology as the most commercially-viable technology for fullsize transit buses today. There is a review of technical aspects of hybrid systems; emissions and fuel economy results to date; capital and operating costs; reliability, performance and durability issues; and regulatory status. KW - Barriers to entry (Competition) KW - Benefits KW - Capital costs KW - Deployment KW - Durability KW - Electric batteries KW - Electric buses KW - Electric drives KW - Exhaust gases KW - Fuel cells KW - Fuel conservation KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Market penetration KW - Operating costs KW - Performance KW - Regulation KW - Reliability KW - Transit buses UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Electric_Drive_Bus_Analysis.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/772429 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486794 TI - Phase 1-Hydrogen Powered Vehicles AB - The Greater New Haven Transit District (GNHTD) expects to increase ridership and reduce pollution by developing hydrogen powered transit vehicles and their operational support infrastructure. The GNHTD Hydrogen Powered Vehicle System Project-Phase I will generate design plans for development of hydrogen powered transit vehicles. The project elements include vehicle design and engineering, development of a comprehensive marketing program, a public and industry outreach plan, an operational route study, vehicle operation and maintenance training, facility upgrade requirements and identification and/or creation of code standards and setting requirements. KW - Coding systems KW - Hydrogen fuels KW - Pollutants KW - Ridership KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256580 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01016462 AU - Sanchez, R AU - Rodriguez, P AU - Schweiger, C AU - Carter, M AU - Science Applications International Corporation AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - National Evaluation of the New Mexico Client Referral, Ridership, and Financial Tracking (CRRAFT) System Final Evaluation Report PY - 2005/07/29/Final Report SP - 90p AB - This final report describes the national evaluation of the New Mexico Client Referral, Ridership, and Financial Tracking (CRRAFT) System. The evaluation methodology assessed twelve hypotheses related to the expected outcomes of CRRAFT. To assess the hypotheses, three types of data collection and analyses were conducted: 1) quantitative measures; 2) surveys; and 3) interviews. The quantitative measures consisted of standard operating performance metrics typically used by transit providers and measurable aspects of the invoicing and reporting process. The changes in those measures before and after CRRAFT were analyzed. An attitudinal survey was used to obtain user opinions on the impact of CRRAFT on their operations. Interviews were conducted with staff at the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Public Transportation Programs Bureau (PTPB), New Mexico Human Services Department, and the Alliance for Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) to review and discuss lessons learned and best practices with respect to the implementation, operations and maintenance of the CRRAFT system. Overall, the Evaluation Team found that the CRRAFT system has had a more positive impact on the NMDOT’s PTPB than on the transit agencies. Transit agencies generally agreed that the CRRAFT system is useful for tracking ridership and generating invoices/reports for submission to NMDOT. However, the CRRAFT system has presented several obstacles to complete acceptance of the system by transit agencies. Transit agencies that provided a large number of demand responsive trips tended to be dissatisfied with CRRAFT’s overall performance. It appears that this dissatisfaction is related to the time required to manually enter trips into the scheduler, and then to reconcile scheduled and actual trips. The report also presents user opinions about the most useful CRRAFT features, what other features users like to see added, and which features should be improved or changed. A summary of findings table is also provided. KW - Acceptance KW - Attitudes KW - Best practices KW - Client Referal, Ridership, and Financial Tracking System KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Data analysis KW - Data collection KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Evaluation KW - Financial analysis KW - Implementation KW - Interviewing KW - Lessons learned KW - Maintenance KW - New Mexico KW - Operations KW - Public transit KW - Quantitative analysis KW - Ridership KW - Rural transit KW - Surveys KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14074.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14074_files/14074.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14169.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14169_files/14169.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/772961 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486708 TI - Cold-Weather Fischer-Tropsch Fuels AB - The goal of this project is to demonstrate the operating performance/benefits of Fischer-Tropsch synthetic diesel fuel in transit fleet applications. The project will test Fischer-Tropsch fuel in Fairbanks, Alaska. Another demonstration (OK-26-7005) is being undertaken in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in order to cover a wide range of climates and potential operating conditions. The project will compile emissions testing data of Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel tested to date, and evaluate the benefit of emissions reductions relative to standard diesel fuel. In addition to the fleet demonstrations, the project will also research the utilization of Fischer-Tropsch fuel for hydrogen production in association with future fuel cell/reformer power system development. KW - Demonstration projects KW - Diesel fuels KW - Fischer-Tropsch KW - Frigid regions KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Vehicle fleets UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256434 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486702 TI - Crash Protection: Operator and Children AB - The bus transit industry lacks information about the performance of buses in crashes, including energy absorption and forces transmitted to passengers and driver. Interior redesign could lessen passenger injuries in crash. Wichita State University (WSU) will perform finite-element engineering analysis of crash performance of buses to better understand how crash forces are transmitted to passengers. They will use virtual reality simulation to describe effects of bus crashes graphically and conduct sled tests using instrumented crash dummies to verify results of mathematical modeling of injury severity caused by typical bus interior features. WSU will provide recommendations for improved vehicle design to mitigate passenger injuries. KW - Bus crashes KW - Bus transportation KW - Crash injuries KW - Energy absorption KW - Injury severity KW - Occupant protection KW - Traffic simulation KW - Wichita (Kansas) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256428 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549622 TI - Racial and Gender Diversity in State DOTs and Transit Agencies: Phase I Benchmark Scoping AB - Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 120/National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 585: Racial and Gender Diversity in State Departments of Transportation and Transit Agencies documents and analyzes racial and gender diversity in state departments of transportation (state departments of transportation (DOTs)) and transit agencies for purposes of establishing a baseline that reflects the current status of racial and gender diversity in state DOTs and transit agencies based on existing data. This report will be useful to Chief Administrative Officers of state DOTs, Chief Executive Officers of transit agencies, state DOT officials, transit officials, and other transportation professionals interested in workforce development. The United States of America is a diverse nation. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, minorities constitute about 30% of the population. Between 2002 and 2012, the number of minorities in the U.S. labor force is projected to increase faster than the number of whites (Occupational Outlook Quarterly, p. 28, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Summer 2004). Moreover, women's share of the labor force will also continue to increase, reaching 47.5% by 2012 (Minority Labor Review February 2004). The impact of these trends on the employment composition of some U.S. industries remains largely unknown. Despite the availability of many reports on workforce challenges facing the U.S. transportation industry, the representational data available on its employees by gender and race are limited. Such data are needed by state DOTs and transit agencies to assess the current diversity of their workforce; to establish a benchmark against which to measure and track efforts to recruit, promote, and retain a diverse workforce; and to identify successful practices being applied throughout the industry. The objectives of this project were to: 1) identify sources of existing data on the race and gender of employees of state DOTs, transit agencies, and contract employees of public transit agencies; (2) assess the quality of the data in terms of their comprehensiveness, validity, and reliability; (3) identify gaps discovered in the existing data and determine what additional data need to be collected in order to establish a credible benchmark; and (4) establish a baseline reflecting the current status of racial and gender diversity in state DOTs and transit agencies based on existing data. This report was prepared by Dr. Samuel Myers, Jr. and Lawrencina Mason Oramula, of University of Minnesota, Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice. The research for this report consisted of a review of pertinent literature related to promoting, recruiting, and retaining a diverse workforce. Also, the research team collected information from the equal employment opportunity (EEO) files provided by the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Highway Administration, and the research team developed and administered a web survey of state DOTs. The research revealed that the EEO data submitted on existing employees by transit agencies and state DOTs was incomplete and not comprehensive, making it challenging to establish a credible benchmark. This report provides a conceptual framework that addresses the type of data that is needed to establish a credible benchmark. KW - Benchmarks KW - Data collection KW - Data quality KW - Diversity in the workplace KW - Employees KW - Gender KW - Race KW - Transportation departments UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1176 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1339851 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01464876 TI - Quick Response for Special Needs. Task 59. Benchmarking Diversity in the Transportation Industry: A Scoping Study AB - This task assessed existing data sources concerning diversity in the transportation industry, particularly in the highway and transit sectors; identified new data collection needs; and developed a phased approach and comprehensive plan (including budget estimates) for a subsequent study in this subject area. KW - Data collection KW - Diversity KW - Employees KW - Gender KW - Labor force KW - Public transit KW - Reports KW - State departments of transportation KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1233109 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460467 TI - Fischer-Tropsch Diesel Fuel Transit Demonstration AB - This research will demonstrate the operating performance benefits and market acceptance of Ultra-Clean Fischer Tropsch (FT) diesel fuel in transit fleet applications. The fuel provides reduction in emissions and toxicity and can be produced from domestic non-petroleum energy sources such as--coal, biomass, and sub-quality natural gas. The Fairbanks North Star Borough will provide two demonstration buses that will run on Syntroleum's ultra-clean S-1 artic-grade fuel during the coldest period of winter in Fairbanks, Alaska. The buses will run 12-14 hours per day and consume up to 42 gallons per day, or 1,302 gallons per month. A successful demonstration of the fuel in extreme cold weather is expected to further increase acceptance of the FT fuel as a viable substitute for traditional petroleum-based fuels. Another demonstration (OK-26-7005) is underway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to cover a wider range of climate and potential operating conditions. The project will compile emissions reduction data relative to standard diesel fuel. In addition to fleet demonstrations, the project will explore the utilization of Fischer-Tropsch fuel for hydrogen production in association with future fuelcell/reformer power system development. KW - Air quality management KW - Bus transit operations KW - Cold weather KW - Demonstration projects KW - Diesel buses KW - Diesel engine exhaust gases KW - Diesel fuels KW - Emissions testing KW - Energy sources KW - Fairbanks (Alaska) KW - Fischer-Tropsch Process KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Natural gas buses KW - Performance evaluations KW - Research projects KW - Toxicity KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228684 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458437 TI - National Bio-terrorism Response Center AB - Drexel University's National Bio-terrorism Civilian Medical Response Center (CIMERC)--a university based, pre-planning organization for biological mass casualty preparedness--will develop enabling technologies for detection systems aimed at increasing emergency preparedness to biological agent releases in the transit environment. The research will modify two piezoelectric biosensor platforms--the Piezoelectric Bulk Acoustic Wave Biosensors and the Piezoelectric Cantilever Biosensor (developed in its laboratories to detect anthrax)--and develop a portable anthrax detection system for use on the transit system. CIMERC partnered with city, regional governmental and non-governmental organizations including the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. KW - Biological materials KW - Casualties KW - Detection and identification systems KW - Emergency response time KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Terrorism KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226648 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01054020 AU - Corbett, James J AU - Winebrake, James J AU - Chapman, David AU - Woods, Pippa AU - Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center AU - Rutgers University, New Brunswick AU - University of Delaware, Newark AU - Energy and Environmental Research Associates, LLC AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - An Evaluation of Public-Private Incentives to Reduce Emissions from Regional Ferries. Synthesis Report PY - 2005/07 SP - 15p AB - Ferry services play an important and critical part of the overall transportation network in New York Harbor. Over the past 2 decades, New York and New Jersey have coordinated policy approaches to the public and private ferry services operating in the region. Events on September 11, 2001 impacted the northern New Jersey and lower Manhattan transportation infrastructure and network in significant ways. Subsequent to a massive emergency evacuation effort by all regional ferries and other harbor watercraft, ferry services added vessels and routes to substitute for lost transit mobility, and have been a significant contributor to new commute patterns. The Federal Government recognized the important flexibility ferries provided when critical infrastructure, roads and railways, were not available. In response, $100 million in federal funds were committed to the region for improvements to ferry facilities; part of this funding was targeted at mitigating environmental impacts of ferry services. These federal funds were targeted to significantly enhance and improve existing services, to enable new services to start-up, and to improve dock-side facilities for ferry riders. While some of the additional ferry routes and vessels served a temporary need to meet a shifting travel pattern during reconstruction of lost infrastructure (PATH service to lower Manhattan), ferry services continue to offer a flexible and extremely cost effective alternative to additional road and rail transit infrastructure. However, environmental impacts, particularly air pollution, from ferry services are not trivial. Regional ferry vessels account for a significant proportion of emissions from commercial vessels based on recent emissions inventory reports for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. For example, ferries are estimated to contribute approximately 17% of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions and approximately 10% of particulate matter (PM) emissions from commercial marine totals for the region. Mitigating ferry emissions represents a complex technology-policy problem. Emissions reductions of existing ferries are needed to offset emissions that may result from other necessary projects in the New York Harbor such as the harbor deepening (dredging) to accommodate container vessels serving the New York Harbor. Reductions in emissions from both existing and new ferries may enable expansion of ferry service and overall regional mobility (for both passengers and freight) while still meeting air quality objectives required under the Clean Air Act (2003). And importantly, ferry emissions reductions may contribute to net reduction of air pollution that benefits human health and the environment. Reducing emissions from ferries in New York Harbor requires participation from the private sector, because approximately 97% of the total ferry route miles are served by private owner-operators. Moreover, these ferry services operate between two states that have different governance, approaches, and degree of control over ferry operations. Because of these unique control and governance conditions, public decisions to reduce emissions must consider both government incentives and regulations to achieve reduction goals. Different combinations of incentive instruments, control technologies, and emission reduction targets will vary in terms of public cost, private cost, and emission reductions achieved through incentives versus regulation. In an effort to identify ways to achieve air emission reductions from the unregulated ferry fleet in the New York Harbor, environmental considerations were included early in discussions about the emergency ferry funding allocated to the region to accommodate increased ferry service during the time it would take to bring PATH service back to lower Manhattan after the destruction to the transportation links between New York and lower Manhattan. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provided funding to the Rutgers/ University of Delaware team to evaluate incentive options which could encourage private ferry operators to participate in a retrofit program. Funds are also being provided to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for a complementary project to test, retrofit, and post-test selected emissions reduction technologies. The Rutgers/University of Delaware research project is designed to assist decision-makers by providing information about market and economic incentives used to motivate polluters to reduce environmental impacts and to conduct an independent evaluation of various technology/policy combinations that could encourage private operators to effectively reduce emissions from their fleets of vessels in support of emissions reductions goals. KW - Air pollution KW - Air quality management KW - Commuters KW - Costs KW - Economic impacts KW - Environmental impacts KW - Environmental mitigation KW - Ferries KW - Ferry service KW - Incentives KW - Marketing KW - Mobility KW - New Jersey KW - New York (New York) KW - New York Harbor KW - Policy KW - Pollutants KW - Public transit KW - Regulation KW - Technology KW - Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/811483 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462974 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SB-13. Transit Agency Participation in Medicaid Transportation Programs AB - Opportunities exist for public transit service agencies in both urban and rural areas to participate either as providers or brokers in Medicaid transportation systems. However, many transit agencies and Medicaid agencies do not coordinate in the provision of Medicaid transportation because of real or perceived barriers. This study will report on those real and perceived barriers and develop case studies of Medicaid transportation program participation by transit agencies. It will provide examples of decision-making and operational frameworks for creating a contractual relationship between the Medicaid program and the public transit agency as either a direct provider or sub-contractor. KW - Case studies KW - Medicine KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Special user groups KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=176 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231199 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458399 TI - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute AB - This project supports the activities of the Small Urban and Rural Transit Center (SURTC) at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University. SURTC provides transit stakeholders, users, providers suppliers and agencies information and training on technology and improved management and operations to increase the mobility of small urban and rural residents through improved public transportation. Research focuses on transit coordination, ITS applications and mobility planning. An "Introduction to Public Transportation" graduate course has been developed and offered in several states via interactive video and staff help faculty integrate transit concepts and issues into their coursework. Four research studies are supported by this project: (1) study to evaluate the condition of the Transit Bus Supply Chain in the United States; (2) travel potential of rural elderly women in North Dakota; (3) small urban transit shelter prototypes; and (4) school bus routing in North Dakota. KW - Aged KW - Bus routes KW - Bus transit KW - Commuter service KW - Coordination KW - Mobility KW - North Dakota KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Rural transportation KW - Stakeholders KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226610 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01019091 AU - Radin, Sari AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Advanced Public Transportation Systems Deployment in the United States - Year 2004 Update PY - 2005/06//Final Report SP - 137p AB - This report documents work performed under the Federal Transit Administration's 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 is a compilation of existing and planned deployments of APTS technologies and services. The information was gathered during the Summer and Fall of 2004 and was provided primarily via the Internet by persons at each transit agency. A total of 516 agencies provided information for this study. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Communication KW - Deployment KW - Development KW - Information systems KW - Innovation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Internet KW - Navigation KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Technology KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - United States UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14169.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14169_files/14169.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/775618 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01056181 AU - Benoit, J H AU - Combs, C A AU - Gregory, D D AU - Washington State Ferries AU - Lockheed Martin Information Technology AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Washington State Ferries Wireless Connection Project Evaluation Report PY - 2005/05/31 SP - 277p AB - The purpose of the Wireless Connection Project was "to provide passengers of the WSF system continuous high-speed Internet access at the dock and onboard ferries while en route to enhance the user experience." The objective of this evaluation report was to determine if the proposed network design of the Washington State Ferries (WSF) Wireless Connection Project met these evaluation success criteria. Over the course of a 12-month period, wireless network performance evaluations were conducted on three separate ferry routes designated for the wireless pilot. Lockheed Martin Information Technology was selected to make a non-biased assessment of the proposed network design and installation completed by Mobilisa, Inc. This report details the evaluation criteria, testing procedures, and results of the evaluation. A sample survey and business case analysis also was performed by Lockheed Martin Information Technology to validate the Business Case Study submitted by Mobilisa, Inc. The results are included in this report. KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Ferry service KW - Internet KW - Passenger amenities KW - Transit amenities KW - Wireless communication systems UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/assistance/research/research_4614.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/25000/25100/25147/WSF2_Final_Report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/815448 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460466 TI - Missouri Biodiesel Transit Bus Demonstration AB - . This project enables the Missouri Soybean Association, the National Biodiesel Board, and other transit agency partners to demonstrate the feasibility of using biodiesel as a fuel in transit buses to reduce exhaust emissions (both pollutants and greenhouse gases) and to decrease dependence on petroleum imports. Transit agencies will operate transit buses using biodiesel fuel for a one-year period. Data on bus operating characteristics will be collected and analyzed. Four tasks will be addressed: 1) long-term durability engine tests; 2) implementation of field use of B20 transit vehicles for one year; 3) identification of methods to reduce logistic and transportation costs associated with use of biodiesel by transit agencies; and 4) identification of policies or regulations that can be met utilizing biodiesel fuel. KW - Biodiesel fuels KW - Bus transit operations KW - Demonstration projects KW - Exhaust gases KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Greenhouse gases KW - Pollutants KW - Polluting gases KW - Pollution control KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit vehicles UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228683 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01025092 AU - Gurol, Husam AU - Baldi, Robert AU - Jeter, Phillip AU - Kim, In-Kun AU - Bever, Daryl AU - General Atomics AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - General Atomics Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program (Supplemental #3) PY - 2005/05//Final Report SP - v.p. AB - This report details accomplishments of the Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program, Supplemental #3. The 4 major tasks included: guideway foundation construction, fabrication and installation of 7 guideway modules, system integration and testing, and laminated track development. The test track construction was completed in September 2004, and testing began to validate the vehicle dynamics and ride quality. Testing included evaluation of the propulsion and control systems, and initial levitation. Additional future testing will validate the ride dynamics involving the levitation, propulsion, and guidance systems. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - General Atomics KW - Guidance systems KW - Guideways KW - Low speed vehicles KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Propulsion systems KW - Ride quality KW - Technological innovations KW - Test tracks (Railroads) KW - Urban transit KW - Vehicle dynamics UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/General_Atomics_Low_Speed_Maglev_Technology_Development_Program.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/782458 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462740 TI - Transit Bus Mechanics: Building for Success--The ASE Transit Bus Maintenance Certification Test Series AB - Bus technology has advanced more in the past decade than in the previous three decades. Computer chips have replaced mechanical and electrical connections, and engines and transmissions are electronically controlled. The outside of the bus may resemble its ancestor, but the inside has completely changed. Dramatic changes in the job of a bus mechanic have come along with the changes to a bus. Much more sophisticated knowledge is now required to troubleshoot and repair a bus. The independent, nonprofit National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) was established in 1972 to improve the quality of vehicle repair and service through the testing and certification of repair and service professionals. Automotive Service Excellence certifications currently exist for automobiles, medium/heavy truck, and school bus. ASE certification serves as an impartial, third-party endorsement of knowledge and experience on a national basis. Typically, achieving ASE certification requires training, study, and "keeping up" with changing technology. ASE certification confirms proficiency and knowledge. There has been growing interest among transit properties across the nation in developing certification procedures specifically for the transit bus mechanic. The development of an ASE Transit Bus Certification test series would provide objective measurements to prove demonstrated competency in specific technical areas.KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Bus transportation KW - Bus travel KW - Mechanics KW - Public transit KW - Research projects UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1100 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230962 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01031654 AU - Osborne, Philip D AU - MacDonald, Neil J AU - Pacific International Engineering AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Wave Energy Evaluation of Passenger Only Ferries in Rich Passage PY - 2005/04 SP - v.p. AB - The Rich Passage Passenger Only Fast Ferry Study is investigating the feasibility of restoring passenger only fast ferry (POFF) service between Seattle and Bremerton. This report documents the first phase of the Study, conducted between June 2004 and February 2005. Rich Passage shorelines are compartmentalized into several discrete littoral cells of varying dimension and sediment characteristics. Beach response to POFF operation is a result of POFF and non-POFF wakes, large water level variations and currents, and wind waves. The complexity of the problem and sensitivity of the community and environment, require a multi-disciplinary effort with tasks that include outreach to waterfront property owners and the general public, numerical model development and application, physical and biological monitoring, data analysis, coastal engineering, and research testing of candidate vessels. In the first phase of study, new physical and biological monitoring data were collected as a baseline for the current studies and for comparison against previous POFF operations. Model applications include: tidal circulation, wave climatology, beach profile evolution, and a new wake prediction model for high speed vessels. The wake model predicts the generation of wakes and transformation by tidal currents and bathymetry between vessel and shore. Wake data from trials of various POFFs were acquired to assist in model development and for successful validation. The wake model will be used to study the spatial variation in shore impacts from alternative candidate hull forms. In-situ testing of a foil-assisted catamaran was initiated to provide data for model validation and enhancement. KW - Bathymetry KW - Beaches KW - Biological activity KW - Bremerton (Washington) KW - Coastal engineering KW - Coasts KW - Ferries KW - Ferry service KW - Field tests KW - High speed vessels KW - Seattle (Washington) KW - Sediments KW - Tidal currents KW - Wake propagation model KW - Wakes KW - Wave energy evaluation KW - Wind waves UR - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/641.1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787478 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01019062 AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Easter Seals Project ACTION AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Expanding Mobility Options for Persons with Disabilities: A Practitioner's Guide to Community-Based Transportation Planning PY - 2005/04 SP - 24p AB - Mindful of the important role that planning plays in improving mobility, the Community Transportation Association of America and Easter Seals Project ACTION partnered in 2003 to provide selected communities with grants for the purpose of demonstrating effective mechanisms for establishing community-based plans to expand transportation services for persons with disabilities. These planning grants funded projects to: 1. evaluate the current state of transportation for people with disabilities; 2. recognize barriers to mobility that people with disabilities encounter in their communities; 3. identify future transportation needs of individuals with disabilities within those communities; and 4. establish strategies to meet those transportation needs. This document is a tool for all communities to use in their own efforts to undertake planning activities. It provides a model approach for community-based transportation planning which incorporates methods and activities communities can employ. These strategies are founded upon the practical experience of 13 grantee committees. In their evaluation of their projects they described what worked, what didn't and the lessons they learned. KW - Barriers (Obstacles) KW - City planning KW - Communities KW - Evaluation KW - Future KW - Grant aid KW - Lessons learned KW - Mobility KW - Needs assessment KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation planning UR - http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/expandingmobility2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/775680 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01002342 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Best Practices for Using Geographic Data in Transit: A Location Referencing Guidebook. Defining Geographic Locations of Bus Stops, Routes and Other Map Data for ITS, GIS, and Operational Efficiencies PY - 2005/04 SP - 211p AB - How to successfully and cost effectively develop, integrate, use and share spatial data is a major concern of transit agencies and the focus of this study. Spatial data, such as geographic location of bus stops, routes, transit facilities, and regional street networks are critical for the efficient operation of transit. This guidebook is a compilation of the best practices for using geographic data in the transit industry. It will help the industry ensure that location data is adequately collected, documented, and maintained to meet evolving operational and data sharing requirements. Managers and technicians will benefit from the best practices described for building and maintaining a spatial data infrastructure to support transit business needs including transit ITS applications. Highlights of the Best Practices are summarized in three areas: 1) Best practices for managing the technology investment (perspective of senior transit manager); 2) Best practices for life cycle maintenance of the base map and associated transit feature data; and 3) Best practices for sharing spatial data among ITS and other applications. KW - Best practices KW - Data collection KW - Geographic information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Location KW - Mapping KW - Spatial analysis UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/LRG_FinalPublication.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758147 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458438 TI - Florida Atlantic University Consortium for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security AB - This project supports the effort of the State University System of Florida to establish a Center for Intermodal Transportation Safety and Security (Center) to address the potential threat of terrorism affecting the safety and general economic welfare of Florida's population and its transportation based infrastructure. Its primary mission is to support initiatives by the state to protect and encourage the economic vitality of Florida by preventing both terrorism and transportation gridlock. A real - time simulation system for creating computer-based digital visualizations of seaports and airports will be established for planning, engineering, and management related activities. Detail and accurate 4-D virtual database of these facilities and their associated transportation infrastructure will be created to permit visual flyovers, walkthroughs, and observation of all access points, that address safety and security related to prevention, response, recovery and reconstruction. The Center brings together the competencies of four universities--Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida International University Miami, University of Central Florida Orlando, and the University of South Florida Tampa--in the areas of transportation and urban planning, architecture, engineering, computer and information science and technology, criminology, and public administration. KW - City planning KW - City planning KW - Florida KW - Infrastructure KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Safety management KW - Terrorism KW - Transportation safety KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226649 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01388135 AU - Hwang, M AU - Kemp, J AU - Lerner-Lam, E AU - Neuerburg, N AU - Okunieff, P AU - Schiavone, J ( AU - United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Mobility Innovation AU - Palisades Omni Team TI - Advanced public transportation systems: state of the art update 2006 PY - 2005/03 IS - FYA-NJ-26-7062-06.1 SP - 266p AB - This report contains the results of a high-level scan of the extent and character of the adoption and use of advanced technology in the provision of public transportation services in North America. The objective of this effort was to provide a useful and timely reference on the subject of emerging Transit ITS technological advances and trends, and make the information available to public transportation professionals. The report is intended to provide up to date information on the current deployment status of transit ITS technologies, provide lessons learned based on deployment experiences, and promote understanding of future trends in Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS). KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced public transportation systems (APTS) KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) KW - Advanced vehicle control systems KW - Advanced vehicle control systems KW - Advanced vehicle control systems (AVCS) KW - Communication systems KW - Communications KW - Fare collection KW - Fare collection KW - Fleet management KW - Fleet management KW - Geographic information system (GIS) KW - Geographic information systems KW - Intelligent transport system KW - Intelligent transport systems (ITS) KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Public transport KW - Security KW - Security KW - Transport safety KW - Transportation safety KW - Usa UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1155901 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01333277 AU - Smith, Scott B AU - Gay, Kevin AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Representation of Transit ITS in Network Based Travel Models PY - 2005/03//Final Report SP - 230p AB - The increased use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology in public transit has two major impacts on travel forecasting. First, the technology will often result in an improved volume and quality of data that may be used for planning. Second, the technology may improve the performance of the transit system in a way that is visible to the traveler, thus traveler behavior will change. This handbook presents the impacts of four widely deployed transit ITS technologies: advanced fleet management, transit signal priority, electronic fare collection, and improved traveler information. It suggests both short and long term improvements to the travel forecasting process. KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Service reliability KW - Traffic forecasting KW - Traffic signal preemption KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Travel behavior KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/35000/35200/35275/Transit_ITS_2005.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1097285 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075110 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Weber County to Salt Lake City commuter rail project, Weber, Davis, & Salt Lake counties : environmental impact statement PY - 2005/03//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 is folio), F(2v)(v.2 is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Utah UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834504 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460708 TI - Transit Market Research: Leveraging ITS and Transit ITS Data AB - The objective of this research is to prepare a user-friendly handbook on currently used ITS and Transit ITS technologies that have the greatest promise for transit market research. This handbook will (1) document ITS and Transit ITS technologies currently in use and assess their potential to provide market research data, (2) present methods for collecting and analyzing these data, and (3) provide case studies of their application to real-world market problems faced by transit agencies. The handbook should be useful to small, medium, and large transit agencies. KW - Assessments KW - Case studies KW - Handbooks KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Market research KW - Research projects KW - Technology KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1052 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228926 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01003177 AU - Grubb, Nancy AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2004 Statistical Summaries: FTA Grant Assistance Programs PY - 2005/02 SP - 245p AB - This report provides information about the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) major financial aid programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2004. The report covers the following programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Capital, Interstate Substitution, Job Access/Reverse Commute, Over-the-Road Bus, Clean Fuels Formula, Metropolitan Planning, State Planning and Research, Consolidated Planning Grants, Emergency Supplemental funding, and State Infrastructure Banks. The data used in this report are compiled from the capital, operating, and planning assistance grants to transit authorities, states, planning agencies, and other units of local government and eligible recipients. The report is organized into three main sections. The first section includes appropriations and budget authorities. This is followed by detailed obligation data for the current fiscal year. The final section includes summarized historical data. KW - Access KW - Aged KW - Appropriations KW - Budgeting KW - Buses KW - Capital KW - City planning KW - Clean fuels KW - Federal aid KW - Grant aid KW - History KW - Infrastructure KW - Interstate highways KW - Jobs KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Research KW - Reverse commuting KW - Rural transit KW - States KW - Statistics KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/759149 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01002341 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 2002 Annual Report PY - 2005/02 SP - 84p AB - This the 7th annual report of the results of the FTA Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. The report summarizes the new reporting requirements introduced for calendar year 2001, the requirements of the overall drug and alcohol testing program, the results for the data reported for 2002, and the random drug and alcohol violation rates for calendar years 1996 through 2002. The results of drug tests - for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines - are compared with the results of alcohol tests for the various types of required tests. Statistics are presented for random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests combined and for each individual test type. Those test results are further compared by employer type, employer size, employee category, FTA region, and the drug type. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Amphetamines KW - Annual reports KW - Cocaine KW - Drug tests KW - Employees KW - Employers KW - Marijuana UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/substance/damis02/pdf/2002_DAMIS_Annual_Report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758151 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01111209 AU - Harrison, J AU - Cunnane, S AU - CASE, LLC AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Annual Report, 2003 PY - 2005///Final Report SP - 153p AB - The Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis 2003 Annual Report (formerly SAMIS) is a compilation and analysis of mass transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administrations (FTAs) National Transit Database Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds in the United States during 2003. KW - Casualties KW - Fatalities KW - Passenger security KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security KW - Security KW - Statistical analysis KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/870271 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075456 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Mid-Jordan transit corridor : environmental impact statement PY - 2005///Volumes held: Draft KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Utah UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834850 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01075423 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Silver Line phase III, City of Boston : environmental impact statement PY - 2005///Volumes held: Supplement to the draft(3v) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Massachusetts UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834817 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01036462 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Proceedings of the Federal Transit Administration's Urban Maglev Workshop PY - 2005 SP - 208p AB - At the Low Speed Urban Maglev Workshop, five competitively selected grantees, including Maglev Urban System Associates (Baltimore, MD), General Atomics (San Diego, CA), MagneMotion, Inc. (Acton, MA), Colorado Department of Transportation (Denver, CO), and Maglev 2000 (Titusville, FL), as well as the guest presenters of overseas maglev systems (Chubu High Speed Surface Transportation of Japan and Rotem of Korea, presented their project summaries and lessons learned. Old Dominion University of Virginia also presented a summary of the American Maglev Technology (AMT) Maglev project. During the 2-day workshop, information exchanges and vigorous discussions were held on the direction of the technological improvements, performance requirements, subsystem comparison, and market entry relative to deployment. Key issues identified or addressed during the workshop became suggested topics of discussion for an additional workshop in the near future. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) also requested feedback from the participants on the following key issues: cost comparison matrix, key innovations, commercialization, obstacles to further deployment and the FTA's role in overcoming the barriers, application to rail transit, partnering options, comprehensive comparison and subsystem comparison matrix, funding, obtaining more information from existing systems overseas (including cost data), and future areas of focus. The workshop achieved its goals, resulting in a number of suggestions on technological improvements and options for the future. U1 - Low Speed Urban Maglev WorkshopFederal Transit AdministrationWashington,DC,United States StartDate:20050908 EndDate:20050909 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration KW - Chubu High Speed Surface Transport Development Corporation (Japan) KW - Colorado Department of Transportation KW - Commercialization KW - Financing KW - General Atomics KW - Improvements KW - Lessons learned KW - Maglev 2000 KW - Maglev Urban System Associates KW - MagneMotion, Incorporated KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Market barriers KW - Partnerships KW - Rotem (Korea) KW - Technological innovations KW - Workshops UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Proceedings_FTA_Maglev_Workshop_Sept2005.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/793116 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01033058 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Highway and Rail Transit Tunnel Inspection Manual - 2005 Edition PY - 2005 SP - 112p AB - This manual is an update to the version issued in 2003. It provides specific information for the inspection of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transit tunnels and are defined accordingly. The manual is presented in five chapters. Chapter 1, Introduction, presents a brief history of the project development and outlines the scope and contents of the manual. Chapter 2, Tunnel Construction and Systems, defines the major tunnel systems and describes how they relate to both highway and rail transit tunnels. There are four sub-chapters on tunnel types, ventilation systems, lighting systems, and other systems/appurtenances. Chapter 3, Fundamentals of Tunnel Inspection, presents the basic steps that must be properly accomplished for the end product of the inspection to be useful to the tunnel owner for planning purposes. These steps, briefly stated, are inspector qualifications, responsibilities of the individual inspection team members and the tunnel owner, equipment/tools that may be required to perform the inspections, preparation, methods of access, and safety practices. Chapter 4, Inspection Procedures - General Discussion, presents recommended frequencies and specific defects to look for in each of the following categories: structural elements, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and other systems/appurtenances. Chapter 5, Inspection Documentation, offers suggestions on how to properly record the results of an in-depth inspection. KW - Access KW - Highways KW - Inspection KW - Inspection documentation KW - Inspection equipment KW - Inspectors KW - Lighting systems KW - Manuals KW - Occupational safety KW - Preparation KW - Procedures KW - Qualifications KW - Rail transit KW - Responsibilities KW - Tunnels KW - Types of tunnels KW - Ventilation systems UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/tunnel/inspectman.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/790024 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01025834 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings on the Web PB - Transportation Research Board TI - Safe Mobility for Older Americans PY - 2005 IS - 2 SP - 62p AB - The purpose of the conference was to review what had been accomplished in research and implementation since the publication of Transportation Research Board (TRB) Special Report 218, "Transportation in an Aging Society" (1988), and to identify future research and implementation needs for achieving safer mobility for older persons. The conference committee commissioned research papers to be presented and discussed at the conference, planned all aspects of the conference program, and met after the conference to review the information generated and to deliberate on its findings and recommendations for future research and program initiatives designed to meet the challenges ahead. The result of these activities is publication of two separate documents that together provide a comprehensive update to "Transportation in an Aging Society." The first, Conference Proceedings 27: "Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience" (TRB, 2004), contains the technical papers commissioned by the committee and presented at the conference. This companion document, "Safe Mobility for Older Americans," contains the committee's summary of research accomplishments during the past decade, committee recommendations, and a discussion of crosscutting issues. This document briefly introduces the problem: American is an aging society. As the proportion of older persons grows and they experience the functional declines that often accompany the aging process, their safe mobility will become a significant national issue. A discussion of the history of research in this area and suggestions concerning the future magnitude of potential safety issues based on census projections and current crash rates are included. These introductory materials are followed by a series of committee recommendations that build on those offered by Special Report 218. The committee developed its recommendations on the basis of its deliberations, analyses, and judgment. It drew on the wealth of information generated by the conference as well as on other sources. The recommendations are organized by topic area: strategic considerations, drivers, vehicles, roadway environment, and alternative transportation. Each section also addresses research needs for the specific area of inquiry. The chapter on crosscutting issues is presented to frame this complex discussion properly. Identifying and characterizing the safe mobility needs associated with older persons lead to an understanding that the issues cannot be isolated by discipline, organization, population segment, transportation mode, or any other taxonomy. This document concludes with a brief summary of the research recommendations offered by the individual authors of the technical papers. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Conferences KW - Future research KW - Highway design KW - Mobility KW - Recommendations KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Vehicle design UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CPW2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783300 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01017719 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Larson, Mark C TI - Organizing for Performance Management SN - 0309094178 PY - 2005 IS - 36 SP - pp 99-120 AB - The public-sector transportation community now has 15 to 20 years of experience in learning to plan and manage with performance measures. The paths of development vary widely from one organization to the next, yet they converge toward some common elements of effective practice. Great progress on this journey has been logged. Today, transportation investments are being selected on the basis of performance deficiencies and forecast benefits. Project status is reported regularly to managers, legislators, and the public. Politicians debate the performance level of snow and ice removal. A state transportation commission has posted experience in performance management as a critical qualification for a new secretary of transportation. This resource paper focuses on how that progress has been achieved--the factors that have contributed to success. Through interviews with veterans of practice and evidence from the Minnesota Department of Transportation's experience, the paper examines key drivers of development and elements of successful practice. The paper shares what experienced organizations see as the next steps in development. It looks at what tools can be added to the repertoire to make performance management more effective. Finally, the paper explores emerging challenges and issues. Interviews were conducted with eight states and two metropolitan planning organizations. Additional information was collected from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Standing Committee on Planning meeting and peer exchange in Charleston, South Carolina, in May 2004; the October 2003 U.S. Department of Transportation roundtable in Washington, D.C.; the 2004 Transportation Research Board international scan; and other sources. This paper aims to crystallize the experience of a number of organizations and provoke thought and discussion. Other organizations may be blazing different paths to effective performance management. Transit organizations and regional organizations, for example, have experiences that are different from those of states. U1 - Second National Conference on Performance MeasuresTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationIrvine,California,United States StartDate:20040822 EndDate:20040824 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration KW - Interviewing KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Organizations KW - Performance based management KW - Performance measurement KW - State of the practice KW - States UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP36.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773179 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01017717 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Hendren, Patricia G AU - Neumann, Lance A AU - Pickrell, Steven M TI - Linking Performance-Based Program Development and Delivery SN - 0309094178 PY - 2005 IS - 36 SP - pp 121-130 AB - The combination of performance-based program development, project delivery, and system monitoring creates an effective, efficient, and accountable transportation management structure. Although all three components--program development, delivery, and monitoring--are essential to performance-based management, the focus of this resource paper is on the linkage between program development and program delivery. Establishing a relationship between program development and program delivery will enable agencies to guide transportation decisions from conception to implementation. This paper begins with a discussion of performance measures application to the identification and selection of projects and services and to subsequent delivery of the transportation program. Next, the importance of implementing these two components of performance-based management and the relationship between the processes are assessed. The paper concludes with an assessment of some of the challenges of further connecting program development and delivery and a few suggestions as to how these challenges can be addressed. With limited examples from transportation agencies that have fully connected these two procedures, the issues raised in the paper are designed to identify the need and opportunity to advance performance-based management of transportation systems. U1 - Second National Conference on Performance MeasuresTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationIrvine,California,United States StartDate:20040822 EndDate:20040824 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration KW - Decision making KW - Implementation KW - Performance based management KW - Performance measurement KW - Program delivery KW - Program development KW - Program management KW - Transportation UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP36.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773248 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01017716 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Adams, Louis H AU - Harrison, Frances D AU - Vandervalk, Anita TI - Issues and Challenges in Using Existing Data and Tools for Performance Measurement SN - 0309094178 PY - 2005 IS - 36 SP - pp 131-140 AB - Many transportation agencies seek to improve business processes by expanding the use of performance measurement without making significant additional investments in data collection and analysis tools. The purpose of this resource paper is to highlight technical issues associated with the use of existing data and tools for performance measurement in a transportation agency. Common challenges are identified and recommendations are included so that agency staff can anticipate and address the challenges in a proactive manner. U1 - Second National Conference on Performance MeasuresTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationIrvine,California,United States StartDate:20040822 EndDate:20040824 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration KW - Data analysis KW - Data collection KW - Performance measurement KW - Transportation departments UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP36.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773828 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01017715 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Poister, Theodore H TI - Performance Measurement in Transportation: State of the Practice SN - 0309094178 PY - 2005 IS - 36 SP - pp 81-98 AB - The purpose of this resource paper is to track recent trends in the development and use of performance measures in transportation, assess the current state of the practice, and point out further issues that must be addressed to use measurement systems most advantageously. Focusing primarily on state departments of transportation, the paper addresses the questions of what is measured, how performance is measured, how performance data are reported, and how performance measures are used. The paper concludes with a summary of recent trends in the field and outlines continuing challenges that need to be addressed. U1 - Second National Conference on Performance MeasuresTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationIrvine,California,United States StartDate:20040822 EndDate:20040824 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration KW - Data reporting KW - Performance measurement KW - State departments of transportation KW - State of the practice KW - Transportation KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP36.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773177 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01017696 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board TI - Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Systems: Summary of the Second National Conference SN - 0309094178 PY - 2005 IS - 36 SP - 150p AB - The Second National Conference on Performance Measures had two primary objectives: to explore the implementation and use of performance measures and to discuss how to monitor the impact of performance measures on the delivery and quality of transportation services. The program was designed to maximize the exchange of information and perspectives among the participants. Two workshops, Performance Measures Basics and Communicating Transportation Systems Performance and Measurement, were held at the beginning of the conference. Resource papers were commissioned on the five themes discussed during the conference: Performance Measures--State of the Practice; Impact of Performance Measures on Internal and External Relationships; Typing Together Performance-Based Program Development and Delivery; Data and Tools Required to Support Decision Making; and Measuring Performance in Difficult-to-Measure Areas. The papers were presented in panel sessions, and each was followed by a panel discussion. The panels, composed of experts from across the country, explored aspects of each topic in more depth. Breakout sessions to encourage the exchange of information and experience followed. The conference participants also had the opportunity to hear a report on an International Scan of Performance Measures. This conference summary report is based on the conference agenda. The presentations made in each conference session are summarized, starting with a presentation by the resource paper authors and continuing through the panel discussion. The breakout sessions are summarized at the end of the main report. These summaries highlight a variety of agency experiences with the use of performance measures and identify research that could improve the use of performance measures. The resource papers prepared for the conference appear in this document, and a list of conference attendees is provided. U1 - Second National Conference on Performance MeasuresTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationIrvine,California,United States StartDate:20040822 EndDate:20040824 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration KW - Conferences KW - Decision making KW - Implementation KW - Monitoring KW - Performance measurement KW - Program management KW - Quality of service KW - State of the practice KW - Workshops UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP36.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773174 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016539 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Li, Hainan AU - Guensler, Randall L AU - Ogle, Jennifer TI - Comparing Women's and Men's Morning Commute Trip Chaining in Atlanta, Georgia, by Using Instrumented Vehicle Activity Data SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 14-20 AB - Differences between women's and men's morning commute trip-chaining patterns are examined by using a subset of instrumented vehicle activity observations for 10 days of morning commute journeys made by 182 drivers from 138 households in Atlanta, Georgia. Morning commute trips that involve trip chaining are longer both in distance and in duration for both men and women compared with morning commutes without trip chaining. On the basis of analysis of the Atlanta data reported, overall gender differences in the morning commute trip-chaining patterns for men and women appear to exist. Men traveled a greater distance and spent more time in the morning commute than did women. Men stopped more frequently than women, and women tended to have shorter stop durations than did men. Some of the findings contradict previous research. It is not clear whether the differences reported here are specific to Atlanta, to the households involved in the sample, or perhaps to the specific time frame in which the analyses were undertaken. A larger sampling of the instrumented vehicle data (1 year of commute travel for 250+ households in the Commute Atlanta project) is currently being prepared to further assess these differences and to examine whether gender roles may be changing, at least in Atlanta. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Commuting KW - Data collection KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Instrumented vehicles KW - Males KW - Travel time KW - Trip chaining KW - Trip length UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773059 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016538 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Laapotti, Sirkku TI - What Are Young Female Drivers Made Of? Differences in Driving Behavior and Attitudes of Young Women and Men in Finland SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 148-154 AB - Young female drivers in Finland are described by comparing the driving behavior and attitudes of young women and men. The study also questioned whether the traffic behavior and attitudes of female drivers have changed to resemble those of male drivers more closely during the past 20 years. The study used questionnaires to collect data from about 40,000 drivers on their attitudes and behavior (quantity and quality of driving, number and type of accidents, number of violations). Data on traffic offenses were also gathered by questionnaires from 30,275 drivers on an official register. Accident databases covering three levels of severity were used in the study: self-reported accidents, accidents in which claims were made to insurance companies, and fatal accidents investigated by the Road Accident Investigation Teams in Finland. The results showed that on the whole, female drivers hold more positive attitudes toward traffic regulations and safety. They committed fewer traffic offenses and were involved in accidents less often than men (exposure controlled for). Typical female drivers' accidents were those involving backing up and minor single-vehicle accidents. It is concluded that traffic attitudes and accident patterns of female drivers have not changed to resemble those of men more closely during the past 20 years in Finland. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Attitudes KW - Behavior KW - Crash severity KW - Data collection KW - Drivers KW - Females KW - Finland KW - Males KW - Questionnaires KW - Traffic crashes KW - Traffic regulations KW - Traffic safety KW - Traffic violations UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773157 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016537 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Krizek, Kevin J AU - Johnson, Pamela Jo AU - Tilahun, Nebiyou TI - Gender Differences in Bicycling Behavior and Facility Preferences SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 31-40 AB - This study focuses on bicycling and specifically the differences by gender in terms of use and facility preferences. It is hypothesized that there are observable differences in bicycle use and how bicycle facilities are perceived; the researchers attempt to understand where differences exist and to document these differences in a manner that provides a baseline for future research. Secondary data from five different surveys were used to examine actual cycling behavior (commuting and other), desired amenities, and safety perceptions, as well as cycling facility preferences of women versus men. In general, the research uncovered a number of differences between men and women but also several other important differences. For example, there are distinct gender differences in the purpose of bicycle trips, desired amenities and safety perceptions, and the degree to which separate facilities are valued. This work contributes to the planning, transportation, and public health (physical activity) literature by providing a quantitative baseline documentation on which to build future work on a specific but often-glossed-over topic. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Amenities KW - Baseline data KW - Behavior KW - Bicycle facilities KW - Bicycling KW - Gender KW - Safety KW - Stated preferences KW - Surveys KW - Trip purpose UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773062 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016536 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Vance, Colin AU - Buchheim, Sabine AU - Brockfeld, Elmar TI - Gender as a Determinant of Car Use: Evidence from Germany SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 59-67 AB - The determinants of car use in Germany are explored by analyzing a panel survey of travel diary data collected between 1994 and 2001. The analysis is conducted against the backdrop of two questions: Do women have more constrained access to cars than men, and if so, how is this constrained access mitigated or exacerbated by other determinants of car use such as community design, socioeconomic circumstances, and the demographic composition of the household? A cross-cutting issue is whether the existence of gender discrepancies in car use reflects the outcome of objective reasoning or of patriarchal constraints. Answers to these questions are pursued by estimating a probit choice model of the determinants of car utilization on weekdays. Although it is found that women are characterized by a lower likelihood of car use than are men, the magnitude of the discrepancy is influenced by several intervening variables including age, number of children, and time spent in out-of-household activities. The presence of children, in particular, is found to play a significant role in reducing disparities between men and women with respect to car use, whereas urban form variables generally play an insignificant role. It is concluded that although car use decisions may be made on the basis of objective reasoning, this reasoning often emerges from patriarchal constraints that dictate traditional gender roles. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Age KW - Automobile travel KW - Children KW - Choice models KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Germany KW - Males KW - Panel studies KW - Probits KW - Travel diaries KW - Travel surveys KW - Urban form KW - Weekdays UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773066 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016535 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Mohammadian, Abolfazl TI - Gender Differences in Automobile Choice Behavior SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 41-48 AB - Automobile ownership plays an important role in determination of travel behavior. In contrast, gender difference is shown to be a significant factor in automobile choice behavior. The primary objective of this study was to identify influential factors that affect gender differences in automobile choice behavior. This study presents the process of developing mixed logit discrete choice models that control for gender to predict automobile type choice behavior. A variety of explanatory variables were used to provide a good model fit. Overall, the models demonstrate that gender-specific automobile type choice behavior is influenced by a wide variety of explanatory variables, including automobile attributes and household and individual characteristics. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Automobile ownership KW - Automobiles KW - Choice models KW - Discrete choice models KW - Gender KW - Households KW - Mixed logit models KW - Persons and personal characteristics KW - Vehicle characteristics UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773063 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016534 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Srinivasan, Sumeeta TI - Influence of Residential Location on Travel Behavior of Women in Chennai, India SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 4-13 AB - The visible impact of urban transportation is in access to employment. However, transportation also affects access to other services such as shopping and social service facilities. Past research in Chennai, a large city in India, indicates that the relocation of the very poor in peripheral informal settlements severely affects their accessibility to jobs and services because of the commuting distances involved when employment opportunities continue to remain highly centralized. In this study an attempt was made to understand the influence of relative location within the city on travel behavior by using a sample of 116 low-income households from a variety of locations in Chennai. In particular, the travel behavior of women as affected by location was assessed. Models estimated to determine the influence of location characteristics on household travel behavior indicate that availability of transportation choices did affect the travel behavior of women even after differences in their life-cycle stage are accounted for. Recently, Chennai has been investing heavily in rail for public transportation without estimating current travel demand by spatial location within the city. The implications of this policy for integrated land use and transportation planning are especially pertinent in this context. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Access KW - Chennai (India) KW - Females KW - Jobs KW - Land use KW - Low income groups KW - Rail transit KW - Residential location KW - Shopping facilities KW - Social service KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel demand UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773023 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016533 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Beck, Laurie F AU - Shults, Ruth A AU - Gilbert, Brenda Colley TI - Pregnant Women and Safety Belts: What Do We Know? SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 128-134 AB - Injuries are a leading cause of death among pregnant women, and motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of hospitalized injuries during pregnancy. The protective effect of safety belts for pregnant women and fetuses has been well documented. Self-reported data from two population-based surveys were used to examine safety belt use among reproductive-aged women and prenatal counseling about safety belts during pregnancy. The prevalence of safety belt use among reproductive-aged women ranged from 70% to 91% across 19 states. The prevalence of counseling about safety belts during pregnancy ranged from 37% to 57%. Younger, non-Hispanic black, and less educated reproductive-aged women were less likely to use seat belts. Pregnant women with these characteristics were more likely than older, non-Hispanic white, and more educated women to receive counseling about safety belt use. Population-based data on safety belt use among pregnant women are needed. Because belt use may change as the pregnancy advances, it should be measured during various stages of pregnancy. Adherence to counseling guidelines is low and should be increased. Provider counseling should be used in combination with effective tools such as legislation and high-visibility law enforcement, and the impact of counseling should be rigorously evaluated. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Blacks KW - Counseling KW - Injuries KW - Persons by educational level KW - Pregnant women KW - Seat belt use KW - Seat belts KW - Surveys KW - Traffic crashes KW - Whites UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773151 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016532 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia TI - Is It Safe to Walk Here? Design and Policy Responses to Women's Fear of Victimization in Public Places SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 102-112 AB - Fear of victimization and crime are important concerns for women in cities. Although differences among women exist because of age, race, class, cultural and educational background, sexual orientation, and disability status, as well as personal characteristics such as personality traits and sense of physical competence, women typically report higher levels of fear than men. Women's fear is particularly associated with specific environmental conditions and settings. An overview is given of women's fear of crime in public spaces. After a discussion of a series of facts and fallacies about women's fear, the outcomes of fear as reflected in women's behavior and travel patterns are reviewed. Empirical findings are reported from two surveys of women in neighborhood parks and waiting at bus stops in Los Angeles, California. Design and policy responses to women's fear of victimization are then focused on and the interrelationship between environment and crime is analyzed, with suggestions for design and planning strategies for safer public spaces. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Bus stops KW - Crimes KW - Environmental design KW - Fear KW - Females KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Neighborhoods KW - Policy KW - Public areas KW - Safety KW - Strategic planning KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel patterns KW - Victims UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773073 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016531 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Zhou, Yushuang AU - Outwater, Maren L AU - Proussaloglou, Kimon E TI - Market Research on Gender-Based Attitudinal Preferences and Travel Behavior SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 171-179 AB - The attitudinal differences between men and women are examined in terms of how attitudes toward everyday travel vary by gender and to what extent differences in travel behavior can be explained by attitudinal differences. How differences in attitudes and behavior between men and women vary across socioeconomic groups is also addressed. Data for this study came from four attitude-based household surveys in which nearly 40 attitudinal questions were asked to measure respondents' sensitivity to a broad range of experiences that they may encounter during their daily travel and their attitudes toward characteristics of the different travel modes they consider for their travel. The ratings of the attitudinal statements were analyzed to determine whether there is a gender difference; they were also used to segment the survey respondents into distinct market groups according to shared travel attitudes. This study shows that there is significant gender difference in travel attitudes, though the relative rank order of ratings provided by the female respondents was similar to that of the male respondents. It is important to provide a mix of strategies that would be most effective for different market segments with a range of attitudinal preferences and socioeconomic characteristics. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Attitudes KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Households KW - Males KW - Market research KW - Market segmented groups KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Transportation modes KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel surveys UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773166 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016530 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Dellinger, Ann M TI - Nonfatal Transportation-Related Injury Among Women: Differences in Injury Patterns and Severity by Age SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 163-168 AB - Transportation ranks among the leading causes of death and injury for women in the United states. National estimates of nonfatal injury were based on weighted data from 31,144 women aged 15 years and older treated in hospital emergency departments during 2002. These injuries were compared with data from 31,733 men collected in the same system. Injuries were classified by age, disposition (e.g., treated and released, hospitalized), person type (e.g., occupant, pedestrian), body area injured, and type of injury (diagnosis). The 31,144 injuries represented an estimated 1.8 million transportation injuries to women in the United States. The majority (93.6%) of injured women were treated and released. Data were divided into five categories: motor vehicle occupant, pedestrian, pedal cyclist, motorcyclist, and all other transportation-related injuries. An estimated 1,495,884 female occupants were injured during 2002. Women (1,280) had a higher occupant injury rate per 100,000 population than men (1,127). Men had higher rates as pedestrians, pedal cyclists, and motorcyclists. This analysis demonstrates the heavy burden of transportation injury among women, along with notable differences in injury severity and injury patterns. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Age KW - Cyclists KW - Females KW - Injuries KW - Injury patterns KW - Injury severity KW - Injury types KW - Males KW - Motorcyclists KW - Pedestrians KW - Statistics KW - Vehicle occupants UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773160 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016529 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Nobis, Claudia AU - Lenz, Barbara TI - Gender Differences in Travel Patterns: Role of Employment Status and Household Structure SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 114-123 AB - Many signs indicate that the mobility of women has changed significantly in the past several decades: young women possess a driver's license almost as often as young men do, and women's car availability and their average mileage per year have increased. At the same time, more and more women combine job and family. The effects that these changes have on women's mobility in Germany are explored. The central questions are whether women adapt their mobility behavior to that of men or develop a woman-specific behavior, particularly for the use of the car, and whether household structure and employment status have the same effect on travel patterns for men and women. With data from a national travel survey in Germany, a group classification is carried out in order to compare those with similar basic conditions. The grouping variables are sex, employment status, and household structure. The analysis is restricted to individuals between 30 and 49 years of age in order to minimize variation in the life cycle to the extent possible. The results show that single men and women share many similarities. Gender differences reach the highest level for multiperson households. As long as only sex and household type are taken into account, the gender differences found are consistent with the literature. However, the additional distinction of employment status reveals a more differentiated view of gender differences in travel patterns. Men are rarely part-time employees or homemakers, but once they have this role, they often have even more strongly pronounced travel characteristics that normally are ascribed to women. In contrast, the travel patterns of full-time employed women are still different from those of their male counterparts. In addition, when working full time, women are to a higher degree than men responsible for household duties and child care. In this context, the car seems to have the ambivalent role of affording more flexibility while at the same time solidifying the traditional role of women in household duties and child care. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Employment KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Germany KW - Households KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel patterns KW - Travel surveys UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773080 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016528 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Gossen, Rachel AU - Purvis, Charles L TI - Activities, Time, and Travel: Changes in Women's Travel Time Expenditures, 1990-2000 SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 21-29 AB - This study examines the constancy and change in total travel time expenditures of women and men in the San Francisco Bay Area across the 10-year period from 1990 to 2000. The data sets analyzed are the 1990 and 2000 Bay Area Travel Surveys. Total travel time expenditures for women and men are examined across various sociodemographic and household attributes including age, race and ethnicity, employment status, and household life-cycle category. The results show that for both women and men, reported daily travel time expenditures increased significantly from 1990 to 2000. In addition, the results show that for some subgroups of women and men, differences in travel time expenditures have equalized from 1990 to 2000, whereas differences between other subgroups have increased. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Age KW - Employment KW - Ethnic groups KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Households KW - Race KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Sets KW - Sociodemographic attributes KW - Travel surveys KW - Travel time UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773061 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016527 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - McDonald, Noreen C TI - Does Residential Density Affect the Travel "Gender Gap"? SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 68-75 AB - Research has shown that women with children have different travel patterns from those of their male counterparts, and thus there is a travel "gender gap." Women are more likely to make linked trips and to make trips solely to meet their children's travel needs, leading women to make more trips than men. A separate body of literature has shown significant, but moderate, influences of the built environment on travel behavior. This study tests the hypotheses that (a) there is a travel gender gap and (b) mothers make fewer trips for their children in densely populated places because their children are better able to meet their own travel needs. Analysis using the 2001 National Household Travel Survey shows that women make 77% more trips with children than their husbands do. This provides strong evidence for the existence of a gender gap when travel with children is considered. However, there is no evidence that the maternal travel burden declines as density increases, because children's travel options are not necessarily better in urban areas. Although children in urban areas walk and ride transit more than their rural counterparts do, they are less likely to have school bus service or to drive themselves. These two effects tend to cancel each other out, and the result is no reduction in mothers' travel burdens as density increases. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Built environment KW - Children KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Males KW - National Household Travel Survey KW - Residential density KW - Rural areas KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban areas UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773068 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016526 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Klinich, Kathleen DeSantis AU - Rupp, Jonathan D AU - Schneider, Lawrence W AU - Pearlman, Mark D TI - Protecting the Pregnant Occupant and Fetus in Motor Vehicle Crashes: Biomechanical Perspective SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 135-140 AB - Providing effective protection for fetuses of pregnant occupants in motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) poses a challenge to automotive safety engineers because of limited data on the causes of fetal loss and injury. Recent studies have improved the understanding of biomechanical factors leading to adverse fetal outcomes in MVCs and have resulted in tools to evaluate restraint system performance in pregnant occupants. An anthropometry study of seated pregnant occupants throughout gestation has provided data on the size and shape of the pregnant abdomen relative to steering wheels and belt restraints. In-depth investigations of 42 crashes involving pregnant occupants resulted in logistic regression models that estimate the risk of adverse fetal outcome on the basis of crash severity and maternal restraint use. Data from these studies were used to develop a pregnant abdomen and injury reference values for the small female Hybrid III crash dummy. Highest-priority areas for future research are to monitor fetal outcomes after MVCs systematically, improve instrumentation for the pregnant crash dummy, expand the database of MVCs involving pregnant women, and measure material property characteristics of uterine and placental tissue. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Anthropometry KW - Biomechanical mechanisms KW - Crash investigation KW - Crash severity KW - Dummies KW - Fetus KW - Future research KW - Pregnant women KW - Regression analysis KW - Seat belt use KW - Seat belts KW - Steering wheels KW - Traffic crashes KW - Vehicle safety UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773154 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016525 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Clifton, Kelly J AU - Livi, Andrea D TI - Gender Differences in Walking Behavior, Attitudes About Walking, and Perceptions of the Environment in Three Maryland Communities SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 79-88 AB - Pedestrian behaviors and attitudes toward walking have recently become a focus of interest for researchers in a number of disciplines, including public health, transportation planning, and recreational studies. The potential gender differences regarding not only walking behavior but also attitudes about walking and perceptions of the environment, including safety, are of particular interest to planning researchers. To address these issues, the research design utilizes a survey instrument devised to capture respondents' perceptions about the physical environment, attitudes about walking, and self-reported pedestrian behaviors. These data were collected in three Maryland communities with different walkability and socioeconomic characteristics as part of a study to understand connections between the built environment and walking. These data are analyzed to examine how the subjective measures contribute to the understanding of gender differences in revealed pedestrian behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions. Lessons learned from this project, potential contributions to the understanding of the walking environment for both sexes, and future avenues of research are discussed. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Attitudes KW - Behavior KW - Built environment KW - Data collection KW - Future research KW - Gender KW - Lessons learned KW - Maryland KW - Pedestrians KW - Perception KW - Revealed preferences KW - Safety KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Surveys KW - Walking UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773070 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016524 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Clifton, Kelly J AU - Dill, Jennifer TI - Women's Travel Behavior and Land Use: Will New Styles of Neighborhoods Lead to More Women Walking? SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 89-99 AB - Many travel behavior researchers have explored the links between land use characteristics and travel patterns. Several of them have demonstrated that certain patterns, such as density, mixed uses, and street connectivity, are associated with fewer or shorter vehicle trips, or both. There is also a considerable body of literature demonstrating the differences between men's and women's travel patterns. Yet less effort has been devoted to examining how land use may interact with sex to influence travel outcomes. If land use does affect travel, does it affect men's and women's travel differently? In particular, will both women and men take advantage of the walkable features of new urbanist neighborhoods? This study examines these questions in more detail through empirical analysis of land use and travel data. The relationships between walking behaviors, land use, and sex are emphasized. The findings reveal that women in new urbanist neighborhoods may walk more than do women in less walkable environments. However, men appear more likely to respond to these environments and walk more than their female counterparts. Land use and urban design may also remove some of the current barriers to women's walking, particularly safety concerns; however, the results indicate that women's ability or inclination to walk may be rooted in other reasons, such as family responsibilities. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Land use KW - Neighborhoods KW - Safety KW - Travel behavior KW - Urban design KW - Walking UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773072 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016523 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Polk, Merritt TI - Integration of Gender Equality into Transport Policy and Practice in Sweden SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 180-188 AB - To evaluate how policy makers have applied gender equality in Swedish transport policy and practice, two studies are compiled. The first briefly summarizes how gender equality has been integrated into transport policy in Sweden from 1997 to 2002. The second addresses the practical integration of gender equality into the transportation sector. Results are presented from a study that focuses on differences between women's and men's experiences with road infrastructure; on preferences regarding different parts of the road system; and on the priority rankings of the different goals in the transportation sector such as accessibility, effectiveness, safety, regional development, and a good environment. Interviews were held with 47 experts, users, professional driving instructors, and inspectors. In general, women have a more cooperative approach to road system infrastructure and the problems therein, and men are more individualistic. However, there are also noteworthy differences among age, socioeconomic group, and residential location. This study is a first step toward gathering knowledge that can be used on a practical level to attain a more gender-equal transportation system in Sweden. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Accessibility KW - Age KW - Environment KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Gender equality KW - Highway facilities KW - Highway safety KW - Infrastructure KW - Interviewing KW - Males KW - Persons by socioeconomic levels KW - Regional development KW - Residential location KW - Sweden KW - Transportation policy UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773169 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016522 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Noble, Barbara TI - Women's Travel: Can the Circle Be Squared? SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 196-209 AB - During the 1990s, the travel patterns of women in Great Britain exhibited some profound changes. Women of all ages are increasingly likely to hold driver's licenses and have full access to a car as the main driver. Three-fourths of the increase in car traffic since 1990 can be attributed to women. These changes have been influenced by major changes in the employment of women. For many women with children, a car is considered a necessity to help manage home and work responsibilities. Women have been able to expand their travel horizons, but there may be a cost to bear for society as a whole, with increasing congestion in many urban areas and on interurban roads. Bus service may become less viable, and opportunities for the remaining people who do not own a car may be reduced. Some tentative projections of further changes in car ownership and use by women over the next 10 to 15 years and their effect on traffic are provided. Can what seems to be impossible be achieved--can the circle be squared--so that the liberation that the car brings to many women can be enjoyed without the negative effects of increased congestion and environmental damage for society as a whole? U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Automobile ownership KW - Children KW - Driver licenses KW - Employment KW - Females KW - Traffic congestion KW - Travel patterns KW - United Kingdom UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773172 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016521 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Vagland, Asa TI - Gender Equality as a Subsidiary Objective of Swedish Transport Policy SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 189-195 AB - A description is given of how the Swedish government decided in 2001 to add a sixth subsidiary transport policy objective on gender equality in the transport system and developments since then. The most important steps toward gender equality in the transport system were taken in 1998, when the government proposed that a new advisory council, the Gender Equality Council for Transport and Information Technology, be appointed; in 2001, when the government decided to add the gender equality objective; and in 2002, when the Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis (SIKA) was instructed by the government to produce proposals for intermediate objectives within the transport policy objective of gender equality in the transport system. The government's next step will most likely be to give SIKA a new commission to work out intermediate objectives for gender equality to attain a transport system that is designed to meet the needs of both men and women. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Gender KW - Gender equality KW - Sweden KW - Transportation policy UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773171 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016520 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Duma, Stefan M AU - Moorcroft, Dave AU - Stitzel, Joel AU - Duma, Greg TI - Computational Model of Pregnant Motor Vehicle Occupant SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 141-147 AB - A validated model of a 30-week-pregnant motor vehicle occupant is presented and the risk of fetal injury in frontal crashes is examined. A model of the pregnant uterus was imported into MADYMO 6.0 and included in the fifth-percentile female human body model by using membrane elements to serve as ligaments and facet surfaces for the overlying skin. A simulation matrix of 15 tests was developed to predict fetal outcome and included frontal crash impulses from minor (<24 km/h) to moderate (24 to 48 km/h) and severe (>48 km/h) crashes for the driver and passenger occupant positions. The test matrix included various restraint combinations: no restraint, lap belt, three-point belt, three-point with airbag, and airbag only. Overall, the risk of adverse fetal outcome was found to increase with increasing crash severity and to be higher for properly restrained drivers than for passengers. The peak uterine strain was reduced by 26% to 54% for the passenger position versus the driver position. This difference was due primarily to driver interaction with the steering wheel. For both occupant positions, the maternal injury indices were greatest for the unrestrained occupant. The current modeling effort has verified previous experimental findings regarding the importance of proper restraint use for the pregnant occupant. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Air bags KW - Crash severity KW - Driver position KW - Fetus KW - Frontal crashes KW - Injuries KW - MADYMO (Computer program) KW - Mathematical models KW - Passenger seat position KW - Pregnant women KW - Risk assessment KW - Seat belts KW - Simulation KW - Steering wheels UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773155 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016519 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Clifton, Kelly J AU - Burnier, Carolina AU - Fults, Kandice Kreamer TI - Women's Involvement in Pedestrian-Vehicle Crashes: Influence of Personal and Environmental Factors SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 155-162 AB - Pedestrian-vehicle crashes are examined for patterns by gender. The analysis focuses on how the pedestrian crashes of men and women vary by personal characteristics (age, condition, injury) and physical characteristics of the crash area (location type, density, land use, pedestrian activity). The data for this study are pedestrian-vehicle crashes in Baltimore City, Maryland, from the State of Maryland Motor Vehicle Accident Report. The results from the analysis presented here suggest that, in general, there are few significant gender effects in the majority of pedestrian crashes. Women tend to be involved in fewer pedestrian crashes overall, and when they are involved, they appear to exhibit fewer risk-taking behaviors, such as violating traffic laws and consuming alcohol or drugs. Women were slightly less likely to be injured in a crash and less likely to die as a result. The effects of land use on pedestrian crash rates were not significant by gender. However, a higher percentage of women's crashes occur in areas with high pedestrian activity, which may be reflective of the distribution of areas in which women walk. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Baltimore (Maryland) KW - Crash locations KW - Fatalities KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Injuries KW - Land use KW - Males KW - Pedestrian-vehicle crashes KW - Risk taking UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773158 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016518 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - McGuckin, Nancy AU - Nakamoto, Yukiko TI - Differences in Trip Chaining by Men and Women SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - pp 49-56 AB - Men's and women's commuting behavior continues to be distinctly different. The difference may be more apparent in the tendency to tripchain--that is, to link short stops in the trip to or from work. As more women entered the workforce and went from higher education to professional careers, it was widely assumed that aspects of women's and men's travel behavior would converge. However, research has found persistent gender differences in distance to work, mode of travel, and automobile occupancy and in the propensity to trip-chain. This study examines whether trends in trip-chaining behavior show convergence or the continued persistence of gender differences. Trends show that trip chaining during the commute increased from 1995 to 2001, and men's trip chaining increased nearly twice as much as women's. The growth in men's trip chaining is robust, but a large amount of that growth is for stops to get a meal or coffee on the way to work, called the Starbucks effect. Clarifying trends in the incidence of trip chaining and, more important, the details in terms of the direction, time of day, and purpose of the stops during commuting helps in the understanding of the persistence of gender roles in travel behavior. Such an understanding is vital to policy directives that aim to change travel behavior to ease congestion, reduce emissions, and save fuel. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Commuting KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Males KW - Travel behavior KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Trip chaining UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773064 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01016517 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board TI - Research on Women's Issues in Transportation, Report of a Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers SN - 0309093945 PY - 2005 IS - 35 SP - 220p AB - This conference had two primary objectives: (a) to identify and explore additional research and data needed to inform transportation policy decisions that address women's mobility, safety, and security needs and (b) to encourage research by young researchers. The conference was organized around four subject areas: Understanding Travel Issues; Transportation, Access, and Community Design; Injury Prevention and Ergonomics; and Policy and Planning. The conference proceedings are presented in two volumes. Volume 1 includes the conference summary, the four peer-reviewed overview papers presented by the topic leaders, the keynote presentation, and a list of conference participants. This volume, Volume 2, contains the peer-reviewed breakout and poster papers and several abstracts of papers on subjects of particular interest to the conference organizing committee. U1 - Conference on Research on Women's Issues in TransportationTransportation Research BoardFederal Highway AdministrationDepartment for Transport, EnglandMichigan Department of TransportationGeneral Motors CorporationIowa Department of TransportationNew Mexico Department of TransportationNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaritime AdministrationWashington State Department of TransportationOak Ridge National LaboratoryChicago,Illinois,United States StartDate:20041118 EndDate:20041120 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, Department for Transport, England, Michigan Department of Transportation, General Motors Corporation, Iowa Department of Transportation, New Mexico Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory KW - Access KW - Conferences KW - Decision making KW - Design KW - Ergonomics KW - Females KW - Gender KW - Injury prevention KW - Mobility KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel behavior UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP35v2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/773020 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000214 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Kloster, Tom AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in Portland, Oregon SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 108-112 AB - This conference presentation focuses on how Portland, Oregon, has used public-sector planning to achieve its smart growth goals and on how it is using federal funding to implement those plans. The needs of Portland's technology-based economy are constantly being balanced with the area's preservation of nature and natural resources. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Economic development KW - Environmental protection KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Land use planning KW - Portland (Oregon) KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751191 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000213 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Logan, Gregg AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Development Pattern Trends and Smart Growth SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 19-27 AB - This conference presentation looks at some of the trends that have determined the development pattern within which you put transportation solutions. It examines the questions: Where did growth go and why? and What was that growth? It then looks at some new trends, delving deeper into demographics and looking not only at the short-term trends over the next 5 to 10 years but also at some of the things we know about how people make decisions at different points in their lives, and how that influences where they go in terms of product and location choices. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Choices KW - Decision making KW - Demographics KW - Development patterns KW - Land use KW - Location KW - Real estate development KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751131 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000212 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Ewing, Reid AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Land Use and Transportation Interactions SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 28-32 AB - This conference presentation discusses urban sprawl, defined as low density development with segregation of uses, and land use planning, or ways to curb sprawl. The travel implications of sprawl are examined from two distinct views: (1) the view of land use and transportation and how the two interact; and (2) the view that the relationship is linear, with household characteristics creating activity patterns, which determine trip rates, lengths, and so forth. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Land use planning KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban sprawl UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751134 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000211 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Rue, Harrison Bright AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Recent Transportation and Land Use Planning Experiences in Charlottesville, Virginia SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 40-46 AB - This conference presentation looks at the smart growth transportation system in Charlottesville, Virginia. The area is a five-county region along with the city of Charlottesville. The population of the region is about 200,000, about half of that in the metropolitan planning organization. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Charlottesville (Virginia) KW - Land use planning KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751138 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000210 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - McCumber, Mary AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Growth Transportation System in Seattle, Washington SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 52-53 AB - This conference presentation reflects on what a smart growth transportation system looks like in the Central Puget Sound region. The region is more than 6,000 square miles with Seattle being the metropolitan center. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Land use planning KW - Puget Sound Region KW - Seattle (Washington) KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751141 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000209 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Cummings, Michael AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in the Puget Sound Region SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 77-80 AB - This conference presentation discusses smart growth in the Puget Sound region. Attention is focused on land use issues in the I-405 corridor, which is about 30 miles long and has about one-half million people living adjacent to it, and on the 405 program, a demonstration program for reinvention of the National Environmental Policy Act process. One of the key things that must be kept in mind is the Endangered Species Act. The issue is how to address development in urban areas while improving the habitat for salmon and other threatened species. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Endangered species KW - Habitat (Ecology) KW - Land use planning KW - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 KW - Puget Sound Region KW - Salmon KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751172 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000207 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Codell, Jim AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Selling "Quality of Life" in Kentucky SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 123-124 AB - This conference presentation discusses how the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet couldn't get to first base in its smart growth proposals because of the mind-set of the citizenry and how approaching the issue from the angle of using the transportation process to improve quality of life seems to be catching on. Context-sensitive design has been used effectively. Addressing the environmental justice issue is also being used effectively. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Context sensitive design KW - Environmental justice KW - Kentucky KW - Land use planning KW - Quality of life KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751198 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000206 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Snow, Jacob AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in Las Vegas, Nevada SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 97-101 AB - This conference presentation discusses the goals of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, and the strategies and tactics that have been pursued to attain those goals, which are basically focused on some of the principles of smart growth. One of the barriers to smart growth in Las Vegas is that Las Vegas has gated communities. There is only one access point into and out of these gated communities. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Barriers (Challenges) KW - Gated communities KW - Land use planning KW - Las Vegas (Nevada) KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751181 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000205 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Porcari, John AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Incentives for Smart Growth in Maryland SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 121-122 AB - This conference presentation provides a brief overview of some of the smart growth issues related to transportation in Maryland. The importance of interacting in a positive way with elected officials is discussed. Maryland has succeeded with neighborhood conservation (smart growth) projects by beginning with these projects in rural areas and by promising elected officials and actually delivering these projects within a 4-year election cycle. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Incentives KW - Land use planning KW - Maryland KW - Project delivery time KW - Rural areas KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751192 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000204 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Heminger, Steve AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Big and Small Things in the Bay Area SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 47-51 AB - This conference presentation discusses the big and small things that are happening in the Bay Area with regard to smart growth. The Bay Area, defined as nine counties that touch the bay, had about 75,000 people commuting from outside the Bay Area into it in 1990, and the projection is that by 2020, the number will be 250,000 people. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Land use planning KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751140 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000203 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Howard, Charles AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Working Definition of Smart Growth SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - p 36 AB - This conference presentation discusses briefly the Smart Growth Network's principles for smart growth and proposes this as a working definition of smart growth. This definition was not debated; it was accepted and the conference moved forward. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Definitions KW - Smart growth UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751136 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000202 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Glendening, Parris N AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Growth and Transportation: Issues and Lessons Learned. Keynote Presentation SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 64-68 AB - Stating that smart growth is a long-term commitment in Maryland, the Governor of Maryland gives many examples of such commitment. He points out the necessity of government policies that encourage investment in existing communities and in smart growth areas. He also speaks of the private-sector investments in smart growth, and how, together, public and private investments are redeveloping existing communities and expanding mass transit options. He concludes by answering the fundamental question: What is our vision of the future? He offers two competing visions, both for Maryland and for America's future. One leads to a worsening quality of life, but the other offers a better future--one in which traveling to work or anywhere is affordable and convenient with public transit, where walking on sidewalks and using bicycle-friendly facilities are real options, and in which breathing becomes easier because the air is less polluted. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Communities KW - Governments KW - Investments KW - Land use planning KW - Maryland KW - Policy KW - Private enterprise KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751164 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000201 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Seskin, Sam AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Examples of Smart Transportation Projects SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 137-143 AB - A taxonomy of a smart transportation project includes the following: incorporates context-sensitive design, accommodates multiple modes, improves pedestrian environments, integrates "new urbanist" principles, is located in brownfield or infill sites, enhances main streets, is integrated with adjacent urban land uses, and reclaims urban land. This conference presentation identifies and presents best practices in the form of specific smart transportation projects and programs that incorporate one or more of the elements in the above taxonomy. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Best practices KW - Brownfields KW - Case studies KW - Context sensitive design KW - Infill (Development) KW - Land use planning KW - Main streets KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Pedestrians KW - Smart growth KW - Taxonomy KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban development UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751207 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000200 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Rice, Catherine AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Hands-On Case Study SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 152-154 AB - A case study is presented for a breakout conference session. The participants will work with the Maryland State Highway Administration to help them meet the challenges of smart growth in a suburban corridor. The case study is the Maryland 210 corridor located in Prince George's County. The key issues are how to apply transportation tools to address smart growth issues and how to develop the MD-210 project to be consistent with context-sensitive design principles. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Case studies KW - Context sensitive design KW - Highway corridors KW - Prince George's County (Maryland) KW - Smart growth KW - Suburbs UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751211 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000199 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Pisarski, Alan AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Transportation Trends and Smart Growth SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 11-18 AB - This conference presentation reviews transportation trends over the past century and concludes that the future is more stable in many respects than the past with lower population growth, lower household growth, lower labor force growth, saturation of driver's licenses, saturation of car ownership, and lower domestic migration trends. There are "forces of change" that will be operating over the next 25 to 30 years. The first is the arrival of minority groups and immigrant populations into a high-mobility society. Second, immigration is still going to be a significant, in fact dramatic, force. Third, affluence will always be an influence on behavior and activities. Fourth, there is a lack of skilled workers, and last, technologies are allowing people to live further apart. The point made as background to all of the conference discussions is this: if transportation is always about time and distance, in many respects we can say that distance is no longer the massive factor it used to be. Time is now the driver, particularly on the passenger side and particularly among women, but on the freight side as well. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Affluence KW - Future KW - Immigration KW - Mobility KW - Skilled labor KW - Smart growth KW - Technology KW - Time KW - Transportation KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751130 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000198 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Dunphy, Robert AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation and Land Use: The New American Dream SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 125-126 AB - These brief comments on smart transportation and land use begin and end with the statement that, if you are in the transportation business, then you are in the real estate business, and you ought to support smart growth. Comments are made on the challenge of beating sprawl by replacing it with something better that avoids the problems but still offers more choices--the new American dream. Examples are provided of successful smart growth projects. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Choices KW - Land use planning KW - Real estate development KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban sprawl UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751201 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000197 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Winfree, Tracey AU - Transportation Research Board TI - The Many Transit "Connections" in Boulder, Colorado SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 144-147 AB - The focus of this conference presentation is on transit connections in Boulder, Colorado, bearing in mind that "connections" can have lots of different meanings. It can mean how transit connects with other transit; how it connects to land use; and how you connect with your partners, your regional agencies and your neighbors out in the region. The following themes are discussed: the importance of multimodalism, the leadership it takes to accomplish certain projects, the importance of land use coordination, and the partnerships needed to get things done. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Boulder (Colorado) KW - Land use planning KW - Leadership KW - Multimodalism KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751208 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000196 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Kirby, Ron AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Metropolitan Planning Organization Perspective on Smart Growth, Land Use, and Transportation SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 127-129 AB - This conference presentation gives the perspective of a metropolitan planning organization, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, on smart growth, land use, and transportation. The tool developed for this process was a composite transportation and land use map of the region that identifies the key elements needed for regional transportation planning: regional activity centers, principal transportation corridors and facilities, and designated green space. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Land use planning KW - Maps KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments KW - Regional planning KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751202 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000195 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Lewis, James AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Highway Experience in New Jersey SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 148-151 AB - This conference presentation discusses some of the experiences of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in trying to achieve smart growth objectives. These examples show some of the best practices used in New Jersey to help strengthen and enhance centers, which are defined as the focal points for growth within New Jersey's five planning areas. The NJDOT is taking the opportunity to maximize and optimize existing roads as multimodal facilities, and is collaborating with communities through extensive planning and context-sensitive design efforts. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Best practices KW - Communities KW - Context sensitive design KW - Highway planning KW - Multimodal transportation KW - New Jersey KW - Smart growth KW - Urban areas UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751209 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000194 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Pedersen, Neil AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in Maryland SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 93-96 AB - This conference presentation provides an overview of the smart growth program in Maryland, discusses Maryland's policy approach to "smart transportation," explains how Maryland's transportation investments have changed since the smart growth program was first implemented in 1997, talks specifically about some of Maryland's smart growth-related transportation programs, and then very briefly touches on changes in transportation projects to make them compatible with smart growth. Transit-oriented development and context-sensitive design are major considerations in Maryland's smart growth program. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Context sensitive design KW - Investments KW - Land use planning KW - Maryland KW - Smart growth KW - Transit oriented development KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751177 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000193 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Moretti, Frank AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Achieving Functional Mobility SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 54-55 AB - This conference presentation discusses achieving functional mobility through smart growth. The Washington, D.C., area is used as an example of an area that has pursued the policy of improving the transit system and not adding any significant roadway capacity. The result has been a world-class transit system, but with massive traffic congestion. The issue is how to strike a balance between maintaining functional mobility, accommodating the vast majority of travel growth that will be on the roads, and moving the community in a more rational way of designing communities and building new suburban communities in a way that is much more functional. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Land use planning KW - Mobility KW - Smart growth KW - Washington Metropolitan Area UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751144 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000192 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - DeGrood, Jim AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in Marana, Arizona SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 81-83 AB - This conference presentation discusses smart growth in the town of Marana, which is a suburb of the city of Tucson and is the second-largest urban growth area within the state of Arizona. Two issues are focused on: the environment and transportation. Concerning the environmental issue, Marana is home to the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, an endangered species. Growth in the critical habitat areas is forecast to be a maximum of 20% disturbance. Concerning the transportation planning efforts, there are a number of institutional issues, including the highway user revenue fund and transit. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Endangered species KW - Environmental protection KW - Financing KW - Habitat (Ecology) KW - Institutional issues KW - Marana (Arizona) KW - Public transit KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban growth UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751175 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000191 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Hamilton, Luann AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Transportation in Chicago SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 72-76 AB - This conference presentation discusses smart growth challenges in the six-county metropolitan area of Chicago. In the late 1990s, the city of Chicago joined with the business community and civic and community leaders to develop a new 20-year plan for the central area. The plan is based on an economic analysis that developed long-range forecasts for various land uses downtown. The plan has three guiding themes: ensure a dynamic central area made up of vibrant and diverse mixed-use urban districts, ensure that the central area remains accessible and connected, and reinforce the central area's focus on its waterfronts and open spaces. The remainder of this presentation elaborates on the Chicago Department of Transportation's role, which focused on keeping the central area accessible and connected. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Accessibility KW - Central business districts KW - Chicago Department of Transportation KW - Chicago Metropolitan Area KW - Connectivity KW - Land use planning KW - Smart growth KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751169 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000190 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Grow, Robert AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Whose Future Is It, Anyway? The Essential Public Process SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - pp 102-107 AB - This conference presentation discusses the Envision Utah project. Utah prefers the term "quality growth" rather than "smart growth" when referring to its long-range visioning effort. The review covers the premise on which Utah started the partnership for quality growth, the process that Utah has been going through, the vision and its characteristics, and the progress to date. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Future KW - Land use planning KW - Public private partnerships KW - Smart growth KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation planning KW - Utah UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751190 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01000208 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Smart Growth and Transportation: Issues and Lessons Learned. Report of a Conference SN - 0309094968 PY - 2005 IS - 32 SP - 184p AB - This conference was organized around the following five questions: Why is smart growth a transportation issue? What does a smart growth transportation system look like? How does smart growth differ with location (urban infill, suburban redevelopment, and fringe growth) and how do institutional arrangements vary by location? Who must be involved to achieve a smart growth transportation system and what institutional obstacles exist? How can transportation agencies support smart growth and what are the available tools? The conference planning committee, speakers, and attendees represented a broad range of agencies, views, and geographic locations. Included were smart growth advocates and skeptics; transit agencies and highway agencies; national, state, regional, and local agencies; those advocating change in the transportation system and those struggling to accomplish the change; and so forth. While there were no overarching conclusions from such a diverse group, two conclusions appeared to pervade the conference, although they were not voted on or endorsed. First, transportation is inextricably linked to land use and, therefore, to programs such as smart growth. Second, transportation systems that support smart growth are much more nuanced than is typically discussed. The conference proceedings include opening remarks by Charles Howard, Washington State Department of Transportation; presentations addressing the above questions; a keynote presentation by Parris N. Glendening, Governor, State of Maryland; results of a conference wrap-up session; reports from two breakout sessions; and a list of participants. U1 - Providing a Transportation System to Support Smart Growth: Issues, Practice, and ImplementationTransportation Research BoardMaryland State Highway AdministrationMorgan State UniversityAssociation of Metropolitan Planning OrganizationsAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)Federal Transit AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationBaltimore,Maryland,United States StartDate:20020908 EndDate:20020910 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Maryland State Highway Administration, Morgan State University, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration KW - Conferences KW - Institutional issues KW - Land use KW - Smart growth KW - Suburbs KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/CP32smartgrowth.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751129 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463061 TI - Assessment of Hybrid-Electric Transit Bus Technology AB - The transit industry must meet the challenges of cost-effective operations while meeting clean air emissions requirements. Over the last 15 years, various transit systems have used an assortment of alternative fuels, often while the technologies were under development, with varying degrees of success. Too often, careful technical analysis of alternative technologies has happened later than desired. The next generation of new bus-propulsion technology is arriving. Hybrid-electric buses are being promoted as being more cost effective (both capital and operating); more reliable; and more energy efficient than conventional diesel and superior to alternative fuel options (e.g., compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane). This propulsion technology needs to be independently analyzed so that transit agencies considering hybrid-electric buses can make well-informed decisions. Some transit agencies are investing substantial amounts of federal and state capital resources to buy buses equipped with hybrid-electric propulsion systems. Research is needed to leverage this substantial capital investment by providing a sound, independent, technical evaluation of the impacts of this bus-propulsion technology in actual transit service. The results will be analyzed and published so that the entire transit industry can learn from these experiences. The objective of this research is to develop guidelines to assist transit managers in the assessment, selection, and implementation of hybrid-electric technology options for transit buses. The guidelines will be based, in part, on a sound, engineering-based, independent technical evaluation of the costs, performance, and reliability of hybrid-electric transit bus technology in actual service. This project will be of interest to transit managers, policymakers, operations and maintenance professionals, and others considering the deployment of, or conversion to, hybrid-electric transit buses. The deliverables are intended for individuals who, although knowledgeable about the transit industry, may not be familiar with hybrid-electric technology implementation issues. KW - Alternate fuels KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Electric buses KW - Emission control devices KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1076 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231286 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462953 TI - Ensuring Full Potential Ridership from Transit-Oriented Development AB - The objectives of this research are to (1) determine the behavior and motivation of TOD residents, employees, and employers in their mode choice; (2) identify best practices to promote TOD-related transit ridership; and (3) recommend contextual use of best practices. The results of this research may be used by project, land-use, and transportation planners; elected officials; transit agencies; federal, state, and local funding agencies; public and private financial institutions; and developers. KW - Best practices KW - Communities KW - Development KW - Implementation KW - Land use planning KW - Mixed use development KW - Neighborhoods KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders KW - Travel patterns UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1157 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231178 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486797 TI - BRT Clean Mobility Transit Enhancements AB - This project will upgrade and demonstrate an advanced fuel cell hybrid propulsion system in an existing fuel cell bus. The fuel cell is warranted for 5 years or 12,000 hours which is a significant improvement over those in use so far. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Clean fuels KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Mobility KW - Propulsion KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256583 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462690 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SH-05. On-Board and Intercept Transit Survey Techniques AB -
Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 63: On-Board and Intercept Transit Survey Techniques examines transit agencies' experiences with planning and implementing on-board and intercept surveys. On-board and intercept surveys include self-administered surveys distributed on board buses and railcars, and in stations, as well as interviews conducted in these environments. The report provides an overview of industry practices and covers a broad range of issues addressed in planning a given survey.
KW - Buses KW - Light rail transit KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Surveys KW - Transit onboard surveys KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=196 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230912 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01026416 AU - Gurol, Husam AU - Baldi, Robert AU - Jeter, Phillip AU - Kim, In-Kun AU - Bever, Daryl AU - General Atomics AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - General Atomics Low Speed Maglev Feasibility Report PY - 2004/12//Final Report SP - 87p AB - This report outlines the work which was performed during the development of a mass transportation capital improvement project for the state of Pennsylvania by performing tasks in support of Agreement No. 61T122. The tasks are separated into five major areas discussed in the following sections: (1) Block Switches; (2) Vehicle Dynamic System and Design; (3) Automatic Train Protection System (ATP) and Laser Speed and Location Detection System; (4) Component Testing; and (5) Transportation Issues. KW - Automatic train protection KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Laser sensors KW - Low speed KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Switches (Railroads) KW - System design KW - Testing KW - Vehicle components UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/783528 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01020313 AU - University of California, Berkeley AU - Carnegie Mellon University AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Transit Bus Collision Warning System: Integrated Transit Collision Warning Systems Interface Control Document PY - 2004/12//Final Research Report SP - 45p AB - The purpose of the integrated collision warning system (ICWS) is to predict imminent potential crashes, or collisions with objects and warn the transit operator. The goal of the ICWS program is to integrate the advanced frontal and side collision warning systems into an integrated collision warning system with a Driver Vehicle Interface (DVI) that can effectively display warnings from both frontal and side collision warning system, signaling the driver in a manner that is effective in avoiding potential accidents. Under this program, a functional transit ICWS was developed. This Interface Control Document (ICD) was to define the architecture of the Integrated Collision Warning System (ICWS) and the physical, electrical and electronic interface among different components. This is the final document for the installation of the Integrated Collision Warning System on a transit bus. KW - Bus crashes KW - Bus transit KW - Collision warning systems KW - Control KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Driver vehicle interfaces KW - Electrical systems KW - Electronic components KW - Frontal crashes KW - Installation KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Side crashes KW - System architecture KW - Transit buses KW - Transit safety KW - Warning systems UR - www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Transit_Bus_Collision_Warning_Systems_1.doc UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/778472 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01018730 AU - University of California, Berkeley AU - Carnegie Mellon University AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Integrated Collision Warning System Final Technical Report PY - 2004/12//Final Research Report SP - 286p AB - Based on the foundation of the frontal and side collision warning systems, the Frontal Collision Warning System (FCWS) and Side Collision Warning System (SCWS) teams joined efforts to improve the collision warning algorithms. The objective of the Integrated Collision Warning System (ICWS) Program is to study how frontal and side collision warning systems might interface with each other, and to develop prototype ICWS systems on two buses, one at Samtrans and the other at PAT. The prototype ICWS buses have been in revenue operation in the Bay Area and Pittsburgh to collect field operational data and driver responses. The results of the ICWS design, build, and integration efforts as well as an analysis of early data collections to evolve the warning algorithms are documented in this final technical report. Evaluation and performance analysis are currently being finalized and will be issued in a separate report. KW - Algorithms KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Data collection KW - Frontal crashes KW - Integrated systems KW - Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) KW - Prototypes KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Side crashes KW - Transit buses UR - http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub4/path_u_of_c_2004_1/path_u_of_c_2004_1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/772763 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00988047 AU - Hoover, J AU - McDowell, B AU - Sciara, G-C AU - Parsons Brinckerhoff, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT AT THE TABLE: A GUIDE TO PARTICIPATION IN METROPOLITAN DECISIONMAKING PY - 2004/12 SP - 88 p. AB - This report presents the observations, perspectives, and recommendations of a cross-section of transit agencies from large metropolitan areas on how to secure positions in the metropolitan planning process. More importantly, the report can be a guide on how to use those positions to win policy and program support for priority transit services. The challenges to achieving full decision-making partnerships in regional settings, the most effective strategies for addressing these challenges, and the rewards of partnerships are presented by transit industry leaders using their own experiences. While the primary audience for this report is transit general managers and transit senior staff, important messages are included for other key stakeholders. Because the overall effectiveness of a Metropolitan Planning Organization rises and falls with the depth of the decision-making partnerships, suggestions and strategies presented in this report represent significant opportunities for improving current practice. Key findings of the report were also used in preparing a self-assessment checklist for transit operations in assessing their profile and participation in metropolitan planning. The indicators are generic and not exhaustive. As such, the questions should be regarded as only the starting point for subsequent discussion focused on local issues. This checklist is located in Appendix A of the report. This report is a product of the Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program and can be found at www.planning.dot.gov as a metropolitan planning technical resource. KW - Decision making KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Urban areas UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/tat.htm UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/TransitAtTable.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/753692 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462694 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SD-03. Bus Use of Shoulders AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 64: Bus Use of Shoulders explores transit agencies' experiences with policies and regulations that permit buses to use shoulders on arterial roads or freeways to bypass congestion either as interim or long-term treatments. The report examines the issue from the transit and highway perspectives.
KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transportation KW - Bus travel KW - Bypasses KW - Freeways KW - Regulations KW - Research projects KW - Road shoulders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=181 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230916 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462696 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SB-11. Practices in Late Cancellation/No-Show Policies for ADA Paratransit AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's)Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 60: Practices in No-Show and Late Cancellation Policies for ADA Paratransit examines current and innovative practices of U.S. transit agencies in the development and implementation of passenger no-show and late cancellation policies for paratransit programs operated under the regulatory requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The report reviews the administration, community response, and effectiveness of policies in small, medium, and large transit agencies. The report addresses policies as a way to improve system productivity, efficiency, and capacity, and as a means to better service riders with disabilities who may experience difficulties with the advance reservation aspect of most ADA complementary paratransit operations.
KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Late cancellations KW - No-show passengers KW - Paratransit services KW - Public transit KW - Research projects UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=174 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230918 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462693 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SE-03. Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit Systems AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 61: Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit examines light rail maintenance staffing practices and factors important in their development at U.S. transit agencies. It covers the areas of maintenance functions, new light rail start-up, and management in attempting to give better insight into the variables affecting maintenance staffing.
KW - Light rail transit KW - Maintenance KW - Maintenance personnel KW - Maintenance practices KW - Management KW - Rehabilitation (Maintenance) KW - Research projects UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=183 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230915 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01002370 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - Transit Security Design Guidelines PY - 2004/11 SP - v.p. AB - This document considerationsare the latest in a series of technical assistance aids to make transit systems safer. Guidelines are intended to provide design strategies that reduce the vulnerability of transit systems to acts of terrorism. The study addresses the challenge - how to safely move more than 14 million passenger in an open travel environment - an environment that is high-risk, high-consequence target for terrorists. This document provides security design guidelines for the major assets of transit systems - bus vehicles, rail vehicles, transit infrastructure and communications - as well as a preliminary assessment of the vulnerabilities to various methods of attack inherent in each assessment. The strategy aims to move a transit agency closer to achieving an integrated security system by combining design, access management, communications, technology, and system integration practices. Guidelines is a resource for transit agency decision makers, members of design, construction and operations departments, security and law enforcement personnel, and consultants and contractors, in developing and effective and affordable security stratrgy following the completion of a threat and vulnerabilityassessment and development of a comprehensive plan. KW - Guidelines KW - Integrated systems KW - Public transit KW - Security KW - Technical assistance KW - Terrorism KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758165 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01000272 AU - Thornton, R AU - Clark, T AU - Wieler, J AU - Perreault, B AU - Eggers, Walter AU - MagneMotion AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MagneMotion Urban Maglev - FTA Final Report PY - 2004/11//Final Report SP - 83p AB - The MagneMotion Urban Maglev System, called M3, is designed as an alternative to all conventional guided transportation systems. Advantages include major reductions in travel time, operating cost, capital cost, noise, and energy consumption. Small vehicles operating automatically with headways of only a few seconds can be safely operated in clusters to achieve capacities of more than 12,000 passengers per hour per direction. Small vehicles lead to lighter guideways, shorter wait time for passengers, lower power requirements for wayside inverters, more effective regenerative braking and reduced station size. The result of the design is a system that can be built for about $25 million per mile, excluding vehicles, stations and land acquisition. The vehicles have arrays of permanent magnets to provide suspension and guidance forces and also provide the field for the Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) propulsion system. Feedback-controlled currents in control coils wound around the magnets stabilize the suspension and provide active lateral damping. The LSM windings are integrated with the suspension rails and excited by inverters located along the guideway. The vehicle size and maximum speed can be varied over a wide range to accommodate virtually all applications served today by other guided transportation systems. KW - Capital costs KW - Energy consumption KW - Guided transportation KW - Guideways KW - Headways KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Magnets KW - Noise KW - Operating costs KW - Propulsion KW - Safety KW - Speed KW - Suspension systems KW - Synchronous motors KW - Travel time KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transportation KW - Vehicle size KW - Waiting time UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/25000/25000/25094/index.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/751168 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460737 TI - Center Truck Performance on Low-Floor Light Rail Vehicles AB - Low-floor light rail vehicles are used by many transit systems with increasing popularity. The typical design includes a three-section articulated vehicle body with the center section connected to a center truck with non-powered, independently rotating wheels. The leading and trailing sections of the vehicle are each supported by a motored truck at one end and by the common non-powered center truck at the other. The low-floor height prevents the use of wheel sets with solid axle connections between right and left wheels of the center truck. In acceleration and braking modes during curving, because there are two articulations connecting the center section, the center section and truck may rotate excessively causing a high angle-of-attack and flanging. Also, the independently rotating wheels of the center truck do not promote self-steering through the curve, increasing the angle-of-attack and flange forces. This condition leads to increased flange wear, gauge face wear, stick/slip noise, and potential for derailment at curves and special trackwork. Wheel life of the low-floor center truck can be significantly less than that of motored trucks. Research is needed to better understand the performance of the center trucks of low-floor light rail vehicles, compile lessons learned to date, and provide guidance to transit agencies and light-rail vehicle manufacturers on how to mitigate performance problems. The objective of this research is to provide guidance to transit agencies and low-floor light rail vehicle manufacturers for the mitigation of problems associated with the design and operation of non-powered center trucks on a three-section, articulated vehicle body with the center section fixed to a center truck with independently rotating wheels. This research will, at a minimum, identify contributing factors that can cause events such as derailments, excessive noise, excessive wheel and rail wear, and reduced ride quality (e.g., hunting and excessive curving). The research will provide (1) guidance for existing light rail systems, and (2) guidance for future vehicle procurements and track design. The guidance will identify mitigation actions related to vehicle and track (including curved and special trackwork) design specifications, the wheel/rail interface, track construction and maintenance tolerances, and the use of turnout point protection and friction modifiers. KW - Braking performance KW - Light rail vehicles KW - Low floor vehicles KW - National Cooperative Highway Research Program KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Trucks UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1077 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228955 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549648 TI - eTransit: Electronic Business Strategies for Public Transportation New and Emerging Information Technologies for Public Transportation AB - Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 84: e-Transit: Electronic Business Strategies for Public Transportation documents principles, techniques, and strategies that are used in electronic business strategies for public transportation. TCRP Report 84 is being published in multiple volumes; Volume 8: Improving Public Transportation Technology Implementations and Anticipating Emerging Technologies summarizes the value of current technologies used in public transportation, describes methods for improving the success of technology implementation, and identifies five promising emerging technologies with application for transit agencies. This report may be used specifically by chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) of transit agencies, transit managers, program and project managers, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) professionals, and the public transportation industry in general. New information and communication technologies are revolutionizing the way services are delivered and organizations are structured. Electronic business processes change the ways organizations operate and conduct business. Opportunities to lower operations and maintenance costs and improve efficiency have changed relationships between transit agencies and their suppliers and customers, and electronic business processes are likely to change industry structures in the long term. The declining costs of communications, data storage, and data retrieval are accelerating the opportunities spawned by the Internet and other information and communications technologies. Choosing and sequencing investments in technologies, processes, and people to reduce costs and increase productivity present challenges to the transit manager, who must weigh the costs, benefits, and risks of changing the ways services are delivered. To assist in meeting such challenges, TCRP Project J-09 produces a multiple-volume series under TCRP Report 84.The research program identifies, develops, and provides flexible, ongoing, quick-response research designed to bring electronic business strategies to public transportation and mobility management. Improving Public Transportation Technology Implementations and Anticipating Emerging Technologies is the eighth volume in the TCRP Report 84 multiple-volume series. Battelle, in association with TranSystems, Matthew Coogan, and E-Squared Engineering, reviewed literature, trends, and developments of the past few years related to public transportation and technological advancements. Also, the research team conducted 16 interviews with representatives from both the United States and abroad to determine the extent to which transit agencies worldwide are using various types of information technologies. The research team obtained information on the experiences of transportation providers that have deployed newer technologies, the range of objectives transit agencies have for using current and near-term technologies, and the promises these technologies may hold for transportation operations and the people they serve. In addition, the researchers conducted a focus group that included transit CEOs, CIOs, and senior-level technology personnel from U.S. public transportation agencies to discuss obstacles that impede the adoption of current and near-term information technologies in public transportation and mobility services. Finally, the researchers describe five emerging technologies, how they might be applied, the range of costs, and the benefits of each. KW - Business practices KW - Communication systems KW - Electronic commerce KW - Information technology KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Real time information KW - State departments of transportation KW - Strategic planning KW - Wireless communication systems UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1184 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1339877 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462695 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SB-12. Integration of Bicycles and Transit AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 62: Integration of Bicycles and Transit examines how transit agencies may improve their existing services and assist other communities in developing new bicycle and transit services.
KW - Bicycle travel KW - Cyclists KW - Integrated systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=175 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230917 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030774 AU - Boyd, Annabelle AU - Caton, James E AU - Lofton, Andrew A AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - State Safety Oversight Program Annual Report for 2003 PY - 2004/10//Final Report SP - 67p AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight of all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 2003, analyzes rail fixed guideway system accident statistics using information provided by state oversight agencies, and documents the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 2003, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions. KW - Annual reports KW - Crash causes KW - Fixed guideway systems KW - Hazard analysis KW - Oversight KW - Policy KW - Procedures KW - Rail transit KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Transit crashes UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/sso2003/pdf/sso2003.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787696 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549316 TI - Design, Operation, and Safety of At-Grade Crossings of Exclusive Busways AB - Exclusive busways in separate rights-of-way frequently have at-grade crossings with roadways or pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Buses are sometimes given preferential crossing priority, similar to that given for light rail transit. Although individual transit systems have developed their own design criteria, no generally accepted guidelines exist. Research is needed to determine what operational planning and functional design treatments are appropriate to enhance safety and to maximize throughput of transit passengers for at-grade crossings of exclusive busways. This research also may contribute to the development of national guidelines on operational planning and functional design of busways. The objective of this project is to develop guidance for operational planning and functional design of at-grade crossings of exclusive busways in physically separated rights-of-way. The purpose of this research is to enhance safety at crossings for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit passengers while maximizing the throughput of transit passengers. KW - At grade intersections KW - Bus transportation KW - Bus travel KW - Buses KW - Planning and design KW - Railroad grade crossings KW - Right of way (Traffic) KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1090 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1339632 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486802 TI - Alabama Fuel Cell Vehicle Consortium AB - This project will develop and demonstrate a 30-foot battery-dominant fuel cell bus. The bus will be developed by the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) and demonstrated at the University and in cooperation with the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. KW - Alabama KW - Alternate fuels KW - Bus transit operations KW - Buses KW - Electric vehicles KW - Fuel cell vehicles UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256588 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460637 TI - Determining the Elements Needed to Create High-Ridership Transit Systems AB - Increasing ridership is a national goal and a high priority for all transit systems. Increasing ridership is important to sustain public investment in transit, particularly in a resource-constrained environment. Ridership is generally used by public authorities as the basis for measuring the effectiveness of public transportation investments. In addition, strong transit ridership supports a wide variety of public policy goals, including energy conservation, air-quality improvement, congestion relief, mobility for transportation-disadvantaged groups, livable communities, and economic development and sustained growth. Increasing transit ridership also improves the efficiency of the overall transportation system by using available capacity. There have been numerous success stories among transit systems for increasing ridership that can be emulated, and there is extensive literature on measures to increase ridership that has not been presented in a single source. Policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders need a guidebook that can be applied within the specific circumstances of local transit operations to better understand the common elements of transit systems that have successfully increased ridership. The objective of this research is to produce a guidebook of strategies for increasing transit ridership. The products of this research are intended to aid managers, policymakers, and key stakeholders. KW - Guidelines KW - Investments KW - Management KW - Public policy KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1162 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228854 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489156 TI - CARTS Implements Rural Transit ITS AB - Human services agencies need to track ridership and generate reports on transportation services provide by transit agencies. The Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) of Austin, TX will develop an electronic fare payment system that will coordinate human services agencies ridership and generate reports required by the Texas Department of Transportation. Additionally, CARTS will deploy a RideCARTS card for common issuance to its customers to be used in conjunction with card readers. CARTS will make improvements to its Geographic Information System (GIS) system by integrating 911 maps from the region, which will also supports enhanced data management and report-writing capabilities. KW - Austin (Texas) KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Coordination KW - Geographic information systems KW - Reports KW - Ridership KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258150 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460588 TI - Making Transportation Tunnels Safe and Secure AB - The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, increased awareness of security issues. Transportation facilities are particularly vulnerable to attacks that could lead to loss of life and disruption of vital rail and highway access. Accordingly, transportation tunnel security and safety issues have become more important in the national security dialogue. The traveling public relies upon the security and safety of highway and rail tunnels on a daily basis. Therefore, it is essential that steps be taken to protect these important assets. Research is needed to develop guidelines to improve the operational and structural security and safety of transportation tunnels and associated underground infrastructure such as vents, stations, and electrical substations. The objective of this research is to develop safety and security guidelines for owners and operators of transportation tunnels to use to identify (1) critical locations; (2) potential structural improvements; (3) operational countermeasures; and (4) deployable, integrated systems for command, control, communications, and information. The guidelines should be applicable across the spectrum of both accidental and intentional threats. KW - Communication systems KW - Countermeasures KW - Highways KW - Infrastructure KW - Integrated systems KW - Railroad tunnels KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Tunnels UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1200 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228805 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463063 TI - Optimal Split of Dedicated and Nondedicated Service for Demand-Responsive Paratransit AB - Many demand-responsive paratransit agencies in urban, suburban, and rural areas deliver services to their customers through a combination of dedicated and nondedicated service. Providers of dedicated service use vehicles that commonly are owned internally by the lead agencies and are used exclusively for serving their customers. Often nondedicated service is delivered by external service providers (e.g., taxi companies or community transit agencies) to increase cost-effectiveness, cover peak period demand, and provide flexibility in meeting customer needs. The main advantage of operating dedicated service is that the lead agency more completely controls the delivery of service. When compared to nondedicated services, dedicated services may be more reliable because there is increased control of drivers, more stringent control of vehicle maintenance and replacement schedules, and consistent customer service and operating policies. The main advantage of using a combined service structure that includes both dedicated and nondedicated services is its cost-effectiveness in dealing with the inherent daily and seasonal fluctuations of demand. By purchasing supplementary nondedicated services from a third party to cover peak overflow trips or low-demand periods, fewer dedicated vehicles are needed. Currently, decisions on the ratio between the amount of dedicated versus nondedicated service are mostly made by transportation managers on the basis of their experience and judgment. Tools are needed to assist transportation managers in deciding the appropriate ratio between dedicated and nondedicated service in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The objective of this research is to develop tools that can be used by transportation managers to determine the appropriate split between dedicated and nondedicated paratransit services to increase cost-effectiveness and meet peak demand needs. KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Paratransit services KW - Peak periods KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation operations UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1053 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231288 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01109147 AU - Franzese, Oscar AU - Truett, Tykey AU - Chang, Edmond Chin-Ping AU - Oak Ridge National Laboratory AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - Shared Communications: Voule I. A Summary and Literature Review PY - 2004/09//Volume I SP - 47p AB - The purpose of this report is to examine the literature for examples of organizations and agencies that share communications resources. While the primary emphasis is on rural, intelligent transportation system (ITS) communications involving transit, examples will not be limited to rural activities, nor to ITS implementation, nor even to transit! In addition, the term “communication” will be broadly applied to include all information resources. The first three sections of this document serve to define the meaning of the term “shared communication resources” and to provide examples of agencies that share resources. In these sections, the location (i.e., state or city) of the resource being discussed will be underlined. The fourth section provides a brief literature review of the issues that surround sharing communication resources. Based on the documentation of shared communications and communication issues, recommendations for potential usage are provided in the last section. The national ITS program has a goal of improving safety and efficiency on highway, transit, and rail systems through both information- and infrastructure-based programs. Rural ITS has many of the same objectives as ITS in urban areas; however, the conditions are very different. Distances are greater, for example, but population density is less. Causes of and responses to traffic incidents are decidedly different. Transit needs are different. Coordination and cooperation among very diverse jurisdictions and groups of public and private stakeholders are very different. This report will attempt to document as many examples of shared communication as possible in order to delineate more clearly these differences between rural and urban conditions and to provide guidelines for successful communication sharing in the future. KW - Communication systems KW - Guidelines KW - Incident detection KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Literature reviews KW - Rural highways KW - Rural transportation KW - Shared resources KW - Traffic incidents KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14075.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14075_files/14075.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/868651 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01109144 AU - Truett, Tykey AU - Chang, Edmond Chin-Ping AU - Oak Ridge National Laboratory AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - Shared Communications: Volume II. In-Depth Systems Research PY - 2004/09//Volume II SP - 41p AB - This report is the second of two documents that examine the literature for actual examples of organizations and agencies that share communications resources. While the primary emphasis is on rural, intelligent transportation system (ITS) communications involving transit, examples will not be limited to rural activities, nor to ITS implementation, nor even to transit. In addition, the term “communication” will be broadly applied to include all information resources. The first document of this series, Shared Communications: Volume I. A Summary and Literature Review, defines the meaning of the term “shared communication resources” and provides many examples of agencies that share resources. This document, Shared Communications: Volume II. In-Depth Systems Research, reviews attributes that contributed to successful applications of the sharing communication resources concept. A few examples of each type of communication sharing are provided. Based on the issues and best practice realworld examples, recommendations for potential usage and recommended approaches for field operational tests are provided. KW - Best practices KW - Communication systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Research KW - Rural highways KW - Rural transit KW - Rural transportation KW - Shared resources KW - Systems engineering KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14076.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/14076_files/14076.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/868652 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549317 TI - Improving ADA Complementary Paratransit Demand Estimation AB - The objective of this research is to develop tools and an accompanying manual to improve ridership estimates for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complementary paratransit services. The results of this research should assist public transportation systems in planning and providing services in the near and long term that meet paratransit requirements of the ADA. In keeping with the intent of the ADA law and regulations, the tool(s) developed by this project must be designed to predict demand for eligible trips. Although transit agencies may elect to provide service beyond that required by the ADA, the product of this project should be designed to predict only the demand required under law. For example, the tool(s) should consider only the population that travels within 3/4 of a mile of fixed routes. The tool(s) should consider only those persons who are truly eligible for service, and only those trips that these eligible individuals are unable to make by fixed-route service. Similarly, the tool(s) developed in this project must predict demand for complementary paratransit service that meets the level of service required. That is, the tool(s) must predict demand for service operated during the same hours as the fixed-route system and operated without capacity constraints. It is therefore important that when collecting data from transit systems to be used in the development of the tool(s), that the type and extent of service provided be considered. If information is used from a system that has a relatively "loose" eligibility process, for example, that will greatly affect the level of demand reported. If data are gathered from a system that has not eliminated capacity constraints, the level of demand will be understated. KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Demand KW - Fixed routes KW - Origin and destination KW - Paratransit services KW - Ridership KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1051 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1339633 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458764 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SD-03. Bus Bypass Shoulders AB - In many urban areas freeway congestion commonly delays bus services and adversely impacts schedule reliability. Where HOV/bus lanes cannot be physically provided to deal with this problem, some communities have adopted policies and regulations that permit buses to use freeway shoulder lanes and thus bypass congested segments of the freeway. Maryland, Virginia, Minnesota, Washington, British Columbia, Ontario, and Toronto are all jurisdictions that have implemented or are in the process of implementing bus use of shoulder programs. Most communities, however, have been reluctant to embrace bus use of shoulders for highway safety reasons. Little information is available about safety experience related to bus use of highways, as well as about travel time, reliability, and patronage benefits to transit resulting from allowed use of freeway shoulders. The purpose of this proposed synthesis project will be to identify jurisdictions that allow bus use of shoulders, along with their positive and negative experiences. The operating guidelines, required physical improvements, and traffic markings and signage features of their operations will also be identified in order to facilitate informed consideration of this concept. Both the transit and highway perspectives will be explored, recognizing that both must be partners in expanding these promising applications for increasing patronage and improving operating efficiency. KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus lanes KW - Bypasses KW - Guidelines KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Operations KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Shoulder KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://144.171.11.40/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1179 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226976 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460587 TI - Security Measures for Ferry Systems AB - Ferry systems are a vital component of the nation's multimodal transportation network. They become more essential in times of crisis, as they can operate even when other modes of transportation are disrupted. Ferries, however, present unique security requirements and challenges. From a security standpoint, ferries represent a hybrid between cruise ships and mass transit vehicles. The central goals for securing ferry systems are to prevent vessels and related facilities from being the subject of an attack and to prevent vessels from being used as a weapon. The development and implementation of security measures for ferry systems that provide appropriate public security without discouraging traffic on that mode of public transportation presents a great challenge to ferry operators and public transportation systems in general. Ferry operators need information that will allow them to assess measures that address security threats. The objective of this research is to develop a guide for ferry-system operators to use in evaluating security measures to meet their security and operational goals. KW - Cruise ships KW - Demographics KW - Ferries KW - Ferry service KW - Marine safety KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Security KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1201 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228804 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01020824 AU - Jeng, One-Jang AU - Fallat, George AU - New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark AU - New Jersey Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Fatigue Management, Rail Operations Personnel PY - 2004/08//Final Report SP - 167p AB - New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT) maintains an Hours of Service (HOS) database for its rail operations personnel and crew assignments. For this study the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has partnered with Circadian Technologies Incorporated (CTI), which has developed a computer model that is capable of being interfaced with the HOS database to estimate fatigue and assign a "fatigue score", which varies from zero (low fatigue) to one hundred (high fatigue). Using the CTI fatigue estimator, "what if" scenarios, i.e., examining schedule parameter changes, can also be performed. For example, if the schedule was modified to adjust start and end times, the fatigue estimator is capable of evaluating these changes in terms of fatigue levels. The goal of this study is the development of recommendations that are practical in terms of reducing fatigue and capable of meeting applicable rules and regulations, addressing management and staff personnel concerns, and meeting current and future demands of NJ TRANSIT's rail passenger customers. This research approach, findings, conclusions and recommendations are detailed in the respective sections of this report. Highlights of the literature review, HOS assessment, survey findings and recommendations are provided in the report. KW - Circadian Technologies Incorporated fatigue estimator KW - Computer models KW - Crew assignments KW - Databases KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Fatigue (Physiological condition) KW - Fatigue level KW - Hours of labor KW - Literature reviews KW - New Jersey KW - New Jersey Transit KW - Personnel management KW - Rail operations personnel KW - Recommendations KW - Train crews KW - Transit personnel KW - Work schedules (Personnel) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/778511 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01001245 AU - Wilcock, David AU - Costa, Michael AU - Colangelo, John AU - Wickham, Kristine AU - Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Incorporated AU - PM and Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Rail Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems PY - 2004/08//Final Report SP - 119p AB - This final report addresses the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Office of Mobility Innovation Rail Transit Intelligent Transportation System Program, which is focused on encouraging innovation and developing approaches that use advanced technologies to improve public transportation and ridership. Earlier efforts focused on completing an initial overview of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies and their deployment within the rail transit systems of the United States. The objective of this earlier study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the ITS deployments on urban rail systems and recommend future areas of research that the FTA may desire to undertake for rail ITS applications. This report builds upon the previous study and identifies rail transit property research needs and issues that could potentially be addressed by the deployment of targeted ITS technologies for which the FTA can provide assistance. The research needs and issues are identified through a Needs Assessment and Analysis process that culminates in the development of a five-year strategy for FTA to efficiently and effectively provide assistance to the rail transit industry in meeting those needs. This plan includes opportunities for testing, training, and other assistance that the FTA can implement to further advance the development and deployment of ITS technology within the rail transit industry. KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Needs assessment KW - Rail transit KW - Strategic planning KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/757023 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00982101 AU - Chang, M AU - Darido, G AU - Kim, E AU - Schneck, D AU - Hardy, M AU - Bunch, J AU - Baltes, M AU - Hinebaugh, D AU - Wnuk, L AU - Silver, F AU - Zimmerman, S AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CHARACTERISTICS OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT FOR DECISION-MAKING PY - 2004/08 SP - 301 p. AB - This report is intended to support evaluation of bus rapid transit (BRT) concepts as one of many options during initial project planning and development. It presents a comprehensive summary of applications of BRT elements in the United States and in selected sites around the world. Information on the first wave of BRT projects to be implemented in the United States is presented to show the broad range of applications of key elements of BRT - running ways, stations, vehicles, fare collection, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and service and operating plans. The report also presents performance of BRT systems and discusses how combinations of BRT elements contribute to transit system performance, including reducing travel times, improving reliability, providing identity and a quality image, improving safety and security, and increasing capacity. Some important benefits of integrated BRT systems are presented, including transportation system benefits (increasing ridership, and improving capital cost effectiveness and operating efficiency) and community benefits (transit-supportive development and environmental quality). KW - Benefits KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Decision making KW - Performance KW - Transportation planning KW - United States UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/CBRT.pdf UR - http://www.nbrti.org/media/documents/Characteristics%20of%20Bus%20Rapid%20Transit%20for%20Decision-Making.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/743246 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00978473 AU - Hikichi, L K AU - Beimborn, E AU - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INNOVATION AT TRANSIT SYSTEMS PY - 2004/08 SP - 137 p. AB - In order for transit agencies to regularly improve their levels of services, control costs, and operate more efficiently, they need to be innovative. The process to bring about change varies depending on the need, type of innovations, nature of the organization, funding, political support, and having a champion for the change. The hypothesis of this research is that there are many factors to bring about an innovation or change to a transit agency, but a key factor that discourages change is lack of funding and the main reason for innovation is having a champion to lead the way for the improvement. The research question is: What are the conditions that lead to innovation in transit agencies? What barriers exist to innovation and how can they be overcome? The objective of this research is to highlight innovations at transit agencies in Wisconsin through face-to-face interviews and identify barriers to innovation from transit agencies across the country via an on-line survey. This study had two major components. First, a series of case studies were conducted of innovation adopted by transit agencies in Wisconsin. Second, transit agencies across the country were contacted to get a general sense of the issue of innovation and change via an on-line survey. An analysis of the case studies showed that many of the case studies had common themes and barriers to the various innovations highlighted. These were funding, nature of the organization, persistence, regional planning commission, user involvement, problem center approach, and an idea of a champion. All of the innovations discussed in the case studies came about because there was a need and a desire for making improvements to the transit systems. Analysis of the survey results revealed that the primary institutional barrier to innovation or change was money, and the main reason for change was having an internal leader/champion. For an innovation to occur, a combination of the following is necessary: a need for better level of service or to make improvements, a champion to lead and coordinate to bring about change, and money to fund the planning and implementation of the innovation. KW - Case studies KW - Financing KW - Improvements KW - Innovation KW - Interviewing KW - Leadership KW - Level of service KW - Surveys KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Wisconsin UR - http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CUTS/bench/innof.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/740315 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460585 TI - Continuity of Operations Plans for Transportation Agencies AB - The Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA's Federal Preparedness Circular 65 (FRP-65), provides guidance to Federal Executive Branch departments and agencies for developing contingency plans for continuity of operations (COOP). COOP planning facilitates the performance of department/agency essential functions during any emergency or situation that may disrupt normal operations. The FRP-65 guidance, however, is federal in nature and not necessarily appropriate for state and local agencies. Many state DOTs and public transportation agencies have emergency response plans that address immediate operational situations; those plans typically do not include contingencies for carrying out emergency response plans from alternate facilities or over an extended period. COOP plans describe how an organization will prepare for, respond during, and recover from a disruption in internal operations whether caused by severe weather, other natural or man-made disasters, or malevolent attack. COOP plan implementation, which may include relocation or reassignment of essential functions, can be triggered through (1) denial of use of facilities, (2) loss of power, (3) loss of telecommunications, (4) suddenly unavailable personnel, or (5) inaccessible information technology systems. There is a need for guidelines and templates for use by state DOTs and public transportation agencies as they develop and maintain up-to-date COOP plans to ensure the ability to implement agency emergency response plans through alternate facilities or over an extended period. The objective of this project is to develop guidelines for state and local transportation agencies to develop, implement, maintain, train, and exercise COOP capabilities. The guidelines are expected to be applied by designated agency continuity planners using templates to customize COOP plans for their local conditions. KW - Communications KW - Contingency planning KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency training KW - Information technology KW - Operations KW - Power loss KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - State departments of transportation KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1199 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228802 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460589 TI - Guidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Drills and Exercises AB - Emergency preparedness is necessary to maximize the safety and security of passengers, employees, and emergency responders, as well as the general public, when an emergency event occurs that involves vehicles or infrastructure (including power supplies and communications links) of transportation systems in the United States. Preparedness requires a significant amount of planning and the involvement of all members of the emergency community including law enforcement, fire services, emergency management agencies, and emergency medical services. The result should be a detailed plan for responding to a variety of anticipated events and, to a reasonable degree, unexpected events. Many transportation systems have developed and conducted effective drills and exercises for years and, as a result, have defined and refined their plans and capabilities. However, not all transportation agencies have participated in well-planned drills. Consequently, guidelines and tools are needed to aid in the design, development, and implementation of a range of training drills and exercises. The objective of this project is to develop a guide for use by transportation drill and exercise coordinators. The guide shall support activities that are multimodal and scalable and that exercise transportation systems, including transportation employees, other responders, and other affected entities. The exercises program will cover preparedness activities to prevent, respond to, and recover from threatened and actual domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. The guide will be used to (1) develop multimodal, multi-agency exercise-program objectives, (2) design and manage individual drills and exercises, (3) manage the evaluation of exercises and the development of after-action reports and recommendations, and (4) identify resources available to support development and execution of the drill program. KW - Drills KW - Emergencies KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency training KW - Fire departments KW - Guidelines KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Terrorism KW - Training KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1196 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228806 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00977499 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NEW RESOURCES - FTA COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT PILOT PROGRAM PY - 2004/06/23 AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the establishment of a new Cooperative Procurement Pilot Program (CPPP), in the June 23rd Federal Register notice. CPPP is a program to demonstrate how joint procurement and Internet technology can combine to make capital equipment procurement more efficient. The program will consist of three pilot projects. Under the CPPP, competitively selected grantees, or members of the private sector acting as agents of grantees will develop cooperative specifications and conduct joint procurements. Congress has raised the federal share for this program from 80% to 90%. Following up on the June 23rd Federal Register announcement and request for proposals, FTA will hold a pre-proposal meeting for anyone with questions, comments, or who just wants to learn more about the program. To read more, go to the Federal Register main page and enter " cooperative procurement" in the "quick search" box. KW - Capital expenditures KW - Equipment KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Internet KW - Private enterprise KW - Purchasing KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703709 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00977497 AU - Department of Transportation AU - American Public Transportation Association AU - ITS America AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) TI - 511 THE VALUE OF DEPLOYING 511 - BROCHURE PY - 2004/06/18 SP - 16 p. AB - This brochure highlights the demonstrated benefits of 511 systems in many different states, as well as deployment costs. It enumerates the benefits to 511 customers, to metropolitan areas, to deployment agencies, and to the local transportation systems. The brochure includes information on what it cost to deploy the national information number 511, why 511 is a good investment, and how to get started. This brochure was published by the 511 Deployment Coalition. More than 30 public agencies, industry groups, industry associations, and private companies from around the country participate. The intent is to implement 511 nationally using a bottom-up approach facilitated by information sharing and a cooperative dialogue through the national association represented on the Policy Committee, the governing body of the Coalition. KW - 511 (National Travel Information Number) KW - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials KW - Benefits KW - Brochures KW - Coalitions KW - Cooperation KW - Costs KW - Deployment KW - ITS America KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - U.S. Department of Transportation UR - http://www.deploy511.org/docs/511_Value.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703338 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01109145 AU - Yang, C Y David AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - Understanding Transit Accidents Using the National Transit Database and the Role of Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative Technology in Reducing Accidents PY - 2004/06//Final Report SP - 64p AB - This report documents the results of bus accident data analysis using the 2002 National Transit Database (NTD) and discusses the potential of using advanced technology being studied and developed under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program to reduce bus accidents. The impact of a reduced bus accident rate goes beyond monetary savings. If the number of bus collisions can be effectively reduced using the transit IVI technologies, then: (1) Injuries and fatalities from bus accidents will also decrease; (2) Transit operators will feel less stress and have more confidence to drive buses in and around congested urban environments; (3) Traffic congestion and delays caused by bus accidents will be alleviated; and (4) The public will view the bus as a safer mode of travel that is equipped with cutting-edge technology, thereby promoting transit’s image, growth, and ridership. The NTD has important statistics that show vital trends about the transit industry. The “Safety and Security Module” within the NTD contains data regarding incidents reported by transit agencies. Incident records from the Safety and Security Module of the NTD offer useful information to help the U.S. DOT’s IVI program develop new technologies to apply on future buses. Currently, several transit IVI projects are developing and testing collision warning systems to assist bus operators in preventing bus accidents by providing them effective and timely warnings. To implement successful transit collision warning systems, a thorough understanding of transit accident types as well as causes and costs of transit accidents are essential. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Bus crashes KW - Fatalities KW - Incident detection KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - National Transit Database KW - Public transit KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic delays KW - Traffic incidents KW - Transit crashes KW - Transit operators UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13994.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13994_files/13994.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/868649 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01049404 AU - McCollom Management Consulting, Incorporated AU - American Public Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS) Results. Summary Report - Phase III PY - 2004/06 SP - 63p AB - This report presents the results of the third phase of a project to implement a transit performance monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS was designed to collect data on transit customers through the use of on-board surveys. The long-term goal of the TPMS initiative is to standardize the collection of data and, thereby, provide a basic, but comprehensive analysis of the performance and benefits of transit service. A total of 30 transit systems participated in the third phase of the project, which was conducted in 2002 and 2003. The approach used and results of the third phase are summarized in this report. The report is organized as follows: Executive Summary; Introduction; TPMS Approach - provides a summary of the background of TPMS and the approach taken; Implementation - describes the approach used in the implementation tests; Survey Results - presents selected results of the surveys conducted in the third phase; Implementation Problems - discusses problems encountered during the conduct of the surveys; and Buffalo Longitudinal Telephone Survey - presents the results of a 2003 telephone survey of bus users who responded to the 2000 on-board survey. An appendix contains selected open-ended benefit responses. KW - Data collection KW - Monitoring KW - On-board surveys KW - Performance KW - Public transit UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/tpms_summary_III.pdf UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_5677.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/35000/35200/35223/TPMS_Summary_Report_Phase_III.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/808966 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01001252 AU - Anisimow, Vladimir AU - Wilson, J R AU - Womack, W C AU - Kaye, Ron J AU - Akhil, Abbas A AU - Paananen, Orman H AU - Covan, John M AU - Munoz, D AU - Takahashi, Michio AU - Kato, Junro AU - Ashley, Mark AU - Colorado Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Colorado Maglev Project. Part 3: Comprehensive Technical Memorandum PY - 2004/06//Final Report SP - 224p AB - The overall objective of the urban maglev transit technology development program is to develop magnetic levitation technology that is a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally sound transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. This project will include the design of an urban maglev system and the development and demonstration of advanced hardware subsystems to verify advanced technology aspects of proposed system concepts. The system design may be derived from integrating existing subsystem technologies (to create a new system) or by improving an existing system using advanced technologies. The Colorado Maglev Project represents the prototype system design for a full-scale maglev system in the U.S. As part of its findings the Colorado Maglev Project has determined that with minor modifications an existing system, CHSST, based on linear induction motors (LIMs), can feasibly be deployed in the Colorado I-70 corridor. The project reports fully evaluate and present the modified CHSST technology's capability to accommodate the terrain and service levels of the I-70 corridor. This Part 3 report, the Comprehensive Technical Memorandum, provides a portion of the detailed technical documentation completed by the Colorado Maglev Project Team in developing the technical basis for deployment of the Colorado 200 maglev system for use on the Colorado I-70 corridor stretching between Denver International Airport and Eagle County Airport, a distance in excess of 250 km (155 mi). The Comprehensive Technical Memorandum details the work accomplished in relation to the route, the required infrastructure including electrical needs, propulsion motor trade study, greenhouse gas effects, winterization report and a summary of the systems integration efforts. KW - Colorado KW - Development KW - Electrical systems KW - Greenhouse gases KW - Infrastructure KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Propulsion KW - Prototypes KW - Public transit KW - Routes KW - Subsystems KW - System design KW - Systems integration KW - Technical reports KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology KW - Winterization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/757051 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00978468 AU - Anisimow, V AU - Wilson, J R AU - Womack, W C AU - Kaye, R J AU - Akhil, A A AU - Paananen, O H AU - Covan, J M AU - Munoz, D AU - Takahashi, Masanori AU - Kato, J AU - Ashley, M AU - Colorado Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COLORADO MAGLEV PROJECT. PART 2: FINAL REPORT PY - 2004/06 SP - 246 p. AB - The overall objective of the urban maglev transit technology development program is to develop magnetic levitation technology that is a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally sound transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. This project includes the design of an urban maglev system and the development and demonstration of advanced hardware subsystems to verify advanced technology aspects of proposed system concepts. The system design may be derived from integrating existing subsystem technologies (to create a new system) or by improving an existing system using advanced technologies. The Colorado Maglev Project represents the prototype system design for a full-scale maglev system in the United States. As part of its findings the Colorado Maglev Project has determined that with minor modifications an existing system, CHSST, based on linear induction motors (LIMs), can feasibly be deployed in the Colorado I-70 corridor. The project reports fully evaluate and present the modified CHSST technology's capability to accommodate the terrain and service levels of the I-70 corridor. KW - Colorado KW - Development KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Prototypes KW - Public transit KW - Subsystems KW - System design KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology UR - http://www.dot.state.co.us/publications/maglev/maglevfinal.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/740310 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00976009 AU - Kaye, R J AU - Masada, E AU - Sandia National Laboratories AU - Tokyo University of Science AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMPARISON OF LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS AND INDUCTION MOTORS PY - 2004/06 SP - 28 p. AB - A Propulsion Trade Study was conducted as part of the Colorado Maglev Project of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Urban Maglev Technology Development Program to identify and evaluate prospective linear motor designs that could potentially meet the system performance requirements of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Project, and be applicable to other urban maglev transit corridors. The study focused primarily on the performance of the linear induction motor (LIM) propulsion system of the Chubu HSST (CHSST) that had been selected as the baseline technology for that project. Potential near-term improvements and modifications to that propulsion system have been considered and appear feasible. This report compared the relative advantages and disadvantages of that LIM and mature linear synchronous motor options for urban and suburban maglev transit systems. KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Propulsion KW - Synchronous motors KW - Urban transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24692/FTA-DC-26-7002-2004-01.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702775 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01464659 TI - Distribution Plan for the Recommended Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Guide and Software AB -Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 59: Strategic Planning and Management in Transit Agencies examines the value and benefits of strategic planning and management in transit agencies. The report also provides case studies from five transit agencies based on the comprehensiveness of process or presence of innovative or noteworthy practices.
KW - Management KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - State of the practice KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=195 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230913 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973593 AU - Federal Railroad Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS: PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 PY - 2004/01 SP - v.p. AB - This is the Report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(o)(1). The report makes recommendations for the allocation of over $1.5 billion for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems for FY 2005. It is a collateral document to the President's FY 2005 budget request to Congress. The FY 2005 recommendations include funding for 32 existing, pending, and proposed Full Funding Grant Agreements. These projects include commuter rail, light rail, heavy rail, and bus rapid transit. When completed, they will carry over 243 million riders annually, save over 12 million hours in travel time benefits, and significantly improve air quality and mobility. In addition this Annual Report provides a snapshot of each project in development and serves as guidance document to project sponsors. The report is organized into two sections: main text specifies funding recommendations by project and provides background information on FTA programs and practices; and appendices provide detailed information on each proposed project. Appendix A provides complete profiles of proposed projects in preliminary engineering, final design, or construction. Appendix B briefly describes each project that is currently in alternative analysis. KW - Annual reports KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Commuter service KW - Financing KW - Fixed guideway systems KW - Guideways KW - Light rail transit KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698510 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973594 AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BEST PRACTICES, BUS SIGNAGE FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS: LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) SIGNS PY - 2004/01 SP - 50 p. AB - Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, transit agencies have undertaken initiatives to comply with the legislation and improve access to public transit for persons with disabilities. This report focuses on the visual aspects and issues of light emitting diode (LED) technologies designed to present external vehicle route and destination information for travelers with visual impairments. It provides key information regarding the use of LED sign technologies on transit vehicles. The report will assist transit managers and engineers in the acquisition and use of this technology to improve the dissemination of public transit information to persons with visual impairments. It includes information about system design and implementation, and offers lessons learned and recommended practices for successful deployments. The goal of this document is to summarize findings of this and previous research, and to present findings as recommended best practices for current signage methods and electronic signage technologies designed to better communicate with persons with visual impairments. KW - Light emitting diodes KW - Passenger information systems KW - Routes and routing KW - Signs KW - Transit buses KW - Visually impaired persons UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24610/FV26-7026-031_FR.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697619 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973595 AU - Tate, W H AU - Orban, J E AU - Clark, H M AU - Lugio, T J AU - Battelle Columbus Laboratories AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EVALUATION REPORT: DRIVER EXPERIENCE WITH THE ENHANCED OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2004/01 SP - 116 p. AB - This evaluation report documents the results of research conducted to assess and determine transit bus driver experience and acceptance of a second generation Enhanced Object Detection System (EODS) for transit buses. EODS is a driver assistive tool, designed to reduce the number of side collisions by enhancing the driver's awareness of nearby objects, including other vehicles and stationary obstacles during in-service operations such as close maneuvering situations, slow speed turns, lane change and merge situations. The objective was to increase safety by communicating appropriate information and effective warnings to the bus operator during normal in-service situations. EODS was evaluated during a 100-day field operation test on five buses equipped with intelligent vehicle initiative (IVI) technology. This report describes the technical systems that were tested, the research plan for deployment, operational issues, and the evaluation goal and objectives as well as the hypotheses that were tested to achieve them. The tests were performed to determine: (1) whether EODS enhancements resolved first generation problems, and (2) whether the driver found the system to be helpful and the extent of driver acceptance of the new prototype system. Evaluation results are intended to guide deployment decisions for the evolving technology in transit fleets. Conclusions and recommendations are provided for EODS enhancements and future field tests. KW - Acceptance KW - Bus drivers KW - Bus transit KW - Detection and identification technologies KW - Enhanced object detection system KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Field tests KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Side crashes KW - Transit buses UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/29000/29300/29329/13930.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/29000/29300/29329/13930_files/13930.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697620 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973000 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION IN RURAL AREAS UPDATE 2004 PY - 2004/01 SP - 96 p. AB - This report is an invaluable resource tool for rural planners, city and county engineers, stakeholders, local officials, and other decision makers involved with developing successful rural transportation plans. It provides information and references for rural transportation planners to develop a planning process that best suits local circumstances. It is intended to foster a better understanding of the characteristics, issues, and trends affecting local circumstances. It is intended to foster a better understanding of the characteristics, issues, and trends affecting rural transportation systems and the benefits of good rural system planning. It provides approaches and case study profiles for public consultation, environmental review, transit system planning, intelligent transportation system planning, and access management. This four chapter report provides an overview of rural America and a discussion of federal rural transportation planning and policy, followed by a section on the responsibility for rural planning, and a final section on successful rural transportation planning. Appendices provide additional information and resources including: basic steps used to develop transportation plans; introduction to rural intelligent transportation systems, access management, and transit system planning; case study profiles of successful rural transportation planning; a list of World-Wide-Web resources; and a glossary of transportation planning terms. KW - Case studies KW - Development KW - Guides to information KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Planning KW - Rural transportation UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/rural/planningfortrans/ruralguide.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/36000/36100/36144/ruralguide.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697438 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01507284 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - Fulton Street Transit Center, New York, New York, section 4(f) evaluation : environmental impact statement PY - 2004///Volumes held: Draft(2v), F(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1291608 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01451192 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - South Corridor, I-205/Portland Mall Light Rail project : environmental impact statement PY - 2004///Volumes held: Supplement to the draft, Final, Final supplement to the final(2v), Final supplement to the finalapp KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Oregon UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1219736 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074627 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project : environmental impact statement PY - 2004///Volumes held: Draft(2v), Dsup(2v)(v.2 folio), F(v.2-5)(v.4 and v.5 folios) KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834021 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01033067 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Highway and Rail Transit Tunnel Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual - 2004 Edition PY - 2004 SP - 108p AB - This manual is an update to the version issued in May, 2003. It provides specific information for the maintenance and rehabilitation of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transit tunnels, and are defined accordingly. The manual consists of four chapters and an appendix. Chapter 1, Introduction, presents a brief history of the project development and outlines the scope and contents of the manual. Chapter 2, Tunnel Construction and Systems, defines the major tunnel systems and describes how they relate to both highway and rail transit tunnels. There are four sub-chapters on tunnel types, ventilation systems, lighting systems, and other systems/appurtenances. Chapter 3, Preventive Maintenance, provides specific recommendations for performing preventive maintenance to the tunnel structure, mechanical systems, electrical elements, track systems, and miscellaneous appurtenances. Chapter 4, Rehabilitation of Structural Elements, offers general procedural recommendations for making structural repairs to various types of tunnel liner materials. A large section is devoted to covering repairs necessary to slow, stop, or adequately divert water infiltration. Appendix A of this manual includes a general discussion of life-cycle-cost methodology. KW - Highways KW - Life cycle costing KW - Lighting systems KW - Maintenance KW - Manuals KW - Preventive maintenance KW - Rail transit KW - Recommendations KW - Rehabilitation (Maintenance) KW - Repairing KW - Tunnel lining KW - Tunnels KW - Types of tunnels KW - Ventilation systems UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/tunnel/maintman00.cfm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/790022 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002895 AU - Suh, Sunduck D AU - Kim, Hyonsik AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Urban Public Transportation in Seoul: Status and Prospects SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 323-339 AB - Urban public transportation plays a vital role in sustaining the quality of life in Seoul, Korea. Urban public transportation carries about 75% of the total trips made. This paper discusses land use, travel, and urban transportation patterns in Seoul. Current status of bus, subway and taxi is explained in detail. Contribution of public transportation in sustaining the quality of urban life in terms of air quality and mobility is discussed. Some important policy measures to boost use of public transportation are introduced and their impacts are discussed. Future public transportation policy direction that stresses integration of bus and subway, and urban and regional public transportation is also explained. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Air quality KW - Bus transit KW - Future KW - Integrated systems KW - Land use KW - Mobility KW - Policy KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Regional transportation KW - Ridership KW - Seoul (South Korea) KW - Subways KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Taxi services KW - Travel KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758753 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002893 AU - Fernandes, Jurandir Fernando Ribeiro AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - The Integrated Urban Transportation Plan: PITU 2020 SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 310-322 AB - The Integrated Urban Transportation Plan - PITU 2020 is a planning process starting with the statement of a wish, shared by significant decision-maker agents, that expresses what it would be like to live in Sao Paulo, in 2020. Through the established objectives for the transport policy and the performance indicators, it analyses future scenarios, defining and testing strategies in order to, finally, identify the necessary interventions on transportation systems, as well as on the infrastructure existing or to implant in the Metropolitan area. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Forecasting KW - Future KW - Infrastructure KW - Integrated systems KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Performance KW - PITU 2020 KW - Public transit KW - Sao Paulo (Brazil) KW - Strategic planning KW - Testing KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758751 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002889 AU - Sinha, Kumares C AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sustainability, Public Transportation and Technological Innovations SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 459-482 AB - An analysis of data of the past few decades from cities around the world indicates that history is repeating itself. Although there are significant differences in socioeconomic and technological characteristics among these cities, a remarkable similarity exists in the trend in urban transportation. The current growth in the use of automobiles in many cities of developing countries follows similar trends experienced in the U.S. and other developed countries several decades earlier. Even though there is much awareness and knowledge about sustainability, private vehicle ownership and use continue to grow at an increasing pace with rising personal incomes and desire to experience faster and more reliable transportation technology. Urban density, expressed in number of people and/or jobs per hectare, is the key indicator of the level of automobile ownership and use and of associated parameters of sustainability. As personal incomes rise, choice of residential and job location increases, causing a decrease in urban density and affecting the relative use of private transportation and public transit. There are policy options related to land use, pricing, and technological factors that can profoundly influence long-term sustainability of urban transportation systems around the world. The basic implication of the analysis is that urban transportation sustainability cannot be achieved unless there are profound changes in urban structures and activities that can slow or reverse the growth in the use of private automobiles and can make transit and other modes as attractive and viable. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Automobile ownership KW - Automobile travel KW - Cities KW - Developed countries KW - Developing countries KW - Income KW - Jobs KW - Land use KW - Location KW - Policy KW - Population density KW - Pricing KW - Private passenger vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Residential areas KW - Sustainable development KW - Technological innovations KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban areas KW - Urban form KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758843 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002888 AU - Kirby, Ronald F AU - Klancher, Wendy K AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Transportation and Land Use Planning in the Metropolitan Washington Region SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 402-413 AB - The Metropolitan Washington Region includes Suburban Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Transportation planning is conducted at the state and regional level while land use planning is done locally. A recently approved planning framework that integrates long-range transportation and land use plans offers guidance on how to better balance land use and transportation within a multi-state region. Regional activity centers and clusters form the basis of this planning framework. The region is further challenged by increased travel demand, changing travel patterns and funding shortages. The next long-range transportation plan update offers opportunities to address these challenges. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Financing KW - Land use planning KW - Long range planning KW - Maryland KW - Northern Virginia KW - Regional planning KW - Regional transportation KW - Suburbs KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel demand KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban areas KW - Washington (District of Columbia) KW - Washington Metropolitan Area UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758794 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002883 AU - Daguillard, Rita AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - International Mass Transportation Program SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 490-500 AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) International Mass Transportation Program (IMTP) was created by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to increase the global competitiveness of the United States transit industry. With this statutory objective in mind the IMTP provides tools and opportunities to inform and educate the transportation industry by improving access to international transportation databases, and by creating a two-way flow of information and technology between the United States and other countries. Cooperative agreements developed by the IMTP have set a framework for information sharing with countries such as France, Germany, Brazil, and Japan. As one example of such information sharing, Acting Administrator Nuria I. Fernandez led a delegation to Berlin in March, 2000 to study approaches to track sharing between light rail and heavy rail vehicles in order to implement similar arrangements at facilities in the United States. This mission fostered FTA and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issuance of the "Joint Statement of Agency Policy Concerning Use of Tracks of the General Railroad System by Conventional Railroad and Light Rail Transit Systems". In the future, the IMTP will seek to form even more strategic alliances and partnerships with both public and non-profit organizations such as the World Bank, the Transit Cooperative Research Program and the Business Council for International understanding. These partnerships will allow the FTA to leverage its resources and efforts to foster economic growth and trade opportunities, as well as promote the deployment of environmentally friendly technology to the international transport sector. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Access KW - Brazil KW - Competition KW - Databases KW - Economic growth KW - Environmental protection KW - France KW - Germany KW - Information flow KW - International KW - International Mass Transportation Program KW - Japan KW - Light rail transit KW - Light rail vehicles KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Railroads KW - Rapid transit KW - Rapid transit cars KW - Strategic alliances KW - Technology KW - Track sharing KW - Trade KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - U.S. Federal Railroad Administration KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758846 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002882 AU - Soberman, Richard AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - 'Smart' Transportation for Sustainable Development: A Case Study for Toronto SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 385-401 AB - This paper presents background information on the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area and discusses the city's transportation vision. The main goal of the vision is to improve the competitiveness of public transit and reduce dependence on automobile travel. The paper also describes the existing transportation system, including highway networks and transit system; presents a planning approach to achieve the vision; discusses implications for a new transportation plan; and details lessons learned through the planning process. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Automobile travel KW - Case studies KW - Cities KW - Competition KW - Dependence KW - Highways KW - Lessons learned KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Sustainable development KW - Toronto (Canada) KW - Toronto Metropolitan Area KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758792 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002881 AU - Vuchic, Vukan R AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 483-489 AB - In industrialized countries, the process of urbanization has been largely completed, and the majority of population lives in urbanized areas. In developing countries, the same trend of population shift from rural to urban areas is still continuing. The resulting rapid growth of cities in recent decades has created problems of providing utilities and services, as well as maintaining satisfactory quality of life. The pressures of population growth on physical and environmental conditions in cities is one of the challenges of our urbanized civilization. Consequently, living conditions in cities affect the majority of population, as well as each country's economic prosperity. Experiences from recent decades show that a basic requirement for quality of life in cities, including economic, social and environmental conditions, depends on their sustainability, i.e., trends that provide for stable conditions in the future. To examine the conditions in cities and the role of transportation in them, it is useful to start with a view from a distance and considering the function of cities in society and the elements that affect their efficiency. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Developed countries KW - Developing countries KW - Economic growth KW - Environmental quality KW - Population growth KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Social factors KW - Sustainable development KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urbanization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758845 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002879 AU - Shalaby, Amer AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Socioeconomic, Land Use and Travel Characteristics of the Toronto Area SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 356-368 AB - This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the urban context in which public transportation exists in the City of Toronto. The context is defined in terms of the city's socioeconomic, land use and travel characteristics. Because cross-boundary trips constitute a significant portion of travel in the City of Toronto, this analysis also includes the surrounding 4 municipalities of the city, which together with the city are known as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Major freeways serve the area, as well as a subway and commuter rail networks. The subway runs only within the city of Toronto along three lines. The GO Rail commuter rail network consists of 6 lines, each originating outside the City of Toronto and terminating at the Union Station in downtown Toronto. The source of socioeconomic, land use and travel information used in the study is the 1996 Transportation Tomorrow Survey, which involved a 5.0% sample of households in the GTA. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Freeways KW - Land use KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Subways KW - Toronto (Canada) KW - Toronto Metropolitan Area KW - Transportation Tomorrow Survey KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel surveys KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758788 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002874 AU - Moon, Dae-Seop AU - Lee, Jin-Sun AU - Kim, Hyun-Woong AU - Kim, Kyoung-Tae AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Integration of Urban and Regional Public Transportation Around KTX Seoul Station SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 340-347 AB - The high efficient speed rail (hereinafter referred to as HSR) system of Korea, which is called Korea Train Expren (KTX) is safer, faster, economical and environmentally friendlier than other transportation modes. The HSR is expected to enhance the quality of life in Korea similar to other countries such as Japan, France, Germany and Spain, which have operation HSR systems. The Seoul-Busan (so called Gyeong-Bu) high speed rail construction project (412 km, 116 min.) in Korea is to be opened by phase. The master plan was changed in 1998 to achieve early resolution of the traffic congestion of the Seoul-Busan axis as well as the difficult national economic situation. This paper describes the integration of Urban Public Transportation around KTX Seoul Station. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Construction KW - High speed rail KW - Integrated systems KW - KTX KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Rail transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Seoul (South Korea) KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic mitigation KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758755 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002873 AU - Salpeas, P Takis AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sustaining 21st Century Growth at Washington Metro SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 427-437 AB - The Washington Metropolitan Region is experiencing unprecedented growth that will double transit demand in less than 25 years. This paper will trace some of the steps that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is following to plan for this increase in ridership. In the year 2000, the Transit Service Expansion Plan was developed to provide a framework for the overall future expansion. This included the extension of the Blue Line to Largo, which is now under construction; and an extension of the Orange Line to Louden County, which is now in the final state of developing the Environmental Impact Statement. A Core Capacity Study was also undertaken in the year 2000 to determine the improvements necessary to implement the Transit Service Expansion Plan. This study lays out various alternatives to reduce the anticipated crowding at the core 29 stations where 100% of all trains travel through and to improve service reliability through the five portal portions of the two track rail system that affect WMATA's rail operations. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Demand KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metrorail (Washington Metropolitan Area) KW - Population growth KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Ridership KW - Subway stations KW - Sustainable development KW - Transit capacity KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Washington Metropolitan Area KW - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758796 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002872 AU - Hemily, Brendon AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Transit in the Greater Toronto Area: Overview and Challenges SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 369-384 AB - Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and a major economic centre in North America. The new City of Toronto was created through an amalgamation in 1998, of the former city of Toronto, five other cities and boroughs, and the former regional government, Metro Toronto. It has a population of over 2.3 million in habitants. However, the new amalgamated city of Toronto only represents the core of a much larger urbanized area, often referred to as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), which encompasses a population of over 5 million, spread over 100 kilometers along the shores of Lake Ontario, and extending 50 kilometers to the North. Transit has been a critical component in the historical growth of the City and the region, and the quality of transit service provided has been traditionally very high and cost effective. This paper provides a brief overview of the complex nature of transit in the GTA region, identifies a number of transit features that stand out as noteworthy in an international comparison, and concludes by presenting a number of significant challenges that face transit in the Greater Toronto region. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Challenges (Impediments) KW - Cities KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Public transit KW - Toronto (Canada) KW - Toronto Metropolitan Area KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758790 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002871 AU - Gallagher, James T AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sustaining Washington Metro: Meeting the Twin Challenges of Aging and Growing Pains SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 414-426 AB - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus, rail and paratransit ridership is growing at unprecedented levels. Ever increasing demand for transit services have placed a greater reliance on people and equipment reliability. Yet Metrobus and Metrorail are over 25 years old. This paper will discuss how WMATA is meeting the twin challenges of aging and growing pains to ensure mass transit sustainability in the Washington Metropolitan region. The WMATA goal is to provide reliable and comfortable service. Existing systems needs are addressed in an Infrastructure Renewal Program (IRP), an employee evaluation system based on WMATA's goals and a customer oriented initiatives program which includes keeping the public informed to what is going on in the metro system. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Aging (Materials) KW - Bus transit KW - Demand KW - Employees KW - Equipment KW - Evaluation KW - Infrastructure KW - Metrobus (Washington, District of Columbia) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Paratransit services KW - Personnel KW - Public information programs KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Reliability KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Washington Metropolitan Area KW - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758795 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002869 AU - Shibuya, Shuetsu AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Demonstrative Experiment on a Road Pricing System Making the Practical Use of Infrared Beacons SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 348-355 AB - Measures for subjecting vehicles to road pricing are under examination with the view of alleviating traffic congestion and enhancing the environment. These measures are normally considered part of traffic demand management (TDM). As a means of subjecting vehicles to road pricing, the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan is looking into methods of implementing a road pricing system through communication between the in-vehicle unit of a vehicle and roadside equipment, a system which makes the use of cameras practical. By using optical communication as a communication medium, the NPA conducted a primary experiment in the field to confirm that the Advance Mobile Information Systems (AMIS) unit communicates positively with infrared beacons installed on the roadside. Additionally, the experiment was to confirm whether or not the construction of an electronic road pricing system (ERP) is possible through the practical use of infrared beacons, which are one of the existing infrastructures. From this experiment, it was confirmed that the construction of an ERP system employing infrared beacons is technically possible. This paper reports the results of the verification of the primary field experiment. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cameras KW - Environmental protection KW - Infrared beacons KW - Infrastructure KW - Japan KW - Mobile communication systems KW - Optical waveguides KW - Road pricing KW - Traffic congestion KW - Travel demand management KW - Vehicle to infrastructure communications UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758756 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002702 AU - Bourgeois, Guy AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - The RATP - European Public Transport for the 21st Century SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 262-266 AB - With 40,000 employees, 14 Metro lines, 2 RER lines (the regional transit express), 2 tramway lines and 246 bus lines, the RATP, the Paris Mass Transit Authority, is the biggest mass transit company in Europe and one of the leading transit companies in the world. The RATP is a publicly owned company created in 1949. This paper discusses the RATP, and describes its modernization of mass transit in Paris over the past few years. The paper details the RATP's pricing policy, its security and environmental issues, its sustainability achievements, and the RATP's development strategy. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Bus transit KW - Development KW - Environmental protection KW - Modernization KW - Paris (France) KW - Policy KW - Pricing KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - RATP KW - Security KW - Strategic planning KW - Subways KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Transit authorities UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758686 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002701 AU - Hayashi, Jiro AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Barrier-Free Plan for Sustainable Use of Osaka's Municipal Subway System SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 254-261 AB - The Osaka municipal subway system launched its service in 1933. Since then, the subway system has been expanded in its length and has constituted the city's major transportation network. Now, about 2.4 million passengers utilize this 115.6 km, seven-line subway network in a day. Since the subway service started in Osaka, almost 70 years ago, various kinds of improvements were implemented to the existing lines. Especially, in the case of the Midosuji Line (Route 1), which was opened first, large-scale improvements were made from 1979 to 1991 to increase its capacity and to ease congestion. These improvements included construction of a new platform and extending the length of platforms to adapt to a 10-car operation. As a result, Umeda station, which is the most utilized station for passengers, has tripled its platform areas. In 1993, the "E-E-Ma-Chi Plan" was conceived as the barrier-free plan for existing stations. As a result of this plan, additional large-scale improvements were made, including the installation of escalators and elevators to enhance the convenience of passengers. This kind of comprehensive plan was a pioneering venture at that time. For the sustainable use of existing subway lines, these kinds of large-scale improvements are indispensable in meeting the requirements of changing needs and demands. This paper describes the "Barrier-free Plan" and its background in detail. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Access KW - Barrier free design KW - Elevators KW - Escalators KW - Improvements KW - Osaka (Japan) KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Subway stations KW - Subways KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit capacity KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Utilization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758675 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002700 AU - Frederico, Claudio de Senna AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - From Rags to Riches: Rail Renewal Success Story SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 298-309 AB - In 1995 Sao Paulo, the third largest city in the world had two mass transit rail systems with entirely different historical origins that provided their passengers with contrasting levels of service: (1) Sao Paulo Metro, modern and efficient subway network with the second highest passenger ridership per route kilometer in the world, carrying 2.2 million trips per day on 40 kilometers. This system was designed and built from scratch as a continuous project since 1968. (2) A commuter type train system with mixed freight traffic on certain sections servicing 700 thousand passenger trips on 270 kilometers of routes on old trains with irregular service and overloaded conditions. This system included sections of track designed in the 19th century as freight lines, first as private and later as Sao Paulo State and Federal government companies. In the 1990s both systems were merged into a new state-owned passenger mass transit company called CPTM (Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos). The new state government that began in 1995 decided on funding both the expansion of the subway lines and improvement of the train system into a compatible quality urban rail system before any attempt towards privatization. This report describes the two most significant improvement projects at CPTM during these last years and intends to be a positive example towards evolutionary upgrading projects of existing rail lines. It also presents a short description of fast integration schemes between the two systems using private initiative and small passenger vans. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Commuter service KW - Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos KW - Freight traffic KW - Governments KW - History KW - Improvements KW - Level of service KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Passenger trains KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Ridership KW - Sao Paulo (Brazil) KW - Subways KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758724 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002698 AU - Pereira, Arnaldo Luis Santos AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sao Paulo Metro: A Successful Public Transportation System SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 285-297 AB - Operating since 1974, the Sao Paulo Metro can be considered as a successful public transport system. Although working with a relatively short network, it attends 1.7 million entering passengers per working day. The opinion polls periodically carried out indicate that the subway system is well accepted by the general population and by the users as well. When compared with a list of public services, it is rated as one of the three top services, along with Post Office and Fire Department. This performance is more remarkable if it one considers the city where the metro operates: a huge metropolitan area with almost 17 million inhabitants, the main city of a developing country. Twenty million motorized trips are made daily, 50% of them by a fleet of 5 million cars. The results are daily traffic jams, whose average length is about 80 km. The majority of public transport is still provided by buses, sharing ways with cars. Millions of daily users are submitted to discomfort, delays and insecurity. The subway success as public service may be conferred to an association of multiple factors: transport planning and design fitted to local conditions; technological acknowledgment and updating; comprehensive and standardized operational procedures; personnel training; constant care for customers by opinion polls and operational management; permanent and accurate maintenance of infrastructure and equipment. This report describes the urban scenery where the Sao Paulo Metro was implemented, their main technical and operational dimensions, characteristics and indicators; the tolls dedicated to keep up with users and citizens preferences and opinions. A significant chapter is dedicated to describing and analyzing the main factors that produce the service success and the relevant role played by innovations provided by the subway service in Metropolitan Transport. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo KW - Consumer preferences KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Design KW - Equipment KW - Infrastructure KW - Innovation KW - Maintenance KW - Management KW - Modernization KW - Operations KW - Personnel KW - Procedures KW - Public opinion KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Ridership KW - Sao Paulo (Brazil) KW - Standardization KW - Subways KW - Technology KW - Training KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758687 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002696 AU - Kishino, Keiichi AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Urban Public Transit Planning Strategy in the Era of Decreasing Transport Demand SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 236-243 AB - It is obvious that public transportation's designated role is changing, and it is becoming a more important part of the society. Consideration of the measures being taken to address global environmental issues and the need to provide transportation services for the physically and/or mentally challenged in response to societal aging, as well as other aspects, make it clear that public transportation must not only be able to efficiently handle large volumes of traffic, but also function as an environmentally-friendly means of transportation responsive to user needs. Through the development and management of subway and municipal bus systems, the City of Osaka has done its best to create a metropolitan public transportation system. This paper describes the history of the railways and the current state and trends in railway transportation in the city; and possible changes in the future and the ideal subway development. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Demand KW - Development KW - Future KW - History KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Osaka (Japan) KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Subways KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758673 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002694 AU - Sawada, Mitsuhiro AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - New Subway Construction and Sustainable Utilization of the Existing Facility SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 244-253 AB - In the Kansai area (Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Wakayama and Osaka) 57 transportation agencies and companies operate railway and bus services to provide urban transportation. Since it is difficult to construct new lines at enormous costs under severe finance conditions in Japan, the Osaka municipal transportation bureau introduced the "stored value card system" called 'Surutto-Kansai' in response to the needs of the "cash-free" age. Through this system, the appropriate transit fare is automatically deducted from a prepaid card as it goes through an automated ticket gate. This prepaid card can be used not only for municipal transportation, but also for most private railways for getting on and off trains and buses in the Kansai region. By combining several fare systems into only one card system, passengers can enjoy great conveniences. Also, this is expected to contribute to the sustainability of public transportation in the Kansai region. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Construction KW - Fare collection KW - Fare prepayment KW - Financing KW - Kansai Region (Japan) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Osaka (Japan) KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Subways KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation KW - Utilization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758674 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002608 AU - Zavattero, David AU - Wu, Wei AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Design of the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Gateway: A Multi-Modal Traveler Information System SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 75-88 AB - The Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Corridor was one of the four priority corridors established under the ISTEA legislation of 1991. The Gateway Traveler Information System (TIS) is the core system that facilitates the integration and interoperation of the many Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the Corridor. The Gateway TIS collects transportation related information from geographically dispersed agencies of varied natures, validates and fuses the information collected, and disseminates it to interested public and private entities and the general public via Internet and Intranet. The foundation for the Gateway architecture is the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). CORBA is one of the two NTCIP Center-to-Center (C2C) communication protocols. CORBA supports both C2C communications and internal, distributed, object oriented computing. CORBA is rapidly gaining popularity and momentum in the current software engineering trend of object orientation and distributed computing. It is likely that CORBA will become a popular solution to both C2C communication and distributed computing for next generation ITS. The experience of the Gateway TIS provides useful insights to other ITS center systems currently being planned, designed, and implemented. This paper presents a high level view of the CORBA based system architecture design of the GCM Gateway TIS. It focuses on the perspective of ITS C2C interoperability. The object oriented Gateway external data model and the Gateway Publisher/Subscriber based data collection and distribution are introduced. The decision to utilize an object oriented Database Management Structure versus a relational database management system is discussed. This paper also serves as a call for the development of CORBA oriented specifications of national ITS standards, which to this point have focused on DATEX. Based on the authors' experience with CORBA as the foundation for the Gateway architecture they recommend CORBA be considered for future systems. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Common Object Request Broker Architecture KW - Communications KW - Computer architecture KW - Database management systems KW - Design KW - Distributed processing KW - Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Internet KW - Interoperability KW - Intranet KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Object oriented databases KW - Object oriented programming KW - System architecture KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758554 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002607 AU - de la Loza, James AU - Chu, Chaushie AU - Mulchand, Sharad AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Socioeconomic Characteristics, Travel Patterns and Long Range Plan for Los Angeles, California, USA SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 137-149 AB - Los Angeles (LA) County's population, employment and vehicles are projected to grow 28% to 37% by 2025. Due to urban sprawl and complex multidirectional travel pattern, the vehicle miles traveled are projected to increase by 53%. The 4000-mile freeway system in LA County's urbanized area cannot be expanded easily; therefore, more emphasis is given to alternative transportation solutions such as HOV-carpool lanes and improving transit services. Four primary alternatives (e.g., Vehicle Moving, People Moving, Financially Constrained, and Financially Unconstrained) were tested. In addition, sensitivity tests beyond conventional solutions were applied to Constrained and Unconstrained alternatives. The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) will maintain the daily freeway speed at 22 mph, accommodate 30% more carpoolers, 87% more transit users and shift 600,000 persons (half million vehicles) from highway to transit. The sensitivity tests showed that the daily freeway speed would increase to 28 mph as a result of transit friendly land use development. When value pricing and transit enhancement were applied, the daily freeway speed would further increase to 32 mph. The Board of Directors at MTA adopted the Constrained alternative. The land use, value pricing, and transit enhancement portions of the LRTP study are being further investigated by MTA and its associated partner agencies in Southern California at this time. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Carpools KW - Employment KW - Freeways KW - Land use KW - Long range planning KW - Los Angeles County (California) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Motor vehicles KW - Population growth KW - Public transit KW - Road pricing KW - Sensitivity analysis KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Speed KW - Transit oriented development KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban sprawl KW - Vehicle miles of travel UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758573 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002604 AU - Hendy, Peter AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - London Buses - A Success Story for Public Transport SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 126-136 AB - This paper discusses factors that led to the success of the London Buses program. Against a background of long-term decline, which continues in the deregulated environment outside of London, patronage of public transport in the capital stabilized during the 1990s and has grown in recent years. The paper briefly covers the background that led to the current position and sets out the details of the ambitious program for achieving a further change in the image and quality of bus services in London, over and above the substantial improvements made in recent years. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Bus transit KW - Cities KW - Improvements KW - London (England) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Ridership KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758571 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002601 AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit. Proceedings of the Second International Conference, April 14-18, 2002, Alexandria, Virginia, USA SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - 520p AB - The Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems was held in Alexandria, Virginia on April 14-18, 2002. The theme of the conference was ensuring sustainability through mass transit. This document contains the proceedings of the conference, and it presents 46 papers from 12 countries. The papers generally covered one or more of the following three topics: (1) socioeconomic characteristics, land use, and travel patterns of the city; (2) the existing urban transportation system, its operations in the city and its use by the people; and (3) issues of sustainability related to the city's public transit system. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Conferences KW - Land use KW - Operations KW - Public transit KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation KW - Utilization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758505 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002599 AU - Pitstick, Mark E AU - DeLaurentiis, John AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority: Sustaining Transit in the 21st Century SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 50-61 AB - The Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois (RTA) serves Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, and Will Counties, which together are home to approximately 8 million residents in the Chicago area. The RTA provides regional planning, funding and oversight for the region's three transit operators: the Chicago Transit Authority (city bus and rail rapid transit), Metra (commuter rail), and Pace (suburban bus). The mission of the RTA is to ensure a financially sound comprehensive and coordinated public transportation system for the region. The RTA interprets its role as a transit resource management agency. To accomplish this, it has developed several integrated planning programs that together address various issues facing an established metropolis with a mature transit system. First, the RTA is helping communities design their local centers in a transit-supportive manner through the Regional Technical Assistance Program. Second, county-wide and corridor planning studies explore and define transportation and land use alternatives for groups of communities anticipating major transportation improvements. Third, the Regional Transit Coordination Plan is now under way to improve coordination between the CTA, Metra, and Pace in order to enhance regional mobility by improving interagency transfers. Fourth, the RTA is leading the development of several Intelligent Transportation Systems to improve information provided to transit customers and use existing capacity better. Fifth, the Regional Transit Asset Management System is helping to keep track of assets and services throughout the region. Finally, the region's transit capital program emphasizes renewing and preserving the system in a state of good repair. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Asset management KW - Bus transit KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Chicago Transit Authority KW - Cities KW - Commuter service KW - Coordination KW - Districts and authorities KW - Financing KW - Information services KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Land use KW - Metra KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Mobility KW - Oversight KW - Pace Suburban Bus Service (Arlington Heights, Illinois) KW - Preservation KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Regional transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Suburbs KW - Transfers KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758513 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002598 AU - Okazaki, James M AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Role in Transit Planning and Operation SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 150-152 AB - The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is a multi-modal transportation planning and operations agency. It is responsible for the development of programs and implementation of solutions to meet the ground transportation needs of the City of Los Angeles' traveling public and commerce. As a multi-modal agency, it plays an important role in the region in terms of its transit planning as well as operation of transit services. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Development KW - Ground transportation KW - Implementation KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Operations KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Transit services KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758574 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002597 AU - Sandoval, Edgar E AU - Hidalgo, Dario AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - TransMilenio: A High Capacity - Low Cost Bus Rapid Transit System Developed for Bogota, Colombia SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 37-49 AB - TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system in Bogota, Colombia resulting from a successful public-private partnership. The system comprises specialized infrastructure including exclusive lanes for high capacity articulated buses, efficient private operation, advanced fare collection system, and a new public authority for planning, developing and controlling the system. TransMilenio started operations in December 2000. By April 2002 it moved 650,000 passengers/day in 38 Km busways, 62 stations, 470 articulated buses and 300 feeder buses operating 124 Km routes. Extensions will continue in the next 16 years to cover 85% of the daily trips in the city. TransMilenio is a high quality and sustainable transport solution, at a very low cost for the tax payer and the direct users. This paper presents the situation of Bogota, the overall mobility strategy in which the mass transit system is embedded, the components of TransMilenio, the implementation strategy, and the results after five months of operation. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Articulated buses KW - Bogota (Colombia) KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Busways KW - Cities KW - Costs KW - Fare collection KW - Implementation KW - Infrastructure KW - Mobility KW - Public private partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Ridership KW - Strategic planning KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit capacity KW - TransMilenio KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758511 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002590 AU - Gonzalez, J-D AU - Cristobal-Pinto, C AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Park and Ride Operation in Madrid Region SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 188-200 AB - This paper discusses public transit in Madrid, its ridership, its commuter rail network, and the park and ride system associated with the commuter railways. The authors recommend that park and ride strategies should be embraced in an integral transport policy. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Commuter service KW - Madrid (Spain) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Park and ride KW - Policy KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Recommendations KW - Ridership KW - Strategic planning KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758586 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002589 AU - Gephart, Rex AU - Chisholm, Russ AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Los Angeles Metro Rapid Program SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 159-177 AB - Los Angeles public bus transportation has slowed significantly over the past decade. Recent studies indicate that half the time a bus is in service it is stopped, either at a traffic signal or a bus stop to board patrons. To improve bus speeds, the Los Angeles Metro Rapid Program was implemented in June 2000. Six months following implementation, the program was deemed a success. Operating speed, service quality, ridership, and customer response all exceeded objectives, with very little or no negative impact on the rest of the transportation system and other travel modes. Through system integration of bus signal priority, low-floor buses, headway rather than timetable-based schedules, fewer stops, and joint active management of service operation, passenger travel times have been reduced by as much as 29%. As a result, ridership has increased by 25% on the two demonstration corridors, with one-third of the ridership increase from new riders who have never before ridden transit. Based on the program's success, a comprehensive expansion plan is currently being developed that involves expansion of the Metro Rapid network as well as introduction of additional attributes, including exclusive bus lanes, high capacity buses, fare prepayment, and multiple-door boarding and alighting. When complete, the program will operate as an extension of the MTA's existing rail service and provide fast, reliable bus service throughout Los Angeles County. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Boarding and alighting KW - Bus capacity KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus priority KW - Bus transit KW - Doors (Vehicles) KW - Fare prepayment KW - Headways KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Los Angeles County (California) KW - Low floor vehicles KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Rapid transit KW - Ridership KW - Schedules KW - Speed KW - Stopped time delays KW - Traffic signal preemption KW - Travel time KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Waiting time UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758579 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002588 AU - Kelly, James J AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Intelligent Transportation Systems in the New York Metropolitan Area SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 227-235 AB - The Second Law of Thermodynamics tells us that the entropy of the universe is forever increasing. It seems that the first law of major urban areas like New York is that traffic demand is always increasing. However, the physical infrastructure to serve the traffic, our highways, streets, bridges and tunnels cannot keep pace. There are significant economic consequences associated with this imbalance. This presentation will discuss he expanding role that Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are playing in the New York Metropolitan area. Increasingly we are turning to technology to improve the utilization of our traffic network. Sophisticated systems are being deployed for electronic toll collection, traffic management, and incident detection and travel time information among other things. While these systems do not increase the number of lane miles available to serve the traffic, they can increase the effectiveness of the existing facilities and give drivers and commercial vehicle operators timely and accurate information, on which to make route and/or time selection decisions. In addition, ITS tools, coupled with improved communications systems, have significantly improved the coordination and information sharing between various regional transportation agencies. The growth of telematics, systems that combine global positioning satellite technology and other wireless communications, will lead to new ITS applications in the future. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Automated toll collection KW - Communication systems KW - Data sharing KW - Demand KW - Global Positioning System KW - Highway traffic KW - Highway traffic control KW - Incident detection KW - Information services KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - ITS program applications KW - Metropolitan areas KW - New York Metropolitan Area KW - Satellite communication KW - Technology KW - Telematics KW - Travel time KW - Urban areas KW - Wireless communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758615 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002587 AU - Resnick, Barry S AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Regional Transportation Authority and Metra Parking Management Guidance System Demonstration Project SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 62-74 AB - Metra is the commuter rail arm of the Regional Transportation Authority, providing commuter rail service along 545 route miles in the greater Chicago area. As part of the United States Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems initiative, Metra is implementing a Parking Management Guidance System (PMGS) pilot project. PMGS is intended to achieve greater efficiencies from the existing inventory of commuter parking by means of informing motorists of transit parking availability and facilities locations, thereby offering air quality and traffic congestion reduction benefits. The Project will be implemented in three phases. Phase I calls for site evaluations, completion of conceptual design plans, completion of Invitation for Bid specifications and preparation of a technical evaluation plan and user survey. Phase II includes PMGS procurement, construction and testing. Phase III calls for implementation of the technical evaluation and post-demonstration users survey. This paper summarizes the background of the project and outlines the activities of each phase. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Air quality KW - Chicago Metropolitan Area KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Evaluation KW - Implementation KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Location KW - Metra KW - Parking facilities KW - Parking guidance systems KW - Procurement KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Regional transportation KW - Surveys KW - Testing KW - Traffic congestion UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758515 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002586 AU - Cristobal-Pinto, C AU - Gonzalez, J-D AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Madrid Public Transport Authority Bets on Sustainable Development SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 178-187 AB - Due to a number of factors, Madrid was subject to a variety of tensions at the beginning of the 1980s. Some of these factors include the energy crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s, women's increasing role in the labor force, and decreasing birth rates. Other changes in regards to public transport led to a steadily declining demand for public transport. In particular, despite the enlargement of effort made between 1975 and 1983, the number of underground passengers dropped 20%. The paper goes on to discuss positive emerging trends in public transit in Madrid, such as the creation of the Public Transport Authority, administrative integration, modal integration, and fare integration. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Administration KW - Birth rate KW - Cities KW - Demand KW - Employment KW - Fares KW - Females KW - Labor force KW - Madrid (Spain) KW - Public transit KW - Public Transport Authority KW - Ridership KW - Sustainable development KW - Transportation modes KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758583 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002584 AU - Van der Merwe, E AU - Vorster, J C AU - Venter, J H AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Socio-Economic Characteristics, Land Use and Travel Patterns in the Province of Gauteng, South Africa SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 89-99 AB - The dispersed urban form and irregular distribution of residential densities found in the Gauteng Province of South Africa makes it highly reliant on transport but very difficult to service effectively with public transport. Various initiatives are being implemented by both the provincial and municipal governments of Gauteng to address this problem with an emphasis on the integration of land use and transport, and the promotion of public transport in particular. The objective of this paper is, firstly, to facilitate an understanding of the nature of the Province of Gauteng which demonstrates the need for the promotion of public transport, and, secondly to briefly discuss some of the present actions done on a provincial-wide basis to create a better environment for sustainable transport. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Gauteng (South Africa) KW - Governments KW - Integration KW - Land use KW - Promotion KW - Public transit KW - Residential areas KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban form UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758563 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002580 AU - Swanepoel, L P AU - Venter, J H AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Urban Public Transportation System and its Operations and Use by People in the Gauteng Metropolitan Area SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 100-111 AB - The White Paper on National Land Passenger Transport Policy (1996) proposed a number of changes to the South African public transport system. These changes are based on the principle of regulated competition with the national goal of subsidiarity in mind. The National Land Transport Transition Act (NLTTA), Act 22 of 2000, is starting to give form to the changes as envisaged in the White Paper policy. As one of the key thrusts, the NLTTA places an obligation on all spheres of government to promote public transport and to facilitate the increased utilization of public transport. This Act also directs that it is a basic principle that the provisions of adequate public transport infrastructure, facilities and services must be given higher priority than private transport, inter alia by applying travel demand management measures to discourage private transport. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Competition KW - Facilities KW - Gauteng (South Africa) KW - Infrastructure KW - Metropolitan areas KW - National Land Transport Transition Act KW - Operations KW - Promotion KW - Public transit KW - Regulation KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit services KW - Travel demand management KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation KW - Utilization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758566 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002579 AU - Suisman, Doug AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - The Los Angeles Metro Rapid System: Designing Rapid Bus Service from the Sidewalk Up SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 153-158 AB - Planning for bus rapid transit systems is becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated. Part of Lost Angeles Metro Rapid's success can be attributed to the fact that the macro scale of operational planning was, from a very early state, coupled with the human scale design of its graphics and its architecture. This paper discusses how the bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles took the needs of its riders into account, and thus developed a very successful bus rapid transit system. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Architecture KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus service KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Design KW - Graphics KW - Los Angeles County (California) KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Needs assessment KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Ridership KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758576 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002575 AU - Paaswell, Robert E AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Approaches to Infrastructure Redevelopment, WTC, Lower NYC and the Region SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 215-226 AB - The World Trade Center act of terror destroyed not only several large and active buildings, but the infrastructure that connects them to each other and to the rest of the region. The instinctive response of the region is to build something again quickly and to fix the broken transportation systems. But, as the question of what to build and for whom surfaces, the nature of the fix of the infrastructure comes into question. This paper addressed applying strategic planning principles to this almost intractable problem. Those principles suggest looking both short and long term at needs and resources, and also demand that planners look at the changing environment in which they work. The towers were built on assumptions of the 1970s, and were fit into existing subways and rail systems. In rebuilding for the 2020s the strategic questions address how best to meet the needs of new cultures, economies and populations. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Culture (Social sciences) KW - Economic factors KW - Infrastructure KW - Long range planning KW - Needs assessment KW - New York (New York) KW - Population KW - Rail transit KW - Redevelopment KW - Short range planning KW - Strategic planning KW - Subways KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 KW - World Trade Center UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758614 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002574 AU - Hidalgo, Dario AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Structural Change in Bogota's Transportation Systems: Public and Non-Motorized Transportation Priority and Private Car Restrictions SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 26-36 AB - Bogota is developing an ambitious mobility strategy whose main objective is to initiate a structural change in transportation to improve livability and make the city more efficient and competitive. The strategy seeks transit priority, exploration of alternative transport modes and reduction of private automobile use. This paper summarizes some aspects of Bogota's mobility strategy including the situation prior to its initiation, objectives and program formulation, resource mobilization, process description, goals achieved, sustainability, lessons learned and transferability. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Bogota (Colombia) KW - Competition KW - Economic efficiency KW - Lessons learned KW - Mobility KW - Nonmotorized transportation KW - Private passenger vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Strategic planning KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758509 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002573 AU - Hidalgo, Dario AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Bogota and its Transportation System SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 19-25 AB - This paper is intended to show the general characteristics of Bogota and its transportation system before the implementation of the Mobility Strategy set forth by the local administration starting in 1998. The paper is based on a city Datasheet prepared by the Office of the Mayor in 2000 and studies by Steer Davies Gleave for the Operational Design of the TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Bogota (Colombia) KW - Bus transit KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation systems KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758508 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002572 AU - Perold, Riaan AU - Setshedi, Dennis AU - Venter, Johan AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sustainable Development in the Gauteng Metropolitan Area Focusing on the Tshwa Ring Rail Development Project SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 112-125 AB - In considering the requirements defined by the Gauteng Spatial Development Framework, the existing rail system within the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (approximately 100 km of duel track) presented the ideal opportunity to restructure the existing fabric of the city. This is due to the following aspects: (1) It is a public transport facility, the focal point of an extensive metropolitan rail system, which is accessible to all disadvantaged communities. (2) It links with most of the major nodes of economic activity and job opportunities in the metropolitan area. (3) It links to most of the major community facilities in the metropolitan area, such as hospitals, schools, universities and technicons. (4) There are many opportunities for residential redevelopment, infill development, densification and upgrading in areas along the rail network that could provide for the future integration of historically segregated communities. During Phase 1 (1998/99) of the project an assessment of the status quo was undertaken and in Phase 2 (1999/00) an implementation strategy was formulated. The third phase of the project was completed in 2001 with the formulation of an implementation framework and an institutional body that would steer the project. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Cities KW - Economic benefits KW - Framework (Planning) KW - Gauteng (South Africa) KW - Hospitals KW - Implementation KW - Infill (Development) KW - Jobs KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Residential areas KW - Ring rail KW - Schools KW - Sustainable development KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Universities and colleges UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758569 ER - TY - CONF AN - 01002571 AU - Dhingra, S L AU - Rajaram, B AU - American Society of Civil Engineers TI - Sustainable Transportation Strategy for Mumbai (Bombay) Region Using an Integrated Mass Transit Systems Approach SN - 0784407177 PY - 2004 SP - pp 201-214 AB - Sustainability has significant implications for transportation planning, because present transport activities tend to be highly resource-intensive, have numerous external costs, and frequently distribute impacts inequitably. Sustainability requires rethinking how we measure transportation. It focuses on access, which can often be improved with strategies that reduce the need to travel altogether, such as land use and improved communications. Sustainable transportation necessitates greater reliance on non-motorized transport for local travel, increased use of mass transportation in urban areas, and a reduction of personal automobile use. Mass transportation means are the most energy-efficient and most environmentally sound ways to move people. Among the benefits of mass transit are conserving energy and other resources; reducing pollution and its impact on the environment; and alleviating traffic congestion. Subsidized public mass transportation could improve inner city residents access to all metropolitan neighborhoods and help reduce reliance on automobiles. In the Indian scenario applied to the Mumbai city, there are permanent problems of congestion, increased travel time, commuter discomfort and environmental pollution. In a conscious effort to tackle these problems efficiently and also taking into account the issue of sustainability, this paper proposes an Integrated Mass Transportation system comprising the existing Central and Western Railway corridor, in conjunction with the two new components, namely, the Sky bus and the Battery-charged vehicle. The benefits of such an integrated system in attaining sustainability are investigated in this paper. U1 - Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems: Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass TransitAmerican Society of Civil EngineersAdvanced Transit AssociationAmerican Public Transportation AssociationEno Transportation FoundationFederal Transit AdministrationITS AmericaTransportation Research BoardVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgWashington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityWorld BankInstitute of Urban Transport (India)ASCE National Capital SectionCODATU International AssociationAlexandria,Virginia,United States StartDate:20020414 EndDate:20020418 Sponsors:American Society of Civil Engineers, Advanced Transit Association, American Public Transportation Association, Eno Transportation Foundation, Federal Transit Administration, ITS America, Transportation Research Board, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank, Institute of Urban Transport (India), ASCE National Capital Section, CODATU International Association KW - Access KW - Benefits KW - Bus transit KW - Central business districts KW - Communications KW - Electric buses KW - Energy conservation KW - Environmental impacts KW - Environmental protection KW - Integrated systems KW - Land use KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Mumbai (India) KW - Nonmotorized transportation KW - Pollution KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Subsidies KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Traffic congestion KW - Travel time KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/758612 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00988873 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SCENARIO PLANNING: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING A SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE PY - 2004 SP - 21 p. AB - Scenario planning is a process in which transportation professionals and citizens work together to analyze and shape the long-term future of their communities. Using a variety of tools and techniques, participants in scenario planning assess trends in key factors such as transportation, land use, demographics, health, economic development, environment, and more. The participants bring the factors together in alternative future scenarios, each of these reflecting different trend assumptions and tradeoff preferences. In the end, all members of the community -- the general public, business leaders, and elected officials -- reach agreement on a preferred scenario. This scenario becomes the long-term policy framework for the community's evolution, and is used to guide decision-making. On September 25, 2003, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) brought transportation leaders and other specialists together for a one-day roundtable exchange on scenario planning. This report discusses that roundtable exchange. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Communities KW - Demographics KW - Economic development KW - Environmental protection KW - Forecasting KW - Future KW - Health KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Policy KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/754912 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00980752 AU - Cunningham, Paul H AU - Ogden, Joel A AU - Wourms, David F AU - BOOZ ALLEN & HAMILTON, USA AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BEST PRACTICES. BUS SIGNAGE FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS: LIGHT-EMITTING (LED) SIGNS PY - 2004 SP - 50 p. AB - This best-practices report provides key information regarding the use of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) sign technologies to present destination and route information on transit vehicles. It will assist managers and engineers in the acquisition and use of this technology to improve the dissemination of public transit information to persons with visual impairments. It includes information about system design and implementation, and offers lessons learned and recommended practices for successful deployments. KW - Blind persons KW - Buses KW - Human factors KW - Light emitting diodes KW - Public transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24610/FV26-7026-031_FR.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/742945 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00978371 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration AU - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration TI - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ITS PROJECTS BOOK 2004, ONLINE EDITION PY - 2004 SP - 1000 p. AB - This document describes ITS projects, tests, and studies initiated through September 30, 2003, that partially or totally have been financed from Federal ITS funds. Projects identified as Other were earmarked activities originating during the period of ISTEA authorization. Projects identified as Deployment/Integration were initiated under TEA-21, and represent Congressionally-directed activities appropriated in the ITS Deployment Program. However, the Completed Projects sections, which are located at the end of each chapter, include projects that were actually finished as of September 30, 2003, plus those projects anticipated to be completed by the end of December 2003. The purpose of this report is not to account for all Federal funds made available for ITS activities, but rather to describe all major projects, tests, and studies for each ITS program area. On-going projects are presented in groupings by project type in each infrastructure category and subcategory or program area. The order of presentation, to the extent that current project activity allows, starts with research and development, followed by field operational tests, and concludes with deployments. The completed projects are displayed alphabetically without regard to type. Previous editions of this document catalogued ITS projects authorized under ISTEA. The 1999 edition addressed program direction during the transition year in which TEA-21 was enacted - 1998. That edition also addressed the restructuring of the ITS Program from the program areas established during the ISTEA era into the new organization reflecting Congressional direction in TEA-21, which emphasizes deployment and integration of ITS. The advent of TEA-21 catalyzed a restructuring of ITS Program activities into Intelligent Infrastructure categories and the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. The current edition of this document continues to categorize both legacy projects, originating under ISTEA, and those begun since the enactment of TEA-21, according to this restructured program organization. The program reorientation reflects the evolution of emphasis to deployments whose outputs are infrastructure and/or vehicles. Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure inherits the research in Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) and Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS). Rural ITS Infrastructure encompasses the activities of the Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS) Program that includes the application of technologies under development for Metropolitan and Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure that are adaptable to rural community needs. The Commercial Vehicle ITS Infrastructure continues to build on the research endeavors of the Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Program, and is heavily focused on the deployment of Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN). The Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) is focused on facilitating the accelerated deployment of advanced driver assistance systems. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced rural transportation systems KW - Advanced traffic management systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Research UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703624 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00977498 AU - Department of Homeland Security TI - LLIS STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH TERRORIST ATTACK. LESSONS LEARNED INFORMATION SHARING URL PY - 2004 SP - n.p. AB - Sharing information, connecting experts, and improving homeland security are the main characteristics for the Lessons Learned Information Sharing website. Large scale terrorist attacks on American soil have given rise to this first national website for those who form the first line of defence when disaster strikes. Lessons Learned Information Sharing website is the national network of Lessons Learned and Best Practices for emergency response providers and homeland security officials. Information once hoarded by agencies is being shared with firefighters, police, medical personnel and others to mount the best response. The site, designed to allow agencies to share their experiences and connect to experts, also features a detailed plan to evacuate people with special needs. KW - Best practices KW - Emergency management KW - Information dissemination KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - National security KW - Security KW - Terrorism KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703708 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00977591 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Connecticut Department of Transportation AU - Kennedy Center, Incorporated AU - Connecticut Department of Social Services TI - PUBLIC TRANSIT 101 PILOT PROJECT FINAL REPORT PY - 2004 SP - n.p. AB - Project Transit 101 is a component of Job Access for People with Disabilities in Southwest Connecticut. The effort aims to educate human service workers about accessible, fixed-route public transportation. The People to Jobs Taskforce designed this program as an educational outreach effort to reach and train people who work with people with disabilities. KW - Accessibility KW - Cognitive impairment KW - Education and training KW - Fixed routes KW - Job opportunities KW - Jobs KW - Physical disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Social service KW - Visually impaired persons UR - http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/publictransit101.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703710 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974958 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Aizenberg, R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION: CONFERENCE BREAKOUT SESSIONS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 302-312 AB - In 1998 the Transportation Research Board (TRB) agreed to review and follow up TRB Special Report 218: "Transportation in an Aging Society." A committee was formed to guide the overall process and, specifically, to develop and implement an international conference. The purposes of the conference were to review research-related and other activities completed since the release of Special Report 218 that dealt with older-people transportation issues, identify future research needs, and address the implementation of research findings. The conference was organized around a series of themes. Each of the theme areas was informed by one or more state-of-the-art reports, developed by experts in the area. To stimulate discussion among the participants, the program included 16 breakout sessions relating to the theme areas. This paper presents the results of the breakout sessions. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Conferences KW - Development KW - Implementation KW - Mobility KW - Research KW - Safety UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702087 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974952 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Pike, J AU - Transportation Research Board TI - REDUCING INJURIES AND FATALITIES TO OLDER DRIVERS: VEHICLE CONCEPTS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 213-226 AB - The purpose of this paper is to address the increasing older-driver fatality rate from the vehicle perspective. In other words, this paper is an overview of past, current, and future vehicle concepts and initiatives that may have the potential for mitigating both the frequency and the injury severity of older-driver crashes. Occupant protection concepts are grouped into three categories: crash avoidance, crashworthiness, and postcrash assistance. Discussion of these concepts is followed by a discussion on recent advances in occupant protection, including advances in safety belts, airbags, side impact protection, rear impact protection, and rollover protection. Comments on future restraint concepts concludes the discussion. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged drivers KW - Air bags KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crashworthiness KW - Fatalities KW - Future KW - Injuries KW - Occupant protection devices KW - Postcrash phase KW - Rear impact protection KW - Rollover crashes KW - Seat belts KW - Side crashes KW - Vehicle safety UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702081 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974953 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Koppa, R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - AUTOMOTIVE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 227-235 AB - Age is not intrinsically a disability, yet there are conditions correlated with or exacerbated by aging that can be addressed using appropriate assistive technology. This paper addresses disabilities associated with aging and the automotive adaptive equipment and vehicle modifications developed to compensate for these disabilities. Such equipment and modifications are always customized to an individual's disability. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged drivers KW - Automotive adaptive equipment KW - Vehicle design UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702082 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974949 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Staplin, Loren AU - Transportation Research Board TI - HIGHWAY ENHANCEMENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF OLDER ROAD USERS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 155-166 AB - As the number and proportion of older road users in the United States increases, there is a special urgency to improve their safety and mobility. This paper directs attention to the highway modifications that can make an immediate difference. The modifications suggested are only those that are considered to be possible from a cost standpoint. The priorities for application of the recommendations in this paper are: new construction; reconstruction of current facilities; regularly scheduled maintenance activities and spot treatments where crashes have occurred; and other demonstrated safety problem-solving or locally desired proactive approaches. The highway improvements in this paper represent a subset of the practices recommended in the Federal Highway Administration's "Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians." U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Highway design KW - Highway safety KW - Improvements KW - Mobility UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702078 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974956 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Cobb, R W AU - Coughlin, J F AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR AN AGING SOCIETY: KEEPING OLDER AMERICANS ON THE MOVE SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 275-289 AB - Research and anecdotal evidence have shown that people routinely view the ability to travel as synonymous with personal freedom and independence. For example, many older people see mobility as inextricably linked to personal image, dignity, and well-being. Other research has suggested that the ability to stay connected to friends and community is an important element to physical and mental health. Most adults equate mobility with the ability to drive; the loss of driving is seen as a handicap, which results in, at best, a change in lifestyle and, at worst, the end of life as they know it. One survey of older people at a health maintenance organization in Southern California identified losing the ability to drive as more frightening than even the loss of a spouse or the poor health of a child. Despite the importance of transportation to personal lives and society's capacity to ensure the productivity of one of its fastest-growing populations, over the last decade there has been little policy movement that would suggest serious progress in keeping an older America on the move. In this analysis, although transportation is critical to individuals and the community, there are many institutional and system barriers to policy innovation. This paper examines policy evolution and developments between 1988 and 2000, characterizes the political dynamics governing transportation policy for an aging society, and concludes with policy research recommendations that may provide new impetus and urgency to the issue. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Mobility KW - Political factors KW - Recommendations KW - Research KW - Transportation policy UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702085 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974948 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Schieber, F AU - Transportation Research Board TI - HIGHWAY RESEARCH TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF OLDER ROAD USERS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 125-154 AB - This paper presents a review of the literature dealing with the safety and mobility of older road users. It begins with comments on the 1988 Transportation Research Board Special Report 218, "Transportation in an Aging Society: Improving Mobility and Safety for Older Persons," a milestone in the history of transportation research. This review makes three assumptions: "old" was defined to include people age 65 or older; the criterion used to make judgments was the 85th percentile level of performance of a designated older sample or group; and older volunteers in most of the studies represented the 80% of older people living independently in a community and capable of successfully performing activities of daily living. A major development since the release of Special Report 218 was intelligent transportation systems (ITS) research and development. ITS technology offers not only the promise to assist older travelers but also the potential to increase their burden if the information-processing demands of in-vehicle interfaces are engineered without special regard for older people's emerging needs and changes in capacity. This review covers four areas: highway geometric design; traffic operations; traffic-control devices; and highway lighting. The review concludes with two lists, one containing suggestions for implementation and the other suggestions for research. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Geometric design KW - Highway design KW - Highway operations KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Literature reviews KW - Mobility KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Street lighting KW - Traffic control devices UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702077 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974955 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Milton, K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - IMPACT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ON SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF OLDER PEOPLE SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 259-272 AB - The pace of age-related debilitating change cannot be predicted for the individual, but for older drivers as a group many characteristics can be anticipated and responses developed. Disseminating the growing body of knowledge on the physical and cognitive problems that older drivers must face sooner or later to a poorly informed public is one function of an information and education program. Second, this program would distribute the specialized information and corrective strategies that can help older people stay safely on the road longer. Third, the program would alert older people to the possibility that one day they may have to move out of the driver's seat and into an alternative form of transportation. This difficult transition point can be reconciled more easily with advance thought and planning. Fourth, the program would address the interest groups that have a particular stake in the safety and mobility of seniors, such as families, friends, doctors, therapists, other caregivers, traffic police, automobile manufacturers, highway engineers, social service agents, and lawmakers. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged drivers KW - Education KW - Information dissemination KW - Mobility KW - Public information programs KW - Safety UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702084 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974957 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Kerschner, H AU - Aizenberg, R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS REFLECT ON TRANSPORTATION SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 293-301 AB - A series of focus groups was conducted to obtain first-hand accounts from seniors and lay caregivers about their experiences, concerns, and hopes. The project was a partnership effort among a group of national organizations and a variety of community and grassroots organizations that embraced the project and drew on local networks to recruit participants for the focus groups. The results are presented in the passionate voices of the participants themselves. At the conclusion of the focus groups, participants completed a written survey including a series of items asking about priority transportation actions that they believed would most benefit seniors. The choices were recommendations developed by transportation, aging, and health care authorities and practitioners who attended community forums. The actions fell within four areas: automobile and highway, driver assessment, pedestrian safety, and alternative transportation. After recording preferences on the survey instrument, participants were asked to vote during a postsurvey discussion. Although there was some variation in responses across the three target groups (transportation-rich seniors, transportation-deprived seniors, and concerned family and friends), surprising consistency emerged across groups and across states. Overall results are presented in this paper. One of the key findings related to what seniors and caregivers said that they need and want in transportation--the five A's of transportation: availability; accessibility; acceptability; affordability; and adaptability. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Acceptability KW - Accessibility KW - Adaptation (Psychology) KW - Affordability KW - Aged KW - Availability KW - Caregivers KW - Focus groups KW - Needs assessment KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702086 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974959 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Trilling, D AU - Eberhard, J AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SAFE MOBILITY FOR A MATURING SOCIETY: A NATIONAL AGENDA: DRAFT, OCTOBER 18, 2002 SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 313-318 AB - Out of a series of regional forums, focus groups, conferences, and stakeholder roundtables over the last several years, a vision of America's transportation system has evolved. It is summarized in the opening paragraph and set forth as a National Agenda to provide safe mobility for a maturing society. Its organizing principle is to enable safe driving as late in life as possible and to offer other convenient transportation options when walking and driving are not feasible. The National Agenda identifies the following seven areas where professionals need to make concerted efforts to manage safe transportation for our aging population: 1) Develop state and local safe-mobility action plans; 2) Promote safer, easier-to-use roadways; 3) Create safer, easier-to-use automobiles; 4) Improve older driver competency; 5) Promote better, easier-to-use public transportation services; 6) Better public information; and 7) Basic and social research needs. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Driver competency KW - Highway design KW - Land use KW - Mobility KW - Pedestrian areas KW - Public information programs KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Transportation planning KW - Vehicle safety UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702088 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974954 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Caird, J AU - Transportation Research Board TI - IN-VEHICLE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF OLDER DRIVERS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 236-255 AB - Restrictions to mobility from policy or age-related declines in driving capability limit the lifestyles of elderly people. Maintaining an independent and meaningful lifestyle that is supported by driving requires an array of policy, service, infrastructure, and technical solutions. In-vehicle intelligent transportation systems (ITS) applications are an obvious technical solution. If ITS products are to be beneficial, they must accommodate the capacities of older drivers and the safety needs of all drivers. Older drivers may benefit from the array of ITS technologies being developed if the technologies are designed using human factors principles and practices. In this paper, a brief introduction to in-vehicle ITS technologies precedes a review of the empirical research on the in-vehicle ITS applications that have included older drivers as a user group. Given that many ITS applications are in the early stages of development, issues of design guidelines, standards, and evaluation methods also are discussed. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged drivers KW - Evaluation KW - Guidelines KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Mobility KW - Safety KW - Standards KW - Vehicle design UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702083 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974950 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - OXLEY, J AU - Fildes, B N AU - Dewar, R E AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SAFETY OF OLDER PEDESTRIANS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 167-191 AB - Walking is vital to the mobility of older road users for not only essential daily tasks but also social contacts and exercise. It follows that safe pedestrian travel also is an important factor in maintaining mobility for older road users. There is an urgent need to provide pedestrian-friendly road environments that are safe, convenient, and comfortable. This paper addresses the many issues associated with the safety of older pedestrians in five major sections. The first section provides an overview of the recent trends in pedestrian crashes, the causal factors related to pedestrian crashes, the types of crashes in which older pedestrians are involved, and the injury outcomes. The second section reviews pedestrian travel and crashes, the use of motorized wheelchairs, the involvement of alcohol, and seasonal effects on pedestrian travel and crash experience. Third, an examination of the associations among behavioral risk factors, crashes, and aging is provided. This section reviews the known risk factors for older pedestrians, with a focus on age-related changes in functional abilities that may increase the risk of collision. The fourth section identifies several factors that affect pedestrian crashes, including land use and road design, vehicle design, intelligent transportation systems, education, and enforcement. The section also provides suggestions for countermeasure development. The fifth section draws some conclusions on how to improve older-pedestrian safety through research and implementation. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Abilities KW - Aged KW - Alcohol use KW - Behavior KW - Countermeasures KW - Crash causes KW - Crash types KW - Education KW - Highway design KW - Implementation KW - Injuries KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Land use KW - Law enforcement KW - Motorized wheelchairs KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Pedestrian-vehicle crashes KW - Research KW - Risk analysis KW - Seasons KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Vehicle design KW - Walking UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702079 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974951 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Giuliano, G AU - Transportation Research Board TI - LAND USE AND TRAVEL PATTERNS AMONG THE ELDERLY SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 192-210 AB - In addressing land use and travel patterns among the elderly, this paper presents the following: a) A brief summary of the literature on land use and travel patterns and some contextual description of larger urban development trends; b) Descriptive information on basic measures of travel by local and regional location characteristics; c) Results of total daily travel models as a function of selected land use characteristics; since public transit use is such an important aspect of land use policy discussions, results from various models of transit use are included; and d) The potential of land use policy to promote accessibility and reduce reliance on the private automobile. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Accessibility KW - Aged KW - Land use KW - Literature reviews KW - Policy KW - Public transit KW - Travel demand KW - Travel patterns KW - Urban development KW - Utilization UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702080 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974940 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Rosenbloom, S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - MOBILITY OF THE ELDERLY: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 3-21 AB - This paper has seven sections that accomplish the following purposes: (1) Evaluate older people's population trends and analyze the demographic differences; (2) Identify basic travel patterns and trends among the elderly, including the dramatic increase in automobility and travel over the last 10 years; (3) Consider differences in the travel patterns of those with and without a driver's license; (4) Focus on women's travel and the still growing gender disparities as people age; (5) Evaluate differences in travel patterns by race and ethnicity (differences not generally explained by income or residential location); (6) Summarize the "bad news"; and (7) Outline positive steps to ensure that the good news about aging outweighs the bad. In conclusion, it is stated that, to meet the needs of older people, a comprehensive strategy will need to be developed--one that encompasses all the substantive issues and links all the policy arenas that affect the travel patterns of older people. Such a strategy will include: effective driver evaluation and retraining programs, better-designed cars and improved signage and information systems on roads and highways, user-friendly public transport networks, choice of transportation alternatives, well-designed land use and housing choices, cost-effective delivery of private and public services, and coordinated delivery of human and social services. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Demographics KW - Ethnic groups KW - Gender KW - Land use KW - Mobility KW - Mode choice KW - Population KW - Public service KW - Public transit KW - Race KW - Retraining KW - Social service KW - Strategic planning KW - Traffic signs KW - Travel patterns KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Vehicle design UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702069 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974947 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Freund, K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SURVIVING WITHOUT DRIVING: POLICY OPTIONS FOR SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE SENIOR MOBILITY SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 114-121 AB - This paper provides a practical approach to transportation planning for an aging population. The needs of older citizens are predictable, so accommodating them is possible. Policies and actions that encourage private investment, volunteerism, and advanced information technology are the keys to the successful design, development, and implementation of an effective and efficient transportation system that meets the needs and desires of the aging population in the United States. With modes set aside and transportation reduced to fundamental components, two primary elements emerge: resources and logistics. Resources are the economic means, in any form and from any source, to fund a transportation process. Logistics refers to the arrangement and connection between and among the events in a transportation process. Two primary forces--technology and policy--act on the two primary elements. The three kinds of technology are mechanical, energy, and information. Policy, of course, guides all the above. The action of the twin forces of technology and policy on the primary elements of resources and logistics, within the context of consumer choice, produces transportation. All transportation may be understood in terms of these two primary elements and two primary forces within this context. Change any one of these four components of the transportation framework, or change consumer choice through marketing, and some or all of the other primary elements and forces change responsively. In combination, they form a useful heuristic device, a conceptual framework with which to understand both advancements and barriers in transportation, historically and predictively. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Economics KW - Logistics KW - Mobility KW - Policy KW - Technology KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702076 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974942 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Smiley, A AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF OLDER DRIVERS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 36-43 AB - The aging process affects the visual, auditory, and information-processing abilities, all of which in turn affect driving. The bulk of the literature on older drivers focuses on the negative changes in driver performance. Is there any hope for older drivers? Somewhat less attention has been given to what the driver does do. Here, there is more room for optimism about older drivers. Humans are by nature adaptive. Changes in physical, perceptual, and cognitive abilities are new conditions that everyone faces with time. Adaptive changes concern conscious and unconscious decisions made by older drivers in relation to driving and in response to conscious and unconscious awareness of declining functions and changing mobility needs. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Abilities KW - Adaptation (Psychology) KW - Aged drivers KW - Cognition KW - Hearing loss KW - Performance KW - Vision UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702071 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974944 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - O'Neill, D AU - Dobbs, B M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - AGE-RELATED DISEASE, MOBILITY, AND DRIVING SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 56-66 AB - The interface between public health and the mobility of older people has been neglected. The dialogue also has been dysfunctional because much of the literature has concentrated on safety at the expense of mobility. Not only is this an inversion of older people's priorities, but it also does not reflect their safety record. Developing a dialogue among the disciplines of transportation research, public health, geriatric medicine, traffic psychology, and the other disciplines involved will require time, open minds, and opportunities to work in concert. Topics addressed in this paper include: health professionals; disease and disability; and barriers to a positive health approach for age-related disease and mobility. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Diseases and medical conditions KW - Geriatric medicine KW - Mobility KW - Public health KW - Research KW - Traffic psychology KW - Transportation UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702073 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974946 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Suen, S L AU - Sen, L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR SENIORS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 97-113 AB - Individuals' transition away from driving can be helped by mobility planning and counseling, enabling individuals to identify mobility requirements and try various alternatives before having to use them. Mobility alternatives to the private automobile initially are needed for trips that older drivers prefer to avoid--for example, nighttime driving, congested areas, and peak times. These options help seniors to maintain their dignity, independence, and choice for as long as possible. Patterns of land use, growth of services such as the Internet for shopping and social interaction, and direct delivery of goods will affect the acceptability and viability of transit alternatives. The trend of reduced number of journeys and length of journeys with aging mainly reflects a changing pattern of activities by emphasizing the difference between traveling and having the ability to travel. Seniors who remain active and mobile live longer, while seniors without alternatives may suffer from loneliness and depression. For policy makers and transportation providers, "gray power" is a force to be reckoned with. The seniors of tomorrow will be more affluent, more vocal, and increasingly used to claiming their rights. Because they likely will be more active than previous generations in their retirement, shopping, banking, and recreation trips will continue, and health-related trips are expected to increase. The number of older people is increasing, particularly the number of people age 80 or older. Transportation providers cannot afford to ignore this growing travel market segment. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Counseling KW - Market segmented groups KW - Mobility KW - Planning KW - Policy making KW - Public transit KW - Transportation planning UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702075 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974941 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - HAKAMIES-BLOMQVIST, L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SAFETY OF OLDER PERSONS IN TRAFFIC SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 22-35 AB - Older road users--vehicle drivers, occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists--clearly have a higher risk of serious injury and fatality in traffic, but the question of whether they also are at higher risk of crashes remains unresolved. Older persons' greater physical vulnerability leads to an overrepresentation of their crashes in databases based on injury outcome. Similarly, their risk estimates based on mileage driven are overestimated when compared with those of younger drivers with a higher yearly mileage. Older drivers' crash-type distribution reflects both their strengths and their weaknesses. Most of their crashes occur at intersections, and older drivers' crashes seldom involve speeding or risky overtaking. Attempts to relate crash risk to driver characteristics have successfully shown an increased risk related to certain illnesses such as dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). In contrast, correlations between crash rates and measures of specific functional abilities in healthy older drivers typically have been low. As a consequence of their increasing participation in traffic, older drivers' share of traffic crashes undoubtedly will grow during the next few decades. However, future trends in crash rates may present a discontinuous development because of changes in the older driver population itself and in the physical and social operating environment. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Abilities KW - Aged drivers KW - Alzheimer's disease KW - Crash rates KW - Crash risk forecasting KW - Dementia KW - Fatalities KW - Future KW - Injuries KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702070 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974943 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Owsley, C AU - Transportation Research Board TI - DRIVER CAPABILITIES SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 44-55 AB - Safe driving relies on key skills involving visual, cognitive, and physical capabilities. Impairments in these functional capabilities can occur at any age but are more prevalent in the older population. A large body of research over the past decade has demonstrated that certain functional impairments in older drivers elevate crash risk and have a negative impact on driving performance. A clear understanding about how diminished capabilities contribute to crash risk in older drivers would greatly facilitate society's efforts to develop strategies for reducing crash rates in this population and to enhance driving mobility. Certain medical conditions also affect driving in older adults (a) by engendering functional problems and (b) through the side-effects of the medications used in treatment. The role of medical factors is addressed in another paper in these proceedings. This paper addresses the major advances over the past decade in understanding how diminished capabilities in the older population affect driver safety and performance, and how these advances point toward research priorities for the future. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged drivers KW - Cognition KW - Crash rates KW - Future KW - Mobility KW - Motor skills KW - Performance KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Vision UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702072 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974945 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Staplin, Loren AU - Hunt, L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - DRIVER PROGRAMS SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - p. 69-94 AB - The approaching, unprecedented surge in the population of older Americans deserves thoughtful anticipation, with innovative programs that satisfy two apparently contradictory social imperatives. The continuing mobility of seniors in their 70s, 80s, and older must be assured. Emphasis must be placed on keeping older people driving as long as they safely can and providing safe, convenient, desirable, and dignified transportation alternatives when they cannot. At the same time, the increasing likelihood of decline in the various functional capabilities needed to drive safely--an undeniable consequence of normal aging plus a higher incidence of chronic and acute medical conditions--makes it a public health priority to identify and assess individuals who pose risks to themselves and others by continuing to drive. Progress in developing and integrating initiatives in these areas and promising future directions are discussed in this paper. The scope of this discussion includes the following principal components: Goals and techniques for the assessment of driver capabilities; Remediation of older drivers with known impairments and counseling of such people and their care-givers to help find the best transportation options available to meet their mobility needs; Current programs and promising directions for licensed older drivers; and Recognition that although older drivers do not present a greater risk to other road users than middle-aged drivers do, they are at greater risk to themselves because of their greater fragility; their activities may be limited by self-imposed restrictions, which they place on their driving as well. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Attention KW - Counseling KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Memory KW - Mobility KW - Motor skills KW - Public health KW - Remediation KW - Risk analysis KW - Safety KW - Vision UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702074 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974939 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRANSPORTATION IN AN AGING SOCIETY: A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE. TECHNICAL PAPERS AND REPORTS FROM A CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 7-9, 1999, BETHESDA, MARYLAND SN - 0309077451 PY - 2004 IS - 27 SP - 335 p. AB - The purpose of this conference was to review what has been accomplished in research and implementation since the publication of Transportation Research Board (TRB) Special Report 218, "Transportation in an Aging Society" (1988), and to identify future research and implementation needs for achieving safer mobility for older persons. The conference was organized around a series of background papers commissioned by the TRB Committee on Older Person Safety and Mobility. These papers were subjected to peer review before presentation at the conference. The conference included breakout sessions focusing on each of the background paper topics. Following the conference, paper authors revised their drafts based on comments heard at the conference and on comments from members of the conference committee. These revised papers, which were reviewed by the committee, form the contents of this report. The conference committee also concluded that four topics had not been adequately covered in the original set of topics. As a result, additional authors were commissioned to prepare papers on these topics, and the additional papers were reviewed and are included in this report. Two additional papers included are a summary and description of the most recent version of the "national agenda for older person mobility" and a summary of a series of focus groups with older persons and older-person caregivers which were held around the country. The 20 papers are organized according the following headings: Data and Characteristics of Older Drivers; Driver Programs; Mobility Solutions; Highway Design, Pedestrian Facilities, and Land Use; Vehicle Design and Intelligent Transportation Systems; Public Education and Information; Policy; and Conference and Postconference Reports. Appendices provide author contact information and a list of conference participants. U1 - Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of ExperienceNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of the Secretary of TransportationNational Institute on AgingNational Center for Injury Prevention and ControlEno Transportation FoundationAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBeverly FoundationTransportation Research BoardBethesda,Maryland,United States StartDate:19991107 EndDate:19991109 Sponsors:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Eno Transportation Foundation, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Beverly Foundation, Transportation Research Board KW - Aged KW - Aged drivers KW - Conferences KW - Driver improvement programs KW - Focus groups KW - Highway design KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Land use KW - Mobility KW - Pedestrian areas KW - Public information programs KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Transportation policy KW - Vehicle design UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_27.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702068 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972549 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS: PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 5309(O)(1) PY - 2004 SP - v.p. AB - This report provides the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommendations to Congress for allocation of funds to be made available under 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions (major capital investments or "New Starts") for fiscal year (FY) 2005, as required by Section 5309(o)(1). The report is a collateral document to the President's annual budget submission to Congress. It is meant to be a constructive element in the administration of the Federal transit assistance program, enriching the information exchange between the Executive and Legislative branches at the beginning of an appropriations cycle for the next fiscal year. KW - Annual reports KW - Capital investments KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698506 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972894 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Department of Health and Human Services AU - Department of Labor TI - A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION: BUILDING THE FULLY COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PY - 2004 SP - 42 p. AB - This report presents two self-assessment tools that can help local and statewide transportation agencies work toward achieving their mobility goals, as well as their financial goals, A Self Assessment Tool for Communities and A Self Assessment Tool for States. Created by a panel of experts from around the country, this publication is a self assessment tool that states and communities can use to identify areas of success and highlight the actions still needed to improve the coordination of human service transportation. A Framework for Action is a new planning and action tool that helps states and communities understand where they are, define their priorities, and move toward specific action - greater mobility. Each follows a similar three-step pattern. KW - Assessments KW - Local government agencies KW - Local transportation KW - Mobility KW - Planning and design KW - Public transit KW - State government agencies KW - Transportation system management UR - http://www.unitedweride.gov/1_81_ENG_HTML.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697385 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972488 AU - Dumke, J R AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PICTURES OF TRANSIT INNOVATIONS COLLECTED FROM FEDERALLY SUPPORTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PY - 2004 SP - 103 p. AB - This report contains many color photographs, accompanied by descriptive text, of public transit systems. The table of contents lists the following chapter headings: 1. Overview, 2. New Systems, 3. Rail Systems, 4. Construction, 5. Bus Vehicles, 6. Paratransit, and 7. Transit Planning and Management. KW - Buses KW - Construction KW - Management KW - Paratransit services KW - Paratransit vehicles KW - Photographs KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/36000/36100/36134/Pictures_of_Transit_Innovations.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697187 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01019123 AU - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities AU - Hennepin County, Minnesota AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - International and National Benchmarking For Urban Transportation Corridor Development PY - 2003/12/31/Final Report SP - 182p AB - As transportation and transit corridors have become increasingly common as focal points for urban design, corridor development has emerged as one of the more interesting and complex issues in transportation planning. Problems with corridor development are always large: they need to ensure access to transportation, provide high quality transportation, develop livable communities and provide for economic development along the corridor. These problems are exacerbated and new problems are created when a corridor crosses jurisdictional boundaries. There is a need for a model that addresses the major problems in corridor planning and management. This report develops such a model that is based upon 5 major areas of the corridor development process: governance, economic impacts, financing, design and citizen preferences. Lessons are drawn from several case studies of corridors. The prescriptive abilities of this model are then tested through analysis of local transportation corridor improvements. KW - Access KW - Benchmarks KW - Consumer preferences KW - Design KW - Economic development KW - Economic impacts KW - Financing KW - Governance KW - International KW - Jurisdictions KW - Livable communities KW - Management KW - National KW - Public transit KW - Transportation corridors KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/slp/transportation/pdf/InternationalandNationalBenchmarkingforUrbanTransportationCorridorDevelopment-2003.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/775137 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460060 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SC-07. Emergency Response Protocols for Natural Gas Powered Transit Vehicles AB -Transportation Research Board's(TRB’s) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 58: Emergency Response Procedures for Natural Gas Transit Vehicles identifies and documents the state of the practice on emergency response protocols to incidents involving natural gas-filled transit buses. The report is designed to assist first responders to natural gas incidents—emergency response professionals such as police officers and fire-fighters; transit agency operations and maintenance employees, police, and security guards; and certain members of the general public.
KW - Emergency management KW - Emergency vehicles KW - Fire fighting KW - Incident management KW - Natural gas KW - Natural gas vehicles KW - Police KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=179 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228276 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00974992 AU - Electric Drive Transportation Association TI - INTERNATIONAL FUEL CELL BUS WORKSHOP. ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE INFORMATION SHARING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM PY - 2003/12/01 SP - v.p. AB - The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), in conjunction with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA), conducted an International Fuel Cell Bus Workshop on November 19 & 20, 2003 in Long Beach, California. This workshop was an expansion of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Information Sharing and Technology Transfer Program that EDTA, EPRI and CARTA initiated with the FTA in 2000. To ensure attendance at the workshop by both the domestic and international fuel cell bus community, the workshop was held in conjunction with the international symposium on electric drive transportation technologies, EVS-20: Powering Sustainable Transportation. At total of 69 individuals, representing 5 countries, attended the workshop. These individuals represented transit authorities, bus manufacturers, component suppliers, federal, state and local government officials, and others with an interest in fuel cell bus activities. The purpose of this workshop was to: (1) share information about international fuel cell bus demonstration projects; (2) determine if there is a need for, and the appropriate elements of, an international data collection program specific to fuel cell buses and supporting infrastructure; and (3) determine if there is interest in the formation of an International Fuel Cell working Group that would meet periodically to discuss the state of the industry and efforts that can be undertaken to ensure the worldwide success of fuel cell bus technology. Presentations on international fuel cell bus demonstration projects underway in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, China and Europe were also part of the workshop. U1 - International Fuel Cell Bus Workshop. Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Information Sharing and Technology Transfer ProgramElectric Drive Transportation Association, American Public Transportation Association, Federal Transit AdministrationLong Beach, California StartDate:20031119 EndDate:20031120 Sponsors:Electric Drive Transportation Association, American Public Transportation Association, Federal Transit Administration KW - Buses KW - Data collection KW - Electric vehicles KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Information management KW - Infrastructure KW - International KW - State of the practice KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698530 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01332928 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Study & Report to Congress: Applicability of Maximum Axle Weight Limitations to Over-the-Road and Public Transit Buses PY - 2003/12 SP - 130p AB - The Senate Report on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) appropriations bill requested that the Department conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the applicability of Federal maximum weight limitations to over the-road (OTR) buses (also called motorcoaches) and public transit vehicles. Since the passage of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Federal weight limits on the Interstate Highway System have been 20,000 lbs for a single axle and 34,000 lbs for a tandem axle (unless the State had higher limits in effect prior to July 1, 1956). Since 1992, there has been a permissive arrangement whereby States are not required to enforce axle weight limits for intrastate transit buses. A similar arrangement for over-the-road buses was enacted in February 2003. Both are due to expire in October 2003. This study is intended to: (1) assess current status and trends in bus axle weight; (2) estimate the cost of pavement damage caused by buses; (3) assess both the technical and economic feasibility of lighter-weight buses; (4) evaluate within a benefit-cost framework selected policies that could address over-limit bus axle weights; and (5) given the above assessments, make recommendations to Congress about the applicability of axle weight limits to transit and over-the-road buses. The benefit-cost evaluation considers operating costs for bus travel, externalities of bus travel, and the externalities of induced automobile travel resulting from a change in the price of bus travel. Externalities are those identified in the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study, namely, pavement damage, congestion, crash, air pollution and noise. The evaluation also assumes that all States are currently allowing overweight buses to operate. KW - Axle loads KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Bus transit operations KW - Bus transportation KW - Buses KW - Overweight loads KW - Pavement distress KW - Public transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/35000/35500/35506/Smith_Maximumaxle.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1096605 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00975807 AU - Powers, G AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT SAFETY & SECURITY STATISTICS & ANALYSIS 2001 ANNUAL REPORT (FORMERLY SAMIS) PY - 2003/12 SP - 152 p. AB - This report is a compilation and analysis of mass transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) National Transit Database Reporting System by transit systems that were beneficiaries of FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds in the United States during 2001. This report is now in its twelfth year of production. This year's report includes safety and security data for Directly Operated and Purchased Transportation. Transit safety data are collected in four basic categories: Collisions, Derailments/Buses going off road, Personal Casualties, and Fires. Each of these categories is further delineated in order to obtain detailed information on the exact nature of the incident. Transit security data are modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting System, using standardized offense definitions. Two types of security data are collected: reports of Part I (crime index) offenses, and arrests for Part II (most other) offenses. The report includes safety statistics for the following transit modes: Automated Guideway, Commuter Rail, Demand Response, Heavy Rail, Light Rail, Motor Bus, and Vanpool. An abbreviated section is also presented for Cable Car, Ferryboat, Jitney, and Inclined Plane. Monorail, Publico, Aerial Tramway, and Other modes had no reportable incidents. KW - Annual reports KW - Automated guideway transit KW - Bus transit KW - Cable cars KW - Casualties KW - Crashes KW - Crimes KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Derailments KW - Fatalities KW - Ferries KW - Fires KW - Injuries KW - Jitneys KW - Light rail transit KW - Public transit KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Ran off road crashes KW - Rapid transit KW - Security KW - Statistics KW - Transit crashes KW - Transit safety KW - Vanpools UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702591 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974724 AU - Powers, G AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS 2004 ANNUAL REPORT (FORMERLY SAMIS) PY - 2003/12 SP - 148 p. AB - The Transit Safety and Statistics and Analysis 2004 annual report, formerly known as Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS), is a compilation and analysis of transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported by transit systems that were beneficiaries of the FTA Urbanized Area Formula funds, through the FTA National Transit Database Reporting System. This twelfth year report includes safety and security data for Directly Operated and Purchased Transportation. Transit safety data are collected in four categories: collisions, derailments/buses going off road, personal casualties, and fires. KW - Crashes KW - Derailments KW - Fires KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security KW - Statistical analysis UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698183 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974206 AU - HLB Decision Economics, Incorporated AU - Wisconsin Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS OF TRANSIT IN WISCONSIN PY - 2003/12 SP - 201 p. AB - The primary objective of this study was to identify and measure the benefits of transit to other economic sectors in Wisconsin. This study specifically focuses upon the benefits of public transit service to the healthcare, work, education, and retail, recreation and tourism sectors. A secondary objective was to measure the impact of public transportation on congestion management in large urban areas of the state. The analysis relies upon a methodology previously developed by the author that identifies user preferences and actions as well as modeling the impact of such decisions on the appropriate sectors. Various sources of information and data were employed to conduct the study. These included a comprehensive literature search, an on-board rider survey, information from several transit agencies in Wisconsin, panel opinions from a group of experts, as well as reports and publications from earlier studies. The study confirmed the important role public transportation plays in maintaining the viability of the state's economy. The research found the existence of public transit service in Wisconsin saves various sectors within the state a total of $730.17 million, while providing 98.96 million transit trips annually. Without transit services 15.10 million transit rides would convert to forgone trips that individuals would not make by means of other higher cost transportation modes. In evaluating future cost-benefit criterion for new or expanded services, it is estimated that the average sector benefit from each trip is $7.38. For those areas that are fully served by transit, there are significant benefits to both riders and state programs. However, is areas that remain without service and those that are underserved, the potential remains for greater benefits to be cultivated through additional transit service programs. KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Benefits KW - Economic impacts KW - Education KW - Employment KW - Health care KW - Literature reviews KW - Panel studies KW - Public transit KW - Recreation KW - Retail trade KW - Savings KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Tourism KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Travel surveys KW - Wisconsin UR - http://wisdotresearch.wi.gov/wp-content/uploads/03-07transitsector-f1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697975 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974162 AU - Clarke, R AU - Gaumer, R AU - Redington, M AU - Rutyna, E AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - EG&G Technical Services, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING RESULTS 2001 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 2003/12 SP - 84 p. AB - This is the sixth annual report of the results of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. The report summarizes the new reporting requirements introduced for calendar year 2001, the requirements of the overall drug and alcohol testing program (the revised CFR Part 40 and CFR Part 655), the results from the data reported for 2001, and the violation and positive rates for calendar years 1996 through 2001. The results of drug tests--for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines--are compared with the results of alcohol tests for the various types of required tests. Statistics are presented for random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, and pre-employment tests combined and for each individual test. Those test results are further compared by employer type (transit agencies and contractors), employer size (large, small, and rural), employee category, FTA region, and the drug type. Statistics on employees returned to duty and results of return-to-duty tests and follow-up tests are presented separately from results of the other four test types because return-to-duty tests and follow-up tests represent a different segment of the test population and not all employers offer rehabilitation. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Amphetamines KW - Annual reports KW - Cocaine KW - Contractors KW - Drug tests KW - Employees KW - Marijuana KW - Opiates KW - Phencyclidine KW - Post-accident testing KW - Pre-employment testing KW - Random testing KW - Statistics KW - Transit operating agencies KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Violation rate UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/substance/damis01/PDF/DAMIS_2001.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24800/24837/DAMIS_2001.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697936 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972896 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Department of Transportation TI - STUDY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS: APPLICABILITY OF MAXIMUM AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS TO OVER-THE-ROAD AND PUBLIC TRANSIT BUSES. PURSUANT TO SENATE REPORT NO. 107-38 PY - 2003/12 SP - 125 p. AB - Study and Report to Congress documents the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) response to the Senate Report on the FY 2002 DOT appropriations bill, requesting the DOT to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the applicability of maximum weight limitations to over-the-road buses and public transit buses. The purpose of the report is to provide information to Congress to clarify the choices and offer quantitative as well as qualitative insight into the tradeoffs and consequences of policy alternatives. The study assesses the current status and trends in the bus axle weight; estimates the cost of pavement damage caused by buses; assesses both the technical and economic feasibility of lighter weight buses; evaluates within a benefit-cost framework selected policies that could address over-limit bus axle weights; and makes recommendations to Congress about the applicability of axle weight limits to transit and over-the-road buses. The benefit-cost evaluation considers operating costs for bus travel, externalities of bus travel, and the externalities of induced automobile travel resulting from a change in the price of bus travel. Externalities are those identified in the 1977 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study, namely, pavement damage, congestion, crashes, air pollution, and noise. KW - Air pollution KW - Axle loads KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Bus travel KW - Buses by size KW - Cost estimating KW - Load factor KW - Load limits KW - Noise KW - Operating costs KW - Pavement maintenance KW - Policy making KW - Public transit KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic crashes UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697387 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00968583 AU - Burnham, D AU - Prull, G AU - Frost, K AU - Vermont Agency of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NON-CHEMICAL METHODS OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ON RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY PY - 2003/12 SP - 55 p. AB - The goal of this project was to evaluate non-chemical alternatives to vegetation control in railroad rights-of-way primarily through a demonstration project. The current status of alternative railroad weed control technology implementation in Europe and North America was reviewed. A vegetation control demonstration project was implemented during the 2001 growing season on 30 miles of track, located in northeastern Vermont, owned and operated by the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, Auburn, Maine. Wet infrared thermal technology designed and built by Sunburst Crop., Eugene, Oregon, was demonstrated within the context of an experimental implementation plan that included multiple treatment scenarios to evaluate optimal treatment intensity, and quantitative vegetation assessments to evaluate effectiveness in controlling vegetation. The prototype ballast weed control equipment was highly effective at killing treated vegetation, easy to operate, and adaptable to a variety of application platforms. As environmental, water quality, and human health concerns continue to add constraints on routine use of pesticides, other forms of vegetation management must be developed. Sunburst's technology offers an opportunity to incorporate an additional and effective tool to important resource management systems. KW - Demonstration projects KW - Environmental impacts KW - Equipment KW - Europe KW - Infrared heating KW - North America KW - Prototypes KW - Railroads KW - Right of way (Land) KW - Vegetation control KW - Vermont KW - Weed control KW - Wet infrared thermal technology UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24729/Non-Chem_Veg_Mgmt_RR_ROW.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/679632 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00968582 AU - Gran, R J AU - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR EVALUATION STUDY PY - 2003/12 SP - 82 p. AB - This report describes a multi-year research effort that explored a wide variety of high temperature superconducting (HTS) technologies for use on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. The genesis of this research derived from the examination of low voltage conditions caused in part by the long distance between power supplies serving the Transbay Tube, a critical transportation link connecting San Francisco and Oakland. When four or more trains accelerate simultaneously in the Tube, voltages at the trains can drop below the reset point, causing the protection circuitry to disconnect affected trains from the rail. Any resulting delay can negatively impact operating schedules and operating costs. The project researched several potential technical solutions: superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), cryogenic power supplies, HTS transformers, and HTS cables. This report first chronicles the evolution from SMES to HTS and establishes HTS as the leading candidate technology. Next, it summarizes the analyses and findings from simulation models developed to study HTS scenarios. Finally, the report details an economic analysis of HTS technology and provides recommendations and conclusions in regard to the current and future status of HTS in a transportation and/or utility application. KW - Cables KW - Economic analysis KW - High temperature superconductors KW - Power KW - Rail transit KW - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District KW - Simulation KW - Superconductors KW - Traction KW - Transformers UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/679629 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00970418 AU - Luckscheiter, K AU - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEVELOP PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR REAR IMPACT COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM FOR TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2003/11 SP - 166 p. AB - The goal of this research is to assist the Federal Transit Administration in facilitating the deployment of systems to mitigate transit bus rear-end collisions. This program specifically focused on active sensor rear impact collision warning systems (RICWSs). Transit bus rear-end crashes are the most frequent occurring type of collision, accounting for approximately 36% of all incidents, with an associated average cost of $54,455 per crash. The preponderance of crashes occurred with buses stopped during daylight hours, good weather conditions, traversing a straight path, and the striking vehicle attempting no corrective action. A testbed RICWS data collection system was designed and built which included a recording system, digital video, a laser front-end sensor, and a light bar warning system to get the following vehicle's attention. The RICWS was mounted on two Ann Arbor Transportation Authority buses which collected data from March-October 2003 over the regular bus routes. Three warning algorithms (CAMP, 0.225 G and 0.3 G threshold) were field tested. All algorithms were effective in causing the following vehicle drivers to modify their driving behavior to a safer manner. As a result of this program, a set of comprehensive RICWS specifications were generated as well as recommended next steps. KW - Algorithms KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Data collection KW - Field tests KW - Prototypes KW - Rear end crashes KW - Specifications KW - Transit buses UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24672/AATA_RICWS_Final_Report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/696458 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460934 TI - Guidelines for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Suburban Transit Services AB - The objective of this research is to produce guidelines for evaluating, selecting, and implementing suburban transit services. These guidelines will be developed using detailed case studies and are intended to aid transit systems or local governments in selecting services appropriate to specific suburban transit needs. KW - Commuters KW - Line haul KW - Productivity KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Shared parking KW - Suburbs KW - Timed transfer KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1048 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229152 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460939 TI - Cost and Effectiveness of Selected Bus Rapid Transit Components AB - Recently completed TCRP Project A-23, Implementation Guidelines for Bus Rapid Transit Systems, provides planning and implementation guidelines for development of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. The guidelines cover the main components of BRT systems, including running ways, stations, traffic controls, vehicles, intelligent transportation system (ITS) strategies, bus operations, fare collection, and marketing. In addition, detailed case studies are provided for 26 operational or planned BRT systems in the United States and abroad. Information is becoming available from BRT projects on the cost of implementing the various BRT components and their effectiveness. Obtaining and evaluating this information would be useful to a number of transit systems to help determine whether some of these selected BRT components are sufficiently cost-effective for application. The objective of this project is to determine the costs, impacts, and effectiveness of implementing selected BRT components. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Data collection KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Right of way (Traffic) KW - Traffic queuing KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1012 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229157 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01549278 TI - Understanding How Individuals Make Travel and Location Decisions: Implications for Public Transportation AB - The objective of this research is to guide public transportation planners and marketers; multimodal transportation planners, modelers, researchers; and policy makers in understanding how travelers' choices are influenced by their larger social context. The research will employ tenets of learning theory, including social learning theory, to examine how individuals choose where to live and work and how they travel; the implications of this examination on the planning, design, and marketing of transportation systems will be reported. KW - Land use planning KW - Learning KW - Mode choice KW - Social factors KW - Surveys KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Travel behavior UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1161 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1336493 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463171 TI - Smart Card Interoperability Issues for the Transit Industry AB - The objectives of this research are to (a) identify key information needed by public agencies to implement smart card payment systems interoperability; (b) delineate the necessary information flows; and (c) provide a set of functions needed for a standard public domain application programming interface (API) that may be used in the development of a uniform application protocol data unit (APDU); and (d) develop a prototype for a proposed public domain API and an APDU that demonstrates "proof of concept" for International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-compliant Type A and Type B cards. For the purposes of this project, interoperability is defined as the ability of different agencies to coordinate and share information so that passengers can travel in a seamless fashion. KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Communications KW - Fare collection KW - Fare prepayment KW - Research projects KW - Smart cards KW - Transit centers KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1015 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231396 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460936 TI - Carsharing: Where and How it Succeeds AB - The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between increased investments in transportation services for medical trips for people who are medically under-served and transportation disadvantaged and overall reductions in health care costs. This study addresses transportation services to scheduled medical appointments and does not include transportation for medical emergencies. KW - Air quality KW - Best practices KW - Operations KW - Parking KW - Research projects KW - Surveys KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders KW - Vehicle sharing UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1049 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229154 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460932 TI - Audible Signals for Pedestrian Safety in Light Rail Transit Environments AB - The objective of this research is to develop a guidebook on the use of audible signals and related operating procedures for pedestrian-crossing safety in a light rail transit environment. The research will address (1) integration of these audible devices with other crossing measures (e.g., signage, channelization, warning and control devices) to maximize safety; (2) pedestrian crossings in various environments (e.g., low-speed street running, at highway-rail grade crossings in semi-exclusive rights-of-way, and at stations); (3) on-vehicle and wayside audible signals; and (4) the needs of disabled individuals. KW - Horns KW - Light rail vehicles KW - Noise KW - Noise sources KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Research projects KW - Train operations KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1089 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229150 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460118 TI - Transit Research and Development: Federal Role in the National Program AB - This project will provide an independent review and assessment of the needs of the public transportation industry that could be met through future investment in a national research and technology program. The committee will advise the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as the agency develops a strategic agenda for transit research and will dentify the roles that FTA and industry stakeholders could play in carrying out that agenda. The committee will advise FTA regarding: (1) the federal role in transit research, relative to the roles and activities of others (private sector, Transit Cooperative Research Program [TCRP], states, universities, etc.) engaged in transit research; (2) high-priority opportunities proposed by the agency; and (3) processes that should be in place to ensure that the FTA receives the input and cooperation of transit research stakeholders in developing a federal research program. KW - Needs assessment KW - Public transit KW - Research and development KW - Research projects KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit oriented development UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228334 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459034 TI - Bus Axle-Weight Study Report to Congress AB - . The objective of this project is to study and submit to Congress, a report on the axle weight limits for over-the-road and transit buses, addressing damage to pavement caused by overweight buses and recommending options for reducing such damage. Requirement of the Senate Report, on the FY 2002 U.S. Department of Transportation Appropriations Act. The project will develop the report on axle weight limits for over-the-road and transit buses, the study will explore the following areas of research: axle weight limits, trends in weight of over-the-road and transit buses, and impacts of statutory and regulatory requirements (in particular, Clean Air Act and Americans with Disabilities Act) on bus weight. The research will also explore the following areas: lightweight materials for reducing weight of buses; market penetration of lightweight buses; consideration of weight and wear in vehicle design rulemaking; options for introducing lightweight buses; and a cost-benefit analysis of incentives for procuring lightweight buses versus pavement wear. A Congressionally Directed Project. KW - Axle loads KW - Axle loads KW - Bus transit operations KW - Buses KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Weight UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227246 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074786 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - West Corridor Project, Denver and Jefferson counties : environmental impact statement PY - 2003/10//Volumes held: Draft, Final KW - Colorado KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834180 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074599 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Northwest Corridor Light Rail Transit Line to Farmers Branch and Carrollton in Dallas and Denton counties: environmental impact statement PY - 2003/10//Volumes held: Draft(2v){(v2. fol), F, FappC(fol). KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Texas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833993 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074539 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Southeast Corridor Light Rail Transit, Dallas County: environmental impact statement PY - 2003/10//Volumes held: Draft, Draft AppendixD(fol), F, FappD(fol). KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Texas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833933 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030770 AU - Caton, James E AU - Boyd, Annabelle AU - Lofton, Andrew AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - State Safety Oversight Program Annual Report for 2002 PY - 2003/10//Final Report SP - 75p AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 2002. This report is a compilation and analysis of rail fixed guideway system accident statistics. Information provided by State Oversight Agencies documenting the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 2002 is presented, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions. KW - Annual reports KW - Crash causes KW - Fixed guideway systems KW - Hazard analysis KW - Oversight KW - Policy KW - Procedures KW - Rail transit KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Transit crashes UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/sso2002/pdf/sso2002.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787691 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972895 AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CAPITAL COST STUDY UPDATE 2003 PY - 2003/10 SP - 358 p. AB - This study is part of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) ongoing effort to improve major capital investment planning process. The report updates the 1991 Light Rail Transit Capital Cost Study that documented as-built construction costs for 5 light rail transit (LRT) projects completed during the period 1984-1990. The 2003 study updates and expands the number of projects in the original study to 19 projects, inflating their unit and total cost estimates to a common national norm and consistent base year 2003 values. This update provides transit planners and engineers with a detailed breakout and analysis of unit capital costs for newly completed fixed guideway projects at the asset component and element level of detail. It will help them improve the accuracy of capital cost estimates for proposed fixed guideway projects by documenting experience-based, as-built unit cost for light rail systems completed during the period 1984-2003. Capital costs are based on actual experience of recently completed transit projects. The objectives of this update study were: to document as-built construction and procurement costs for all aspects of project development; to develop unit cost relationships for all LRT project components; to improve the understanding of what drives cost differences between projects; to determine if/whether or how LRT investment costs are changing over time; and to develop an LRT Capital Cost Calculator for validating capital cost estimates for LRT projects seeking federal funds through FTA's New Starts process. This study resulted in the development and application of the LRT Capital Cost Model. KW - Capital costs KW - Capital investments KW - Cost allocation KW - Financing KW - Guideways KW - Light rail transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697386 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01104558 AU - KFH Group, Incorporated AU - American Public Works Association AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Rural Transit Assistance Program at Work - The State of the States PY - 2003/09/30 SP - v.p. AB - This report provides the results of the 2002 Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) survey of state programs. This is the third such survey of state programs. The prior survey contained 1996 data. The survey summarizes the state programs and then details state profiles. The four major goals of the survey were: 1. compilation of quantitative and qualitative data about RTAP state programs and their corresponding levels of service; 2. identification of outstanding state technical assistance programs and services that could be replicated by or shared with other states; 3. ascertaining the training resources that have already been developed, to avoid duplication of efforts; 4. documentation of program evolution over the years, and their successes in meeting stated goals. KW - Effectiveness KW - Evaluation KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Level of service KW - Program management KW - Rural transit KW - Rural Transit Assistance Program KW - States KW - Strategic planning KW - Surveys KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/863540 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460930 TI - A Guidebook for Developing and Sharing Transit Bus Maintenance Practices AB - The objective of this research is to develop a guidebook that will provide a methodology to assist maintenance managers in developing and sharing bus maintenance practices. The guidebook will include case studies that use the methodology to develop practices for at least six specific maintenance problem areas. The research will also prepare recommendations on how tools for developing and sharing bus maintenance practices can be improved in the future. KW - Bus transit KW - Buses KW - Fleet management KW - Information dissemination KW - Maintenance KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1099 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229148 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489230 TI - Clean Car Sharing and Mobility Program AB - The Clean Car Sharing Mobility Program will seek to expand the capability of car sharing by incorporating clean fuel vehicles into American cities. The program linked with mass transit will maximize the benefits from existing transportation resources by allowing commuters from dispersed suburban neighborhoods to Car Share (Car Pool) to transit stations, leave their vehicle and ride mass transit the last link of their trip into the city. This project encourages the development and utilization of advanced transportation technologies in partnership with transit agencies. It focuses on three primary projects: (1) Innovative Clean Mobility; (2) Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Bus Technology Facilitation; and, (3) Advanced Transportation Technology Industry Support. KW - Clean fuels KW - Fuel cell vehicles KW - Hydrogen fuels KW - Mobility KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit buses KW - Vehicle sharing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258249 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489154 TI - Connecting Communities Security Forums AB - No summary provided. KW - Communities KW - Community forums KW - Regional planning KW - Security KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258148 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460929 TI - Managing Capital Costs of Major Federally Funded Public Transportation Projects AB - The objective of this project is to recommend techniques and strategies to better estimate, manage, and contain the capital costs and schedules of major (exceeding $100 million) federally funded public transportation projects. The final report should contain techniques and strategies for each element of the project development process. KW - Capital costs KW - Cost control KW - Costs KW - Federal aid highways KW - Infrastructure KW - Planning KW - Project management KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1120 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229147 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00967854 AU - Costello, D AU - Schemass, L AU - Mendelsohn, R AU - Canby, A AU - Bender, J AU - National Trust for Historic Preservation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE RETURNING CITY: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND TRANSIT IN THE AGE OF CIVIC REVIVAL PY - 2003/09/02 SP - 88 p. AB - This report was written by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Association with Anne Canby, Robert Mendelsohn, Joseph Bender and Lisa Schamess at the direction of FTA. The study it reports on sought to demonstrate how transit and historic preservation act as compatible forces to revitalize communities and examine the relationship that is developing among public transit systems, transit-oriented development, community revitalization, and historic preservation. It is designed to provide useful information to a wide variety of practitioners interested in any of these phenomena and how they interact and enhance one another. It also contains a series of larger and smaller case studies that help illustrate the study's major findings, which the authors refer to as vital signs of transit oriented development. KW - Historic preservation KW - Land use planning KW - Public transit KW - Sustainable development KW - Transit oriented development KW - Urban renewal UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/CaseStudy/Cities/returning_city.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/678846 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974991 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS FISCAL YEAR 2002 REPORT PY - 2003/09 SP - 66 p. AB - This report presents an overview of the FTA Transit Research & Technology Program - its mission, program areas, and research projects. The Research-in-Progress section includes summary descriptions of the 90 projects funding during FY 2002. Projects are listed under the national Research and Technology program areas. All project activities are aimed at making measured improvements in security, safety, mobility, fuel efficiency, clean air, and professional capacity building. Improvements are accomplished through research, demonstration, testing, deployment and information transfer to innovative transit technologies and strategies. KW - Financing KW - Fleet management KW - Infrastructure KW - Mobility KW - Planning KW - Policy KW - Pollution control KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Technology UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698321 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00964028 AU - Costello, D AU - Schamess, L AU - National Trust for Historic Preservation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE RETURNING CITY: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND TRANSIT IN THE AGE OF CIVIC REVIVAL PY - 2003/09 SP - v.p. AB - This document presents, with colorful pictures and profiles the revival of 13 communities. It reflects America's rediscovery of the historic elements of their cities and neighborhoods, shifting the focus of the historic preservation effort - from important buildings and districts to traditional forms, transportation choices, and street designs that make city centers and residential areas walkable and workable for both businesses and residents. KW - Historic preservation KW - Land use KW - Public transit KW - Sustainable development UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/CaseStudy/Cities/returning_city.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/661847 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489216 TI - WestStart-CALSTART Advanced Transit AB - As an increasing number of transit properties see the potential for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to meet transit demand in a cost effective manner, and increase system ridership. Transit agencies need better information and tools to evaluate BRT as a potential transit solution. This project supports the efforts of CALSTART to work with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to support the BRT Initiative in three areas: BRT Operations Systems Cost Analysis and Vehicle Partnering, BRT Program Development and Facilitation and Market Research, and BRT Information and Dissemination. KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Information dissemination KW - Public transit KW - Ridership KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Travel demand UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258235 ER - TY - SER AN - 01018750 JO - PATH Research Report PB - University of California, Berkeley AU - Wang, Xiqin AU - Chang, Joanne AU - Chan, Ching-Yao AU - Johnston, Scott AU - Zhou, Kun AU - Steinfeld, Aaron AU - Hanson, Matt AU - Zhang, Wei-Bin AU - University of California, Berkeley AU - California Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Development of Requirement Specifications for Transit Frontal Collision Warning System PY - 2003/08//Final Report SP - 181p AB - This report documents the development of a preliminary specification for a transit bus frontal collision warning system, based on a system engineering approach. The research efforts included: 1) a literature review, 2) detailed analyses of the five-year safety records of a group of California transit properties to identify the causes of their safety problems, 3) an in-depth data collection and analysis from instrumented buses serving San Mateo County, CA, and 4) development and testing of three generations of transit bus frontal collision warning systems, incorporating enhancements to meet the needs identified by the bus drivers using the prototype systems. The analyses of the safety records and the combination of video and engineering data from the instrumented buses provide a uniquely rich pool of data for diagnosing transit bus safety challenges. The prototype warning systems incorporated innovations in signal processing to ensure that warnings are issued with high reliability and low rates of false alerts. Finally, the results of this work led to the definition of a preliminary specification for a frontal collision warning system for subsequent field testing. KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Data collection KW - Frontal crashes KW - Instrumented vehicles KW - Literature reviews KW - Prototypes KW - Reliability KW - San Mateo County (California) KW - Signal processing KW - Specifications KW - Systems engineering KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit buses UR - http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0n13k0qv.pdf;origin=repeccitec UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/772562 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962891 AU - Kemp, J W AU - James, S AU - New Jersey Transit AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DELIVERING REAL-TIME STATUS AND ARRIVAL INFORMATION TO COMMUTER RAIL PASSENGERS AT COMPLEX STATIONS PY - 2003/08 SP - 92 p. AB - Software was developed for calculating real-time train status in an Automated Train Information Display System (ATIDS) at New Jersey Transit. Interfaces were developed for passing schedules and real-time train position and routing data from a centralized rail traffic control system (CTC) to the ATIDS equipment. The technology was integrated into a fully automated multi-track display and annunciation system and successfully demonstrated at New Jersey Transit in 1997. Operational tests revealed that the quality of the data received from the CTC was insufficient for passenger information purposes. Often, the CTC system knew that a train was present (sufficient for train dispatch purposes), but not which train it was (required for passenger information). Lessons learned were incorporated into the design of New Jersey Transit's next generation of rail dispatch systems. To address the issue of customer requirements for real-time information, market research was conducted with a series of 9 focus groups comprised of both frequent and infrequent riders. It was found that many of the transit industry's most common display formats contain information of no value to customers, that information was often being provided in a needlessly cumbersome manner, and that several of the customers' more critical information needs have not yet been considered by the industry. KW - Centralized traffic control KW - Customer service KW - Focus groups KW - Information display systems KW - Market research KW - New Jersey KW - New Jersey Transit KW - Passenger information systems KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Railroad traffic control KW - Real time information KW - Software UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24612/RPIS-68812.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660919 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00963018 AU - Cluett, C AU - Richman, J AU - Bregman, S AU - Battelle Memorial Institute AU - Multisystems, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CUSTOMER PREFERENCES FOR TRANSIT ATIS: RESEARCH REPORT PY - 2003/08 SP - 102 p. AB - This Customer Preferences for Transit ATIS (Advanced Traveler Information System) report reflects federal interest in (1) understanding the extent to which transit agencies are currently trying innovative, advanced ways of offering transit information to their ridership, especially real-time information and (2) what transit riders prefer regarding the use of high technology tools to access this information. This peer reviewed report documents the findings from a customer preference survey conducted through a series of 12 workshops covering 284 transit customers in four cities to determine: what type of transit information customers prefer; how they want to receive it; where and when they want to receive it, and what the critical human factors issues are in presenting transit information. Key findings indicate that customers prefer: accurate and up to date information as a first priority; high quality static information including traditional wayside signage; realtime information at as many stops as cost-effectively possible; while on vehicles, automated next stop announcements, and better marketing agencies. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Customer service KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Passenger information systems KW - Signs KW - Timetables UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13935/13935.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660989 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459683 TI - MTA (Baltimore) Smart Bus AB - MTA has begun implementation of an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system that provides bus status information to the public while simultaneously improving bus schedule adherence and labor productivity. Fifty buses have been equipped with LORAN-C receivers and 800 mhz radios. The buses' location is determined by the receiver and the information is transmitted to a central dispatch center. Off-schedule buses are identified so corrective action can be taken. The system will be expanded to include all 900 Baltimore transit buses and replace LORAN-C with GPS for location. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Baltimore (Maryland) KW - Bus transit KW - Global Positioning System KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Research projects KW - Schedule maintenance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227898 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486838 TI - Georgetown Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program AB - Fuel cell is one of the most promising clean energy technologies of the 21st century - environmentally friendly, reliable, quiet, and highly efficient. The FTA Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program is the only viable U.S. fuel cell transportation program, critical to economic competitiveness. This multi year project supports Georgetown University's research program for the development of a domestically produced fuel cell propulsion system for transit buses. When completed, the program will provide the preliminary engineering and development activities necessary for the domestic, commercial production of a fuel cell powered full-sized transit bus. Both phosphoric acid (PA) fuel cell and proton exchange membrane (PEM) technologies are currently being developed, tested and evaluated as power systems for transit bus propulsion systems operating on liquid fuels. KW - Environmental protection KW - Fuel cells KW - Liquid fuels KW - Noise control KW - Phosphoric acid KW - Propulsion KW - Protons KW - Reliability KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256624 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459688 TI - Farebox Revenue Protection AB - A general risk assessment of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) processing procedures for farebox revenues will be made using transit fare revenue accountability and protection guidelines. Internal control vulnerabilities will be identified and recommended countermeasures will be adopted to reduce potential risks of internal and external revenue theft. KW - California KW - Fare collection KW - Fares KW - Research projects KW - Revenues KW - Risk assessment KW - Security KW - Theft UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227903 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459687 TI - Trap Oxidizer Demonstration AB - A single flow, diesel-regenerated, ceramic-monolith filter equipped particulate trap was installed in one RTD bus in July, 1991. This bus experienced six failures and was replaced six times. Continuous efforts have been made to improve the trap performance. Four more traps will be installed in buses once the durability of the first trap system is proven in revenue service. Monthly reports are being prepared to analyze the trap performance and operating costs. Emission tests will be performed when the RTD sponsored high altitude lab is in operation late spring '92 to determine the effectiveness of the trap to reduce particulate emissions in diesel engines. KW - Buses KW - Diesel engines KW - Emissions testing KW - Engine performance KW - Maintenance management KW - Particulates KW - Pollutants KW - Research projects KW - Training UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227902 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459609 TI - Moving People Safely Conference AB - The Office of the Secretary of Transportation, in partnership with the other administrations in the Department of Transportation, launched a department-wide program to promote safety through the Moving People Safely Conference. This national conference was conducted in 1998. The conference highlighted the need and provided a forum for sharing ideas and resources on how to build a safe transportation environment at the community level. The national conference has evolved in scope and content, from the 1995 Moving Kids Safely Program, which focused exclusively on promoting child safety, to the 1998 Moving People Safely Conference, which now includes all community-based transportation safety issues. This project provided for FTA conference participation and materials support. KW - Community action programs KW - Conferences KW - Passenger security KW - Research projects KW - Safety programs KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227824 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459489 TI - Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Information Sharing & Technology Transfer Program AB - Electric and hybrid-electric drive vehicles are being developed to answer challenges faced by current transit operators, such as vehicle range, fuel economy, emissions, and safety. This cooperative agreement supports the efforts of a research team EVAA, Electric Power Research Institute, and the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to develop and implement a data collection program associated with the operation of electric and hybrid electric buses and infrastructure, and to share this vehicle information with transit community at-large. The research team will define and develop an electronic information system to collect information on electric and hybrid electric vehicles. This work will include development of protocols for data collection, and specifications of on-board vehicle collection hardware and methodologies. The system will undergo a trial operational test on an all-electric transit bus service at CARTA. A technology transfer effort will be undertaken to familiarize and report to the transit industry on data collection technologies, as well as electric and hybrid electric vehicle technologies. The collection techniques and data elements defined under this program will be useful for data collection activities of other alternative fuel buses. KW - Alternate fuels KW - Chattanooga (Tennessee) KW - Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority KW - Data collection KW - Electric buses KW - Electric Power Research Institute KW - Electric vehicles KW - Electronics KW - Emission control systems KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Information services KW - Onboard navigational aids KW - Range (Vehicles) KW - Safety KW - Technology transfer KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227702 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459486 TI - Hydrogen Fuel Cell Transit Bus Demonstration Project AB - Fuel cells offer near-zero emissions and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as more efficient power generation and improved reliability and lower maintenance costs. The objective of this cooperative agreement is to enable SunLine Transit Agency to procure and road test a 40-foot transit bus powered by a direct hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. SunLine Transit will demonstrate and test a fuel cell transit bus with a new dbb P4 proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell propulsion system. Almost 4,000 pounds lighter than its predecessor, the Phase 4 (P4) engine was designed on knowledge gained during in-service testing of buses using P3 fuel cell engines in Chicago and Vancouver, B.C. The test period for the new P4 fuel cell transit bus includes 2 months of factory testing in Vancouver followed by 13 months of on road testing at SunLine Transit. KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Demonstration projects KW - Emission control systems KW - Fuel cells KW - Greenhouse gases KW - Hydrogen fuels KW - Performance KW - Propulsion KW - Protons KW - Reliability KW - Road tests KW - Safety KW - Transit buses KW - Vancouver (Canada) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227699 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459484 TI - Safety & Security Research Technical Support AB - This project supports the need to conduct alternative fuel safety research and to provide technical support to transit agencies operating alternative fuel buses. A number of serious incidents relating to compressed natural gas (CNG) buses have occurred in the past several years. These incidents involved buses, facilities, and fueling stations. Consequences and losses from these fuel related hazards on transit buses and at facilities are serious concerns of the transit industry. Under this project research will be conducted on alternative fuels safety issues and practices. Data will be collected for safety standards development activities and for updating the technical guidance documents on alternative fuels. Special studies will be conducted on the safety practices and use of alternative fuels in the transit industry. This project reaffirms safety as the top priority in the Department of Transportation. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Compressed natural gas KW - Crash causes KW - Crash investigation KW - Fuels KW - Guidelines KW - Safety KW - Standards KW - Transit buses KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227697 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459483 TI - Development of Safety & Security Course Material AB - Over the past decade, FTA has established unique resources dedicated to furthering its goals in the critical areas of safety and security. This includes development and conduct of new courses and revisions to existing training courses and workshops. Because of the constantly evolving nature of safety and security problems, and priorities within the transit industry, there is a need for FTA to continually update existing courses, delete outdated ones, and develop new courses and revisions to existing training courses and workshops. Three new training courses will be developed and conducted: Transit Bus System Safety, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, and Safety Evaluations of Alternative Fuels. The project will further ensure the quality and delivery of the FTA safety and security training program, which is sustained by the support of available experts from the transit industry around the nation. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Crimes involving transportation KW - Environmental design KW - Fuels KW - Quality assurance KW - Safety education KW - Training programs KW - Transit safety KW - Vehicle safety KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227696 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459482 TI - Fire Materials Testing AB - As a result of the February 16, 1996 MARC commuter train accident, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that DOT review the testing protocols regarding the flammability and the smoke emissions characteristics of interior materials and coordinate the development and implementation of standards for materials performance and testing with FRA and FTA. The purpose of this project is to enable FTA to update and develop fire safety standards for the performance and testing of interior materials for transit vehicles. It includes updating the FTA recommended fire safety practices for bus, van and rail transit materials selection. This project also supports the objective of the interagency Fire and Materials Working Group of the federal government to produce uniform guidelines for fire performance of materials under construction by government agencies and transportation providers. Use of these guidelines in the selection of materials for transit vehicles will reduce fire incidents and costly property damage and casualties. KW - Fire fighting KW - Fire resistant materials KW - Flammability KW - Flammable materials KW - Flammable materials KW - Interior design KW - Materials tests KW - Rail transit KW - Transit boards KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227695 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459481 TI - Safety & Security Clearinghouse AB - This project supports the Safety and Security Clearinghouse which serves as a storehouse of information and an ongoing focal point for published materials and resources currently available on the subject of transit safety and security and related technologies. The material is made available upon request to assist state and local transit agencies to improve the safety of transit services. The clearinghouse function provides FTA with a means for hands on contact with transit safety and security customers. It enables FTA to better understand customer needs and provides a quick response mechanism for information dissemination. Customer assistance is provided in the form of guidelines, technical publications, final research reports, and expert advice through referrals to other industry experts, simulation models, and state of the art information resources. KW - Guidelines KW - Information services KW - Needs assessment KW - Passenger information systems KW - Passenger security KW - Passenger service KW - Safety and security KW - Simulation KW - State of the art reports KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227694 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459480 TI - Seraphim Urban Magnetic Levitation Program AB - This interagency agreement provides financial support to the Department of Energy's congressionally directed Seraphim technology project (SEgmented RAil PHased Induction Motor). Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico will lead a team of researchers to develop the Seraphim linear induction motor (LIM) for use on a monorail transportation system under development by the Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority. For Colorado, this Seraphim linear induction system appears to be the best choice for the curves and grades in a mountain route. The system runs off an electronic charge in the track and can handle grades as steep as 8 percent, nearly three times as steep as conventional trains can climb. Although LIMs have been around for a long time, this LIM is a new and improved version of the motor. The Seraphim motor was originally designed to launch satellites into orbit. Today, it holds promise for transit applications. The Seraphim project is in its beginning stage and much technological work must be accomplished before the technology can be deployed in transit. The Seraphim project is identified and sponsored under the FTA Urban Magnetic Levitation Program. KW - Colorado KW - Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority KW - Induction motors KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Monorail transportation KW - Mountain roads KW - Rail transit KW - Technology assessment KW - Urban transportation KW - Vehicle design UR - http://www.nctransportation.com/LinearMotor.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227693 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459686 TI - Innovative Procurement Methods AB - The objective of this study of innovative procurement methods involving public-private partnerships is to provide FTA with an understanding of concepts which may have application to fixed guideway transit. The investigation includes transit and other public works projects in both the U.S. and abroad, and includes a variety of mechanisms such as turnkey and build-operate-transfer. The risks, benefits and lessons learned from previous projects will be identified. KW - Innovation KW - Procurement KW - Public private partnerships KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227901 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459684 TI - RTD (Denver) Smart Bus AB - RTD is installing an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system, as part of an upgraded communications system, to provide bus location information to transit dispatchers to increase efficiency, ridership and safety. Location information is supplied by the Global Positioning System (GPS), which uses a series of navigation satellites. The location of each bus is determined by a GPS receiver on the bus and is transmitted to a central dispatch center. Off-schedule buses are identified so corrective action can be taken to reroute buses when needed. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus transit KW - Communication systems KW - Communications satellites KW - Dispatching KW - Global Positioning System KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227899 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073916 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Primary corridor transportation project, major investment study : environmental impact statement PY - 2003/07//Volumes held: Draft, Dapp (folio), Supplement to the draft, Final(4v)(v.4 is a folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Hawaii UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833310 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962120 AU - Rolander, N AU - Matson, D AU - Chernicoff, W P AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Tufts University AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MATERIALS INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL TRIGGERS USED IN PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES ON TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2003/06 SP - 33 p. AB - This investigation pertains to the composition and general condition of the thermally activated trigger mechanism of Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs), safety devices used on compressed natural gas cylinders commonly used to store fuel on transit buses. These trigger mechanisms provide the essential function of the PRD, and any problems with the trigger will result in poor device performance. The report analyzes the condition of the eutectic material used in the triggers, its composition, condition, and any flaws that may occur. Following the experimental investigation, failure criteria for the triggers were computed based on observed flaws in the trigger material. These computations provide a measure of the reliability of the triggering devices, and thereby of their effectiveness. KW - Compressed natural gas KW - Defects KW - Fuel storage and delivery devices KW - Materials KW - Pressure relief valves KW - Reliability KW - Safety KW - Transit buses KW - Trigger mechanism UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24611/PRD-Investigation.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660564 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961541 AU - Gleich, K F AU - Jackson, T E AU - Southern Research Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING FINAL REPORT PY - 2003/06 SP - 129 p. AB - The objective of this effort was to design and produce thermoplastic composite materials and processes for use with a design and prototype construction of a subcomponent transit bus floor. The choice of bus flooring as the test subcomponent was based on the desire to fabricate a large area, weight-bearing structure that would save considerable weight. The objectives associated with this bus floor project were improved safety, reduced weight, and lower cost. This report presents the design guidelines and fabrication methods related to the thermoforming of long-fiber thermoplastic composite flooring for transit bus application. The study describes the methods. Materials, design issues, and testing of the bus floor subcomponent fabricated during the course of this project. Overall, the bus floor design and prototype subcomponent saves an estimated 40% in weight using polypropylene and E-glass as reinforcement fiber; and approximately 40% cost savings. The lifetime of the bus floor is equal to the expected lifetime of the bus - about 12 years. The previous Phase 1 effort focused on material production and compression molding fabrication methods. The Phase 1 effort molded a two-person bus seat into one piece. The design yielded a 40% cost savings and 30% weight reduction for a typical transit bus seat. It is anticipated that further development will focus on integrating frame, sidewalls, and flooring. KW - Composite materials KW - Cost control KW - Fabrication KW - Floors KW - Polypropylene KW - Production KW - Safety KW - Seats KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Transit buses KW - Weight UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24615/assembled_final_report_DOT_2003.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24699/assembled_final_report_DOT_2003.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660335 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961539 AU - Gleich, K F AU - Jackson, T E AU - Southern Research Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING FABRICATION GUIDE PY - 2003/06 SP - 129 p. AB - The intent of this fabrication guide is to provide general guidance in the design and fabrication of a large area component for use in a commercial transit bus, using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding or continuous woven broad goods process. The major manufacturing issues addressed involve part material selection, processing, and tooling. The objective of this report is to describe thermoplastic composite materials and processes and demonstrate fabrication methods for molding these materials into transit bus flooring components or other large components for use in buses and other transit applications. The primary goal of this effort is to demonstrate that these technologies can provide lower cost, lighter weight, and improved performance structures for public transit applications. This fabrication guide described the design guidelines and fabrication methods related to thermoforming and resin transfer molding of long fiber thermoplastic transit bus components. KW - Components KW - Design KW - Fabrication KW - Floors KW - Manufacturing KW - Materials selection KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Transit buses UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24614/Fabrication_guide_for_bus_flooring_subcomponent.doc UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24701/Fabrication_guide_bus_flooring_subcomponent.doc UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660333 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961540 AU - Gleiceh, K F AU - Jackson, T E AU - Southern Research Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING COMPONENT REPORT PY - 2003/06 SP - 44 p. AB - The objective of this research was to design and produce thermoplastic composite materials and processes for use with a design and prototype construction of a subcomponent transit bus floor. The primary work was directed at the design, fabrication and testing of a transit bus floor subcomponent, fabricated from woven thermoplastic prepreg. The objectives associated with the bus floor project were improved safety, weight reduction, and lower costs. This report describes the methods, materials, design issues, and testing of the bus floor subcomponent fabricated during the course of this project. The objectives of reducing weight and cost in transit bus floor were successfully demonstrated on a prototype model. The cost savings were about 38% and weight savings 41%. Further research will look at the integration of the floor structure with the frame and sides of the bus to realize additional benefits of weight reduction. KW - Composite materials KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Design KW - Fabrication KW - Floors KW - Safety KW - Testing KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Transit buses KW - Weight UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24613/component_report_lead_pages_yr_2.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24700/component_report_lead_pages_yr_2.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660334 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00970423 AU - Samavedam, G AU - Raposa, F AU - Feder, R AU - Foster-Miller Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - APPLICABILITY OF CHSST MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY FOR U.S. URBAN TRANSPORTATION PY - 2003/06 SP - 57 p. AB - This report discusses the Chubu HSST Maglev technology applicability to U.S. urban transportation. This low speed system based on the principle of electromagnetic levitation by attractive suspension and propulsion by vehicle mounted linear induction motors is being deployed in Japan. This report was prepared based on the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) team findings and experiences with the system during a recent visit to Japan that observed the progress of the system deployment. The report discusses the performance characteristics of the CHSST vehicle and compares them with the FTA goals. For wider applicability of the CHSST in the U.S., the report describes a higher speed vehicle design under consideration in Japan. U.S. mandatory requirements on the vehicle for use in the United States are also discussed. A CHSST Maglev comparison with conventional Light Rail for urban transportation is presented. The report identifies two types of example corridors in the U.S. where there may be potential for application of the CHSST Maglev technology. KW - Applications KW - Chubu HSST Maglev KW - Japan KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Performance KW - Speed KW - Study tours KW - Technology KW - United States KW - Urban transportation UR - http://www.monorails.org/pdfs/CHSSTApplicabilityFTA2003.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24741/CHSSTApplicabilityFTA2003.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/696463 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961602 AU - Rolander, N AU - Matson, D AU - Chernicoff, W P AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Tufts University AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MATERIALS INVESTIGATION TRIGGERS USED IN PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES ON TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2003/06 SP - 33 p. AB - This investigation pertains to the composition and general condition of the thermally activated trigger mechanism of Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs), safety devices used on compressed natural gas cylinders commonly used to store fuel on transit buses. These trigger mechanisms provide the essential function of the PRD, and any problems with the trigger will result in poor device performance. The report analyses the condition of the eutectic material used in the triggers, its composition, condition, and any flaws that may occur. Following the experimental investigation, failure criterion for the triggers were computed based on observed flaws in the trigger material. These computations provide a measure of the reliability of the triggering devices, and thereby of their effectiveness. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Compressed natural gas KW - Fuel storage KW - Natural gas KW - Pressure relief valves KW - Safety KW - Thermal properties KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660369 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961016 AU - Hardy, M AU - Florin, J AU - Roberts, D AU - Mitretek Systems AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ITS ENHANCED BUS RAPID TRANSIT PY - 2003/06 SP - 57 p. AB - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) utilizes Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology, modern land use planning and transportation policies to support new concepts for rapid transit systems based on bus-like vehicles. The success of some of these pioneering systems, such as the systems in Curitiba and San Paolo, Brazil, have shown that these systems are capable of providing heavily-used, high capacity rapid transit at a reduced cost. This research effort was prepared to explore the relationship between BRT and ITS technologies in order to determine the best set of ITS enhancements to optimize overall BRT performance. Specifically, this research attempts to articulate appropriate sets of ITS technologies for various BRT operational configurations. There are three objectives: research and document ITS technologies applicable to BRT; identify the ITS technologies utilized in current BRT projects; and examine opportunities to enhance specific BRT projects. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Land use planning KW - Rapid transit KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23800/23866/ITS_Enhanced_BRT_TechnoJune2003.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660151 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960410 AU - Yang, C Y.D. AU - Cronin, B P AU - Meltzer, N R AU - Zirker, Margaret E AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2003 STATUS REPORT ON TRANSIT INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE STUDIES PY - 2003/06 SP - 19 p. AB - This 2003 Status Report provides an overview and updates on studies in the transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) area. IVI emphasizes the significant and continuing role of drivers in roadway safety. IVI is aimed at accelerating the development, availability, and use of driving assistance and control intervention systems to reduce vehicle crashes. IVI systems' ultimate goal is to help drivers process information, make decisions, and operate vehicles more safely. The emphasis of the transit IVI program can be divided into two major areas. Projects in the first area include the frontal collision warning system, side collision warning system, rear impact collision warning system, and integrated collision warning system. These projects are intended to reduce "imminent crash situations" in the transit operating environment. The second area of emphasis for the transit IVI program is to assist bus operators in "degraded driving conditions." One example is the vehicle-lane assist technology project. Vehicle-lane assist technology is intended to improve the safety of transit vehicles as they operate in difficult environments, such as bus-only shoulders. Vehicle-lane assist technology is likely to be one of the first IVI technologies to be implemented for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations. KW - Advanced vehicle control systems KW - Bus drivers KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus-only shoulders KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Frontal crashes KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Rear end crashes KW - Road shoulders KW - Side crashes KW - Traffic lanes KW - Transit crashes KW - Transit safety KW - Vehicle-lane assist systems KW - Warning systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13800.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659912 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960419 AU - Science Applications International Corporation AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - OREGON STATEWIDE TRANSIT TRIP PLANNING EVALUATION PLAN PY - 2003/05/09 SP - n.p. AB - The Oregon Statewide Transit Trip Planning Project is funded in part by the FY2001 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Integration Program, a program designed to accelerate the integration and interoperability of ITS solutions in metropolitan and rural areas. Oregon's Trip Planner was one of several projects selected for national evaluation. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), "nearly one third of all Oregonians - primarily the elderly, people with disabilities, and lower income families - have trouble getting around." A lack of information about available public transportation services is one barrier to both the effective use of those services and the mobility of Oregon's citizens. ODOT summarizes the purpose of the Trip Planner project as follows: "The Trip Planner is intended to make public transportation of all kinds easier to use by increasing the availability, quality, and amount of information about these services, and improving the ability of travelers to plan a trip, especially using multiple transportation providers." This document presents an evaluation of Release 1.0 of the Trip Planner. In 2002, ODOT released a request for proposals for the design and deployment of Release 1.0. This Evaluation Plan addresses only the design and development of Release 1.0. Release 1.0 will offer various map and text-based tools for directing transit users to the most appropriate services to meet their travel needs. The system will be accessible through the Oregon TripCheck traveler information Website (www.tripcheck.com), and serve as a single source of current transit information for the more than 200 public transportation service providers in Oregon. Release 1.0 is referred to as a "zone-to-zone" trip planner that will allow users to select an origin area (or "zone") and a destination zone. The trip planner application will identify the connecting public transportation service providers that can meet a user's trip needs. This document is organized as follows: Section 1. Introduction. Section 2. Background. This section provides additional background about the context into which the project is being implemented including an overview of the existing transportation service providers, existing information systems and supporting programs. Section 3. Trip Planner Project Description. This section describes the Trip Planner project in terms of functional requirements, technical scope, expected benefits, project management, stakeholders, and deployment schedule. Section 4. Evaluation Approach. This section presents the evaluation activities to be performed as part of the System Impact Study and the Institutional Challenges Review for the Trip Planner project. Section 5. Risk Assessment. This section presents an assessment of the risks that may affect the meaningfulness and timeliness of the evaluation results. Section 6. Evaluation Management Plan. This section provides an overview of the Evaluation Team's organization, the level of effort, deliverables and schedule. Following Section 6 are two appendices. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Design KW - Development KW - Evaluation KW - Information dissemination KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Maps KW - Oregon KW - Oregon TripCheck KW - Origin and destination KW - Public transit KW - Software KW - Transit riders KW - Trip Planner KW - Trip planning KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/29000/29200/29248/13835.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/661694 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00975806 AU - Lede, N W AU - Yu, L AU - Godazi, K AU - Texas Southern University, Houston AU - Dallas Area Rapid Transit AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - AN EVALUATION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR A PERSONALIZED PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM STUDY (PPTS): FIELD OPERATIONAL TEST PY - 2003/05/01 SP - 125 p. AB - This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Personalized Public Transit (PPT) concept, an alternate bus routing system, and a specially designed operational test conducted for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System. Using a set of primary and secondary criteria, "candidate bus routes" were selected. The primary criteria included: Underutilized routes, test-free routes that cross one of the existing rail lines or transfer centers, and number of stops. Secondary criteria were applied to the primary routes to narrow down the potential test routes. The secondary criteria included: complaints, allowable diversion time, service area of each route, school service, and diversity of land use. The application of these criteria resulted in the identification of several routes used for the Operational Test. The evaluation plan for the project involved a structured two-pronged methodology - "before and after" studies - for subsequently conducting the evaluation. The methodology for the study involved establishing the initial parameters for the study by assessing demographic characteristics and selected transit-related variables, including trip purpose, mode of travel, car ownership, and daily service quality as perceived by users of public transit service. KW - Before and after studies KW - Bus routes KW - Bus transit KW - Dallas Area Rapid Transit KW - Demonstration projects KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Personal rapid transit KW - Routing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/702590 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460446 TI - Center for Composite Manufacturing AB - The objective of the research at the Center for Composite Manufacturing of the Southern Research Institute (SRI) is to develop light weight, low cost, high performing materials for buses and other mass transit applications. SRI has teamed with North American Bus Industries to identify bus components for weight reduction. SRI successfully demonstrated that composites can be fabricated into an integrated one-piece bus seat, and an integrated floor structure. The new Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics battery door exceeded customer expectations and has the advantage of being corrosion resistant. NABI is currently field testing the composite door. SRI is now working with NAB to develop CNG door panels for the company's BRT buses. KW - Bus transit KW - Buses KW - Composite materials KW - Corrosion KW - Corrosion resistance KW - High performance materials KW - Manufacturing KW - Materials KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Thermoplastic materials UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228663 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074859 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MIC/Earlington Heights connector study, Miami-Dade County : environmental impact statement PY - 2003/05//Volumes held: Draft, Plan and profile drawings B1 (folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Florida UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834253 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00978976 AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE SHORE TRANSIT APPROACH - COORDINATED REGIONAL RURAL TRANSPORTATION PY - 2003/05 SP - 4 p. AB - The Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland is a rural area situated between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. The main sources of jobs for low-skilled workers in this region are in factories, construction and the hospitality industry. But for many low-income, job-ready individuals obtaining and retaining employment was an elusive quest. They did not have reliable and affordable transportation. They were either dependent on family and friends to get to work, or they paid a large portion of their income for taxis to get to their jobs, or they navigated across multiple counties using multiple transit systems. Their situations changed for the better with the creation of Shore Transit. Shore Transit formed as a nonprofit agency to coordinate and enhance transit on the Lower Eastern Shore. It represents the region's three counties - Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester - and works to provide a range of transportation options including the three public county transit providers: Somerset Commuter, Wicomico Transit and Worcester County Ride; social services transportation providers; and local taxi services. Between the Federal Transit Administration's Job Access and Reverse Commute funds and the Maryland Department of Human Resources' (DHR) contribution of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars, Shore Transit receives about $1 million per year. To date, DHR is the sole provider of the matching dollars to the Job Access grant, having given the Lower Eastern Shore more than $3 million in matching funds over the last several years. Job Access funding is helping Shore Transit achieve its major goal of coordinating transportation services and getting people the rides they need. In addition, because Shore Transit is a coordinated system and supported by numerous Federal, state and local funding sources, riders can use the buses, vans, and taxis for more than just work and education trips. Passengers can also go shopping, visit a friend, and go to medical appointments. KW - Access KW - Affordable transportation KW - Buses KW - Commuting KW - Coordination KW - Costs KW - Counties KW - Eastern Shore (Maryland and Virginia) KW - Employment KW - Government funding KW - Grant aid KW - Job opportunities KW - Jobs KW - Low income groups KW - Low skilled workers KW - Maryland Department of Human Resources KW - Medical trips KW - Public transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Reverse commuting KW - Rural areas KW - Shopping trips KW - Shore Transit KW - Social benefits KW - Taxicabs KW - Travel time KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Vans KW - Work trips UR - http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/twelve.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/740437 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960507 AU - Werner, A AU - Wilson, G AU - New York Metropolitan Transportation Council AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - New York State Department of Transportation TI - 2000 HUB BOUND TRAVEL REPORT: TRANSPORTATION TO THE MANHATTAN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PY - 2003/05 SP - 78 p. AB - The first travel survey of the Manhattan central business district (CBD) was conducted and published in 1924. The report refers to the Manhattan CBD as the Hub. Geographically, the Hub consists of Manhattan Island's lower portion, from 60th Street in the north to Battery Park in the south. At 8.5 square miles, the land area itself is less than 0.1% of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council region's total land area and home to about 3.5% of the region's residents. The Hub also has one of the highest concentrations of business activity in the nation, hosting about 21% of the region's jobs. This report provides data and analyses on the numerous transportation services and facilities serving the Hub of the region. The report also details total travel by mode, time of day, facility, and by sector. The report examines travel to and from the Hub by modes of public transportation, private motor vehicle, or bicycle. The public transit options include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)-New York City Transit subway and bus lines; the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) subway; MTS-Long Island Rail Road (LIRR); MTA-Metro North Railroad; New Jersey Transit; Amtrak; privately-owned bus carriers; ferries (both the Staten Island ferry and privately-owned operations); and the Roosevelt Island Tramway. Private vehicle travel includes the use of automobiles, taxis, vans, trucks and bicycles. Most of the data were collected on a business day in October, 2000. The data presented in the report details entry to, and exit from the Hub at specific facilities for each hour of the business day. KW - Amtrak KW - Automobiles KW - Bicycles KW - Buses KW - Central business districts KW - Ferries KW - Long Island Rail Road KW - Manhattan (New York, New York) KW - New Jersey KW - New York Metropolitan Area KW - New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority KW - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey KW - Public transit KW - Railroads KW - Subways KW - Taxicabs KW - Travel surveys KW - Trucks KW - Vans UR - http://www.nymtc.org/files/hub_bound/hb2000report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659985 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960472 AU - Raman, M AU - Schweiger, C AU - Shammout, K AU - Williams, D AU - Battelle Columbus Laboratories AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING REAL-TIME TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT PY - 2003/04/30 SP - 138 p. AB - The advent of automatic vehicle location systems not only has provided the transit industry with tools to monitor and control operations, but with the opportunity to provide customers with real-time information. This real-time information enables existing and potential riders to make better pre-trip and en-route decisions. Providing real-time information has additional benefits to the transit agency: improving customer service; increasing customer satisfaction and convenience; maintaining or increasing ridership; and improving visibility of transit in the community. This document offers guidance for transit agencies that are considering the deployment of real-time transit information systems. An understanding of the current state of the practice in these systems is presented, along with information on the components of successful systems, issues and challenges that must be addressed in deployment, recommended practices for successful deployment, and a description of the future of these systems. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Deployment KW - Development KW - Guidelines KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Real time information KW - State of the practice UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23600/23663/RTTIS_Final.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659952 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460056 TI - Strategies for Increasing the Effectiveness of Commuter Choice Programs AB - The tax code allows employers to offer tax-free commuter benefits to employees. TCRP Project H-25 investigated and shed substantial light on how and why employers adopt commuter benefits programs and as a result recommended ways to improve the effectiveness of commuter benefits programs. Project H-25 did not, however, investigate several related questions, the most important of which concerns the costs and benefits of commuter benefits programs to various stakeholders. Commuter benefits programs are promoted as having a wide range of benefits for a variety of people and institutions, including transit agencies, employers, and communities. While some research has demonstrated that these programs tend to increase transit ridership (the research for Project H-25 gathered, as a by-product, anecdotal evidence that the introduction of commuter benefits programs can produce increases in transit ridership), there has been little real quantification of the extent of these impacts, and essentially no rigorous research has been done on this subject. Limited evidence of travel impacts makes it difficult to demonstrate the advantages of commuter benefits programs to stakeholders. A better understanding of the travel implications of commuter benefits programs would help in evaluating them. TCRP Project H-25A focused on the value of commuter benefits programs in increasing transit ridership, increasing transit system revenues, reducing transit operating costs, and benefiting air quality and other goals. KW - Choice models KW - Commuter service KW - Mode choice KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1154 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228272 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960463 AU - McKeown, S AU - Milligan and Company, LLC AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EVALUATION OF PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY'S WEST BUSWAY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT PY - 2003/04 SP - 49 p. AB - This report evaluates one of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) bus rapid transit (BRT) demonstration projects, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's West Busway. The Port Authority of Allegheny County had a network of busways and light rail lines in place in the northern, southern, and eastern areas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The West Busway consists of five miles of exclusive bus right-of-way and an exclusive interchange for buses with the Parkway West (I-279) in the Borough of Carnegie. Via direct bus service that extends beyond the busway, the West Busway connects the Pittsburgh International Airport and businesses surrounding the Airport and along Parkway West with downtown Pittsburgh and other employment and activity centers in the area. The West Busway is intended to improve mobility and transit access. KW - Access KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Businesses KW - Central business districts KW - Demonstration projects KW - Evaluation KW - Interchanges KW - Mobility KW - Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) KW - Pittsburgh International Airport KW - Port Authority of Allegheny County KW - Public transit KW - Right of way (Traffic) KW - West Busway UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659943 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960927 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Milligan and Company, LLC TI - EVALUATION OF PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY'S WEST BUSWAY RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT PY - 2003/04 SP - 49 p. AB - The report documents the evaluation of the successful Pittsburgh West Busway project of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - an FTA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Demonstration Project. The evaluation is intended to provide the FTA and the transit industry with a better understanding of how technological advancements, BRT features and improvements in the image of buses operating with the speed, reliability, and efficiency of light rail transit, can increase transit ridership. The objectives of the evaluation were 1) to determine the benefits, costs, and other impacts of BRT components that contributed to the West Busway project success; 2) to characterize the successful and unsuccessful aspects of the demonstration project; 3) to evaluate the demonstration's achievements in terms of goals set by FTA and the Port Authority; and 4) to assess the applicability of the demonstration results including ITS applications. KW - Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) KW - Benefits KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Busways KW - Costs KW - Demonstration projects KW - Mobility KW - Performance evaluations KW - Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) KW - Port Authority of Allegheny County KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660109 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489224 TI - ITS Earmark for Integrated Communication AB - The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will design, construct and operate a Traffic Management and Integrated Communications Center to provide multi-modal transportation services. The proposed Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) components include traffic management, emergency management, transit management, and a public or private information service provider for real time traveler information. KW - Cleveland (Ohio) KW - Communication systems KW - Earmarks KW - Highway traffic control KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Public transit KW - Real time information KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258243 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962069 AU - Gannett Fleming, Incorporated AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HIGHWAY AND RAIL TRANSIT TUNNEL MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION MANUAL PY - 2003/03 SP - 103 p. AB - This manual provides specific information for the maintenance and rehabilitation of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transit tunnels and are defined accordingly. The following chapters are contained in this manual: (1) Introduction - This chapter presents a brief history of the project development and outlines the scope and contents of the Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual; (2) Tunnel Construction and Systems - This chapter defines the following major systems: tunnel types, ventilation systems, lighting systems, and other systems/appurtenances; (3) Preventive Maintenance - This chapter provides specific recommendations for performing preventive maintenance to the tunnel structure, mechanical systems, electrical elements, track systems, and miscellaneous appurtenances; and (4) Rehabilitation of Structural Elements - This chapter offers general procedural recommendations for making structural repairs to various types of tunnel liner materials. Appendix A of this manual includes a general discussion of life-cycle cost methodology. A glossary is provided. KW - Glossaries KW - Highways KW - Life cycle costing KW - Lighting systems KW - Maintenance KW - Manuals KW - Parts of tunnels KW - Preventive maintenance KW - Rail transit KW - Rehabilitation (Maintenance) KW - Tunnel lining KW - Tunnels KW - Ventilation systems UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/tunnel/maintman00.cfm#s04 UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23700/23727/Maint.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660539 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962068 AU - Gannett Fleming, Incorporated AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HIGHWAY AND RAIL TRANSIT TUNNEL INSPECTION MANUAL PY - 2003/03 SP - 110 p. AB - This manual provides specific information for the inspection of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transit tunnels and are defined accordingly. The manual is organized in the following chapters: (1) Introduction - This chapter presents a brief history of the project development and outlines the scope and contents of the Inspection Manual; (2) Tunnel Construction and Systems - This chapter defines tunnel types, ventilation systems, lighting systems, and other systems/appurtenances; (3) Fundamentals of Tunnel Inspection - This chapter contains sections on inspector qualifications, inspection team responsibilities, equipment/tools, preparation, methods of access, and safety practices; (4) Inspection Procedures - General Discussion - This chapter presents recommended frequencies and specific defects to look for in each of the following categories: structural elements, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and other systems/appurtenances; and (5) Inspection Documentation - This chapter offers suggestions on how to properly record the results of an in-depth inspection. A glossary is provided. KW - Glossaries KW - Highways KW - Inspection KW - Inspection documentation KW - Lighting systems KW - Manuals KW - Occupational safety KW - Parts of tunnels KW - Rail transit KW - Reports KW - Tunnels KW - Ventilation systems UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/tunnel/inspectman00.cfm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23700/23726/inspect.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660538 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960521 AU - Sarles, R L AU - RLS & Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS TOOL KIT PY - 2003/03 SP - 278 p. AB - In May 2000, in response to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) directive, the Acting Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nuria Fernandez issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to all recipients of FTA funding requesting that they review current policies on employees' use of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription (Rx) medications that could compromise public safety and establish a program to educate safety-sensitive employees about the potential dangers associated with the use of Rx and OTC medications. To assist the transit agencies in responding to the Administrator's challenge, FTA has assembled this tool kit of example practices for ensuring the safe use of medications by safety-sensitive employees. The examples include six current transit agency policies; forms, lists, and other procedures used by five transit agencies to implement their policies; and various training aids ranging from several short awareness pamphlets to comprehensive training programs and presentations. Each of these many examples includes an information sheet containing a summary of the contents and an analysis of the example's advantages and disadvantages. The kit also contains two forms recommended by FTA for use by transit agencies to ensure that use of Rx and OTC medications are identified in FTA drug and alcohol post-accident investigations. KW - Alcohol use KW - Crash investigation KW - Drug use KW - Education KW - Employees KW - Medication KW - Policy KW - Procedures KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Safety-sensitive KW - Tool kits KW - Training devices KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit personnel KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - http://www2.calact.org/resources/drug_and_alcohol/Rx-OTC_Toolkit.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659999 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00941439 AU - Chernicoff, W P AU - Balon, T AU - Raj, P AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Bradley (MJ) and Associates, Incorporated AU - Technology and Management Systems, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR BUS TRANSIT SYSTEMS USING ELECTRIC AND HYBRID-ELECTRIC PROPULSION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL PY - 2003/03 SP - 43 p. AB - The use of alternative fuels to power transit buses is steadily increasing. Several fuels, including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and Methanol/Ethanol, are already being used. At present, there are no available comprehensive facility guidelines to assist transit agencies contemplating converting from diesel to electric or hybrid electric propulsion. This document addresses that need. This guidelines document presents various facility and bus design issues that need to be considered to ensure safe operations when using electric or hybrid electric propulsion. Fueling facility, garaging facility, and maintenance facility requirements and safety practices are indicated. Among the issues discussed are electric storage device properties, potential hazards, requirements for specified level of service, and applicable codes and standards. Critical fuel related safety issues in the design of the related systems on the bus are also discussed. A system safety assessment and hazard resolution process is also presented. This approach may be used to select design strategies which are economical, yet ensure a specified level of safety. This report forms part of a series of published reports by the U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration on the safe use of alternative fuels. Documents similar to this one in content have been published for CNG, Hydrogen, LPG, LNG, and Methanol/Ethanol. KW - Alternate fuels KW - Electric buses KW - Guidelines KW - Hazards KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Level of service KW - Maintenance facilities KW - Safety KW - Standards KW - Transit buses UR - http://bussafety.fta.dot.gov/uploads/resource/3924_filename UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/642686 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940635 AU - Department of Transportation AU - ITS America AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - American Public Transportation Association TI - DEPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE REPORT #4: 511 REGIONAL INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES PY - 2003/03 SP - 23 p. AB - 511 is America's Travel Information telephone number. The purpose of this deployment assistance report number 4 is to offer 511 implementers technical guidance on how to deal with callers who want information on transportation facilities and services outside of the area served by their 511 system. Callers to 511 may not know that this is an issue of interoperability between state borders and within states, where there may be a metropolitan 511 system and a statewide system as well. This report discusses 511 deployment issues, including data transfer and call transfer, interoperability, as well as technical/financial considerations for data and information sharing. It includes background information on the national travel information telephone number 511, and the 511 Deployment Coalition effort to achieve its national goal: the timely establishment of a national 511 traveler information service that is sustainable and provides value to users available to a majority of Americans by 2005. The study provides a real world example of two 511 systems, developed independently and at different times. By using ITS standards, both systems are interoperable and allow for the seamless exchange of data. This deployment assistance report is intended for the planners and implementers of 511 systems. KW - Data communications KW - Deployment KW - Information services KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Interoperability KW - Public transit KW - Regional planning UR - http://www.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731497 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940565 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2002 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES: FTA GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PY - 2003/03 SP - 249 p. AB - The 2002 Statistical Summaries report is the annual update of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grant Assistance Programs. The programs discussed in this report are the principal federal financial aid to urban and non-urban areas for transit. The report provides analyzed data on the distribution and use of various formula and discretionary program funds for transit, including the following federal financial aid programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Capital, Interstate Substitution, Job Access/Reverse Commute, Over-the-Road Bus, Clean Fuels Formula, Metropolitan Planning, and State Infrastructure Bank. Data is compiled from capital, operating, and planning assistance grants to transit agencies, states, metropolitan planning organizations and other units of local government. The report also provides information about financial support for other national programs: University Transportation Research Program, National Research and Technology Program, Transit Cooperative Research Program, and the National Transit Institute. The report is organized into three main sections: appropriations and budget authorities, obligation data for current fiscal year, and summarized historical data. FTA appropriations for fiscal year 2002 totaled $8,670,407,000. KW - Appropriations KW - Capital expenditures KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Financing KW - Grant aid KW - Local government agencies KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Operating costs KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - State government agencies KW - Statistical analysis KW - Urban areas UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/about_FTA_1094.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731474 ER - TY - SER AN - 01443116 JO - PATH Research Report PB - University of California, Berkeley AU - Balvanyos, T AU - Bethel, W AU - Gardes, Y AU - Kourjanskaia, N AU - Liu, Huabei AU - Misener, J AU - Sousa, J AU - VanderWerf, J AU - Wei, W AU - University of California, Berkeley AU - University of California, Berkeley AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - California Department of Transportation TI - SmartBRT: A Set of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation Tools for Bus Rapid Transit: Final Report Year 1 of 2 PY - 2003/02 SP - 89p AB - This report describes a two-year project to develop a computer simulation, evaluation and visualization toolbox, SmartBRT, to describe and evaluate operational aspects of bus rapid transit (BRT) concepts in order to aid decision-making. The toolbox is designed to appeal to stakeholders and offers compelling visualizations for local decision-makers, interfaces to conventional traffic modeling tools for the transportation engineering community, interfaces to planning tools for transportation planners, powerful analytical tools for BRT concept developers and researchers, and short-term results for all. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced public transportation systems (APTS) KW - Bus KW - Buses KW - Computer program KW - Computer programs KW - Evaluation KW - Evaluation KW - Intelligent transport systems (ITS) KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Level of service KW - Mathematical models KW - Modelling KW - Public transit KW - Public transport KW - Transport line KW - Transport performance KW - Transportation routes KW - Urban transport KW - Urban transportation UR - https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7nq8q97v UR - https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5j67jmr/2/producer%2FPRR-2003-07.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1210924 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01105097 AU - Hunter-Zaworski, K M AU - Easter Seals Project ACTION AU - Oregon State University, Corvallis AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A Universal Securement/Restraint System for Wheeled Mobility Aids on Public Transportation Vehicles PY - 2003/02 SP - 19p AB - The Oregon State Securement System for Wheeled Mobility Aids on Public Transportation Project (OSU Securement Project) involves mobility aid securement and occupant restraint problem analysis, design and construction of several securement system prototypes, and extensive testing of both the operational and engineering aspects of the system. The primary objective of this project was to design, build and test a wheeled mobility aid securement system that will work with all mobility aids in “common use” on fixed route transit vehicles. The major requirements for the system were to: maximize mobility aid user independence; minimize transit vehicle operator involvement; minimize securement and release time; and satisfy all the proposed securement standards and guidelines. The summary report outlines the project's goals, objectives and activities. A task-by-task discussion documents the project activities and how each of the goals and objectives were met. It is important to note that, as of February 2003, the OSU securement system is no longer being manufactured; however, the product is still being used by the Anchorage, Alaska transit system. A major challenge in using this system is that the product requires a standard interface and manufacturers aren’t producing mobility aids with this standard interface. KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Fixed routes KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Restraint systems KW - Testing KW - Transit buses KW - Wheelchair securement KW - Wheelchairs UR - http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/DocServer/95OSU.pdf?docID=18803 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/863591 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973721 AU - Schneck, D C AU - Laver, R AU - Darido, G B AU - Diaz, R B AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS PY - 2003/02 SP - 84 p. AB - This white paper was prepared for the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This paper is oriented toward helping agencies sponsoring transit projects with the development of project financial plans. The hypothesis of this paper is that some transit projects may be slowed in their implementation by an insufficient amount of federal and nonfederal funding being committed to the projects. This may be caused in part by a lack of understanding of the full array of funding and financing solutions available and the lack of financial planning experience of compared to other agencies. Some transit projects also may not be as successful at attracting funding sources as they need to be due to insufficient information on the available funding sources and the processes required to achieve funding approval from each of these potential sources. The objective of this paper is to improve the quality of the project financial plans and to enhance the ability of projects to gain funding approval. KW - Capital costs KW - Capital expenditures KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Financial responsibility KW - Financing KW - Public transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697650 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00969883 AU - Donath, M AU - Shankwitz, C AU - Alexander, L AU - Gorjestani, A AU - Cheng, P-M AU - Newstrom, B AU - Metro Transit AU - Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT LANE ASSIST TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, VOLUME 1: TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PY - 2003/02 SP - 121 p. AB - According to the Federal Transit Administration, "BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) combines the quality of rail transit and the flexibility of buses. It can operate on exclusive transitways, HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes, expressways, or ordinary streets. One of the more likely candidate IVI (Intelligent Vehicle Initiative) applications to be initially implemented on BRT systems will be lane assist technology. The premise behind lane assist technology is to increase the safety of BRT vehicles as they operate in the more unique environments, such as narrow lanes. Lane assist technology will allow BRT vehicles to operate at the desired higher operating speeds while maintaining the safety of the passengers, BRT vehicle and the motoring public." Issues associated with lane assist and precision docking systems are addressed in this report. Report specifics include: (1) the results of a study to determine U.S. requirements for lane assist and precision docking systems, (2) a review of available lane assist and precision docking system technologies, (3) a comparison of lane assist and precision docking technologies based on system functionality, and (4) an assessment of these technologies with respect to national requirements. A comprehensive review of human factors issues associated with narrow lane usage, including a pilot study to assess driver response to a lane assist system, is presented in Volume 2. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Guided buses KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Lane assist technology KW - Operating speed KW - Precision docking KW - Technology assessment KW - Traffic safety UR - http://www.its.umn.edu/research/applications/brt/laneassist/LAfinal1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680964 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00969884 AU - Ward, N J AU - Gorjestani, A AU - Shankwitz, C AU - Donath, M AU - Boer, E AU - DEWAARD, D AU - Metro Transit AU - Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT LANE ASSIST TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, VOLUME 2: BUS DRIVER STRESS WHILE OPERATING IN NARROW DEDICATED BUS SHOULDERS: A PILOT STUDY PY - 2003/02 SP - 98 p. AB - The use of dedicated bus shoulders is a key method for implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in areas that do not have the resources or space for the installation of additional infrastructure. However, the narrow width of the bus shoulder and the need to anticipate and interact with other traffic in the adjacent lane are both significant stressors for bus drivers. Driver stress in response to these conditions should be a significant concern for transit operators. Technology may be harnessed to support the driving task in narrow shoulders and high traffic volumes associated with BRT services. This pilot study evaluated a prototype Lane Support System (LSS) that provides a coping function in support of vehicle control within the shoulder boundaries. The LSS did demonstrate significant improvements in the stability of vehicle control (position and speed) in the bus shoulder and shorter boundary departures that could represent a reduction in potential conflicts with other traffic. Jointly, these effects provide evidence in an operational context that (i) shoulders could be used in high traffic volume conditions, and (ii) devices such as the prototype LSS can support bus shoulder operations. KW - Bus drivers KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Dedicated bus shoulders KW - Guided buses KW - Lane assist technology KW - Lane support system KW - Operating speed KW - Pilot studies KW - Precision docking KW - Prototypes KW - Stress (Psychology) KW - Traffic conflicts KW - Traffic safety UR - http://www.its.umn.edu/research/applications/brt/laneassist/LAfinal2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680969 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960929 AU - Coburn, N AU - Gopalakrishna, D AU - Battelle Columbus Laboratories AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NORTHEAST FLORIDA RURAL TRANSIT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PY - 2003/02 SP - 76 p. AB - Low productivity of paratransit services, lack of both inter- and intra-county trip coordination, and the high cost of long distance and out-of-county trips generated this study. The report documents the results of the evaluation of the Northeast Florida Rural Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project, a demonstration of ITS technology deployment in three rural Florida counties: Flagler, St. Johns, and Putnam. The research focused on the impact of ITS technology deployment to improve the mobility, efficiency, and productivity of rural paratransit service in these counties. The project tested and evaluated the effectiveness of ITS technologies for rural transit operations, including: mobility management, software applications, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System/Automatic Vehicle Location (GPS/AVL) systems. Mobile Data Terminals, and electronic applications (email and web-based information). KW - Demonstration projects KW - Geographic information systems KW - Global Positioning System KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Mobility KW - Northeast Florida KW - Paratransit services KW - Performance evaluations KW - Rural areas KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13848_files/13848.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660110 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459284 TI - Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Transportation Boards AB - The objective of this research is to develop a handbook that provides an objective self-assessment process and tools to measure the effectiveness of a public transportation board. The handbook shall (1) identify the characteristics of public transportation boards that influence transit system performance, (2) provide a self-assessment process and tools to measure public transportation board effectiveness, and (3) provide guidance as to how board characteristics can be changed to improve effectiveness in the various areas of assessment. The results of an assessment using the handbook should be useful to public transportation board members, general managers, appointing bodies/officials, and others. KW - Guidelines KW - Handbooks KW - Public administration KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation departments UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1152 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227496 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074743 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Desire streetcar line project : environmental impact statement PY - 2003/01//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Louisiana UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834137 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074541 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Resort Corridor fixed guideway, Las Vegas : environmental impact statement PY - 2003/01//Volumes held: Draft, Dapp E(fol), Final, Final Appendix(fol) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Nevada UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833935 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973720 AU - Skorupski, D AU - Brady, S AU - Fitzgerald, B G AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - AN ANALYSIS OF THE FTA'S BUS TESTING PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO BUS RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLES PY - 2003/01 SP - 23 p. AB - The FTA has been instrumental in facilitating an innovative mode of transit in the United States known as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). This route specific model of passenger transportation is characterized by dedicated and semi-dedicated routes, off-board fare collection, reduced number of stops, and rapid passenger loading and unloading times. The BRT concept has given birth to a new configuration of buses and a new set of questions regarding the applicability of bus testing for these vehicles. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the regulations behind the Federal program for testing transit buses. It also reviews the types of tests and procedures used to test buses and the process used to determine specific test requirements. There have been a number of previous requests regarding testing for specialty use buses, and two will be reviewed in detail. There will also be an examination of BRT vehicles and an analysis of testing requirements pertinent to these spcialty vehicles. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Classification KW - Durability tests KW - Fuel consumption KW - Noise KW - Performance KW - Service life KW - Testing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697649 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00939835 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2002 STATUS OF THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND TRANSIT: CONDITIONS & PERFORMANCE. REPORT TO CONGRESS PY - 2003/01 SP - 508 p. AB - This is the fifth in a series of combined documents prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation to satisfy requirements for reports to Congress on the condition, performance, and future capital investment requirements of the Nation's highway and transit systems. This report incorporates highway and bridge information required by Section 502(g) of Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), as well as transit system information required by Section 308(e) of Title 49, U.S.C. Beginning in 1993, the Department combined two existing report series that covered highways and transit separately to form this report series. This report draws primarily on 2000 data. This document is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge and transit physical conditions, operational performance, financing mechanisms and future investment requirements. This report offers a comprehensive, factual background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. It also serves as a primary source of information for national and international news media, transportation associations, and industry. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and finance data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators, to provide a national level summary. Some of the underlying data are available through the Department's regular statistical publications. The future investment requirements analyses are developed specifically for this report and provide national level projections only. The report begins with an Executive Summary section that highlights the key findings in each chapter. This section is also distributed as a separate stand-alone summary document. The main body of the report is organized into five major sections: (I) Description of Current System (Chapters 1 through 6); (II) Investment/Performance Analyses (Chapters 7 through 10); (III) Federal Bridge Program/Status of the Nation's Bridges (Chapter 11); (IV) Special Topics (Chapters 12 through 22); and (V) Supplemental Analyses of System Components (Chapters 23 through 27). The report also contains three technical appendices that describe the investment/performance methodologies used in the report for highways, bridges, and transit. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Financing KW - Highways KW - Investments KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - United States KW - United States Congress UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2002cpr/es.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731203 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00939836 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2002 STATUS OF THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND TRANSIT: CONDITIONS & PERFORMANCE. REPORT TO CONGRESS - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PY - 2003/01 SP - 40 p. AB - This document is a summary of the "2002 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions & Performance" report to Congress (C&P report). The C&P report is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge and transit physical conditions, operational performance, financing mechanisms and future investment requirements. This edition of the C&P report is the fifth in the series that combines information on the Nation's highway and transit systems. It is the first C&P report that begins to capture the effects of investment in highways, bridges and transit undertaken since the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in 1998. Based on data for 2000, the report also reflects enhancements in ongoing work by the Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administrations to improve the estimation of the conditions and performance of highways, bridges and transit and to forecast the future investment that will be required to maintain and improve this transportation infrastructure. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Financing KW - Highways KW - Investments KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - United States KW - United States Congress UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2002cpr/pdf/execsummary_book.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33400/33458/2002StatusSummary.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731204 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00938160 AU - Balog, J N AU - Boyd, A AU - Caton, J E AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING GUIDE PY - 2003/01 SP - 181 p. AB - Recent events have focused renewed attention on the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructure to major events, including terrorism. The Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide has been prepared to support the activities of public transportation systems to plan for and respond to major security threats and emergencies. It emphasizes the importance of developing critical relationships, preparing strategies and policies, and setting training and funding priorities. It offers practical guidance for planning effectively, spending wisely, and making the public transportation infrastructure safer. This Guide builds on two previous Federal Transit Administration (FTA) publications. These are the Transit System Security Program Planning Guide and the Transit Security Handbook. These earlier publications are available on the Guide CD-ROM. This Guide is based on research to identify practical steps that systems can take to be better prepared for all emergencies. These recommendations support the industry's commitment to prevent those events that can be prevented and to minimize the impact of those that cannot. Emphasizing balanced, common sense measures, this Guide helps transportation systems answer many questions. KW - Bus transit KW - Crimes KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Disasters and emergency operations KW - Financing KW - Paratransit services KW - Policy KW - Prevention KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Security KW - Strategic planning KW - Terrorism KW - Threats KW - Training KW - Transportation safety UR - http://www.transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/security/PlanningGuide.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34600/34672/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-03-01.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/730531 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00938368 JO - Transit Security Newsletter PB - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADDRESSING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLAN PY - 2003/01 IS - 34 SP - p. 1-4 AB - This fact sheet discusses how local emergency planning committees (LEPCs) can incorporate counter terrorism (CT) measures in their local plans. CT measures are often an extension of existing emergency planning activities and can be incorporated when local plans are reviewed and updated. Plans should include current emergency contact information, and should address direction and control of responders in the event of a terrorist attack. The emergency plan should include the use of accurate and timely public notification measures and warning systems in the event of a terrorist attack. Public health and medical issues as they relate to terrorist events should also be included and the personal safety of emergency responders must be considered. The hazard analysis section of the plan should identify potential hazards (including explosive, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction), determine the vulnerability of the area and assess the risk of a hazardous material release or spill. Mitigation procedures and consequence management activities to protect the public from residual hazards should also be part of the plan. LEPC membership and training resources are briefly discussed. KW - Biological materials KW - Chemical agents KW - Committees KW - Countermeasures KW - Emergency communication systems KW - Emergency training KW - Explosives KW - Hazard analysis KW - Hazardous materials KW - Hazards and emergency operations KW - Local government KW - Nuclear explosions KW - Planning KW - Public health KW - Public information programs KW - Risk assessment KW - Safety and security KW - Terrorism KW - Transit authorities KW - Warning systems KW - Weapons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/733710 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01049402 AU - Luglio, Thomas AU - Tompkins, Gabriel AU - Transportation Resource Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Project and Construction - Management Guidelines (2003 Update) PY - 2003 SP - v.p. AB - The Guidelines were originally published in September 1990 and subsequently updated in June 1996. They summarize Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requirements, best practices, and research results in the management of transit capital project development. This update incorporates the changes in regulations and policies and the experience gained as of 2003. KW - Best practices KW - Capital projects KW - Construction management KW - Guidelines KW - Policy KW - Project development KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Regulations UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_3875.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/808963 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00963627 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSITWEB : A WEB SITE DESIGN RESOURCE FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES PY - 2003 AB - This site provides a searchable database to assist transit agencies in developing and improving their websites. Use the search buttons to navigate and benchmark your agency while finding examples of desirable website features. Transit web also includes benchmarking information a "what's new" section and content and design hints KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Internet KW - Public transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/661833 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962878 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR RURAL PROGRAMS 2003 PY - 2003 SP - v.p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prepared this guidebook to help State agencies, small communities (populations of under 50,000), rural providers and others understand Federal funding programs. Section 1 summarizes the program options and kinds of funds available to small communities and rural providers. It also gives an overview of the grants process. Sections 2 and 3 provide greater detail about each program. They describe who is eligible for the program, the State's role, the application content, and other specifics. Regardless of the specific program, all grantees must comply with FTA requirements described in Section 4. Finally, Section 5 details post-grant approval procedures and regulations. Sources for additional information are provided for those who need more information about specific programs. KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Grant aid KW - Guidelines KW - Guides to information KW - Local government agencies KW - Procedures KW - Public transit KW - Regulations KW - Rural areas KW - Rural transit KW - Small towns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/661815 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00962495 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES : YEAR 2002 UPDATE PY - 2003 SP - 71 p. AB - This report is the fourth in a series of biennial reports tracking the existing and planned deployments of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) technologies and services in the United States. The information contained in this report was collected by personnel at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and SAIC during the Summer and Fall of 2002. This Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) deployment tracking survey was conducted over the Internet, to the extent possible, for Year 2002. Previous surveys were conducted by mail, facsimile, or over the telephone. As in the year 2000 survey, Oak Ridge collected APTS deployment data for jurisdictions containing 50,000 persons or more within the 78 largest metropolitan areas of the United States. Volpe collected data on APTS deployments in the remainder of the United States. Since the transit deployment questions for the 18 APTS elements tracked by this survey were identical for both the largest and smaller metropolitan areas, nationwide deployment statistics are available for the first time for all APTS systems. A total of 593 agencies completed surveys in 2002. It is recognized that this represents perhaps only about half of the transit operations that exist in the U.S., particularly in jurisdictions outside of the 78 largest metropolitan areas KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Deployment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23700/23728/13846.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660720 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960028 AU - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PENNSYLVANIA URBAN TRANSIT STATISTICAL REPORT, 2001-2002 PY - 2003 SP - 58 p. AB - This report contains a summary of selected financial and operating data for the state assisted public transportation carriers in the urbanized areas of Pennsylvania for fiscal year 2001-02. Published on an annual basis since 1973-74, this report is based on information collected through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's state operating and capital assistance financial grant reports. The state fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. KW - Deficits KW - Expenses KW - Finance KW - Grant aid KW - Pennsylvania KW - Revenues KW - State aid KW - Statistics KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659808 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00944332 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BRT REFERENCE GUIDE PY - 2003 AB - This guide provides a concise introduction to BRT features. It is designed to assist project planners and the public in becoming familiar with methods that can be used to provide higher-quality transit using rubber-tired vehicles. In each feature description there are links to related projects participating in the BRT demonstration program and also to projects that are not part of the program. Several case studies illustrate BRT concepts and how they are implemented. The following topics are covered in detail: Busways; Bus on expressway; Bus lanes; Signal priority; Vehicle design; Stop spacing & design; Fare collection; Marketing, information and AVL; Land use policy. Additional references are included. There are links to case studies in Orlando, Miami, Vancouver, Curitiba and Ottawa KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Buses KW - Traffic signal preemption UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/644248 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00943950 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - METROPOLITAN CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM - INFORMATION PACKET PY - 2003 SP - 4 p. AB - Need information on transportation planning for a better tomorrow? This information packet serves as a comprehensive source of information about the evolving Metropolitan Capacity Building (MCB) Program - a collaborative effort of the FTA, the FHEA, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. The packet includes four reports that list and provide information about the MCB Program, including: key issues, frequently asked questions, training courses, and technical papers, as well as a Briefing Notebook for Metropolitan Planning Organization Board Members. The MCB Program has been launched to help metropolitan decisionmakers resolve the increasing complex issues they face when addressing the transportation needs of their areas. This comprehensive program for training, technical assistance, and support is targeted to state and local governments, transit operators, and community leaders. As the MCB Program continues to evolve and plan for a better tomorrow, this publication will serve to remind the transportation community of the Program's aim, priorities, and participants. KW - Local government KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Needs assessment KW - Public information programs KW - State government KW - Technical assistance KW - Training programs KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit operators UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/643767 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00943949 AU - WestStart-CALSTART AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT NEWSLANE NEWSLETTER PY - 2003 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 4 p. AB - The BRT NewsLane , a bi-monthly electronic newsletter from WestStart-CALSTART, is missioned to highlight the progress and activities of critical importance to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) community in the U.S. and abroad; to advance clean and efficient BRT vehicle technology; to provide updates on the FTA BRT Action Plan; and to showcase BRT-friendly vehicles and success stories of the BRT community. This edition of Volume 2 features "Rethinking the Transit Node" - an article focusing on transforming public transit into a desirable mode, highlighting connectivity as the number one feature and transit stop or node location as the key to connectivity. Other articles include the (1) "Advanced Transportation Management System/ATMS Smart bus Demonstration in Los Angeles" - every bus in Los Angeles MTA fleet will be ATMS equipped, featuring a 21st century bus Transit Radio System and Computer Aided Dispatch System for communication of both voice and data messages between operators and dispatchers; (2) "Clean Vehicle Connection" - Los Angeles MTA is procuring 200 high capacity, low-floor articulated buses powered by compressed natural gas engines - 60 ft. buses with a 50% greater passenger capacity, three doors and an entirely new more modern transit design; and (3) "Neighborhood Mobility Using the Feeder Microbus" - a concept vehicle - low-floor, quiet hybrid-electric drive with environmentally friendly gas - introduced to FTA delegation in France, has been selected for use in the neighborhood route-feeder system. KW - Advanced traffic management systems KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Clean fuels KW - Communication systems KW - Compressed natural gas KW - Demonstration projects KW - Dispatching KW - Electric vehicles KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Low floor vehicles KW - Mobility KW - Technology assessment KW - Vehicle design UR - http://www.calstart.org/Homepage.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/643766 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00948901 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MAKE THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION YOUR NEXT STOP!. T2 - MAKE THE FTA YOUR NEXT STOP! PY - 2003 AB - No abstract provided. KW - Federal aid KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Transportation KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/601884 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940567 AU - Federal Railroad Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS. PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 PY - 2003 SP - v.p. AB - This report documents the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) recommendations to the U.S. Congress for the allocation of funds for the construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing systems for fiscal year (FY) 2004, as required under 49 U.S.C. 5309(o)(1). This annual report provides the Congress with information to project sponsors. The FY 2004 budget recommendation in this report includes funding for 26 existing, pending, and proposed Full Funding Grant Agreements. Overall, this report consists of two sections: the main text details specific funding recommendations by project and provides background information on both the project and the FTA program and processes; and a series of appendices that provide more detailed information on each proposed project. Appendix A, New Starts Project Profiles, provides background information supporting the FTA program funding recommendations; and descriptive profiles for each of the 41 proposed projects in Preliminary Engineering, the 4 projects in final/design stage/construction, and the 26 existing Full Funding Grant Agreement projects. Appendix B describes each project currently in the alternative analysis stage. KW - Annual reports KW - Capital investments KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Grant aid KW - Guideways KW - New Starts Program KW - Program management KW - Project management UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/12304_2636.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731805 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940634 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2003 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROJECT BOOK PY - 2003 AB - This book is about the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program, formerly Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS), funded by federal ITS funds. ITS offers technology based solutions to the challenges confronting the nation's surface transportation systems, while establishing the basis for dealing with future demands via a strategic intermodal view of transportation. This document lists and provides summary descriptions of the ITS projects, tests, and studies initiated through September 30, 2002 for each of the ITS program areas: Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure, Rural and Statewide Infrastructure, Commercial Vehicle ITS Infrastructure, and Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. The current edition continues to categorize legacy projects, originating under ISTEA, and those begun since the enactment of the TEA-21, according to the restructured program organization. The restructured ITS program places emphasis in two major areas: deploying and integrating intelligent infrastructure, and testing and evaluating intelligent vehicles. A brief description of the ITS program realignment is presented in the introduction. Projects identified as "deployment/integration" are congressionally directed and reflect the transition of the ITS Program to integrated deployment. The ITS program for public transit encompasses a number of technologies aimed at increasing the use, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness of the services provided by public transit agencies. The scope of these projects nationwide includes approximately 6,000 agencies operating more than 100,000 vehicles. These operations support more than 9 billion trips. KW - Commercial vehicles KW - Deployment KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Ground transportation KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Rural transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Technological innovations KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13631.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731810 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940566 AU - Rutgers University, New Brunswick AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2003 CATALOG OF NTI TRAINING PY - 2003 SP - v.p. AB - This report documents the National Transit Institute's (NTI) 2003 Catalog of NTI Training. NTI focuses on the training and development needs of the transit industry, provides new methods and techniques to improve transit workforce performance and to increase workplace productivity. This catalog contains descriptions of the Institute's training and education course and product offerings for 2003. NTI courses are listed under the following program areas: Transit Program Management and Compliance; Management and Professional Development, Advanced Technologies; Multimodal Transportation Planning; Workplace Safety and Security; NTI Fellows Program, and others. Information regarding NTI course dates and locations can be found on the NTI website. NTI was established in 1992 at Rugers, The State University of New Jersey, as the national training and education resource for the transit industry. KW - Catalogs KW - Education and training KW - Educational services KW - Performance KW - Personnel development KW - Productivity KW - Professional personnel KW - Public transit KW - Training programs UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731804 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940900 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Environmental Protection Agency TI - COMMUTER CHOICE PRIMER: AN EMPLOYER'S GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE COMMUTER CHOICE PROGRAMS PY - 2003 SP - v.p. AB - Commuter Choice is a nationwide initiative encouraging employers to offer a broad range of commuting options to their employees. This means expanding the choices available for employees to get to and accomplish their work, whether they are transportation options such as public transportation, bicycles, carpools, modified work schedules, or technology options such as telecommuting that change how work is done. The goal of Commuter Choice is to expand the availability of commute options as a viable means of addressing growth-related issues impacting our communities. More specifically, Commuter Choice is: (1) A government/business/community partnership designed to motivate employers nationwide to offer commuter choices; (2) A voluntary initiative motivating employers to offer a broader range of commute options to employees through services, work options, benefit programs or other business decisions; (3) A benefit to employees that enhances their quality of life by making "getting to work" easier, more affordable, and more employee-friendly (i.e., sensitive to commute and lifestyle demands and needs). (4) A benefit to communities to help achieve livability, sustainability, and mobility. Commuter Choice covers a range of options that employers can use to encourage employees to choose an alternative to driving alone in peak travel periods. Options include when, how, where, and even whether to travel on work related trips. These options are categorized into four commuter choices: 1. Mode Choice - How to commute; 2. Time Choice - When and how fast to commute; 3. Location Choice - Where to commute and whether to commute; and 4. Route Choice - Which way to commute. Commuter Choice Primer: An Employer's Guide to Implementing Worksite Programs and the Commuter Choice Decision Support System (CCDSS) are designed to assist employers that are considering implementing a Commuter Choice program with determining those measures that might work best for their particular situation. This Primer is intended to be a concise, user-friendly reference guide to developing and implementing a worksite program. These tools provide an overview of all four Commuter Choice categories for employers to consider. Employers considering a Commuter Choice program for the first time will benefit the most from this guidance because it provides the basic concepts for each commuter choice, including examples and cost/benefit factors for various commute options. The CCDSS software program walks the user through a series of questions about the worksite and employees. This information is then analyzed by the CCDSS to identify commute options that may be most appropriate for that specific employer based on the user's input to specific questions. KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Benefits KW - Bicycles KW - Businesses KW - Carpools KW - Communities KW - Commuter Choice KW - Commuter Choice Decision Support System KW - Commuters KW - Driving KW - Employees KW - Employers KW - Governments KW - Location KW - Mobility KW - Mode choice KW - Motivation KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Route choice KW - Schedules KW - Software KW - Technology KW - Telecommuting KW - Time KW - Work trips UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_pr/13669.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731816 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00939206 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS FISCAL YEAR 2001 REPORT PY - 2003 SP - 79 p. AB - This report presents an overview of the FTA Transit Research and Technology Program - its mission, program areas, and program activities, as well as highlights in achieving its goals. The report identifies the sources and uses of federal research and technology funds, highlights program activities, and provides a look ahead. The Research in Progress section provides program highlights and summary descriptions of the 91 projects funded during FY 2001. All project activities are aimed at making measured improvements in security, safety, mobility, fuel efficiency, clean air, professional capacity building, homeland security, equipment and infrastructure, fleet operations and policy and planning. Improvements are accomplished through research, demonstration, testing, deployment and information transfer of innovative transit technologies and strategies. KW - Financing KW - Fleet management KW - Infrastructure KW - Mobility KW - National security KW - Planning KW - Policy KW - Pollution control KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Technology UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/730947 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459351 TI - New Mexico Client Referral, Ridership, and Financial Tracking Systems AB - The objective of this project is to create a statewide and web-based software system that integrates the human services transportation referral process with daily rural public transit operations. This project implements a transit intelligent transportation system (ITS) architecture system that provides a statewide approach to managing subsidized transportation information. The project enables the Alliance for Transportation Research (ATR) Institute, working with the New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department, Public Transportation Programs Bureau (PTPB), to develop and implement a web-based software program called the Client Referral, Ridership, and Financial Tracking System (CRRAFT). This statewide program is designed to integrate human services transportation referral process with daily rural public transit operations. For human services agencies, CRRAFT standardizes client transportation referral and works with State Electronic Benefits Transfer Card. For transit operators, CRRAFT simplifies ridership reporting and invoicing. It will help the state and rural transit systems accurately track passengers and bill trips. CRRAFT's modular design supports easy modifications, including the addition of funding agencies such as the State Agency on Aging Programs, Indian and Public Health Services, and others. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Clients KW - Fare and toll prepayment KW - Financial analysis KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Smart cards KW - Software UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227564 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459020 TI - Small Transit Bus for National Park and Federal Lands AB - The objective of this project is to develop with partners a low-floor, low-emissions, and cost-effective prototype vehicle for application in the national park transit system, which can serve as a potential platform for a low-floor community transit vehicle. Consistent with FTA objectives to foster federal lands transit technology transfer, FTA is providing funding support to an industry/government collaborative effort to develop a low-floor, low-emissions, and cost-effective prototype vehicle for application in national park transit systems. The vehicle platform is also very promising for use as a low-floor community transit vehicle. The project team will develop a small (approximately 26-feet long) prototype low-floor, natural gas powered small bus based on the GMT 560 platform that can accommodate tracks, and is suitable for use in transit and in the national parks. The vehicle will undergo rigorous testing and demonstration drives. The project team will also develop a report on the ability of the prototype vehicle to meet new HHS/NHTSA rules for community transit vehicle ("school activity bus" rule). The overall project is structured to leverage the federal investment with significant industry cost share. KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Emission control systems KW - Low floor vehicles KW - National parks KW - Prototypes KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227232 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458847 TI - Compliance Assessments - ADA Complementary Paratransit AB - The objective of this project is to support compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, requiring public transportation services and facilities be accessible to persons with disabilities, including bus and bus facilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that public transportation services and facilities be accessible to persons with disabilities, including bus and bus facilities. The objective of this project activity is to assist the FTA staff in implementing its oversight responsibility. Compliance review is an ongoing civil rights effort that, in this case, includes onsite ADA compliance assessments of five ADA complementary paratransit services of selected grantees. The contractor will conduct the compliance reviews, prepare a final report and follow-up action with the transit agency to ensure that recommended actions are taken to correct deficiencies identified in the compliance review within an established timeframe. These assessments not only ensure compliance with the DOT ADA regulations, they also provide valuable technical assistance to transit agencies. FTA provides information and technical assistance to transit providers regarding the requirements of ADA and U.S. Department of Transportation ADA regulations. KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Assessments KW - Bus transit KW - Compliance KW - Paratransit services KW - Public transit KW - Regulations KW - Research projects KW - Special user groups KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227059 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01392729 AU - United States. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) AU - United States. Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility TI - Planning guidelines for coordinated state and local specialized transportation services PY - 2002/12 IS - FTA-TPL-10-2002.2 SP - 36p KW - Accessibility KW - Accessibility KW - Community transport KW - Federal government KW - National government KW - Paratransit services KW - Policy KW - Policy KW - Public transit KW - Public transport KW - Transport planning KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1160495 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074405 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Tampa rail project : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/12//Volumes held: Draft(2v), Final(2v), Final supplement to the final(Fsup is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Florida UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833799 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00977163 AU - Stommes, E S AU - Brown, D M AU - Houston, C M AU - Department of Agriculture AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MOVING RURAL RESIDENTS TO WORK: LESSONS LEARNED FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF EIGHT JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE PROJECTS PY - 2002/12 SP - 26 p. AB - Rural areas present special challenges for meeting the transportation needs of individuals, especially people without cars. Recognizing this, the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program was established by Congress in 1998 to assist States and localities to develop transportation services to connect welfare recipients and other low-income residents to jobs and other support programs. This study documents case studies of 8 rural areas receiving JARC funding in fiscal year 1999. The report highlights specific program elements, including the implementation process, transportation services provided, and the solutions developed to deal with the challenges of distance and low population densities that rural transit systems frequently face. KW - Access KW - Case studies KW - Job Access and Reverse Commute program KW - Jobs KW - Low income groups KW - Reverse commuting KW - Rural transit KW - Welfare recipients UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/3630.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/703237 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972490 AU - Seal, J AU - Jim Seal Consulting Services AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - REPORT ON THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FACT-FINDING MISSION TO NEW ZEALAND MAY 29-31, 2002: TRANSIT COMPETITION IN NEW ZEALAND: HISTORY AND IMPACTS PY - 2002/12 SP - 46 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), led by Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn, recently concluded its first international fact-finding mission to New Zealand. Participants examined the results of 1989 legislative reforms that ultimately removed all barriers in transit to private sector competition. New Zealand is recognized as a leader in government restructuring. Over the past 15 years dramatic efficiencies have occurred across New Zealand's state sectors affecting the roles of the central government and local authorities. In the transport sector, competitive sourcing, deregulation of transit services, and creation of stand-alone local government commercial enterprises have demonstrably reduced costs and increased patronage. Earlier legislative initiatives, which reshaped entire central government agencies to function more like private entities and to compete in the competitive market, paved the way for the eventual opening of urban passenger transport to competition. This report summarizes FTA's investigation of the consequences of the New Zealand government's transport liberalization efforts in the context of the evolution of economic restructuring measures launched by New Zealand's labour party in 1984. The government has continued restructuring efforts, including the recent introduction of a new funding mechanism that pays for each new passenger attracted to public transport through local initiatives. This funding innovation may profoundly affect the way federal, state and local governments pay for future new services. KW - Competition KW - Deregulation KW - Economic factors KW - Financing KW - Governments KW - Legislation KW - Markets KW - New Zealand KW - Private enterprise KW - Public transit KW - Ridership KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697189 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00943951 AU - Farradyne Systems, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - USE OF LEFT TURN GATES AT HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS ON THE LOS ANGELES METRO BLUE LINE PY - 2002/12 SP - 60 p. AB - Accident records for Los Angeles Metro Blue Line indicate that a large number of train/vehicle collisions occur at grade crossings where streets run parallel to light rail transit (LRT) track, and motorists are permitted to make left turns across the tracks. This safety improvement project was undertaken to investigate the application of left turn gates at highway-rail grade crossing to reduce train/vehicle accidents at these locations. The study is based on a review of various left turn gate configurations and types. From the review, the use of full closure four quadrant crossing gates technology was selected - offering a number of advantages over the other systems reviewed. This report documents the results of the experimental full closure four quadrant crossing gate system, installed in October 1998 at the 124th Street intersection in south central Los Angeles to deter motorists from making left turns around lowered railroad crossing gates. During this experimental phase of four quadrant gates, over 41,000 Long Beach Blue Line lightrail trains and Union Pacific Railroad freight trains passed through the intersection at speeds up to 55 m/hr. Data recorded for the first six months of the operation at the 124th Street intersection shows that the four quadrant gate approach is working to prevent motorists from driving around the lowered crossing gates - a 94% reduction in the number of risky moves by motorists using the intersection. The use of full closure crossing gates at the 124th Street intersection is supplemented with trapped vehicle detection system. This safety improvement system is effective and still in operation. KW - Detection and identification systems KW - Freight trains KW - Intersections KW - Left turns KW - Light rail transit KW - Railroad grade crossings KW - Risk taking KW - Safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/643768 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459280 TI - Mechanical Precision Docking System: Improving Safety & Access for All AB - The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will investigate the development of existing European mechanical precision bus docking systems to expand their application to the United States and to provide transit agencies with a simple, low cost method of obtaining the benefits of precision docking. Precision docking refers to a variety of systems designed to enable a vehicle to align itself in exactly the same position at a station every time. Guidance enables the vehicle to follow a precisely defined path, as with light rail and streetcars. This precision can be used to achieve level, gap-free access by bringing the bus close alongside platforms. The investigators will work with two existing European transit systems using mechanical precision docking technology, and with local manufacturers to develop a prototype system that can be used in the United States, and to establish a field demonstration of the technology as part of Cleveland's Euclid Corridor Transportation project, a Bus Rapid Transit project. Precision docking has the potential to improve transit service by increasing efficiency, safety, and passenger access. A revised proposal was submitted that addressed panel comments. A complete contract package for this project and a request to prepare a contract was sent to the NAS Office of Contracts. KW - Bus transit operations KW - Buses KW - Cleveland (Ohio) KW - Docking KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Precision KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/idea UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227492 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459279 TI - Transit Security White Papers AB - White papers on Decontamination procedures and Technology Assessment were requested as input to the Steering Committee's recommendations for FY2003 research priorities. KW - Contaminants KW - Procedures KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Security KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit safety UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1186 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227491 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459273 TI - Robotic Devices: A Selection Guide for the Transit Environment AB - The objective of this project is to provide a guide to selecting robotic devices for use in the public transportation environments. The section on environments identifies the expected conditions a device must operate in and navigate through, and develops a prototypical requirements specification. A second section serves as a primer on the features available for robotic devices and provides a market survey of readily available systems that are appropriate for some identified environments. The third section demonstrates how to perform a selection analysis by matching a requirements specification against the market. KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Robotics KW - Robots KW - Safety and security KW - Specifications KW - Terrorism KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1186 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227485 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460931 TI - Improved Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Roadway Crossings AB - The objectives of this research are to: (1) recommend selected engineering treatments to improve safety for pedestrians crossing high-volume and high-speed roadways at unsignalized locations, in particular, those served by public transportation; and (2) recommend modifications to the MUTCD traffic signal pedestrian warrant. KW - Crosswalks KW - Highway facilities KW - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Pedestrians KW - Research projects KW - Roadway KW - Traffic control KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Unsignalized intersections UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1087 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229149 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463168 TI - Transit Vehicles and Facilities on Streets and Highways AB - The objective of this research is to develop a handbook providing: (1) comprehensive geometric design guidelines for accommodating transit vehicles and facilities on highways and streets; and (2) a decision-making process and guidelines for selecting appropriate transit facilities to accommodate current and future transit demand--based on local conditions--in a manner that improves transit travel times and reliability. The handbook will include geometric guidelines associated with transit facilities on or immediately adjacent to streets and highways. KW - Decision making KW - Facilities KW - Geometric design KW - Guidelines KW - Highways KW - Research projects KW - Streets KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Vehicles UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1088 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231393 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458866 TI - Electronic Payment Guidelines Update AB - The objective of this project is to update existing Transit Electronic Payment Guidelines Documents. As part of the Department's National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program, the Volpe Center developed a series of transit electronic payments guidelines documents, covering transit payment systems integration with other transit agencies, employers, universities, and financial institutions. This project will update these Transit Electronic Payment Guidelines documents to be consistent with the American Public Transportation Association's Universal Transit Farecard Stakeholders Program. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Fare collection KW - Guidelines KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Payment KW - Research projects KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227078 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458856 TI - Universal Transit Farecard Stakeholders Program AB - The objective of this project is to provide committee facilitators support for the American Public Transportation Associations' (APTA) Universal Transit Farecard Stakeholders Program. This project provides committee facilitators to support APTA's Universal Transit Farecard Stakeholders (UTFS) Program. The facilitators support the four working committees of UTFS by facilitating bi-weekly committee conference calls, meetings, and the development and review of UTFS documents. The facilitators also advise the UTFS task force leadership on issues and assist with the development of presentation materials. The UTFS Program was established to provide guidance to the transit community, defining the business and technical interfaces that arise when transit agencies coordinate separate fare collection systems into regional transportation payments systems. The UTFS program brings together the expertise of the private sector and the needs of public transportation agencies in an industry forum. KW - American Public Transportation Association KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Coordination KW - Fares KW - Leadership KW - Payment KW - Public transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Research projects KW - Stakeholders KW - Transit authorities UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227068 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01509065 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/11//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 is folio), Final(3v) (v.3 is folio) KW - Arizona KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1293389 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459325 TI - Small Business Innovation Research Program AB - The Department's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) is an annual program that seeks to capture the entrepreneurial initiative of small high technology firms to help meet federal research and development objectives. Annually, the Department solicits research proposals from small businesses that address high priority research needs of its individual agencies and that have potential for commercialization. FTA looks for projects that respond to transit research needs and, at the same time, enhance the innovative capacity and global competitiveness of small high-tech businesses. Projects are selected through a competitive process. The SBIR program has three phases. Phase I projects are designed to determine the feasibility of a particular product or concept and may be funded up to $ 100,000 for a performance period up to six months. Phase I research firms are eligible to participate in Phase II based on results of Phase I efforts, potential for commercialization, and availability of appropriated funds to support Phase II. Phase II is the principal research effort designed to develop the product or concept to the point where it is commercially viable. Phase II projects have a period of performance up to 2 years and may have a dollar value of $500,000. Phase III projects use private sector assistance and funding for pursuing commercial applications of R&D funded in Phases 1 and II. Overall the program provides FT A with valuable research assistance and stimulates technological innovation and growth of small high-tech research firms. KW - Businesses KW - Competition KW - Development KW - High technology industries KW - Research KW - Research projects KW - Small business KW - Technological innovations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227538 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459039 TI - Security System Guidelines - Access Management and Credentialing AB - The objective of this project is to create and manage a transit complement to the Transportation Security Administration's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Program. This project will develop security guidelines for transit access management and will facilitate a working group/forum with the transit industry to ensure transit needs are met with regard to the Transportation Security Administration's credentialing program. The project will also help create a cohesive network of transit professionals familiar with the TWIC Program who could participate in advisory groups during subsequent stages of TWIC pilots and implementations. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Guidelines KW - Infrastructure KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227251 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459038 TI - Security System Guidelines - Bus Vehicles AB - The objective of this project is to develop design guidelines for bus vehicles that a transit agency may incorporate into its operations and future purchasing decisions to strengthen security. The Volpe Center, in cooperation with bus operators and manufacturers, will identify bus vehicle characteristics that can be modified to improve security for riders and employees. Bus vehicle elements under review include passenger and mechanical compartment access control, driver isolation, fuel system security, emergency egress, and others. Transit operators will provide the industry review and comments for this project. KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transportation KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Transit safety KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227250 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459037 TI - Security System Guidelines - Rail Vehicles AB - The objective of this project is to develop guidelines for rapid and light rail transit vehicles that a transit agency may incorporate into its operations and future purchasing decisions to strengthen security. The Volpe Center, in cooperation with rail transit system operators, will identify rail vehicle characteristics that can be modified to improve security for riders and employees. Railcar elements under review include passenger compartment-train operator intercom system, door opening system, equipment box, and other railcar elements. Transit operators will provide the industry review and comments for this project. KW - Guidelines KW - Light rail transit KW - Light rail vehicles KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Security UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227249 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458844 TI - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Best Practices Manual (DBEs) AB - The objective of this project is to develop and publish an electronic "Best Practices Manual of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) in the United States" on a CD-ROM platform. This project enables the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials to develop and publish a Best Practices Manual of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) in the United States on a CD-ROM platform. Information on the current best practices of DBEs will be collected, compiled, analyzed and incorporated into a manual of best practices and written on a computerized platform. The CD-ROM will be distributed to key entities for review and comment. Once the comments are received and, where applicable, incorporated into the manual, a final copy will be prepared and disseminated to grantees and the public. KW - Best practices KW - Disadvantaged business enterprises KW - Federal laws KW - Manuals KW - Minorities KW - Minority business enterprises KW - Regulations KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227056 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458837 TI - Planning Capacity Building Program AB - The objective of this project is to improve transportation planning and decision making in metropolitan and rural areas. Under co-sponsorship of the FTA and FHWA, the Planning Capacity Building Program provides training, technical assistance, and support to transit operators, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), state departments of transportation (DOTs), and other stakeholders to improve transportation planning and decision making in metropolitan and rural areas. The project involves identifying, assessing, and responding to the information and training needs of planning participants. The Planning Capacity Building Program includes products and services such as, the development and upgrading the website containing case studies and effective practices on a variety of topics, sponsoring and facilitating peer-exchange workshops, enabling planning partners to learn from each other, and developing briefing books on selected planning topics. KW - Highway capacity KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Training KW - Transit operators KW - Transportation planning KW - Websites (Information retrieval) KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227049 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074214 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Phase 1 regional rail system, Durham and Wake counties : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/11//Volumes held: Draft (2v) (v.2 is folio), Final(3v)(v.3 is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - North Carolina UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833608 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00970449 AU - Truett, L F AU - Chin, S M AU - Chang, ECP AU - Oak Ridge National Laboratory AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STRATEGIC PLAN FOR COORDINATING RURAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK PY - 2002/11 SP - 71 p. AB - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located along the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, is the most visited national park in the United States. This rugged, mountainous area presents many transportation challenges. The immense popularity of the Smokies and the fact that the primary mode of transportation within the park is the personal vehicle have resulted in congestion, damage to the environment, impacts on safety, and a degraded visitor experience. Access to some of the Smokies' historical, cultural, and recreational attractions via a mass transit system could alleviate many of the transportation issues. Although quite a few organizations are proponents of a mass transit system for the Smokies, there is a lack of coordination among all parties. In addition, many local residents are not completely comfortable with the idea of transit in the Smokies. This document provides a brief overview of the current transportation needs and limitations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, identifies agencies and groups with particular interests in the Smokies, and offers insights into the benefits of using Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies in the Smokies. Recommendations for the use of rural ITS transit to solve two major transportation issues are presented. KW - Access KW - Environmental impacts KW - Great Smoky Mountains KW - Great Smoky Mountains National Park KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - National parks KW - Rural transit KW - Safety KW - Strategic planning KW - Traffic congestion UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13967/13967.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/696485 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935078 AU - Adduci, R J AU - Boyd, A AU - Caton, J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HANDBOOK FOR TRANSIT SAFETY AND SECURITY CERTIFICATION PY - 2002/11 SP - 54 p. AB - The Joint Task Force on Safety and Security Certification, established between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), prepared this Handbook to support the efforts of transit industry to achieve continuous improvement in safety and security performance. This Handbook provides a guide for establishing a certification program to address safety and security that identifies the key activities; incorporates safety and security more fully into transit projects; highlights resources necessary to develop and implement a certification program for safety and security; and provides tools and sample forms to promote implementation of the safety and security certification process. KW - Certification KW - Handbooks KW - Implementation KW - Improvements KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Security UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/SafetyCertification/pdf/SSC.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34600/34628/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-02-12.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725266 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459471 TI - Bus Rapid Transit Program Evaluation Support AB - The objective of this project is to evaluate the successful Pittsburgh West Busway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. The West Busway objectives are to reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, conserve energy and reduce air pollution, as well as improve access to jobs, and provide convenient connections to other fixed guideway facilities. This project supported the evaluation of the West Busway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed to increase ridership and improve mobility within the congested Parkway West corridor. The West Busway opened on September 8, 2000 and its quick and convenient access to and from downtown Pittsburgh made it an immediate success. The West Busway provides service to downtown Pittsburgh, Oakland, East Busway corridor, western Allegheny County neighborhoods and the Airport Corridor. The West Busway, a 5-mile exclusive bus right-of-way, serves approximately 48,000 riders each week, has six ADA-accessible stations with 24-hour lighting, and hundreds of new park-and-ride lot spaces, making public transit a more attractive option for many customers. The West Busway is the latest addition to the Port Authority of Allegheny County's system of bus rapid transit--that began with the South Busway in 1977, and then with the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway in 1983. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus transit KW - Demonstration projects KW - Implementation KW - Performance evaluations KW - Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) KW - Program management KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227684 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459348 TI - Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Shared Communications Research AB - For rural communications, the lack of an affordable communications infrastructure hinders the coordination of services of local transit operators. Oak Ridge National Laboratories (Oak Ridge Lab) will conduct a study that focuses on communications infrastructure and information sharing among rural transit operators and others. The study will examine the actual and potential usage of shared intelligent transportation systems (ITS) communication technologies by rural transit providers and other public service agencies, including police, fire, and emergency services. Oak Ridge Lab will explore, identify and document real-world examples of multi-service providers that successfully demonstrate the best practices in implementing shared communication technologies, and the unique operations involved in getting a communication infrastructure in place. Both technical and institutional issues will be researched. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Communication systems KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Research projects KW - Rural transit KW - Transit operators UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227561 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486839 TI - Altoona Bus Testing Program AB - This project provides ongoing support for the FTA New Model Bus Testing Program designed to promote production of better transit vehicles and components and to ensure that transit customers purchase safe vehicles able to withstand the rigors of transit service. The program is conducted in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The Altoona Bus Testing Center was established in 1989 by the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute (PTI) with funding provided by FTA. Staff of the Center are responsible for testing new model buses as required by federal law to be eligible for federal funding. The Penn State Bus Research and Testing Facility, located near University Park, Pennsylvania, is also part of the Altoona Bus Testing and Research Center. Under this project, bus testing requirements will be carried out as defined in bus testing regulations. The Testing Program is administered by the Vehicle Systems and Safety Program at the Altoona Bus Testing Center, and PTI in State College. The testing center program provides bus manufacturers and transit agencies invaluable information that is used to improve quality and safety of transit buses. Currently, Center uses buses for safety, structural integrity, performance, maintainability, noise, and fuel economy. Two additional tests, emissions and brake testing, will soon be added. Test results are compiled in a comprehensive report available to the industry and the public. Testing to date has resulted in more than 4,000 reported malfunctions ranging from minor problems to serious design deficiencies and safety related failures. By identifying serious design problems before the buses are placed in revenue service, many costly fleet failures and serious safety problems have been averted. KW - Brakes KW - Bus transit KW - Buses KW - Fuel conservation KW - Maintainability KW - Noise KW - Performance tests KW - Safety KW - Structural design KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Vehicle design KW - Vehicle tests UR - http://www.vss.psu.edu/fta UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256625 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459337 TI - National Joblinks Employment Transportation Initiative AB - This project continues the National Joblinks Employment Initiative--the sixth round of congressionally directed Joblinks activities. The FT A National Joblinks program is a technical assistance and demonstration program designed to test innovative ways of connecting welfare recipients and other unemployed or underemployed lowincome persons to jobs and job support services. CTAA administers the Joblinks program and funds projects demonstrating innovative employment transportation solutions. This project provides for Joblinks activities including support to conduct employment transportation demonstration projects that enhance transit's role in employment transportation and activities. The project also provides for a national technical assistance and information dissemination program on employment transportation. This includes (1) a real-time technical assistance program and workshops for Job Access and Reverse Commute program grantees and applicants, and (2) an employment information clearinghouse and technical assistance center, through the National Transit Resource Center and national employment transportation information website at URL (http://www.ctaa.org/]. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Demonstration projects KW - Employment KW - Information dissemination KW - Job analysis KW - Jobs KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227550 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459111 TI - Drug and Alcohol Management Information System AB - This ongoing project supports the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, which authorized the Department of Transportation to mandate substance abuse management programs in various transportation industries for safety-sensitive employees. FTA published the final drug and alcohol testing regulations for transit employers in February 1994, requiring each grant recipient to maintain records and submit annual reports to FTA summarizing the results of its drug abuse and alcohol misuse prevention programs. Recipients of federal funds under Sections 5307, 5309, and 5311 or Chapter 53 of Title 49 of the United States Code are required to implement drug and alcohol testing programs, and submit annual reports to FTA through the drug and alcohol management information system (DAMIS). These annual reports serve as a primary source for evaluating the effectiveness of federal regulations and for supporting future modifications. This project supports the collection and analysis of reports from grantees, summarizing their test results and publishing an annual report. Data collected under this program are an important factor in FTA decisions concerning audits of drug and alcohol testing programs. KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Alcohol tests KW - Drug abuse KW - Drug tests KW - Employees KW - Information systems KW - Performance evaluations KW - Research projects KW - Testing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227323 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459110 TI - Drug and Alcohol Regulatory Guidance and Updates AB - The objective of this project is to assist transit agencies in achieving a drug- and alcohol-free workforce in the interest of the health and safety of employees and the traveling public. The FTA drug and alcohol regulations, 49 CFR Part 655, August 1, 2002, are designed to assist the transit industry in achieving a drug- and alcohol-free workforce in the interest of the health and safety of employees and the traveling public. To assist transit agencies in implementing these regulations, the agency published "Implementation Guidelines for Drug and Alcohol Regulations in Mass Transit," and a "Best Practices Manual" in 2002. Since the guidelines were originally published in 1994, there have been numerous amendments, interpretations, and clarifications to the drug and alcohol testing procedures and program requirements. To ensure that transit personnel are aware of all such changes, the Office of Safety and Security publishes the quarterly FTA Drug and Alcohol Updates. This project provides for the continued issuance of these Updates as well as for an updated guidelines manual. More than 6,000 organizations receive the updates. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Best practices KW - Drug tests KW - Employees KW - Manuals KW - Regulations KW - Research projects KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227322 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459109 TI - Drug and Alcohol Testing Compliance Audits AB - Audits are conducted to assist transit agencies in achieving a drug- and alcohol-free workforce in the interest of the health and safety of transit employees and the traveling public. This project provides ongoing support for the Drug and Alcohol Testing Compliance Audits program to ensure grantees' compliance with federal drug and alcohol testing regulations. Compliance audits are conducted on sites of transit agencies receiving federal funds and are based on a comprehensive review process, covering every aspect of an agency's drug and alcohol testing program. Audit findings and lessons learned are summarized periodically, published, and distributed to the transit community. Additional activities include technical assistance and training, which are conducted at various locations across the country. Under the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act passed by Congress in 1991, FTA is required to establish regulations for drug and alcohol testing of transit employees performing safety-sensitive functions. KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Alcohol tests KW - Auditing KW - Compliance KW - Drug abuse KW - Drug tests KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227321 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459107 TI - National Response Center AB - The National Response Center provides the FTA with real-time incident notification in accordance with the criteria established by the FTA. It is staffed by the U.S. Coast Guard personnel and located at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. The National Response Center maintains a toll free telephone number and is in operation twenty-four hours each day, seven days each week, and three hundred sixty and five days per year. KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/nrchp.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227319 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459106 TI - National Summit on Drowsy Driving AB - The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has several activities planned to alert the public and commercial transit operators, among others, to the dangers of drowsy driving. The effort was kicked off with the National Summit: The Many Faces of Drowsy Driving, on November 20-21, 2002 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D. C. The Federal Transit Administration partnered with NSF and other co-sponsors. The 2002 Summit brought together experts in various fields--transportation (transit, rail, motor carrier, aviation, and maritime), safety and health, sleep research, and communications--to create a comprehensive national agenda to increase driver awareness of the dangers of drowsy driving. Recommendations from the Summit will form the basis of post-Summit activities, including development of a final report outlining an agenda for national, state, and local drowsy driving initiatives. In addition, NSF will provide the FTA with sufficient sets of Community Sleep Awareness Partners® "Sleep for Success" toolkits to be used at FTA fatigue workshops. KW - Drowsiness KW - Research projects KW - Safety KW - Sleep KW - Sleep deprivation KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227318 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459104 TI - Safety & Security Clearinghouse & Website AB - Under this project, the Volpe Center will continue to manage and operate both the Clearinghouse and the Transit Safety & Security Website services for FTA. The Safety & Security Clearinghouse serves as a storehouse of information and an ongoing focal point for published materials and resources currently available on the subject of transit safety and security and related technologies. Material is made available, upon request, to assist state and local transit agencies to measurably improve the safety and security of transit services. Information on transit safety and security provides the transit industry with the tools needed to identify key safety and security problems. This clearinghouse function enables FTA to dialogue with transit safety and security customers, to better understand customer needs, as well as provide a quick response mechanism for information dissemination. Customer assistance is provided in the form of guidelines, reports, expert advice, referrals to experts when necessary, and access to the FTA website. The Transit Safety & Security Website provides rapid access to information that planners, managers, and federal officials need to assess safety and security programs and capital program requirements. This project supports the ongoing management and operation of the website. The website serves the industry as the central communication point for information on transit safety and security. The website has been undergoing significant enhancements. Information currently available to website users include: training opportunities, a subscription service, calendar of workshops and meetings, DOT and FTA hearings, regulations, research and statistical reports, and links to other resources. The FTA Safety & Security Website is available at Internet URL [http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/]. KW - Information management KW - Information technology KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Transit safety KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227316 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459102 TI - Safety & Security Technology Transfer Support AB - The Safety & Security Technology Program places special emphasis on the evaluation and deployment of state-of-the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety. The purpose of this amendment is to encourage the acceleration of technology transfer and to actively foster and disseminate research findings and best practices to transit stakeholders. Special emphasis is placed on mainstreaming state-of-the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety. Project activities will further the deployment of safety and security technologies to transit agencies. KW - Public health KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - State of the art KW - Technology transfer KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227314 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459101 TI - State Safety Oversight Compliance AB - The objective of this project is to support the FTA State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659), requiring oversight of all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January l, 1997, and state oversight of rail transit systems within their jurisdiction to develop System Safety Program Plans. Federal statute requires the FTA to assess State Safety Oversight (SSO) Agencies. Oversight agencies require Rail Fixed Guideway Systems to develop and implement System Safety and Security Program Plans that conform to their System Safety and Security Program Standard (SSSPS). This project provides ongoing support for implementation of 49 CFR Part 659, State Safety Oversight for Rail Fixed Guideway Systems, including documentation of activities performed by rail transit agencies to address safety and security issues. The project also provides for the refinement of the current audit process; continuation of field audits; documentation and technical information dissemination; and database development to track compliance and analysis activities. Under this activity, FTA provides outreach efforts to the states through the SSO Annual Meeting, an Annual Report, and training through the Transportation Safety Institute. KW - Compliance KW - Federal government agencies KW - Oversight KW - Research projects KW - Safety KW - Security UR - http://www.transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/safety/Oversight.asp UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227313 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459099 TI - Transit Safety & Security Statistics AB - : This project provides ongoing support for the maintenance, operation, and evolution of the Transit Safety & Security Statistics program (formerly the Safety Management Information System/SAMIS)--a mandatory reporting requirement of the FTA National Transit Database. The collection and analysis of safety and security data provides both the agency and the industry with a basis for identifying key safety and security problems. Data collection has been expanded to include highway-rail grade crossing accidents, cost data, and security data. This project also supports the annual publication of the Transit Statistics report, which analyzes and displays normalized and trend data along with basic statistical data. The data is used in FTA decisions relating to the conduct of security audits and state oversight audits; in reports to Congress, the Office of the Secretary, and the Office of Management and Budget; and in assisting transit professionals in the development of system safety and security plans. In FY 2002, the statistics report was reviewed and modifications were made to better define transit related safety and security issues and to improve data timeliness and accuracy. In response to the National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, a stand alone effort focused on the type of causal data transit systems collect, and how these data can be used to prevent future accidents. KW - Auditing KW - Data collection KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Statistics KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227311 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459098 TI - Transit Security Review Program AB - Crime prevention is primarily a local responsibility, regardless of whether the crime occurs in the street or on a transit system. The FTA role is to provide capital and technical assistance and training to transit agencies in support of mitigating crime. Until recently, FTA exercised limited security oversight through Triennial Reviews of local transit agency operations and contractor supported project management oversight of large construction and rehabilitation projects. However, transit security is now a national issue and additional resources are necessary to focus federal attention on the issue. Under this ongoing program, voluntary systematic reviews are conducted to assess existing security practices of public transit agencies. Transit security audits are conducted to reduce the vulnerability of transit systems, including intentional harm to the system, employees, and users. FTA invites requests from transit agencies for onsite reviews of security measures and problems. In FY 1999, the audit was expanded to include participation by bus transit systems. These reviews utilize the systems approach in order to enable FTA to assist transit systems that manifest serious adverse security trends. KW - Crimes KW - Prevention KW - Project management KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227310 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459097 TI - Fatigue Workshops AB - : The National Transit Institute will conduct a series of nine fatigue workshops to be held regionally throughout the United States. A primary goal of the workshops is to provide for the national rollout of a Fatigue Toolkit, developed under the FTA Transit Cooperative Research Program. Fatigue is a major issue in the transportation industry. In 1995, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified fatigue as a primary cause of a New York City Transit fatal accident on the Williamsburg Bridge. As a result, the NTSB recommended and Congress directed the FTA to conduct a continuing training program in fatigue awareness for transit operators. In addition, the Department of Transportation Human Factors Coordinating Committee is focused on the subject of fatigue. The fatigue toolkit is available on the Internet as TCRP Report 81: Toolbox for Transit Operator Fatigue at URL [http://www4.trb.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf/web/crp]. KW - Crash causes KW - Fatalities KW - Fatigue (Physiological condition) KW - Research projects KW - Training programs KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit operators UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227309 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459096 TI - Safety Consciousness Planning Training Program AB - The objective of this project is to develop a training program to integrate safety as a key planning factor and performance measure for all transportation plans and programs. The National Transit Institute will develop, deliver, and continue to update a training program on the subject Safety Conscious Planning. This 16-hour training program on Safety Conscious Planning is designed for transportation planners and safety professionals in agencies at the state, regional, and local levels. TEA-21 requires that "each statewide and metropolitan planning process shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will increase the safety and security of the transportation systems for motorized and non-motorized users." KW - Performance evaluations KW - Planning KW - Research projects KW - Training programs KW - Transit safety KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227308 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459095 TI - Transportation Safety Institute Safety and Security Training AB - Under this interagency agreement, the Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) will conduct safety and security courses and seminars. TSI will also convene meetings of the Associate Staff to review, evaluate, and update course content and will provide instructor excellence training for Associate Staff to assist them in honing their course delivery skills. The courses to be conducted include one or more sessions of each of the following, depending on the demand: Bus Collision and Prevention and Prevention Investigation Seminar, Fundamentals of Bus Collision Investigation, Intermediate Problems in Bus Collision Investigation, Instructors Course in Bus Collision Investigation, Transit Bus System Safety, Bus Collision and Casualty Extrication Seminar, Instructors Course in Bus Operator Training, Safety Evaluations of Alternative Fuel Facilities and Equipment, Instructors Course in Alternative Fuels Safety, and Emergency Response and Access to Alternative Fueled Vehicles; Transit Rail Incident Investigation, and Transit Rail System Safety; Transit System Safety, Fatigue Awareness for Employees Seminar, Fatigue Awareness for Supervisors Seminar, Fatigue Awareness for Managers Seminar, Instructors Course in Fatigue Awareness for Employees, Substance Abuse Management and Program Compliance, and Transit Industrial Safety Management; and Transit System Security, Effectively Managing Transit Emergencies, Transit Explosives Incident Management Seminar, Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Threat Management and Emergency Response to Bus Hijackings Seminar, and Threat Management and Emergency Response to Rail Hijackings Seminar. KW - Bus crashes KW - Crashes KW - Prevention KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Training programs KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227307 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459036 TI - Alternative Fuels Safety and Advanced Bus Technology Support AB - The objective of this project is to support FTA activities, including--industry standards and guidance document development, advanced technology bus development programs, and alternative fuels safety in transit. This continuing effort assists the FTA in conducting needed research to provide information for standards development activities; development of new technical guidance documents for the transit industry; update technical guidance documents on alternative fuels and conduct special research studies on issues related to alternative fuel use in transit; provide technical support on the Fuel Cell and Zinc-Air Bus technology development projects; and provide general technical support to the FTA Office of Technology in the area of alternative fuel use in transit and advanced bus technologies. Technical support assists the agency in updating previously published technical guidance documents on alternative fuels, and participating in the interagency Hydrogen Task Force. KW - Alternative fuels KW - Bus transportation KW - Development KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Safety KW - Technological innovations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227248 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459019 TI - Zinc-Air Battery Bus Demonstration Project - Phase 3 AB - The objective of this project is to evaluate and demonstrate the feasibility of ultra-capacitor/zinc-air battery technology for transit buses and evaluate advanced technologies for electric drive systems. The Zinc-Air Battery Bus Demonstration Program is an on-going multi-phase effort to demonstrate the proof-of-concept of zinc-air battery technology for a 40-foot transit bus. Zinc-air battery technology offers a high-energy, cost-effective energy source as a viable alternative to existing lead-acid batteries, as well as longer vehicle performance range. In Phase 3 of project, the all electric propulsion system developed in Phases 1 and 2 will continue to be enhanced and optimized, and will undergo additional testing and evaluation. A real world demonstration and peer review meeting are among the last tasks of Phase 3 of the zinc-air all electric transit bus program. Phase 1 of the program, initiated in 1998, an all-electric zinc-air battery propulsion system was integrated onto an existing 40-foot transit bus and tested. The Phase 2 effort focused on conducting evaluations of the system and vehicle performance, including track testing and limited on-road demonstrations; and upgrading the electric drive train and controls. Phase 3 activities include installation of new advanced ultra-capacitors and optimization of the electric propulsion system configuration, installation and implementation of an improved control system for various electrically operated bus auxiliaries. The bus will undergo continued performance testing on a closed track based transit bus CBD cycle. Results of the Phase 3 testing will be compared to Phase 1 and Phase 2 performance test results. The bus will also undergo a limited on-road non-revenue demonstration in conjunction with a transit agency. A Congressionally Directed Project, the results expected include: (1) further development and testing of advanced technologies for electric drive vehicles, including an ultra-capacitor that provides an energy storage system that is compact, lightweight, and critical for improved hybrid bus performance. This program is past of the Federal Transit Agency's (FTA's) Electric and Hybrid electric vehicle effort to foster development and deployment of electric drive propulsion systems that can be used in a wide range of transit applications to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce the transportation sector's consumption of petroleum. KW - Air KW - Batteries by chemical elements KW - Buses by motive power KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Electric vehicles KW - Energy storage systems KW - Lead acid batteries KW - Research projects KW - Zinc UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227231 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459018 TI - Low-Speed Urban Maglev Technology Development Program AB - The objective of this project is to develop magnetic levitation technology that offers a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States, required under Section 3015 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). . This project supports the efforts of General Atomics (GA) to develop low-speed magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology. GA is leading a team of experts to develop low speed magnetic levitation technology solution to urban and regional transportation problems, for initial application in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The Low-Speed Urban Maglev Technology Project involves an entirely passive, permanent magnetic levitation system, with an efficient linear synchronous motor powering the guideway to provide propulsion. The system represents refinements that evolved from the Maglev technologies developed by the United States, Germany, Japan, and Korea over the last three decades. This project supports development of magnetic levitation technologies to demonstrate energy efficiency, congestion mitigation and safety benefits. The Urban Maglev Program was initiated through a January 29, 1999 Federal Register Notice, to carry out this project and similar low speed maglev projects created under TEA-21 and titled the Low Speed Project. The General Atomics project is the first award under the FTA Urban Maglev Program. KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit traffic KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227230 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458854 TI - Rail Systems Standards and Best Practices, Phase 2 AB - The objective of this project is to support the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) effort to further develop and implement rail system standards and best practices that will improve system safety, reliability and achieve cost efficiency. Under Phase 2 of the project, APTA will continue to work with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) to develop and ballot rail transit vehicle electrical interface standards. Other task forces may be established by APTA to prepare relevant industry standards or best practices under the Rail Standards Project Bylaws. KW - Best practices KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Rail (Railroads) KW - Rail transit KW - Reliability KW - Research projects KW - Standards KW - System safety KW - Vehicle electrical systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227066 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458841 TI - Formation of New Metropolitan Planning Organizations AB - The objective of this project is to provide case studies of effective metropolitan transportation planning practices that will assist local and state officials address the needs of the newly designated urbanized areas (UZAs), including the formation of new metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). This project supported development of case studies on ten active and newly formed metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), established subsequent to the 1990 Census. Ten case studies were prepared to assist local and state official better understand how each area/case study responded to the requirements of MPO formation. The case studies provide first hand, initial start-up information regarding the administrative, policy, and technical development of a metropolitan transportation planning practice, as experienced by the ten active MPOs designated subsequent to the 1990 census. Just as the 1990 Census resulted in the designation of new UZAs and prompted the need to initiate metropolitan planning and establish new MPOs, the Year 2000 Census also identified new UZAs. These new UZAs, in turn, need either to form new free-standing MPOs or affiliate with an existing MPO. These case studies were prepared to assist local and state officials, in the process of addressing newly designated urbanized areas. The Census Bureau defines UZAs, and transportation policy requires MPOs to be established in urbanized areas. UZAs are defined as areas with a population of 50,000. In metropolitan areas with more than 50,000 population, the responsibility for transportation planning lies with the designated MPO. KW - Administrative procedures KW - Census KW - Development KW - Local transportation KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227053 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458840 TI - Guidance and Outreach on Flexible Funding AB - The objective of this project is to provide guidance on flexible funding to help state and local governments and transportation operators make better decisions to meet economic needs more effectively. Flexible Funding embodies the notion of "flexing" or transferring funds between different modes of transportation, and helps to ensure more optimum use of current flexible funding provisions. This project will provide guidance for decision makers at the local, regional and state level, including greater familiarity and understanding of the flex funding processes and procedures as well as the issues and emerging techniques of flexible funding. The research addresses barriers, institutional issues, as well as best practice techniques of flexible funding in a multi-modal environment. The scarcity of resources for transportation projects has encouraged a more multi-modal approach to the acquisition, management, and operation of transportation systems nationally. Transportation officials are faced with making economic-based decisions considering the cost and benefit among several alternatives. The flexible funding provision of TEA-21 is one alternative that supports economic-based analysis. Flexible funding provision of TEA-21 supports the "flexing" or transfer of funds from Title 23 of the highway program to transit projects; and from transit funds under Title 49 to roadway projects. It helps to ensure more optimum use of the current flexible funding provisions. KW - Best practices KW - Decision making KW - Economic analysis KW - Financial analysis KW - Flexibility KW - Guidelines KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Research projects KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227052 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458833 TI - Fatigue Management Workshops AB - The objective of this project is to support the National Transit Institute effort to provide fatigue awareness training for the transit industry regarding drowsy driving and operator fatigue issues. The National Transit Institute will conduct a series of nine regional workshops on fatigue awareness for transit operators. The highlight of the workshops is the National Rollout of TCRP Report 81: Toolbox for Transit Operator Fatigue, developed under the FTA Transit Cooperative Research Program. The Toolbox includes a "how to" component on the design, implementation, and evaluation of fatigue-mitigation plans. The fatigue-mitigation plans may be used by senior managers, operations managers, safety officials, medical personnel, risk managers, human resource personnel, policymakers, and legal advisers. In 1995, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified fatigue as a primary cause of a New York City Transit fatal accident on the Williamsburg Bridge. As a result, the NTSB recommended and Congress directed the FTA to conduct a continuing training program in fatigue awareness for transit operators. KW - Driving KW - Drowsiness KW - Fatigue (Physiological condition) KW - Management KW - Research projects KW - Transit operators KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227045 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458830 TI - Safety and Security Clearinghouse Website AB - The objective of this project is to ensure new technical assistance and guidance documents are distributed to the transit industry in a timely manner; to provide transit industry with the information needed to identify and solve key safety and security problems. Under this project, the Volpe Center will continue to manage and operate both the Clearinghouse and the Transit Safety and Security Website services for FTA. The Clearinghouse serves as a storehouse of information and an ongoing focal point for published materials currently available on the subject of transit safety and security and related technologies. Material is made available, upon request. The clearinghouse function enables FTA to dialogue with transit safety and security customers, and provides a quick response mechanism for information dissemination. Customer assistance is provided in the form of guidelines, reports, expert advice, referrals to experts, and access to the FTA website. The Transit Safety and Security Website provides rapid access to information that planners, managers, and federal officials need to assess safety and security programs and capital program requirements. The website provides the industry with a central communication point for transit safety and security concerns. The website has been undergoing significant enhancements. Information currently available to website users include: training opportunities, subscription service, calendar of activities, DOT and FTA hearings, regulations, research and statistical reports, and links to other resources. KW - Information dissemination KW - Law enforcement personnel KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Training programs KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227042 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458828 TI - Safety and Security Technology Transfer Support AB - The objective of this project is to emphasize mainstreaming state-of-the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety. The Safety and Security Technology Program places special emphasis on the evaluation and deployment of state-of-the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety as well as increase transit ridership. The purpose of this activity is to encourage the acceleration of technology transfer and to actively foster and disseminate research findings and best practices to transit stakeholders. Special emphasis is placed on mainstreaming state-of-the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety, as well as increase transit ridership. Project activities will further the deployment of safety and security technologies to transit agencies. KW - Best practices KW - Public health KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Safety and security KW - State of the art KW - Technology transfer KW - Transit riders KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227040 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458827 TI - Transit Safety and Security Statistics AB - The objective of this project is to collect and analyze Transit Safety and Security Statistics on a national level. This project provides ongoing support for the maintenance, operation, and evolution of the Transit Safety and Security Statistics program (formerly the Safety Management Information System/SAMIS)--a mandatory reporting requirement of the FTA National Transit Database. It also supports the annual publication of the Transit Statistics report, which analyzes and displays normalized and trend data along with basic statistical data. The data is used in FTA decisions relating to the conduct of security audits and state oversight audits in reports to Congress, the Office of the Secretary, and the Office of Management and Budget; and in assisting transit professionals in the development of system safety and security plans. In FY 2002, the statistics report was reviewed and modifications were made to better define transit related safety and security issues and to improve data timeliness and accuracy. In response to the National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, a standalone effort focused on the causal data transit systems collect and how the data can be used to prevent future accidents. The collection and analysis of safety and security data provides both the agency and the industry with a basis for identifying key safety and security problems. KW - Analysis KW - Crashes KW - Data collection KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Statistics KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227039 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458778 TI - MagneMotion Urban Maglev Program AB - The objective of this project is to develop magnetic levitation technology that offers a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit operating agencies KW - United States KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226990 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074698 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Miami-Miami Beach transportation corridor study: environmental impact statement PY - 2002/10//Volumes held: Supplement to the draft(2v)(v.2 is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Florida UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/834092 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935079 AU - Powers, J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FTA DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT PY - 2002/10 SP - 56 p. AB - This report presents the results of a Substance Abuse Program and Methods of Evaluation study conducted by the Volpe Transportations Systems Center in fiscal year 2000. The study determines the progress of the Drug and Alcohol Compliance Program in meeting U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) strategic goals and objectives. The analysis also allows the FTA to determine whether the current program is operating effectively and efficiently while providing options for allowing limited resources to optimize results. Using 5 years of data and 7 years of experience administering the program, the assessment demonstrates the effectiveness of the FTA Drug and Alcohol program and the ability of transit agencies to contribute significant economic benefits to both industry and society as a whole by effectively enforcing the regulations. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Auditing KW - Drug tests KW - Economic benefits KW - Human resources management KW - Human subject testing KW - Information systems KW - Performance evaluations KW - Personnel KW - Public transit KW - Test procedures UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/substance/DAPA/DAPA.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34600/34627/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-02-11.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725267 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961036 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE PROGRAM. REPORT TO CONGRESS PY - 2002/10 SP - 41 p. AB - The Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (JARC) was established as part of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to address the transportation challenges of welfare recipients and low income persons seeking to get and keep jobs. This Report to Congress provides: a profile of grant recipients and services; a summary of JARC performance; the number of riders using JARC to access jobs and services; user characteristics and program impact; coordination of inter-agency and inter-governmental partnerships. KW - Accessibility KW - Costs KW - Intergovernmental partnerships KW - Job access KW - Job Access and Reverse Commute program KW - Low income groups KW - Paratransit services KW - Reverse commuting KW - Ridership KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - User benefits KW - Welfare recipients UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Report_to_Congress.doc UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Report_to_Congress_PDF.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660153 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00936363 AU - DeMaio, C D AU - Moore, A AU - Badolato, V AU - Performance Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Reason Foundation TI - DESIGNING A PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPETITIVE SOURCING PROCESS PY - 2002/10 SP - v.p. AB - This project was designed to solicit ideas for changing the process for competing and outsourcing commercial activities in the federal government. The report presents 37 recommendations for changing the process (regulations and approaches) for competing and outsourcing commercial activities in the federal government. The 37 proposed changes are considered to be the most feasible and often-suggested ideas generated through this project, and provide for substantial change to the existing competitive sourcing process KW - Businesses KW - Commercial transportation KW - Competition KW - Contracting KW - Performance KW - Performance based specifications KW - Regulations UR - http://www.reason.org/ps299.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731663 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00936362 AU - Badolate, V AU - Performance Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CREATING A PERFORMANCE-BASED ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT. FISCAL YEAR 2002 PROGRESS PY - 2002/10 SP - v.p. AB - Citizen Centered Electronic Government - one of the five government-wide initiatives in the President's Management Agenda (PMA) - focuses on the "use of the internet to empower citizens, allowing them to request customized information from their government when they need it, not just when the government wants to give it to them". This report documents the state-of-the-practice on how e-government initiatives in federal agencies are progressing toward achieving cost efficiencies and improved program performance. E-government is defined as "Citizen-centered e-government initiatives strategically employ information technology to provide government products or services to intended users resulting in enhanced value". Emphasis is on mission-aligned performance measures, intended to clearly define "enhanced value" by tracking cost efficiencies and improve program mission achievement. Overall the PMA calls on agencices to focus information technology applications on improving agency mission performance, enhancing information security, maintaining information privacy, reducing duplication, and coordinating efforts with other agencies in an integrated manner. KW - Coordination KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Electronic media KW - Federal government agencies KW - Information services KW - Information technology KW - Integrated systems KW - Internet KW - Internetworking (Telecommunication) KW - Performance evaluations KW - Privacy KW - Security KW - State of the practice UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731662 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489215 TI - Chemical Detection AB - This discretionary project was conceived after 9/11 with the concern on the safety and security of rail transit stations. A partnership between the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Argonne Labs was established to demonstrate chemical-agent detection under the Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism (PROTECT). This work builds on the lessons learned from the development and deployment of the Chemical/Biological Agent Emergency Management System (CB-EMIS) in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) subway system. The FTA tasks involve (a) the installation of video surveillance equipment, (b) the development and deployment of a simplified early-warning and emergency response system, and (c) technical assistance to MBTA on the implementation and testing of the hardware and software. This project was closed then reopened by the previous Project Manager. The new PM must determine if additional work has been accomplished over the past year to justify paying a new invoice. KW - Biological and chemical weapons KW - Disasters and emergency operations KW - Emergency management KW - Metrorail (Washington Metropolitan Area) KW - Subways KW - Surveillance KW - Terrorism KW - Video cameras KW - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258234 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961923 AU - Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization, CTPS AU - Massachusetts Highway Department AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY DETERMINATION FISCAL YEARS 2003-2008 PY - 2002/09/19 SP - 168 p. AB - This report presents transportation improvement program and air quality determination options in the Boston (Massachusetts) metropolitan region for fiscal years 2003-2008. The table of contents lists the following chapter headings: Chapter 1 The Continuing, Cooperative, and Comprehensive Transportation Planning (3C) Process; Chapter 2 The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Process; Chapter 3 Projects in FY 2003; Chapter 4 Projects in FY 2004; Chapter 5 Projects in FY 2005; Chapter 6 Projects in FY 2006; Chapter 7 Projects in FY 2007; Chapter 8 Projects in FY 2008; Chapter 9 The Determination of Air Quality Conformity; Chapter 10 Financial Constraint; Appendix A Index of Projects; Appendix B Supplemental List of Projects; Appendix C Regional Enhancement Projects; Appendix D Status of FY 2002 Highway Projects (Non-Artery); Appendix E Status of FY 2002 Transit Projects. KW - Air quality KW - Boston Metropolitan Area KW - City planning KW - Conformity KW - Financing KW - Highways KW - Improvements KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Public transit KW - Regional planning KW - Regional transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban areas UR - http://books.google.com/books/about/Transportation_Improvement_Program_and_A.html?id=1eSUPAAACAAJ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/660482 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489290 TI - National Bus Rapid Transit Institute AB - The objective of this project is to support the continuing operation and maintenance of the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute--established is 2001 as a national resource for training, technical assistance, research, innovation, and evaluation of existing and proposed Bus Rapid Transsit (BRT) projects. This project supports the operation and maintenance of the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute. The Institute is a joint effort of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, and the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. The Institute was established to complement the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Bus Rapid Transit initiative. Its mission is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and innovation for increasing the speed, efficiency, and reliability of high-capacity bus service through the implementation of BRT systems in the United States. Overall, the Institute serves as a transit resource organization, aiding in knowledge dissemination and information sharing to transportation professionals, consultants, and communities via research, conferences, best practices manuals, publications, quarterly newsletters, and a website. The Institute serves as a clearinghouse for BRT information and products, maintains videos and photo archives of BRT, conducts evaluation of BRT systems, and provides training and technical assistance to current BRT Consortium members and other agencies interested in developing fast and flexible bus service in their community, that increases transit ridership, relieves congestion, and improves air quality. KW - Air quality KW - Bus transit KW - Information systems KW - Innovation KW - Maintenance KW - Operations KW - Rapid transit KW - Speed KW - Technical assistance KW - Training UR - http://www.nbrti.org/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258307 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459350 TI - Northern Shenandoah Public Mobility Program AB - The Northern Shenandoah Valley Public Mobility Program is an effort by a group of human service agencies and non-profit organizations to provide improved transportation in the rural Northern Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. It is a phased program to demonstrate the integration of public transit and Health and Human Services in rural areas. The target group includes people who are mentally or physically challenged, the elderly, and persons in welfare-to-work programs. The first phase supports development of a prototype intelligent transportation system (ITS) to integrate public transit operations and human service agencies referral process in rural areas. Under this project, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Public Mobility Program will install and demonstrate an internet-based ITS software-scheduling program, that provides shared transit services among constituents of participating agencies. In addition, the system will be deployed to provide real time tracking and dispatching of transit vehicles, as well as facilitate coordinated and collaborative efforts to improve shared use of current assets. This project is an attempt by a community service agency to coordinate transit agency services across a multitude of social services organizations and funding activities. The project intends to demonstrate that improved transit services can be achieved by coordinating public transportation services with social services, and allowing passengers easy transfers across different transportation systems. By applying ITS technologies, this program helps create an environment that stimulates and supports community partnerships, encouraging locals to build a sustainable transportation infrastructure. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Mobility KW - Passenger service KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Rural areas KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Virginia KW - Welfare-to-Work UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227563 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458873 TI - Advanced Public Transportation Systems - APTS Technical Support AB - The objective of this project is to provide continuing technical support to the FTA Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program--the transit component of the Department's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Initiative. The APTS program is designed to encourage development and deployment of innovative technologies and strategies to improve all aspects of public transportation and ridership, using smart ITS technologies. APTS, also called Transit ITS, offers low-cost technology-based solutions to the challenges confronting the nation's public transportation systems. APTS incorporates state-of-the-art computer, telecommunications, and navigation technologies to improve the service and safety of public transit. Under this project, technical support covers development and management of several projects, including: Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) and System Integration Testing; Smartcard Guidelines Update; ITS Standards Development; Transitweb Maintenance; and FTA Technical Staff Support. Technical staff support activities will include reviewing, analyzing and coordinating information in support of the APTS program, as well as updating reference material on the deployment and state-of-the-art in Transit ITS technology. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Computers KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Navigation KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - State of the art KW - Telecommunications UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227085 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458865 TI - ITS Rail/Bus Integration Project - Connection Protection AB - The objective of this project is to further integrate Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) with the automated connection protection system now operating in Salt Lake City's light rail system, to provide patrons with real-time, up-to-date information on scheduled light rail system arrival and departure times, as well as emergency messages and system notifications. Connection Protection/BusLink is a successful example of an integrated technology-based project designed to improve transit system performance and customer satisfaction. ITS America awarded this Light Rail to Bus Connection Protection Project the 2003 Best of ITS Award. The Connection Protection transit system was up and running during the 2002 Winter Olympics Games in Salt Lake City and declared a great success--effectively carrying more than four million Olympic riders. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Arrivals and departures KW - Buses KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Light rail transit KW - Rail transit KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Salt Lake City (Utah) KW - Time KW - Transit traffic UR - http://www.rideuta.com/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227077 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458864 TI - ITS Rail Transit Assessment Study AB - The objective of this project is to assess the needs of rail transit systems, focusing on areas that can benefit from the application of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology, and develop a plan on how to integrate ITS technology with the rail transit industry. The Office of Mobility innovation established a Rail Transit Intelligent Transportation System (Rail Transit ITS) program to address the many opportunities, yet to be explored, that integrated ITS technology offers the rail transit industry. This project provides for a needs assessment phase of the rail transit ITS initiative. The research will explore and identify the areas in need of improvement at rail transit systems, analyze the needs identified, conduct interviews with key industry stakeholders, and develop an FTA strategy/assistance plan on how to proceed. This research will evaluate the feasibility and potential application of integrated ITS technologies to provide effective solutions to the transportation problems facing rail transit systems. The project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Assessments KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Needs assessment KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Technology KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227076 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458862 TI - National ITS Architecture Oversight & Technical Assistance AB - The objective of this project is o provide ongoing management oversight and technical assistance to transit agencies implementing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies. This project provides ongoing management oversight and technical assistance to transit agencies implementing ITS technologies. It is part of a multi-year program activity that includes training in the National ITS Architecture requirements, and support in ITS architecture training provided by the Department of Transportation. The project includes contractor oversight support of the National ITS Architecture Consistency requirements, as well as technical assistance to at-risk grantees as it relates to the National ITS Architecture Consistency requirements. The National ITS Architecture provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating ITS technologies. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Architecture KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Management information systems KW - Oversight KW - Planning KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Technological innovations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227074 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458859 TI - Transit Signal Priority Technology AB - This project provides technical assistance to the transit industry on the deployment of transit signal priority systems and to assess additional research needs. Transit signal priority improves transit travel times and the reliability of transit service. The purpose of this project is to obtain transit signal priority future research needs, and to conduct several outreach and technical assist workshops related to the implementation of transit signal priority systems for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and general transit/traffic operations community. The project aims to bring information to the field where it is needed; provide the impetus to local governments, departments of transportation, and transit agencies to work together for transit signal priority implementation; discover from local professionals what is needed from US DOT to support and encourage transit signal priority implementation; report findings and update the ITS America document entitled Overview of Transit Signal Priority; and provide professional advice on the subject to the US DOT. The workshops will be highly interactive, offering participants the opportunity to network and engage in problem solving with team members Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus transit KW - Implementation KW - Local government agencies KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Technological innovations KW - Traffic signals UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227071 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458858 TI - Transit Vehicle Area Network Standards Migration AB - This project develops and provides fundamental training on a higher speed, increased bandwidth vehicle area network standard, that will allow transit agencies to integrate systems onboard transit buses. This is the second phase of a multi-phase project to migrate the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J-1708 onboard bus vehicle area network communications data standard to the higher capacity and more efficient SAE J-1939 standard. The vehicle area network is an essential component of the bus system; it allows systems to connect and data to be transferred over a standard communications interface. The first phase of the project was to update the transit standard based on the heavy-duty vehicle SAE J-1939 standard. The second phase will provide outreach and support activities regarding the standard. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Bandwidth KW - Communications KW - Heavy duty vehicles KW - Highway capacity KW - Integrated systems KW - Local area networks KW - Network analysis (Planning) KW - Onboard navigational aids KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227070 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459413 TI - Florida Maglev 2000 Project AB - This project is conducted under the FTA Urban Magnetic Levitation Transit Technology Development Program. Under this project, Maglev 2000 of Florida will demonstrate the feasibility of a superconducting electrodynamic suspension (repulsive force) technology. The project consists of three phases; only the first is covered by this cooperative agreement. The three phases are: construction, manufacture, and assembly of guideway, coils, superconducting magnets, train control, and prototype vehicles; preliminary design of a 7 mile revenue service route connecting Visitor Center and Apollo/Saturn V Exhibit Center at Kennedy Space Center; and final design of the 7 mile revenue service route. Superconducting magnets enable Maglev vehicles to operate with much greater clearance above the guideway than room temperature magnets. Large gaps improve safety, allow greater construction tolerance and decrease. Maglev is a revolutionary approach to transportation. The vehicle is propelled by a linear induction motor along the track; trains are lifted and propelled by magnetic forces without wheel-rail contact. Maglev technology is noiseless, vibration free and low energy use. KW - Coils (Electromagnetism) KW - Construction KW - Florida KW - Guideways KW - Guideways KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Manufacturing KW - Public transit KW - Superconductivity KW - Technology assessment KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227626 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459339 TI - Hennepin County Community Works Program AB - Hennepin County, the City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District, and the Minneapolis School District have developed an intergovernmental planning framework for infrastructure investment called Hennepin Community Works Program (HCWP). HCWP is a comprehensive planning tool designed to assist in the coordination, planning, and effective use of multi-jurisdictional infrastructure and economic investments. Research projects are selected that will increase overall mobility and access to employment opportunities, encourage creation of new jobs through business development, and improve the residential and commercial tax base by enhancing property values. Several research studies are currently underway, such as: (1) examining how roadway design standards can be modified to better accommodate transit infrastructure, (2) examining potential economic impact of transit alternatives within and urban corridor, (3) examining the cost/benefit of transit oriented development, and (4) examining the application of bus rapid transit and Diesel Motor Unit technologies to new transit corridors. This amendment will assist Hennepin County's continuing effort to develop and apply the information generated through the HCWP projects to the development of a model for transit-oriented infrastructure improvements. The model will serve as a guide for other communities in developing solutions to the growing problem of economic deterioration in urban neighborhoods and suburban municipalities. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Community action programs KW - Economic and social factors KW - Employment KW - Infrastructure KW - Low income groups KW - Minnesota KW - Private enterprise KW - Property values KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Strategic planning KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227552 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459112 TI - Chemical Agent Detection Technology AB - : Strengthening and accelerating the security and emergency preparedness of transit systems against weapons of mass destruction is top priority in public transit. Prototype warning and response systems are being developed that exploit advances in technology and existing infrastructure. This project was undertaken to demonstrate and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of chemical agent detectors installed to harden the security and emergency preparedness at underground transit facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) subway system. Operational tests will be conducted to determine the reliability and maintainability of chemical agent detectors at high threat transit stations. The project activity is designed to accelerate the chemical agent detection program for underground transit facilities, providing immediate protection against potential chemical terrorism for the WMATA subway system and to serve as a model for other transit systems in the nation. This project supports the PROTECT program??the National Nuclear Administration's Chemical and Biological National Security Program that is addressing the challenges of protecting the citizenry gathered in subways, airports and other interior spaces from chemical or biological attacks. The project furthers the effort, under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Departments of Transportation and Energy, to enhance homeland security through the demonstration, evaluation, and deployment of innovative approaches to counter-terrorism. KW - Chemical agents KW - Emergency response time KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Security KW - Terrorism KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227324 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459103 TI - Safety & Security Technical Support AB - : The Safety & Security Technology Program places special emphasis on the evaluation and deployment of state-of the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety. This technical assistance effort will provide the resources necessary to encourage transit professionals in developing an awareness and culture of technology transfer activities and actively foster and disseminate research results and best practices associated with proven safety and security technologies. Promotional materials is intended to energize the industry in the deployment of proven safety and security technologies, such as the application of four quadrant highway-rail grade crossing gates integrated into a vehicle detection system. This grade crossing technology has been successfully demonstrated to enhance safety at light rail grade crossings. By actively fostering and mainstreaming the gated technology to transit agencies will enhance the safe operation of light rail transit nationwide. KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - State of the art KW - Technology KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227315 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459025 TI - Intermodal Fuel Cell Bus Maintenance & Training Facility AB - The objective of this project is to continue the design and construction of a 163,200 square foot Intermodal Fuel Cell Bus Maintenance & Training Facility to support a commercially viable domestic Fuel Cell Transit Bus and serve as a prototype training and maintenance facility for the transit industry. Fuel cell is one of the most promising clean energy technologies of the 21st century--environmentally friendly, reliable, quiet, and highly efficient power system. The Intermodal Fuel Cell Transit Bus Maintenance & Training Facility at the Georgetown University campus parking garage is approximately 94 percent complete. It is expected to be substantially completed in July 2003. The facility will provide monitoring and scheduled maintenance services for a phosphoric acid fuel cell transit bus, built under the FTA Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program. Six full-size, 50-foot maintenance bays for fuel cell buses will be built equipped with lubrication system, parts cleaning area, and diagnostic safety equipment (75 percent complete). Once constructed, the facility will house two Georgetown University fuel cell buses, serve as a training and maintenance facility for transit operators, and provide a national model for fuel cell transit bus operation and maintenance. KW - Campus parking KW - Energy KW - Environmental design KW - Fuel cells KW - Intermodal facilities KW - Maintenance facilities KW - Parking garages KW - Research projects KW - Training UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227237 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459015 TI - Job Access & Reverse Commute Evaluation AB - The objective of this project is to evaluate the performance of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Grant Program during FY 2002, and to analyze and provide recommendations on how FTA may improved its JARC Program reporting process and evaluation methods in future years. The JARC grant program is designed to assist states and localities in developing new or expanded transportation services that connect welfare recipients, low income and unemployed persons to jobs and other employment related services. Job Access projects are targeted at developing new or expanded transportation services such as shuttles, vanpools, new bus routes, connector services to mass transit, and guaranteed ride home programs for welfare recipients and low income persons. Reverse Commute projects provide transportation services to suburban employment centers from urban, rural and other suburban locations for all populations. KW - Access KW - Bus routes KW - Jobs KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Reverse commuting KW - Suburbs UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227227 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458852 TI - Transportation Research Board Core Program AB - Ongoing support to the core research activities of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)--a source of independent expertise that develops and disseminates innovative research information addressing transit concerns, and provides professional services and materials to assist FTA in carrying out and fulfilling its mission and legislative obligations. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) carries out many activities that benefit public transportation including the programs of FTA, the transit industry, the highway and transportation departments of the 50 states, and other organizations and individuals through out the world. TRB core research activities are designed to generate information, share ideas, and transfer knowledge about FTA Research and Technology Programs with partners in the transit industry and the general public. This project provides support for the following activities: (1) TRB Annual Meeting, including establishment of FTA-sponsored panels, and technical sessions endorsing FTA priorities; (2) Transit Research Advisory Committee, provides an independent review and assessment of future research and technology needs of the transit industry, and makes recommendations regarding the federal role in transit research; and (3) Transit Research Information Service (TRIS) online database of published research [www.ntl.bts.gov/tris], and the Research in Progress (RIP) database of unpublished research [http://rip.trb.org] made available to the transportation community-at-large. KW - Information dissemination KW - Information services KW - Internet service providers KW - Needs assessment KW - Public information programs KW - Research projects KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227064 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458848 TI - Cardozo Senior High School TransTech Academy AB - The objective of this project is to provide inner-city high school students with a well-rounded academic and technological program that exposes them to career opportunities in the field of transportation. This cooperative agreement provides ongoing support to the Transportation Technical Academy (TransTech) at Cardozo Senior High School--the first transportation studies academy in the Washington, DC area. The academy is designed to provide inner-city high school students with a well-rounded academic and technological program that exposes them to career opportunities in the field of transportation. Educational resources offered to students include after school study internships, mentoring programs, summer work programs, field trips, counseling and other resources relevant to career and education opportunities in transportation. This project supports the November 1993 Declaration of Partnership and Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Superintendent of D.C. Public Schools. The partnership alliance was formed by the D.C. Public School to obtain financial, technical, and staffing resources supporting the continued operation of the TransTech Academy. KW - Education KW - Education KW - Financial analysis KW - High school students KW - Partnerships KW - Public service KW - Research projects KW - Resource allocation KW - Students KW - Summer KW - Technological innovations KW - Washington (District of Columbia) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227060 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458846 TI - Compliance Reviews - Title VI Program AB - The objective of this project is to support federal oversight responsibility of the civil rights compliance program. FTA compliance reviews and assessments are conducted to determine if grantees/transit operators are in compliance with the law, in this case with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 programs. To be eligible for federal funding, the grant recipient must be in compliance with federal requirements. The objective of this project activity is to assist the federal staff in implementing its oversight responsibility. The compliance assessment includes onsite evaluation of five Title VI selected grantees/transit operators in the following cities: Baltimore, Maryland; Richmond, Virginia; and Salt Lake City, Utah. The contractor will conduct the compliance reviews and prepare a final report and follow-up action with the transit agency to ensure recommended actions are taken to correct deficiencies identified in the compliance review within an established timeframe. Acquisition of contractor support services improves the coordination and management of the civil rights compliance program. KW - Assessments KW - Civil Rights Act Title VI KW - Compliance KW - Federal laws KW - Laws and legislation KW - Public transit KW - Regulations KW - Research projects KW - Special user groups UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227058 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458845 TI - Development of Title VI/Environmental Justice Compliance Procedures, Manuals, and Checklists AB - The objective of this project is to support federal oversight responsibility of the civil rights compliance program. Federal compliance reviews and assessments are conducted to determine if grantees/transit operators are in compliance with the law, in this case with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 programs. To be eligible for federal funding, the grant recipient must be in compliance with federal requirements. Under this project, contractor support services include development of procedures, manuals, and checklists for use in TitleVI/Environmental Justice Assessment study of FTA grantees. Support services also provide for onsite compliance reviews of six Title VI selected transit operators/grantees, including preparation of a final report and follow-up action to ensure that recommended actions are taken to correct deficiencies identified in the compliance review. KW - Assessments KW - Civil rights KW - Civil Rights Act Title VI KW - Compliance KW - Federal laws KW - Justice KW - Manuals KW - Procedures KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227057 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458839 TI - New Starts Annual Report - Technical Support AB - The objective of this project is to support development of the Annual Report on New Starts. This project supports the Office of Planning effort to develop the Annual Report on New Starts to the U.S. Congress. The Report to Congress provides the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommendations for allocation of funds to be made available under 49 U.S.C. 5309 (o) (1) for the construction of new fixed guideway systems and/or extensions to existing fixed guideway systems (new starts or major capital investments) for the fiscal year 2002. Under this project, the contractor will continue to perform data entry and quality control for the New Starts database, provide electronic and paper copies of maps of individual New Starts projects digitized in a Transcad compatible GIS system, as well as all project maps, and prepare the New Starts report in a format suitable for electronic publishing on the FTA Internet Home Page. KW - Annual reports KW - Development KW - Electronic navigation KW - Fixed routes KW - Geographic information systems KW - Guideways KW - Guideways KW - Maps KW - Project management KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227051 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458838 TI - New Starts Roundtable Support Services AB - The objective of this project is to support the planning, managing, and hosting of the FY 2002 New Starts Roundtable series. This project provided for professional services to support the planning and hosting of the fiscal year 2002 New Starts Roundtable series. Support services included management of logistics, development of New Starts Roundtable resources, and drafting of New Starts Roundtable proceedings. For the past two years, the New Starts Roundtable meetings have proven to be a successful forum for the sharing of information between FTA and grantees. Each meeting has attracted approximately 50-80 transit professionals. The Office of Planning conducts the New Starts Roundtable series to facilitate communication, discussion, and information sharing among the various parties involved in the FTA New Starts Program. This Roundtable activity enables FTA to clarify and discuss the major issues faced by local transit agencies seeking to qualify for Section 5309 capital funding under the New Starts project development process. At the same time, the Roundtable provided a forum for local agencies to discuss their concerns and to share lessons learned and other information with members. KW - Capital investments KW - Development KW - Local transportation KW - Planning methods KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227050 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458835 TI - Chemical/Biological Emergency Management Information System-MBTA AB - The objective of this project is to create a systems-based approach to chemical agent releases in enclosed rail facilities, and to provide transit agencies with chemical detection technology to address the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The open environment of subways, and other rail transit tunnel systems leave them particularly vulnerable to chemical terrorism. This project enables the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to demonstrate and evaluate a prototype chemical agent sensor system to respond to terrorism--one that strengthens the security and emergency preparedness of an underground transit station in the MBTA system. The project will build upon lessons learned from the chemical agent sensor program initiated at the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) system. Project activities will determine the effectiveness of chemical-agent detectors at high threat subway stations in Boston. Chemical agent detection technologies and video surveillance equipment will be installed, tested and evaluated at the MBTA subway stations. Operational tests will be conducted to determine the reliability and maintainability of the chemical agent detectors at high threat stations in Boston. This project advances the PROTECT program (Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism) - a program for chemical and biological preparedness designed to improve the safety and security of transit systems against attacks by weapons of mass destruction. The project was undertaken through an interagency partnership between the FTA, MBTA, Departments of Energy and Homeland Security--to determine the effectiveness of chemical-agent detection devices at underground transit systems. KW - Biological materials KW - Chemical agents KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency transportation KW - Management information systems KW - Rail transit facilities KW - Research projects KW - Terrorism UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227047 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458834 TI - Chemical/Biological Emergency Management Information System-WMATA AB - The objective of this project is to enhance the existing systems-based approach for responding to chemical agent releases in the open environment of subways and rail tunnel systems. Transit agencies need effective support systems and reliable chemical detection technology to address this threat. Strengthening the security and emergency preparedness of transit systems against weapons of mass destruction is top priority in public transit. This project was undertaken to demonstrate and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of chemical agent detectors installed to harden the security and emergency preparedness at underground transit facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) subway system. Operational tests will be conducted to determine the reliability and maintainability of chemical agent detectors at high threat transit stations. The project supports the PROTECT program--the National Nuclear Security Administration, Chemical/Biological National Security Program--that addresses the challenges of protecting the citizenry gathered in subways, airports and other interior spaces from chemical or biological attacks, by developing prototype warning and response systems. The project supports the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy to enhance homeland security through the demonstration, evaluation, and deployment of innovative approaches to preparing for, and responding to terrorism. KW - Biological materials KW - Chemical agents KW - Emergency response time KW - Emergency transportation KW - Rail transit facilities KW - Research projects KW - Subways KW - Terrorism KW - Tunnels UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227046 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458829 TI - Safety and Security Technical Support AB - The objective of this project is to work toward the elimination of transit-related deaths, injuries, property damage and the improvement of personal security and property protection. The FTA Safety and Security Technology Program places special emphasis on the evaluation and deployment of state-of the-art technologies and other innovative enhancements that promote public health and transit safety. This technical assistance project provides the resources necessary to encourage transit professionals in developing an awareness and a culture of technology transfer, foster and disseminate research results and best practices associated with proven safety and security technologies. Promotional material is intended to energize the industry in the deployment of proven safety and security technologies, such as the application of four quadrant highway-rail grade crossing gates integrated into a vehicle detection system. Four quadrant highway-rail grade crossing technology has been successfully demonstrated to enhance safety at light rail grade crossings. KW - Crashes KW - Injuries KW - Passenger transportation KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227041 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00965900 AU - Arrillaga, B AU - Westart-CALSTART AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLE DEMAND AND SUPPLY ANALYSIS PY - 2002/09 SP - 68 p. AB - The report presents data from interviews with transit properties about their bus rapid transit (BRT) plans from 2002 to 2012. The "demand" portion compiles information about the quantities of vehicles, delivery timing and vehicle preferences such as vehicle type, dimensions, floor height, propulsion, image and appearance, as well as supporting technologies such as automated vehicle location (AVL), signal priority, cashless fares, and other infrastructure. The "supply" discussions with manufacturers emphasize the vehicles as part of a BRT system. An aggregate view is developed about the ability to supply vehicles for BRT now and in the near future. Implications are drawn from the combining of the community and the manufacturer study results. The implications concentrate on the preferences for vehicle characteristics and what issues the manufacturing sector may face with these preferences. What emerges is a perspective on the vehicle features desired to support BRT plans, the factors affecting availability of the vehicles with these features and a set of proximate topics that overlay the availability issues important for future industry dialog. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus priority KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Buses KW - Demand KW - Interviewing KW - Manufacturing KW - Smart cards KW - Supply KW - Transit authorities KW - Vehicle characteristics UR - http://www.weststart.org/programs/brt/archives/brt-analysis-final-report.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/678116 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00931923 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FISCAL YEAR 2001 REPORT PY - 2002/09 SP - 62 p. AB - This report has been designed to help the public better understand FTA policies, programs and innovative leadership role in coordinating public and private research and technology activities. Included in this report is an overview of FTA's Transit Research and Technology Program in the areas of safety, security, mobility, fuel efficiency, clean air, equipment and infrastructure, policy and planning, and information and communication. Provided also are summary descriptions of the current FTA Research-in-Progress projects aimed at new technology, innovations and improvements through research, testing, demonstration and deployment. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Equipment KW - Infrastructure KW - National security KW - Planning KW - Policy KW - Research projects KW - Rural transit KW - Safety and security KW - Technology KW - Technology transfer KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724266 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458867 TI - Clean Car Sharing & Mobility Program AB - The objective of this project is to reduce congestion, increase ridership and connectivity to public transit, and improve air quality in American cities by incorporating clean fuel vehicles into urban car sharing programs, and combining clean car sharing programs with both mass transit and emerging Bus Rapid Transit systems. This project supports the deployment of innovative clean mobility services that provide an alternative to private automobile travel, increase ridership and connectivity to public transit, and reduce the environmental impacts of transportation. WestStart and Washington State partnered to establish Clean Mobility Centers (CMC) in American cities. These centers provide commuters and travelers with clean mobility alternatives, such as a Bikestation--which enables commuters to switch from a car-commute to a bike-commute. Under this Clean Car Sharing & Mobility Program, WestStart will undertake activities to determine (1) how clean fuel vehicles can be integrated into existing urban car sharing programs in American cities, and (2) how to combine clean car sharing programs with both mass transit programs and emerging bus rapid transit systems. KW - Air quality KW - Bus transit KW - Clean fuels KW - Commuting KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Traffic congestion UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227079 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458857 TI - Traveler Information Systems - ADA Guidebook AB - The objective of this project is to develop a guidebook for advanced traveler information systems appropriate for persons with disabilities. One of the most widely implemented intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies in public transit today is the traveler information system. This project provides additional support to enable the research team to complete the development of a guidebook for advanced traveler information systems appropriate for persons with disabilities. The project is based on research learned in an earlier project, Bus Signage Guidelines for Persons With Visual Impairments, and will include a literature review, telephone interviews, and a human factors assessment of bus signage in terms of meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Disability evaluation KW - Guidelines KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Persons and personal characteristics KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Special user groups KW - State of the art KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227069 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459023 TI - Energy Storage for Fuel Cell & Hybrid Electric Buses: Flywheel Project AB - The objective of this project is to design and develop a compact, lightweight and reliable energy storage for hybrid electric and fuel cell transit buses. This effort is designed to improve the flywheel motor generator's (FMG) robustness and ruggedness, as a first step in the transition of this promising power management technology from stationary to mobile/transportation applications. WestStart will partner with AFS Trinity Power Corporation to execute the design and engineering work under this program. AFS Trinity is in the business of developing and manufacturing Flywheel Power Systems for power management applications. That is, applications where the characteristic ride through time is in the range of a few to several tens of seconds. The power output of the system is high, while the energy storage is modest. These systems are in contrast to lead-acid batteries where the characteristic discharge time is several minutes or more, and where for short discharge only a very small fraction of the total available stored energy is available. The M3AM Flywheel Power System (presently in the pre-production stage of development) delivers 0.42 kWh over 15 seconds, at a power of 100kW, with active magnetic bearings. The goal of the proposed work is to implement and demonstrate design features of the FMG to improve robustness and ruggedness. Under this contract, test articles will be designed, fabricated and tested. Work will start with the M3 class rotor under FY 2002 funding to advance the state of the art in the areas of dynamic variations in system response, touchdown bearing performance, and low loss systems. KW - Electric buses KW - Energy storage systems KW - Flywheels KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227235 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459014 TI - National Consortium on the Coordination of Human Services Transportation AB - The objective of this project is to provide a forum to identify and discuss issues associated with the coordination of human service transportation programs, and to develop working partnerships among human service and transportation organizations to provide information, technical assistance and strategies to implement coordinated delivery of human services transportation. This cooperative agreement enables the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) to support the activities of the National Consortium on the Coordination of Human Services Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), to carry out research activities, prepare technical assistance materials, and conduct educational services that increase the awareness of human services transportation coordination. The mission of the Consortium is to build a strong network of transportation and human service professionals and policymakers at every level, who understand the issues involved in the coordination of human services transport and how this coordination can be accomplished. The Consortium activities include: (1) providing information and support services on the State Medicaid Pass and Brokerage Activities; (2) identifying and analyzing promising practices and obstacles to human services transportation coordination; (3) maintaining the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Website; and (4) developing a comprehensive Educational Outreach Plan for members and organizations. KW - Communities KW - Consortia KW - Coordination KW - Human factors KW - Mobility KW - Research projects KW - Serviceability KW - Transportation operations KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227226 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458832 TI - Model Transit Bus Safety and Security Research Program AB - The objective of this project is to develop a Model Transit Bus Safety and Security Program. In response to the growing concerns of the Congress, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the FTA regarding the potential for catastrophic accidents involving bus transit systems, the Office of Safety and Security is examining the state of public transit bus safety. This research project will examine in detail the state of transit bus safety practices in the industry, provide technical assistance, and actively work with the industry to improve bus safety and develop a model transit bus safety program inclusive of the oversight function. Currently, state oversight of transit operations ranges from non-existent to highly perfected safety programs supported by state legislation and administered by state level agencies. Federal regulations and oversight exist for rail fixed guideway transit systems (FTA) and commuter rail operations (Federal Railroad Administration), but there are no overall federal regulations requiring oversight for transit bus safety. KW - Crashes KW - Guideways KW - Guideways KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Safety programs KW - Transit buses KW - U.S. National Transportation Safety Board UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227044 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00989297 AU - Birk, M L AU - Ferster, A AU - Jones, M G AU - Miller, P K AU - Hudson, G M AU - Abrams, J AU - Lerch, D AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Railroad Administration TI - RAILS-WITH-TRAILS: LESSONS LEARNED. LITERATURE REVIEW, CURRENT PRACTICES, CONCLUSIONS PY - 2002/08 SP - 190 p. AB - This report, prepared at the direction of the U.S. Department of Transportation, examines safety, design, and liability issues associated with the development of shared use paths and other trails within or adjacent to active railroad and transit rights-of-way. This document is intended to explore lessons learned from the experience of rails-with-trails and to suggest practices to enhance safety and security for railroads, transit, and trail users. This report provides information for public agencies, railroads, legal interests, and trail organizations to make informed decisions. KW - Decision making KW - Design KW - Land use KW - Legal factors KW - Liability KW - Literature reviews KW - Public transit KW - Railroads KW - Rails-with-trails KW - Right of way (Land) KW - Safety and security KW - Shared use development KW - State of the practice KW - Trails UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/rwt/index.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/755063 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974193 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKING PY - 2002/08 SP - 256 p. AB - This is a reference work that makes a wide variety of public involvement techniques available to transportation agencies. It includes the 14 techniques originally published in "Innovations in Public Involvement for Transportation Planning." There are four chapters with subsections that group techniques thematically by function. Each chapter ends with a final subsection called "Taking Initial Steps." To assist practitioners in coordinating a full public involvement program, each technique is cross-referenced to other related techniques. The organizing principle for each technique is a series of questions, such as "Why is it useful?" or "What are the drawbacks?" For the transportation community, involving the public in planning and project development poses a major challenge. Many people are skeptical about whether they can truly influence the outcome of a transportation project, whether highway or transit. Others feel that transportation plans, whether at the statewide or metropolitan level, are too abstract and long-term to warrant attention. Often the public finds both metropolitan and statewide transportation improvement programs incomprehensible. How, then, does a transportation agency grab and hold people's interest in a project or plan, convince them that active involvement is worthwhile, and provide the means for them to have direct and meaningful impact on its decisions? This guide gives agencies access to a wide variety of tools to involve the public in developing specific plans, programs, or projects through their public involvement processes. KW - Decision making KW - Guidelines KW - Public participation KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/publicinvolvement/pi_documents/toc-foreword.asp UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697962 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935080 AU - Sarles, R L AU - RLS & Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL REGULATIONS IN MASS TRANSIT PY - 2002/08 SP - 752 p. AB - These guidelines will assist transit agencies in developing drug and alcohol testing programs that comply with regulations of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The guidelines provide a comprehensive, up-to-date summary of the regulatory requirements, incorporating into one publication all of the guidance the FTA has issued over the past several years including technical assistance, letters of interpretation, audit findings, newsletters, training classes, and public speaking engagements. The pertinent regulations are cross-referenced throughout the text and are reprinted in their entirety in Appendix 1. Forms, checklists, and lists of additional information and services are provided throughout the document. The companion volume to this document discusses "best practices" used by employers to establish and maintain compliant testing programs. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Compliance KW - Crashes KW - Drug tests KW - Policy KW - Public transit KW - Regulations KW - Safety KW - Test procedures KW - Testing KW - Training UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34600/34626/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-02-10.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725268 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932384 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - METROPOLITAN ITS INTEGRATION: A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY - WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002/08 SP - 28 p. AB - The purpose of this report is to inform transportation managers and decision-makers of the value of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) integration. The report is intended for operations and planning departments of transportation-related agencies, include: state and local transportation and public works departments, metropolitan planning organizations, transit properties, and emergency response agencies. The U.S. Department of Transportation engaged in an effort to track ITS deployment and integration in 78 of the Nation's metropolitan areas. This report examines four of those areas in detail: Atlanta, Georgia; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, DC. Representatives from various agencies in each of the selected regions were interviewed about their respective region's ITS integration efforts. KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Emergency medical services KW - Improvements KW - Integration KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Minneapolis (Minnesota) KW - Public transit KW - Public works departments KW - Saint Paul (Minnesota) KW - Seattle (Washington) KW - Transportation planning KW - Washington (District of Columbia) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13672.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13672_files/13672.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724455 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459288 TI - Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged AB - The objective of this research project is to develop strategies for initiating or improving coordination of local and regional publicly funded transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged. The results of this research may be used throughout the United States by public transportation agencies, human resource agencies, transportation brokers, planning organizations, or other organizations and entities seeking methods and concepts that can be used to initiate or improve the local or regional coordination of publicly funded transportation services. KW - Accessibility KW - Coordination KW - Local transportation KW - Quality of service KW - Regional transportation KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation planning UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1160 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227500 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458868 TI - Bus Rapid Transit Technical Support AB - The objective of this project is to provide technical and general program support for the FTA Bus Rapid Transit Demonstration Program--promoting the demonstration of fast bus service in selected American cities across the United States. This project provides for a range of professional services to support the implementation, operation, and evaluation of the ten national demonstration sites initially selected to participate in the FTA Bus Rapid Transit Demonstration Program, and other BRT Consortium projects that developed from cities not initially selected as a BRT demonstration site. To do this and to gain maximum benefit in terms of transferable knowledge and experience gained from these demonstration projects, contractor expertise and services are needed. These services include: specialized, onsite technical assistance, and evaluation and dissemination of technical, financial, and operational program information, useful to agencies considering the implementation of this flexible form of rapid transit. In 1999, the FTA embarked on the National BRT Demonstration Program to research, demonstrate, and deploy efficient fast bus service in American cities. Ten national demonstration cities/sites were originally and competitively selected to participate in the program and incorporated into the BRT Consortium (now replaced by the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute). KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Evaluation KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227080 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01461003 TI - National Transit Institute AB - This project provides ongoing support to the National Transit Institute (NTI), established in 1992 at Rutgers, to meet the training and development needs of the transit industry workforce. The institute develops and teaches new methods and techniques to improve transit workforce performance and increase productivity in the workplace. Training is conducted for federal, state and local transit employees in areas related to federal programs and industry needs. Courses are conducted locally at sites nationwide on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from advanced technology and multimodal planning to management development and training effectiveness. Programs on workplace safety, geographic information systems, and innovative technologies are just a few of the newer offerings. This project also supports the annual NTI Transit Trainers Awards Workshop, Transit Academy, Transit Fellows Program, and Clearinghouse activities. It also includes support for cooperative programs with the National Highway Institute on subjects of mutual interest, and dialogue with organized labor relative to worker safety and technical skill development. NTI is a major component of FTA's Professional Capacity Building Program, serving as a major resource to FTA in support of the implementation of regulations and policy initiatives, as well as implementation of new technology. KW - Employee assistance programs KW - Employment KW - Human resources management KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology transfer KW - Training UR - http://www.policy.rutgers.edu UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229221 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460813 TI - University Transportation Centers AB - . The objective of this project is to increase the knowledge base of multimodal transportation through primary and applied academic research, to educate transportation professionals in a variety of academic disciplines, and to disseminate the results of the research to policy makers, transportation agencies and related constituencies. This project provides ongoing support for the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program (49 U.S.C. § 5505). The University Transportation Centers is the largest program in the United States that provides higher education for the next generation of transportation professionals. The University Transportation Centers Program addresses the areas of multimodal transportation research, education, and technology transfer. Each of the 27 university centers has a different theme, including the four (below) sponsored by FTA, and conducts annual activities in fulfillment of the strategic plan submitted to the Research and Special Programs Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation: (1 Northwestern University - Infrastructure Technology [http://iti.acns.nwu.edu], (2)University of Minnesota - Human-Centered Transportation Technology [http://www.its.umn.edu], (3)University of South Florida - Transit and Alternative Forms of Urban Transportation [http://www.nctr.usf.edu], and (4)South Carolina State University - Professional Capacity Building in Transportation [http://www.utc.scsu.edu]. KW - College graduates KW - Education and training KW - Human resources management KW - Professional employment KW - Research and educational facilities KW - Research projects KW - Technology transfer KW - Training programs UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229031 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459409 TI - Quality Assurance and Quality Control Guidelines AB - This project supports the contractor's effort to revise and update the March 1992 document titled Quality Assurance and Quality Control Guidelines (QA/QC), incorporating the most current theories, best practices, and quality management systems. The guidelines will provide an overview of quality in capital projects, and serve as an up-to-date and valuable resource for local transit agencies and others undertaking a major transit capital project. It will discuss development of a Quality Plan throughout the different project phases (project planning, preliminary engineering and final design etc.); highlight benefits of QA/QC in transit project development; complement Project Management Oversight Program; present case studies and lessons learned; and increase the reader's understanding of the respective interest in quality from a service provider, owner, and user point of view. KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Design KW - Engineering KW - Guidelines KW - Oversight KW - Project management KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality control KW - Quality control KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227622 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458842 TI - Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS) AB - The objective of this project is to develop objective data on the role of transit in serving the needs of transit riders and communities for the Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS). This research project further develops the Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS), a method for measuring how well transit is performing three public policy roles: basic mobility, transit oriented development, and traffic congestion management. To accomplish the TPMS objectives, three major tasks will be performed: (1) Develop and promote a standard set of questions for use in onboard surveys by transit agencies participating in the TPMS, (2) Increase transit operator participation in TPMS, and (3) Manage the collection and analysis of industry data from transit systems. A Congressionally Directed Project. KW - Monitoring KW - Public policy KW - Research projects KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit riders UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227054 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458777 TI - University Transportation Centers AB - The objective of this project is to increase the knowledge base of multimodal transportation through primary and applied academic research, to educate transportation professionals in a variety of academic disciplines, and to disseminate the results of the research to policy makers, transportation agencies and related constituencies. KW - Education KW - Education KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Policy making KW - Research projects KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1226989 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00970422 AU - Samavedam, G AU - Kokkins, S AU - Raposa, F AU - Thompson, M AU - Anagnostopoulos, G AU - Foster-Miller Associates, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ASSESSMENT OF CHSST MAGLEV FOR U.S. URBAN TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002/07 SP - 128 p. AB - This report provides an assessment of the Urban Maglev system proposed by the Maglev Urban Systems Associates MUSA team for application in the United States. The proposed system is the Japanese Chubu HSST Maglev which uses electromagnetic suspension principles based on the attractive forces between the vehicle mounted electromagnets and the iron rail on the guideway for levitation. For propulsion, the system uses a vehicle mounted linear induction motor and a reactive aluminum plate on the guideway. On the basis of the recent visit to Japan and the technical reports from MUSA and CHSST, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) team evaluated: (1) The system performance and safety characteristics of the guideway, vehicle, levitation, propulsion, braking, and automated train operation; (2) Environmental aspects; and (3) System costs. The evaluation focused on the FTA System and the U.S. mandatory requirements. This report identifies the requirements not satisfied in the current CHSST design and operation. Specific recommendations are made for improvements in the CHSST system to make it more suitable for U.S. deployment. KW - Chubu HSST Maglev KW - Costs KW - Environmental impacts KW - Japan KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Performance KW - Safety KW - Study tours KW - Technology assessment KW - United States KW - Urban transportation UR - http://www.monorails.org/pdfs/CHSSTAssessmentFTA2002.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24500/24593/CHSST_Assess_FTA2002.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/696462 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00936305 AU - Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE LAND USE FOR NEW STARTS PROJECTS. FY 2003 ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS PY - 2002/07 SP - v.p. AB - This summary analysis of the transit supportive land use contains the profiles of 31 projects. The report also summarizes trends and patterns in transit-supportive land use for New Starts applications as observed over five years of evaluation. The report: introduces the land use assessment factors, including changes to these factors made for the FY 2003 rating process; presents FTA's summary analysis of transit supportive land use associated with the proposed new starts projects for FY 2003; describes trends in ratings across projects and for individual projects, examines ratings by project characteristics, and analyzes quantitative land use characteristics of projects; includes case studies of efforts on the part of transit agencies to initiate transit supportive land use planning and station area development at a local level; discusses the key findings from FTA's analysis of the projects, including some "keys to success" exhibited by projects with strong ratings. The Appendix provides two-page summaries of each project rated for FY 2003, including project information, key findings, and land use ratings for each of the six land use factors. KW - Annual reports KW - Assessments KW - Case studies KW - Land use planning KW - Performance evaluations KW - Public transit KW - Ratings KW - Sustainable development UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731660 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00929294 AU - Radin, S AU - Jackson, D AU - Rosner, D AU - Peirce, S AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - TRIP PLANNING STATE OF THE PRACTICE PY - 2002/07 SP - 60 p. AB - Automated trip planning is one of the easiest ways for transit users to identify their best choice of routes using the internet. Trip planners use an input form to obtain information on desired trip characteristics then automatically generate an itinerary for the user. This report identifies opportunities for the Federal Transit Administration to facilitate the development of trip planners. The report: 1) Summarizes the current state of the practice in web-based single and multi-agency transit trip planning; 2) Identifies single and multi-agency trip planner development issues; 3) Groups transit agencies by likely capability and interest in developing trip planners; and 4) Recommends appropriate federal assistance for each group and research to overcome barriers. The main text of the report summarizes the current status of trip planner deployment, expectations, benefits, development issues, standards, costs, and staffing. It also groups transit agencies by market segments. Appendices provide detail on methodology, related literature, and features of existing trip planners. KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Internet KW - Itinerary KW - Planning KW - Route choice KW - State of the practice KW - Transit trip planners KW - Travel KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19700/19725/PB2003100074.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13685.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719147 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00938006 AU - Gleich, K F AU - Jackson, T E AU - Southern Research Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING. COMPONENT REPORT FOR COMPOSITE BUS SEAT PY - 2002/06/27 SP - 33 p. AB - The objective of this report is to outline the design and fabrication of a long fiber thermoplastic composite (LFT) two person seat for use in buses and other mass transit applications. The report demonstrates that LFT technology can provide lower cost, lighter weight, improved performance structures for mass transit applications. Design, fabrication, tooling, flow simulation, and testing topics of a full scale model bus seat are presented. KW - Compression KW - Cost control KW - Design KW - Fabrication KW - Fiber composites KW - Performance evaluations KW - Seats KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Transit buses KW - Weight UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/730416 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932329 AU - Gleich, K F AU - Jackson, T E AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Southern Research Institute TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING. FINAL REPORT PY - 2002/06/06 SP - 94 p. AB - The objective of this project was to develop thermoplastic composite materials and product forms and to develop and demonstrate fabrication methods for molding these materials into components for use in buses and other mass transit applications. The specific purpose is to demonstrate that these technologies can provide lower cost, lighter weight, improved performance structures for mass transit applications. During the four quarters of this effort several thermoplastic prepregs have been formulated, test panels have been fabricated, and the panels have been tested. A compression molding flow tool was manufactured, delivered and used to mold plaques for test specimens. Test panels were made with flame retardants and successfully tested for both flame spread and smoke density. Based upon cost and weight analysis a bus seat was selected as a component for fabrication and testing. An all-composite 2-person bus seat was designed and analyzed. Tooling was designed to prototype the bus seat design and then fabricated for compression molding trials in a production facility. The successful molding of the bus seat was accomplished resulting in the production of 20 full scale bus seats to be used for testing and validation of design criteria. The molding operation was also simulated using unique long-fiber thermoplastic analysis software. Comparison of the molded parts with the flow simulation was successful and excellent press tonnage predictions were made. KW - Buses KW - Composite materials KW - Compression KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Demonstration projects KW - Design KW - Manufacturing KW - Product development KW - Production KW - Seats KW - Simulation KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Weight UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24698/FinRep_CtrCompositesMfrg_2.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724420 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932330 AU - Gleich, K F AU - Jaskson, T E AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Southern Research Institute TI - CENTER FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING FABRICATION GUIDE PY - 2002/06/06 SP - 26 p. AB - This report describes thermoplastic composite materials and processes and demonstrates fabrication methods for molding these materials into passenger seating components or other large components for use in buses and other mass transit applications. The primary goal of this work was to demonstrate that these technologies could provide lower cost, lighter weight, improved performance structures for mass transit applications. This fabrication guide was written to outline the basic requirement involved in design and fabrication of large long fiber thermoplastic composite parts by compression molding. KW - Composite materials KW - Cost control KW - Fabrication KW - Fiber composites KW - Guides to information KW - Manufacturing KW - Simulation KW - Technology assessment KW - Thermoplastic materials UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24600/24697/Fabrication_guide_v3_9-4-02.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724421 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458871 TI - Autonomous Dial-A-Ride Transit Project - In Vehicle Dispatch AB - . The objective of this project is to develop and deploy an automated demand respond transit system that will improve the overall cost effectiveness and efficiency of demand response transit. Currently under development is a demand responsive operations system that virtually eliminates the role of the dispatcher in paratransit service - the autonomous dial-a-ride transit (ADART) system The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is nearing completion of this revolutionary in-vehicle and fully automated demand response transit system. This is the second earmark for the project. It will integrate the ADART system with the communications, vehicle location, fare payment, and traveler information systems currently operated by the RTA. This effort builds on a previously funded feasibility study and prototype implementation and test of two vehicles, using the advanced route scheduling and dispatch system. FY 2002 funding provides additional integration support to allow the system to go operational with up to 10 vehicles. Total funding to date for the integration is $1,731,115 in federal funds. Currently ADART is undergoing technical reviews. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Dispatching KW - Paratransit services KW - Research projects KW - Routing KW - Scheduling KW - Scheduling KW - Transit riders KW - Transit traffic KW - Trip generation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227083 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458870 TI - Bus Rapid Transit IVI Lane Assist Technology Requirements AB - . The objective of this project is to identify requirements for the deployment of lane assist technologies on transit vehicles. This Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) project continues the FY 2001 effort to research bus rapid transit (BRT) system requirements for lane assistance technology that support transit operations in unique environments, such as narrow lanes. The technology stems from research on intelligent vehicles and automated highway systems. This project will develop a set of guidelines based on the BRT community needs, the technology currently available, and the human factors requirements for safe implementation of these systems. The FY 2002 funding is the second part of an overall $400,000 program. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Automated highways KW - Bus transit KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Highway safety KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Lane use control signals KW - Minnesota KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227082 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459473 TI - Passenger Security Virtual Reality Training Model AB - To increase transit security personnel responsiveness to deliberate acts of intentional harm in the transit environment, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will develop an innovative Passenger Security Virtual Reality Model (VR Model) for Law Enforcement Personnel. MBTA will develop this virtual reality training model for first responders to terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological, and radiological agents that result in major loss of human life and destruction of property. The VR Model will also prepare security personnel to effectively respond to catastrophic transportation incidents. The VR Model for Law Enforcement Personnel will use virtual reality technology to simulate the transit environment, design and enhance security countermeasures, and train security professionals to respond to acts of intentional harm to transit passengers and infrastructure. The MBTA Police Department will demonstrate and evaluate the VR technology, and develop standards for an effective VR Model for transportation security personnel and law enforcement professionals. Note: Virtual reality is a medium composed of highly interactive computer simulations; it is defined as an artificial environment created with computer hardware and software, and presented to the user in such a way that it appears and feels like a real environment. KW - Countermeasures KW - Law enforcement personnel KW - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority KW - Passenger security KW - Standards KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment KW - Terrorism KW - Training programs KW - Virtual reality KW - Weapons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227686 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459113 TI - Chemical Agent Detection Sensor Program AB - This project enables the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to demonstrate and evaluate a prototype chemical agent sensor system to counter terrorism--one that strengthens the security and emergency preparedness of an underground transit station in the MBTA subway system. The project will build upon lessons learned from the chemical agent sensor program initiated at the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) system. Chemical agent detection technologies and video surveillance equipment will be installed, tested and evaluated at the MBTA subway stations, along with the deployment of an early warning and emergency response system. Operational tests will be conducted to determine the reliability and maintainability of the chemical agent detectors at high threat stations in Boston. This project advances PROTECT (Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism) - a program for chemical and biological preparedness designed to improve the safety and security of the citizenry and transit systems against attacks by weapons of mass destruction. The project was undertaken through an interagency partnership, including the FTA, MBTA, and the Departments of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)--to determine the effectiveness of chemical-agent detection devices at underground transit systems. KW - Chemical agents KW - Detection and identification technologies KW - Emergency response time KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security KW - Security KW - Sensors KW - Subways KW - Terrorism KW - Underground structures UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/security/pdf/protect_factsheet.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227325 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459035 TI - Advanced Transportation Technology Institute AB - The objective of this project is to conduct an outreach program of technology transfer, technical assistance, and information sharing that supports FTA programs related to electric-drive vehicles and other clean fuel sources--harnessing and transferring research results and benefits to the transit industry and national parks more effectively. Ongoing efforts within FTA to advance fuel cells, alternative fuels, and electric-drive technologies provide the foundation for moving towards a cleaner and more efficient way of transporting the traveling public. The Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI) is a nonprofit organization conducting an outreach program supporting federal efforts to encourage technology transfer, technical assistance, and increased communication and dissemination of information on energy-efficient, low-emissions vehicle technologies in transit applications. The project activity aims to: (1) improve the industry's understanding of, interest in, and use of clean and efficient buses through the implementation of a coordinated information, technology transfer, and outreach program; (2) provide professional and technical assistance to transit agencies and national parks in the commissioning and deployment of clean, efficient transit vehicles; and (3) develop material and/or procedures that supports the clean, efficient transit vehicle industry. The U.S. Department of Transportation, through FTA, has a significant interest in the advancement of clean and efficient vehicle technology in transit applications and the national parks. KW - Electric vehicles KW - Energy transfer KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning KW - Travelers UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227247 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458831 TI - Passenger Security Virtual Reality Training Model AB - The objective of this pojecct is to enhance transit security personnel responsiveness to deliberate acts of intentional harm in the transit environment, an innovative Virtual Reality Model for Law Enforcement Personnel will be developed and used to train first responders and others. Virtual Reality is defined as an artificial environment created with computer programs, and presented to the user in such a way that it appears and feels like a real environment. These environments are used in real time to simulate life threatening situations and aid in training transit security personnel to react to potential terrorism events and violent criminal attacks. KW - Countermeasures KW - Law enforcement and criminal justice personnel KW - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority KW - Passenger security KW - Research projects KW - Standards KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment KW - Terrorism KW - Training programs KW - Virtual reality KW - Weapons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227043 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932271 AU - Rieck, T J AU - Carter, M AU - Science Applications International Corporation AU - TransSystems Corporation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - "LESSONS LEARNED" EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) IMPLEMENTATION AT SANTEE WETEREE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PY - 2002/06 SP - 49 p. AB - The purpose of the "lessons learned" is to document the experience with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) implementation at the Santee Weteree Regional Transportation authority (SWRTA). SWRTA is a public transportation provider serving rural central South Carolina as well as the City of Sumter. This "lessons learned" documents the challenges faced by SWRTA in implementing ITS technologies. The case study attempts to provide useful lessons to other transit systems as they consider similar ventures. Among these lessons are: the need for comprehensive technology planning, strong and committed project management, employee "buy-in" and development, and budgeting sufficient implementation time with contingencies. KW - Case studies KW - Computer aided design KW - Dispatching KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Paratransit services KW - Performance evaluations KW - Public transit KW - Regional planning KW - Rural transit KW - Scheduling KW - Sumter (South Carolina) KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724413 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932108 AU - Harris, M AU - Hardy, M AU - Casey, R AU - Schwenk, J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A RIDE THROUGH SAFIRES - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SAFIRES, AN APTS OPERATIONAL TEST IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA PY - 2002/06 SP - 22 p. AB - This interim report documents the lessons learned to date from the Smart Flex-route Integrated Real-time Enhancement System (SaFIRES) operational test in Prince William County, Virginia. This route deviation service has proven to be popular with County residents as ridership on this small system exceeds 1,000 passengers per weekday. However, the integration of automatic vehicle location, mobile data terminals, and automated scheduling and dispatching software has proven difficult and has not yet been successfully achieved. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Demonstration projects KW - Dispatching KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Mobile data terminals KW - Prince William County (Virginia) KW - Ridership KW - Route deviation transit service KW - Smart Flex-route Integrated Real-time Enhancement System UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/30000/30700/30790/13698.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724357 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00930735 AU - Gan, A AU - Yue, A AU - Shen, J AU - Zhao, F AU - Florida International University, Miami AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Lockheed Martin AU - Department of Transportation TI - DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE MODELS FOR BUS LANE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENTS. FINAL REPORT PY - 2002/06 SP - 86 p. AB - The operational performance of bus facilities can be measured by travel time, speed, capacity. etc. It is affected by a number of factors, including bus headway, vehicle volumes, vehicle mix, free-flow speed, dwell time, bus stop capacity, bus stop location, bus stop type, bus stop spacing, signal control parameters, number of lanes, etc. The decision models developed in this research allow for the evaluation of a proposed bus lane before implementation, an existing bus lane to be re-evaluated for possible improvements, and should a bus lane become controversial, it can be evaluated objectively. Because such models include a number of design variables, they can be used as a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of design alternatives, for example, the location of bus stops under prevailing conditions. KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus priority KW - Bus transit KW - Capacity restraint KW - Decision making KW - Design methods KW - Dwell time KW - Headways KW - Improvements KW - Performance evaluations KW - Station operations KW - Traffic volume UR - http://www.fdot.gov/research/Completed_Proj/Summary_PTO/FDOT_BC792_rpt.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719675 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00927305 AU - Surface Transportation policy Project AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CENSUS JOURNEY-TO-WORK: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW AMERICANS TRAVEL? PY - 2002/06 SP - v.p. AB - This report presents the first set of transportation figures from the 2000 census long form, known as the journey to work data. It provides a glimpse of the travel behavior of people commuting to work. KW - Census KW - Commuting KW - Work trips UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719798 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463170 TI - Vehicle Guide for Integrating Non-Urban School and Public Transportation Services AB - The need for public transportation in non-urban areas is an immediate and serious problem. Many of the nation's non-urban residents live in areas without any public transportation service, and many live in areas in the level is minimal. Additionally, national statistics suggest that 1 in 4 households does not have an automobile, and nearly 1 in 3 non-urban residents either has no automobile or cannot drive. This absence of ground transportation concerns many non-urban communities because residents are unable to access health and human services and employment opportunities. The objectives of the research are to: (1) develop a selection guide for specifying requirements and features for vehicles for public and school transportation uses in non-urbanized areas; and (2) assess the effects of multiple-use vehicles on policies, operations, maintenance, and funding of participating riders and providers. KW - Automobile ownership KW - Integrated systems KW - Maintenance KW - Multiple use KW - Operations KW - Policy making KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Urban transportation KW - Vehicles UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1006 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231395 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01507999 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - Sound Transit Lakewood-to-Tacoma commuter rail and SR-512 park-and-ride expansion : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/05//Volumes held: Draft, Final(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1292323 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459105 TI - Operation Lifesaver Program AB - The objective of this project is to develop and promote a national light rail safety education program throughout the transit industry. Historically a nationally recognized safety education program, Operation Lifesaver has focused on grade-crossing safety and trespasser prevention programs for intercity freight railroads. Current interest in the growing number of urban area light rail system grade-crossings incidents and trespasser incursions generated the need for a transit-focused light rail safety education program. This project enables Operation Lifesaver to develop and implement an educational grade-crossing safety and trespasser prevention program for urban areas with expanded light rail systems. The safety education program will be designed for adults and children. KW - Freight and passenger traffic KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Intercity transportation KW - Research projects KW - Safety education KW - Trespassers KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227317 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458851 TI - Fact Finding Mission on Competitive Sourcing to New Zealand AB - The objective of this project s to learn how competitive bidding is handled internationally, and to distribute these lessons learned to the U.S. transit industry, providing them additional options for financing transit systems. New Zealand is a world leader in the area of competitive bidding of public transportation services. In 1989, faced with declining transit ridership, poor service, and escalating costs, the country embarked on a policy of privatization. The policy has led to better service in newer and more efficient vehicles and at a reasonable cost. Led by FTA Administrator, FTA sponsored a workshop on competitive bidding of public transportation services in Wellington, New Zealand on May 30, 2002. The mission coincided with an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) study mission to that country and Australia that focused on innovative transit practices in New Zealand, including privatization and the introduction of hybrid electric vehicles. KW - Australia KW - Competition KW - Competitive bidding KW - Electric vehicles KW - Financing KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Innovation KW - New Zealand KW - Privatization KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227063 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458850 TI - Sustainable Urban Transport Course at United Nations World Summit AB - The objective of this project is to promote United States best practices sustainable urban transportation to the world community, especially developing countries. As part of the United Nations' World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26 and September 6, 2002, the U.S. government organized the Summit Institute for Sustainable Development to offer courses in areas of U.S. expertise. The FTA International Mass Transportation Program (IMTP), in partnership with Boston University, offered a course on Sustainable Urban Transportation to delegates from developing countries. The course introduced participants to the concepts, methods, and successful case studies relevant to the creation and efficient operation of urban transit programs, sustainable in economic, financial, and environmental terms in developing countries. The course was a condensed version of a month long program for transit professionals from developing countries, developed by Boston University for FTA. Given twice, the 3-day course was broken into three modules: Urban Transportation: Economic Sustainability; Sustainable Financing and Management of Urban Transportation; and Environmental and Social Sustainability of Urban Transport. KW - Developing countries KW - Economic analysis KW - Financial analysis KW - Partnerships KW - Research projects KW - Sustainable development KW - Transportation planning KW - United Nations Economic and Social Council KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227062 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458849 TI - West African Sub-Regional Workshop on Transportation Infrastructure and Services Development AB - The objective of this project is to promote United States best practices in urban transit to African countries. At the request of the Government of Ghana, the FTA led a team of ten members to Accra, Ghana for a conference on Transportation Infrastructure and Services Development. The conference was sponsored by the FTA and the National Transit Institute (NTI) in collaboration with the Ghana Ministry of Roads and Transport (MRT). This was the second in a series of technical workshops implemented by the FTA's International Mass Transportation Program (IMTP), and was modeled after the 2001 Bangkok International Workshop on design-build project delivery. The West African conference drew over 92 participants from Ghana and other countries including, Togo, The United Kingdom, The United States, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. In Ghana, transit is dominated by small, loosely-regulated paratransit vehicles or minibus taxis called tro-tros. Increasing motor vehicle traffic and congestion, declining levels of services, along with crime and other factors are contributing to an unfavorable transit service environment in Africa's largest cities, including Accra. KW - Best practices KW - Conferences KW - Ghana KW - Infrastructure KW - Motor vehicles KW - Regional transportation KW - Research projects KW - Serviceability KW - Traffic KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban transit KW - West Africa UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227061 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458843 TI - Development of a Redesigned WebPage AB - The objective of this project is to support development of a redesigned and improved Department of Transportation webpage that receives electronic public comments, in support of the reauthorization of TEA-21. The Internet and other new information and communication technologies are changing the way organizations operate and conduct business. Electronic business practices are revolutionizing the way public transportation services are delivered and organizations are structured. This project supports the development of a redesigned and improved Department of Transportation (DOT) webpage that receives electronic public comments in support of the reauthorization of TEA-21, called Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003. The redesigned web page offers the public a more efficient and customer-friendly port of entry for citizen participation and input into the development of this legislative proposal. KW - Communication systems KW - Design KW - Electronic commerce KW - Electronic mail KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Public participation KW - Research projects KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227055 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00927366 AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES - YEAR 2000 UPDATE PY - 2002/05 SP - 68 p. AB - This report documents work performed under the Federal Transit Administration's 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 is a compilation of existing and planned deployments of APTS technologies and services. The information was collected during the summer and fall of 2000 and was obtained through contacts with persons at each transit agency. A total of 576 agencies were surveyed for this study. Only those agencies with existing or planned APTS systems are included in this report. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Automatic control KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Communication systems KW - Fare prepayment KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Passenger counting KW - Traffic signal control systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19400/19420/PB2002106770.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718580 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00931001 AU - Hu, Ping AU - Boundy, B AU - Truett, T AU - Chang, E AU - Gordon, S AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Oak Ridge National Laboratory TI - CROSS-CUTTING STUDIES AND STATE-OF-THE-PRACTICE REVIEWS: ARCHIVE AND USE OF ITS-GENERATED DATA PY - 2002/04/30 SP - 194 p. AB - Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) provide and use information about transportation conditions to improve system performance in such areas as safety, mobility, efficiency and environmental impacts. The increasing deployment of ITS and the amount and variety of ITS-generated data throughout the nation also offer great potential for longer-term transportation planning. Some types of ITS-generated data offer the potential for new and extended applications in longer-term planning areas. Archived ITS-generated data can provide a valuable resource for such longer-term uses. Therefore, the Archived Data User Service (ADUS) was incorporated into the National ITS Architecture in September 1999 to help realize the potential usefulness of ITS data. Specifically, ADUS refers to data generated from any one of the nine components that make up the ITS infrastructure: (1) freeway management, (2) incident management, (3) arterial management, (4) electronic fare payment, (5) electronic toll collection, (6) transit management, (7) highway-rail intersection, (8) emergency management, and (9) multimodal traveler information. KW - Archived data user services KW - Archives KW - Arterial highways KW - Automated toll collection KW - Electronic equipment KW - Emergencies KW - Environmental impacts KW - Fares KW - Freeway management systems KW - Incident management KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Management KW - Mobility KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Payment KW - Public transit KW - Railroad grade crossings KW - State of the practice KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation safety KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13697.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/723979 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458872 TI - Advanced Traveler Information Systems Human Factors AB - The objective of this project is to determine customer preferences for the display of traveler information. One of the most widely implemented ITS technologies in public transit today is the traveler information system. This series of workshops in four cities in the United States is designed to obtain customer input related to the delivery and operation of advanced traveler information systems (ATIS). Workshops will be conducted to query transit riders about their preferences and expectations regarding traveler information services. The research will focus on the format and method of receipt of real-time and incident related information. The result will be a guide related to human factors concerns on implementation of transit traveler information systems. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit riders KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227084 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458869 TI - Bus Rapid Transit IVI Lane Assist Technology Requirements AB - The objective of this project is to assist Central Florida Regional Transit Authority (LYNX) in identifying local requirements for the application of lane assist technology and other ITS solutions, as part of a Bus Rapid Transit System. This Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) project provides input to the Bus Rapid Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (BRT/IVI) Lane Assist Requirements project in Minnesota. LYNX is interested in implementing IVI lane guidance technology in Florida transit operations. Lane assist technology increases the safety of transit vehicles operating in narrow lanes, high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, and bus shoulder lanes, and allows the vehicle to operate at higher operating speeds. This project will identify the LYNX requirements for lane assist technology and enable a LYNX representative to serve on a steering committee with Metro Transit of Minneapolis on the development of national level requirements for lane assist technology. These local requirements, along with those from other supporting agencies, will be incorporated into a national standard for lane assist technology development and deployment for safe transit operations. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Florida KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Highway safety KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227081 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458861 TI - Real-Time Traveler Information Systems Assessment AB - The objective of this project is to provide best practices and guidance information to the transit industry on the implementation of real-time traveler information systems. Assessment of the transit industry's implementation of next vehicle arrival systems for bus and rail systems will also be described. The project will conduct a real-time traveler information systems assessment of the transit industry's implementation of next vehicle arrival systems for bus and rail systems. The assessment will include a literature review, site visits to 5 transit agencies, and phone interviews with an additional 10 transit agencies to learn about their experiences during the implementation and operation phases of next vehicle arrival systems. The final product will be a guidance document. based on best practices throughout the transit industry on the implementation and operation of next vehicle arrival systems Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Best practices KW - Bus transit KW - Information systems KW - Needs assessment KW - Rail transit KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227073 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458860 TI - Transit ITS Standards Education & Outreach AB - The objective of this project is to deliver training courses that increase transit agency understanding of transit intelligent transportation systems (ITS) standards and their application in the transit environment. ITS standards define how various system technologies and components interconnect and interact within an overall framework. The U.S. Department of Transportation has sponsored an extensive ITS standards outreach and training program to promote awareness and usage of ITS transit standards, including Transit Communication Interface Profiles (TCIP). This project is a continuation of the FY 2001 project to develop and deliver training courses for transit ITS standards. The project provides for the delivery of three sets of courses based on vehicle area networks, incorporating transit communications interface profiles (TCIP) into legacy systems, and specifying ITS standards in procurement documents. During this activity, a set of four courses will be targeted and delivered to transit decision makers and implementers regarding the transit communication interface profiles standards and vehicle area network standards. This project supports educational/outreach activities to ensure that transit ITS projects are compatible with the national ITS architecture requirements. Project is funded under the DOT National ITS Program. KW - Architecture KW - Communications KW - Decision making KW - Education and training KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Interfaces KW - Research projects KW - Training programs KW - Transit buses KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227072 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460830 TI - Composite Materials Development for Transit Bus AB - The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate lighter weight, lower cost, higher performing structures for transit buses and other mass transit applications, made from thermoplastic composite materials; and to determine whether the component (fabricated from thermoplastic composite materials) performs the same as, or better than, the conventional structural component it is intended to replace; costs less to manufacture, and weighs less than the existing component. Thermoplastic composite materials are environmentally-friendly and recyclable. The Southern Research Institute continues to conduct research to determine whether it is feasible to design and fabricate components for mass transit applications from thermoplastic composite materials. This includes developing long fiber thermoplastic composite materials and product forms, as well as fabrication methods for molding components from long fiber thermoplastic composite materials that can be used to reduce the cost and weight of components used in buses and other mass transit applications. During Phase 2 of the project, SRI fabricated a different component--bus floor panel--to demonstrate that long fiber thermoplastic composite materials can be used (1) for demanding applications, meeting the rigorous requirements for stiffness, load bearing, and longevity, and (2) for large-area applications such as floor panels on a transit bus. The research will document results of performance tests (for durability, impact resistance, and fire safety) and analyze impacts on costs (manufacturing and life cycle costs). Ultimately, the project will determine whether the fabricated component performs the same as, or better than, the conventional structural component it is intended to replace; costs less to manufacture, and weighs less than the existing component. KW - Components KW - Composite materials KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Mass KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - Transit buses KW - Weight UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229048 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073854 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - North Shore Connector project, Allegheny County : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/04//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 folio), F(2v)(v.2 folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Pennsylvania UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833248 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935910 AU - Jeskey, C AU - Bush, M AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Center for Community Change AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - OUR ROLE IN THE PROCESS: A GRASSROOTS GUIDE TO BUILDING COMMUNITY-BASED EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002/04 SP - 49 p. AB - Grassroots organizations focusing on the needs of low income and economically disadvantaged people frequently come across people who face various transportation barriers. These transportation challenges often undercut the ability of the organizations to help people get to their jobs, child care, and other crucial destinations that are needed to maintain quality of life and economic self-sufficiency. Due to this situation grassroots organizations can play a vital role in the process of advocating for expansion of equitable transportation options. This paper discusses the roles that the grassroots organizations can undertake in this process. These include, among others, planning services, funding services, and implementing services. KW - Advocacy groups KW - Child care KW - Communities KW - Economic self-sufficiency KW - Employment KW - Employment transportation KW - Financing KW - Implementation KW - Jobs KW - Low income groups KW - Organizations KW - Planning KW - Quality of life UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725589 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459281 TI - Predictive Diagnostics for Bus Maintenance AB - This project is designed to develop an efficient method to provide maintenance and operations managers with routine bus performance information to enhance the scheduling of maintenance, improve technician performance, and reduce maintenance turnaround time. By developing a method to capture bus performance information at a common node data port, this project seeks to identify bus maintenance tools and technology for improved diagnostics and troubleshooting. By improving diagnostic tools available to the technician, it is logical to expect a reduction in both unscheduled maintenance and maintenance and support costs. KW - Bus transit KW - Buses KW - Maintenance KW - Research projects KW - Schedule maintenance KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Troubleshooting UR - http://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/idea UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227493 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459024 TI - Electric Drive for Fuel Cell & Hybrid Electric Buses: EVermont Station Car/Shared Car Demonstration AB - The objective of this project is to demonstrate electric vehicle technology under cold weather conditions and to continue demonstrating the station car concept - the cleanest car in Vermont. The effort includes the demonstration of ten to twenty electric vehicles in transit-related applications with qualifying public entities and Vermont citizens. The vehicles will test, demonstrate and advance the cold-weather transit use of light-duty vehicles. This project effort will also assess the utility of testing, demonstrating and advancing the cold-weather use of advanced, multi-port rapid chargers. The vehicles will be used in groups of 3 - 5 per location (also called pods) for shared car and station car applications. A complete maintenance plan will be prepared. Service plans and service personnel and technical training will be negotiated before delivery. Spare part procurement procedures will be carefully reviewed. A plan for towing and use of a replacement car in case of breakdown will be developed. KW - Clean fuels KW - Cold weather KW - Electric buses KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Vehicle sharing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227236 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459022 TI - Energy Storage for Fuel Cell & Hybrid Electric Buses: Nickel Hydrogen Battery AB - The objective of this project is to design and develop a compact, lightweight and reliable energy storage for hybrid electric and fuel cell transit buses. The effort includes the development, demonstration and evaluation of the application of an innovative, segmented nickel-hydrogen battery to hybrid electric transit buses. This project will demonstrate and evaluate the commercial viability of a technology that was initially developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program and further refined under the Department's Advanced Vehicle Program. The technology includes a hydrogen storage unit separate from the electrochemical reaction that permits hydrogen to be stored in a solid state, bonded to a metal alloy. The hydrogen is drawn upon when needed (applying an electrical load to the battery) and is returned to the storage unit when the battery is charged from the engine generation of electricity or from electricity provided by regenerative braking. The separate storage avoids hydrid breakdown that shortens the life of the nickel metal hydride batteries. Unlike other fuel cell products, the ElectraStor System does not require a renewable source of hydrogen or the storage of gaseous or liquid hydrogen that necessitates a potentially dangerous large on board supply of hydrogen. All of the hydrogen needed for the life of the ElectraStor products is contained safely within the metal alloy included within the separate ElectraStor storage unit. KW - Alternative fuels KW - Electric buses KW - Energy storage systems KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Nickel batteries KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227234 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459021 TI - Energy Storage for Fuel Cell & Hybrid Electric Buses: Sodium Nickel Chloride Battery AB - The objective of this project is to design and develop a compact, lightweight and reliable energy storage for hybrid electric and fuel cell transit buses. The effort includes development, demonstration and evaluation of a 30-foot low-floor electric transit bus with an advanced sodium nickel chloride battery. This bus contains an electric propulsion system with components selected and system integration conducted to maximize safety, performance, reliability, maintainability and life-cycle cost. The Santa Barbara Electric Transportation Institute (SBETI) will conduct the design and engineering of a transit ready, hybrid-electric propulsion system. Specific focus will be on the selection of compatible components with the environmental and physical demands of transit service. Detailed design and engineering will be conducted including the development of engineering drawings to the point that will enable actual fabrication of the hybrid system upon available funding. Performance and life cycle cost projections will be calculated and evaluated. KW - Alternative fuels KW - Electric buses KW - Energy storage systems KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Nickel batteries KW - Research projects KW - Sodium UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227233 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459017 TI - Accessible Transportation - Easter Seals Project ACTION AB - The objective of this project is to develop a Research, Demonstration, and Technical Assistance Program that promotes increased mobility for persons with disabilities. Easter Seals Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation in Our Nation) continues to promote cooperation between the disability community and transportation industry. Project ACTION conducts a research, demonstration, and technical assistance program to promote increased mobility for persons with disabilities. This includes advancing local demonstration and technical assistance projects that identify persons with disabilities and their transportation needs, and recommend remedial action; provide training programs for transit operators; develop assertive programs for people with disabilities; identify technology that could solve critical transportation accessibility issues; and continue to advance outreach and marketing programs. Project ACTION is a congressionally created national technical assistance program authorized under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). It provides training, resources and technical assistance to thousands of disability organizations, consumers with disabilities, and assists local transportation operators in implementing the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Project ACTION maintains a resource center with up-to-date information on transportation accessibility. KW - Accessibility KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Consumers KW - Disability evaluation KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Needs assessment KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Transit operators KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons UR - http://www.projectaction.org/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227229 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459016 TI - Independent Transportation Network in Portland, Maine AB - The objective of this project is to develop a self-sustaining community-based transportation service for elderly persons without public subsidization. This project will enable the Independent Transportation Network to complete the deployment of the innovative Independent Transportation Network (ITN) in the Portland, Maine area. ITN is designed to be a financially self-sufficient transportation program, for the provision of transportation services for elderly citizens who can no longer safely drive their own automobiles. Designed to serve as a national model for communities planning for the specialized transportation needs of elderly citizens, ITN uses innovative methods to provide transportation services for elderly persons, including standard sedans and unique payment plans. In addition, the program uses integrated computerized management systems to manage all administrative tasks including coordinating volunteer drivers, ride planning & scheduling, and billing riders. ITS technologies are used to provide safer, more efficient and accessible transportation services that can be easily replicated in communities across the nation. The program uses standard sedans to match the convenience of a personal vehicle, and offers several non-traditional payment methods. ITN uses both paid and volunteer drivers to provide door-to-door service, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. With a cashless, pre-paid account system, seniors pay for their rides by the mile, earning discounts for advance planning and ridesharing. KW - Aged KW - Portland (Maine) KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Subsidies KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227228 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458836 TI - Planning Oversight Compliance in Metropolictan Areas AB - The objective of this project is to obtain contractor support in assessing compliance with metropolitan planning requirements and in addressing noted deficiencies. The project will develop and present case studies and guidance materials to assist Transportation Management Areas (TMAs) and non-TMAs in meeting federal planning requirements. Focus Areas to be considered include financial planning and analysis, public involvement, and the integration of transportation and land use planning at the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) level. In non-TMAs, the project will produce a series of proposals for a strategy to monitor and assess planning performance in a constructive, non-intrusive way, consistent with present regulatory provisions. Using information collected, the contractor will analyze and document the extent to which federal requirements in the Focus Areas are being satisfied. This analysis includes an explicit statement of what those requirements are and how well they are met by TMAs in terms of their multimodal planning responsibilities. A summary report of planning performance in non-TMAs will be provided, along with recommendations for future performance reviews. The research includes recommendations on how to improve KW - Compliance KW - Contractors KW - Land use planning KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Oversight KW - Public participation KW - Research projects KW - Transportation management associations KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227048 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074007 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Northstar corridor project, section 4(f)/6(f) evaluation : environmental impact statement PY - 2002/03//Volumes held: Draft(2v), Final(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Minnesota UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833401 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01045470 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Environmental Protection Agency TI - It All Adds Up To Cleaner Air: A Collaborative Transportation and Air Quality Public Education and Partnership Building Initiative. The First Five Years PY - 2002/03 SP - 101p AB - This program ("It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air") is a multilevel public information and partnership-building initiative designed to help people better understand the effect of their behavior and choices on air quality and congestion. While the past 20 years have seen much progress in decreasing air pollution, many people still regularly experience problems of worsening congestion, increased commuter stress, and smoggy skies. This program seeks to raise public awareness and ultimately effect behavior changes using a three-pronged approach: (1) support to communities; (2) formation of a national coalition; and (3) development of an awareness campaign to include creation and dissemination of high-quality public information materials. The program provides a national context that supports local calls to action targeting three core messages: (1) the value of combining travel errands (i.e., trip chaining); (2) the need to keep cars well-maintained; and (3) the benefits of using alternative transportation modes. This report chronicles the actions, partnerships, achievements, and lessons learned following five years of implementing "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air". KW - Air pollution KW - Air quality KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Awareness KW - Behavior KW - Behavior change KW - Benefits KW - Coalitions KW - Communities KW - Commuting KW - Cooperation KW - Environmental impacts KW - Information dissemination KW - Lessons learned KW - Mode choice KW - Partnerships KW - Public education KW - Public information programs KW - Smog KW - Stress (Physiology) KW - Stress (Psychology) KW - Traffic congestion KW - Travel behavior KW - Trip chaining KW - Vehicle maintenance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/805458 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935082 AU - Powers, G AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT SAFETY & SECURITY STATISTICS & ANALYSIS 2000 ANNUAL REPORT (FORMERLY SAMIS) PY - 2002/03 SP - 164 p. AB - The Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis 2000 Annual Report is a compilation and analysis of mass transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database Reporting System by transit systems in the United States during 2000. KW - Casualties KW - Crashes KW - Crimes KW - Fatalities KW - Injuries KW - Public transit KW - Security KW - Statistics KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725269 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00927304 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - EG&G Technical Services TI - BEST PRACTICES MANUAL: FTA DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM PY - 2002/03 SP - v.p. AB - The report is part of a two-volume set prepared under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) General Technical Assistance Program, to provide guidance and assistance to recipients of FTA funding. Recipients of federal funds are required to test their safety sensitive employees for drug use and alcohol misuse. This volume discusses the Best Practices used by employers to establish and maintain a compliance testing program. KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Alcohol tests KW - Best practices KW - Drug abuse KW - Drug tests KW - Employers UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/safety/BestPractices/BestPractices.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/34000/34600/34625/DOT-VNTSC-FTA-02-05.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719797 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00927306 AU - Castle Rock Consultants AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMPENDIUM OF COMPLETED ENTERPRISE PROJECTS (1995-2002) PY - 2002/03 SP - 23 p. AB - Rural and small urban transit agencies looking for low cost technology base solutions to public transportation issues will be interested in this compendium of Enterprise projects. The Enterprise program focuses on the development, implementation, and deployment of low cost Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) solutions for rural and small urban applications. This Compendium provides summary descriptions of 15 projects completed between 1995-2002. Each project is descriptively profiled in terms of goals and objectives, current status, and project contact person and website. The document covers projects completed in the following user service areas of the National ITS Architecture: travel and traffic management, public transportation, electronic payment, emergency management, advanced vehicle safety systems, and information management. Enterprise, established in 1991, is a multi-state pooled fund study group, comprised of transportation agencies from North America and the Dutch Department of Transportation. Since its inception in 1991, Enterprise has developed projects addressing areas of need, including safety, traveler information, data sharing and national standards. The program adheres to and remains consistent with the national ITS Architecture. KW - Advanced vehicle control systems KW - Deployment KW - Development KW - Electronic media KW - Fare prepayment KW - Implementation KW - Information management KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Netherlands KW - Public transit KW - Rural transportation KW - Safety KW - Standards KW - Technological innovations KW - Traffic control KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Urban transportation UR - http://enterprise.prog.org/Projects/1995_2002/compendium.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718539 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00925999 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2001 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES: FTA GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PY - 2002/03 SP - 241 p. AB - The Statistical Summaries provides information about the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) major financial aid programs for FY 2001. The following programs are covered in the report: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Capital, Interstate Substitution, Job Access/Reverse Commute, Over-the-road Bus, Clean Fuels Formula, Metropolitan Planning, State Planning and Research, Consolidated Planning Grants, and State Infrastructure Banks. The data used are compiled from the capital, operating, and planning assistance grants to transit authorities, states, planning agencies, and other units of local government. The report's three main sections are: appropriation and budget authorities; detailed obligation data for the current fiscal year; and summarized historical data. KW - Aged KW - Appropriations KW - Budgeting KW - Capital expenditures KW - Clean fuels KW - Consolidation KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Grant aid KW - Job opportunities KW - Local government agencies KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Reverse commuting KW - Rural areas KW - States KW - Statistical analysis KW - Urban areas UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/about_FTA_1093.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718162 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921391 AU - Gurol, H AU - Baldi, R AU - Jeter, P AU - Kim, I K AU - Bever, D AU - General Atomic Company AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - LOW SPEED MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PY - 2002/03 SP - 59 p. AB - The overall objective of the Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program was to develop magnetic levitation technology that is a cost effective, reliable and environmentally sound transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. Magnetically levitated vehicles offer a number of benefits over traditional urban transit options, such as buses, light rail lines, subway systems, etc. Maglev vehicles are a quiet, safe, and efficient alternative, which enables city planners to place a transit system where it is most needed. Maglev technology offers a revolutionary solution to relieve congestion in highly populated urban and surrounding metropolitan areas. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Environmental protection KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Technology assessment KW - Urban transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24100/24152/MAGLEVGA-A23928.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/706662 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01458853 TI - Transit Cooperative Research Program AB - . The objective of this project is to address the needs of the transit industry workforce through innovative research, education, and information sharing; and to develop innovative near-term solutions to meet the demands placed on the transit industry. The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) addresses the needs of the transit workforce through innovative research, education, and information sharing, and develops innovative near-term solutions to meet the demands placed on the transit industry. The FTA established the TCRP, which was authorized as part of ISTEA and reauthorized by TEA-21, in July 1992. The program focuses on issues significant to the transit industry, with emphasis on local problem-solving research. The TCRP conducts research in a variety of transit fields such as planning, service concepts, vehicles and equipment, facilities, operations, human resources, maintenance, policy, and administrative practices. TCRP synthesis reports summarize best industry practices and have been useful to transit operators. The TCRP International Transportation Studies Program assists in the professional development of transit managers, public officials, and others charged with public transportation responsibilities. The terrorist events of September 11, 2001, directed TCRP to focus its resources for security-related research, designated as the TCRP Special Project J1-10, Security-Related Research for Public Transportation. TCRP established a Security Task Force, created two TCRP formal panels to oversee security research, and sought contractor support to assist the Task Force in determining how best to allocate security funds. To date the Security Task Force has endorsed 13 topics by the technical panels. KW - Accessibility KW - Mobility KW - Professional employment KW - Research projects KW - Resource development KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation Research Board UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227065 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01049410 AU - McCollom Management Consulting, Incorporated AU - American Public Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS) Results. Summary Report - Phases I and II PY - 2002/02 SP - 54p AB - This report presents the results of a project to implement a transit performance monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS was designed to collect data on transit customers through the use of on-board surveys. The long-term goal of the TPMS initiative is to standardize the collection of data and, thereby, provide a basic, but comprehensive analysis of the performance and benefits of transit service. The project has involved two rounds or phases of surveys. The Phase 1 surveys were conducted at nine transit systems between 1996 and 1998. The Phase 2 surveys were conducted at 11 transit systems in 2000. The results from 14 surveys were analyzed in each phase since some systems conducted individual bus and rail surveys. This report is divided into the following sections: Executive Summary; Introduction; TPMS Approach - provides a summary of the background of TPMS and the approach taken; Implementation - describes the approach used in the implementation tests; Survey Results - presents selected results of the surveys, with the combined data from Phase 1 and Phase 2; Implementation Problems -discusses problems encountered during the conduct of the surveys; and Kenosha Telephone Test - summarizes the telephone sampling test that was conducted in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the month of March 1998. An appendix contains a sample of the survey instructions provided to the participating systems. KW - Data collection KW - Monitoring KW - On-board surveys KW - Performance KW - Public transit UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/tpms_summary_I_and_II.pdf UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_5677.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/35000/35200/35224/TPMS_summary_I_and_II.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/808964 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00960454 AU - Carter, R AU - Tomeh, O AU - Darido, G AU - Schneck, D AU - Waesche, F AU - Booz Allen Hamilton AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL GUIDELINES PY - 2002/02 SP - 27 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) sponsored the development of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Guidelines to provide a resource for transit authorities and others undertaking capital projects. The FTA requires grantees undertaking major capital programs to prepare a Project Management Plan (PMP) that includes a Quality Plan. Even for those projects not considered major, a Quality Plan can be a useful tool for guiding activities to assure project quality. Chapter 1 presents definitions and provides an overview of quality in capital projects. Chapter 2 presents fifteen elements that should be the basis of a quality program. Chapter 3 discusses alternative approaches that depend on the type of capital project, the size of the project, and the use of consultants for project management; as well as an overview of the use of independent assurance programs, QA/QC in design-build projects, information on test lab accreditation, a description of the value engineering process, and a section on software quality assurance. Chapter 4 discusses the development of the Quality Plan throughout the different project phases from project planning, preliminary engineering and final design, construction and equipment procurement, and testing and startup. The appendices provide selections of quality elements from several transit quality programs. KW - Capital investments KW - Design KW - Design build KW - Engineering KW - Guidelines KW - Laboratories KW - Procurement KW - Programming (Planning) KW - Project management KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality control KW - Software KW - Testing KW - Transit authorities KW - Value engineering UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_3876.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/18000/18900/18915/PB2002103021.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/659935 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00933784 AU - Lyons, W AU - VanderWilden, P AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INNOVATIVE STATE AND LOCAL PLANNING FOR COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002/02 SP - v.p. AB - This study examines seven specific planning strategies that can be used as part of a flexible regional planning process for coordinating transportation services of health and human service and transit agencies: partnerships; shared planning resources; joint identification of planning needs; identification of transportation services, costs and revenues; establishment of cost sharing arrangements; performance measurement; and measuring cost savings and benefits of coordination. The report focuses on 15 case studies of transportation coordination. On a statewide level, in urban areas, and in rural communities, various organizations come together through many different forums to take advantage of the benefits of greater coordination of local transportation services. As the case studies presented illustrate, coordination can occur through many different forums including statewide task forces and coordinating councils, local health and human service agencies, local advisory boards, a grass roots coalition, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, and local brokers. Through these forums, coordinated transportation planning is occurring to improve access to transportation through interagency coordination resulting in more efficient uses of available resources, cost savings, and expanded services. In each of the case studies, coordination has resulted from a combination of the seven planning strategies examined in this report. Because these strategies are interdependent and often blended together, in many cases it is difficult to single out specific strategies. KW - Benefits KW - Case studies KW - Coordination KW - Cost sharing KW - Health care services KW - Innovation KW - Interagency relations KW - Local government KW - Measurement KW - Partnerships KW - Performance KW - Savings KW - State government KW - Strategic planning KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transportation planning KW - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19300/19312/PB2002105733.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725742 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00927365 AU - Adduci, R J AU - Boyd, A AU - Caton, J E AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2000 PY - 2002/02 SP - 78 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 2000. This report is a compilation and analysis of rail fixed guideways system accident and crime statistics. Information provided by State Oversight agencies documenting the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 2000 is presented, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions. KW - Annual reports KW - Construction KW - Data displays KW - Design KW - Oversight KW - Performance evaluations KW - Planning KW - Project management KW - Rail transit KW - Safety and security UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/sso2000/pdf/sso2000.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718579 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00925995 AU - Schwenk, J C AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PY - 2002/02 SP - 90 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Bus Rapid Transit Demonstration Program is supporting demonstrations of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in selected cities across the United States. The US BRT Demonstration Program aims to adapt the principles of highly successful BRT systems, such as those of Curitiba, Brazil; Lyons, France; and Nagoua, Japan, to U.S. conditions, laws, and institutions. A primary goal of the BRT Demonstration Program is to assess the demonstration projects through scientific evaluation. This document presents guidelines for planning, implementation, and reporting the findings of an evaluation of a BRT implementation site selected for the FTA BRT Demonstration Program. The document will provide a common framework and methodology for developing and then executing the evaluation of individual BRT demonstrations. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Data collection KW - Demonstration projects KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Guidelines KW - Performance evaluations UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19200/19280/PB2002105450.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718160 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00924687 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - US - JAPAN MASS TRANSIT SECURITY WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS AND MEETINGS SUMMARY PY - 2002/01/17 SP - 25p AB - The goal of this security workshop was to partner and work together to gain insight on shared transit security issues and problems, and exchange information on technology applications, readiness approaches and response mechanisms. Representatives of major transit agencies and security experts from across Asia and the United States participated in the discussions, shared experiences and lessons learned to heighten awareness of international importance of transportation security. U1 - US-Japan Mass Transit Security Workshop Proceedings and Meetings Summary, January 2002.Federal Transit Administration; Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and TransportTokyo, Japan StartDate:20020117 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport KW - Asia KW - Information technology KW - Japan KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security KW - Security KW - Technological innovations KW - Workshops UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12100/12190/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/711689 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974817 AU - PB Farradyne AU - Los Angeles County, California AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SECOND TRAIN WARNING SIGN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON THE LOS ANGELES METRO BLUE LINE PY - 2002/01/10 SP - 77 p. AB - This demonstration project was carried out to investigate the use of a train activated warning sign as a means of reducing the added hazard for pedestrians of two trains in a highway railroad intersection (HRI) at the same time. The demonstration project was conducted at one of the Metro Blue Line's most hazardous HRIs, on the south sidewalk at the Vernon Avenue intersection with the Metro Blue Line and Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks. The sidewalk crosses two light rail transit (LRT) tracks and two UPRR freight tracks. From the analysis of before and after video data, the demonstration project found that the warning sign was effective in reducing risky behavior by pedestrians. Overall, the number of pedestrians crossing the LRT tracks at less than 15 seconds in front of an approaching LRT train was reduced by 14% after the warning sign was installed. The number of pedestrians crossing the tracks at six seconds or less before an LRT train entered the crossing was reduced by about 32%. The number of pedestrians crossing the tracks at four seconds or less in front of an approaching LRT train was reduced by 73%, an impressive decline in this type of especially risky behavior. KW - Before and after studies KW - Behavior KW - Demonstration projects KW - Light rail transit KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Pedestrians KW - Railroad grade crossings KW - Railroads KW - Risk taking KW - Sidewalks KW - Warning signs UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13664/13664.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698230 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01609425 TI - Real Time Bus Arrival Information Systems AB - Real-Time Bus Arrival Information Systems includes information on relevant technical capabilities, agency experience, cost, and bus rider reactions to real-time bus arrival information systems. The report describes the state of the practice, including both U.S. and international experience. KW - Arrivals and departures KW - Buses KW - Costs KW - Information systems KW - Real time information KW - Ridership KW - State of the practice KW - United States UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=164 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1421246 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459411 TI - Rail System Standards and Best Practices AB - American Public Transportation Association members have approved a set of bylaws and committee structure governing the Rail Standards and Best Practices project. Five specific areas will be the focus of this multi-year, multi-phase project: rail vehicle inspection and maintenance, fixed structure inspection and maintenance, operating practices, grade crossings, and rail vehicle crashworthiness. The funding provided by this cooperative agreement will be directed toward Task Force 4, Grade Crossing. Each of the 5 task forces will develop one or more standards and/or best practices focusing on system safety. These standards and best practices will be formally adopted and implemented by the rail transit industry. KW - Best practices KW - Crashworthiness KW - Crashworthiness KW - Grade crossing surfaces KW - Inspection KW - Maintenance KW - Operations KW - Rail (Railroads) KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Standards KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227624 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459362 TI - Integrated ITS Technology Program - Cleveland AB - This project supports the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) effort to implement an integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) passenger counter system. The system integrates a communications system with a computer network to enable real-time monitoring of ridership trends from a central location as well as gathering information, on a regular basis, to support more efficient use of resources without incurring added labor costs. The integrated system will allow data gathering on a stop-by-stop level of detail. In this integrated environment with radio equipment, RTA will be able to provide real-time ridership monitoring on at least 20 percent of RTA services at all times. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Communications KW - Data collection KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Passenger counting KW - Real time information KW - Research projects KW - Ridership UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227575 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01127108 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration AU - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration TI - Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book PY - 2002/01 SP - 781p AB - This report documents the latest edition of the Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book. It references and briefly describes the ITS research projects, tests and studies initiated through September 2001 and sponsored by the modal administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The projects referenced describe ITS activities which support the development of user services, national compatibility planning, deployment, and program assessment. In-progress and completed research activities of the modal administrations are descriptively profiled and indexed under the following program areas: Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure; Rural and Statewide Infrastructure; Commercial Vehicle ITS Infrastructure; Intermodal Freight; Intelligent Vehicle Initiative; Evaluation/Program Assessment; Architecture, Standards and National Compatibility Planning; and Mainstreaming. This report includes an introductory discussion of the components and near/long-term goals of the Department's National ITS Program, including efforts to achieve national deployment of advanced technologies. KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Freight transportation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Research projects KW - Rural highways KW - State highways KW - System architecture UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13998.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/887703 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00935081 AU - Harvey, T N AU - Hathaway, W T AU - Melchiorre, M AU - Harvard Design and Mapping Company, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - TECHNOLOGY IN RURAL TRANSIT: LINKING PEOPLE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY PY - 2002/01 SP - v.p. AB - This report documents the work performed for the FTA's Office of Research, Innovation and Demonstration in support of the Mobility and Accessibility Strategic Goal and the outcome goal of employing the largest technology to meet the increased needs of mobility and accessibility. The goal of this report is to provide rural transit systems with the tools to implement Rural Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications to help improve their ability to link people with their community. KW - Advanced rural transportation systems KW - Implementation KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Rural transit KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725754 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00929222 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES PY - 2002/01 SP - 119 p. AB - This booklet presents examples of the ways in which States, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit service providers are integrating the principles of environmental justice into their many activities. The booklet's primary emphasis is on sharing the experiences of transportation agencies working toward the accomplishment of environmental justice in programs, plans, projects and other activities. The booklet's examples are organized into separate chapters by the various stages of transportation decision making from Planning and Project Development, to Right-of-Way, Construction, and Operations and Maintenance. A separate chapter on Public Involvement is also provided that features some noteworthy practices, but public involvement processes are so central to environmental justice and good proactive planning that descriptions of involvement and outreach processes crosscut through all the chapters and many of the examples. This publication is not intended as a comprehensive catalogue or definitive textbook for the practice of environmental justice. Rather, it offers a "snapshot" of where we are at the present in addressing the guidance and intent of the Executive Order 12898 (1994) and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The current state-of-the-practice is not static, but evolving relatively quickly. Practitioners are urged to reflect upon the effective practices described in this booklet and explore the analyses, processes and solutions that seem to best fit the needs and conditions relevant to their particular community, their mission, and their stage in the decision-making process. KW - CD-ROM KW - Civil Rights Act of 1964 KW - Decision making KW - Environmental justice KW - Executive Order 12898 KW - Public participation KW - State of the practice KW - Transportation UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12100/12173/booklet.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719120 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01598403 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - WestStart-CALSTART TI - Bus Rapid Transit and the American Community PY - 2002 AB - The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the American Community report was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration and released in 2002. The study, accompanied by a CD-ROM, contains all BRT National Planning and Design Competition entries and narrates information about the entries. The BRT design competition was dedicated to encourage the design and implementation of new transportation technologies that are environmentally responsible and improve the quality of life. The primary goal of the competition was to provide a forum in which professional and academic multi-disciplinary teams could: (1) Envision new ways in which vehicles and transportation systems can be designed to significantly increase their efficiency and effectiveness; (2) Develop and devise innovative concepts for new bus platforms; (3) Integrate these new generation buses through implementation of BRT; and (4) Encourage enhanced planning approaches as the introduction of transit enhancing technologies and services. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Buses KW - Communities KW - Implementation KW - Sustainable transportation KW - Technological innovations KW - Transportation planning KW - United States KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1405292 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00973735 AU - Kaye, R J AU - Chambers, W R AU - Dempsey, J F AU - Dykhuizen, R C AU - Kelley, J B AU - Mann, G A AU - Marder, B M AU - Turman, B N AU - Sandia National Laboratories AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SERAPHIM URBAN MAGLEV PROPULSION DESIGN PY - 2002 SP - 56 p. AB - The SERAPHIM linear induction motor consists of air-core, discretely energized coils capable of efficiently providing high thrust at low and high speed. With the potential for a low cost guideway by the use of a wide clearance between active vehicle coils and passive track coils, this propulsion system is being evaluated for applications in low speed urban maglev transit. A concept four coil motor has been developed to meet the requirements of an urban transit route that could include a mountainous section based on information from the Low Speed Maglev Technology Development Program and the Colorado Department of Transportation I-70 Mountain Programmatic Environmental Impact Study. The concept includes definition of the track coils, power supply, and cooling system. Thrust and efficiency curves are calculated using an improved motor-circuit-analysis code using normal and high temperature superconductors. The design of half scale motor coil to operate at stress level necessary to meet urban transit applications is presented that includes electrical, thermal, and mechanical stress analysis. Fabrication of coils and power supply is in progress for evaluation in a static test stand that also includes cooling, diagnostics, controls, and support structure. Test plans for coil evaluation are discussed. KW - Colorado KW - Guideways KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Propulsion KW - Static tests KW - Stress tests (Equipment) KW - Superconductors KW - Urban transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24700/24731/SERAPHIMrpt.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697663 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00972629 AU - Soot, S AU - Sriraj, P S AU - Thakuriah, P AU - University of Illinois, Chicago AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A USER SURVEY OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FUNDED BY THE JOB-ACCESS-REVERSE-COMMUTE PROGRAM PY - 2002 SP - 73 p. AB - This study reports the results of a survey of providers and users of transit services funded by the Federal Transit Administration's Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program. The survey was administered to service providers and riders of demand-responsive and fixed-route transit in 23 project sites across the country. Large, medium and non-metropolitan areas were included. Findings from the interviews and surveys indicated that JARC-funded services: (1) are improving the work opportunities of low-income individuals; (2) reach the target audience; (3) cater to mobility-limited individuals with no access to vehicles and/or driver licenses; (4) are perceived as being very important by the riders; and (5) are leading to time and/or cost savings to riders. Demand responsive services appear to cater more to individuals with profiles that are representative of welfare leavers than do fixed-route services. JARC-funded transit services also offer a socialization process during the transit ride that is important for long-term sustainability of employment. Overall, JARC-funded services are enhancing economic opportunities for low-income workers and are providing a much needed service for welfare-to-work programs. KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Fixed routes KW - Job Access and Reverse Commute program KW - Job opportunities KW - Low income groups KW - Mobility KW - Passengers KW - Public transit KW - Social benefits KW - Surveys KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation policy UR - http://www.utc.uic.edu/~fta/Reports/survey02.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/697238 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936261 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ASPHALT COMPLEX MODULI DETERMINATION VIA FWD TEST PY - 2002 SP - 6p AB - The report supplements existing studies describing various sensors and commercial collision warning systems (CWS). A central part of a CWS is the sensor that detects objects. The commercial sensors in use are usually based on a single sensor type and fall short of being able to adequately cover the detection and operator warning functions that involve other vehicles, fixed objects, and pedestrians. This report proposes a multiple sensor configuration for the next generation of CWSs. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Detection and identification systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Sensors KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732083 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936262 AU - Zhang, W B AU - DeLeon, R AU - Burton, F AU - McLeod, B AU - Chan, Ching-Yao AU - Wang, X AU - Johnson, S AU - Empey, D AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEVELOP PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR FRONTAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2002 SP - 11p AB - The frontal collision warning function has been identifies as one of the key safety improvement measures initiated for the transit vehicle platform in the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The paper discusses the performance specifications being developed and validated for the Frontal Collision Warning System (FCS)for transit buses. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Performance based specifications KW - Safety KW - Transit buses KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732084 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00961249 AU - Battelle Memorial Institute AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Department of Transportation TI - FTA REAL-TIME TRANSIT INFORMATION ASSESSMENT : WHITE PAPER ON LITERATURE REVIEW OF REAL-TIME TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS PY - 2002 AB - Real-time transit information systems are key technology applications within the transit industry designed to provide better customer service by disseminating timely and accurate information. Riders use this information to make various decisions about modes of travel travel routes, and travel times. The availability of real-time transit information helps travelers make efficient use of their time by allowing them to pursue other activities while waiting for a bus or train. It also has been shown to help reduce anxiety by letting travelers know when the next bus or train will arrive or depart. In May 2002, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) initiated a project to develop a guidance document that would provide practical information to transit agencies and support them in fostering the deployment of real-time transit information systems (both bus and rail). The purpose of this white paper is to shed light on the successful implementation of real-time information systems in the United States and abroad. Through a comprehensive literature review this paper examines the implementation and operation of real-time information systems, as well as identifies the issues and problems associated with providing such information KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Real time information UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13845.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/661718 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00943833 AU - Greetham, J C AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AU - Transportation Research Board TI - AUTOMATED LOGPOINT REPORTING PY - 2002 SP - 20p AB - A logpoint report is a listing of points of interest along a road. These points of interest include at-grade intersections, over/under-passes and political boundary crossings. Currently, most of these reports are based on text descriptions of the various points of interest which are referenced to route/reference point locations and must be maintained to account for point of interest changes as well as route or reference point changes. This presentation is about a new automated logpoint reporting program, the first application built on Minnesota Department of Transportation's (Mn/DOT's) Location Data Management (LDM) system. This application eliminates all the text database maintenance required to produce up-to-date reports. Points to be discussed are: Logpoint report requirements, LDM database design considerations, Logpoint report program object model, Evaluation of program output and Expected savings. U1 - GIS-T 2002 : Melting Down the Stove PipesAASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan PlanAtlanta, Georgia StartDate:20020325 EndDate:20020327 Sponsors:AASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan Plan KW - At grade intersections KW - Automation KW - Databases KW - Design KW - Evaluation KW - General surface features of the earth KW - Geographic information systems KW - Location Data Management System KW - Logpoint KW - Minnesota Department of Transportation KW - Overpasses KW - Political boundaries KW - Referencing KW - Reports KW - Roads KW - Routes KW - Underpasses UR - http://www.gis-t.org/yr2002/gist2002sessions/5.1.1.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/646221 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00943834 AU - Wolf, J AU - Bachman, W AU - Thompson, M AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AU - Transportation Research Board TI - GPS IN HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEYS PY - 2002 SP - 22p AB - Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices were deployed during the 2001 California Statewide Household Travel Survey to validate trip reporting accuracy within a subsample conducted in three counties (Sacramento, Alameda, and San Diego). Each household recruited within the GPS study was provided with up to three in-vehicle GPS data loggers for each household vehicle. The data collected were compared with travel data reported through traditional paper diary recording and telephone retrieval methods. An application was developed within a Geographic Information System (GIS) to process the GPS points and to allow an analyst to edit the trip end details so that highly accurate GPS trips could be used as the basis of comparison. This paper discusses the application of GPS technologies within household travel surveys and the trip end editing software application developed for this project. U1 - GIS-T 2002 : Melting Down the Stove PipesAASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan PlanAtlanta, Georgia StartDate:20020325 EndDate:20020327 Sponsors:AASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan Plan KW - Accuracy KW - Applications KW - California KW - Data collection KW - Geographic information systems KW - Global Positioning System KW - Households KW - Software KW - Technology KW - Telephone KW - Travel diaries KW - Travel surveys UR - http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/programplanning/plan_conf/Documents/2012PC/Household%20Travel%20Surveys.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/646222 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00943830 AU - Hausman, J AU - Blackstone, D L AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AU - Transportation Research Board TI - OHIO'S BASE TRANSPORTATION REFERENCING SYSTEM (BTRS), BRINGING ENTERPRISE GIS TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002 SP - 24p AB - In 1999 The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) began an effort to seamlessly integrate corporate enterprise management systems with ODOT's mature geographic information system (GIS). This effort was entitled the Base Transportation Referencing Systems (BTRS). A few of the integrated systems are: Project Development Management System (PDMS), Construction Management System (CMS), Pavement Management Systems(PMS); in all 11 large Enterprise Management systems were geo-referenced. This project not only updated the systems, but also kept them updated as the underlying road networks were modified. This presentation will cover the methodologies used to bring corporate data to not only standard SQL reporting tools, but to GIS as well. New systems and products based upon the BTRS standard will be demonstrated. U1 - GIS-T 2002 : Melting Down the Stove PipesAASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan PlanAtlanta, Georgia StartDate:20020325 EndDate:20020327 Sponsors:AASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan Plan KW - Base Transportation Referencing Systems KW - Construction KW - Corporations KW - Geographic information systems KW - Georeferencing KW - Methodology KW - Ohio KW - Pavement management systems KW - Project management KW - Referencing KW - Roads KW - State departments of transportation KW - Structured Query Language (SQL) UR - http://www.gis-t.org/yr2002/gist2002sessions/1.1.2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/646218 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00943832 AU - Li, H AU - Ogle, Jennifer AU - Bachman, W AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AU - Transportation Research Board TI - EVALUATING DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND SAFETY WITH GPS EVENT RECORDERS AND GIS PY - 2002 SP - 18p AB - Georgia Tech is currently undergoing a 3-year project funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigating the relationship between driver speed behavior and crash probability. Vehicles in Atlanta are currently being instrumented with an event data recorder that is collecting second-by-second digital global positioning system (DGPS) position (plus dead reckoning for urban canyons), and sub-second speed and accelerations. Given the nature of the intensive data collection plan (1000 vehicles for a two year period), the data will also be used to evaluate a number of other transportation issues including travel behavior, driver behavior, and road segment operations. The data will be summarized by household, person, vehicle, trip type, and road segment. Vehicle path and traveled road segments will be identified through a combination of vehicle heading change and shortest path routines between known crossings. This paper will present the management, geographic information system (GIS) processing, and analysis of the positional information. U1 - GIS-T 2002 : Melting Down the Stove PipesAASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan PlanAtlanta, Georgia StartDate:20020325 EndDate:20020327 Sponsors:AASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan Plan KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Behavior KW - Data collection KW - Data recorders KW - Dead reckoning KW - Drivers KW - Evaluation KW - Geographic information systems KW - Geometric segments KW - Global Positioning System KW - Highway operations KW - Households KW - Instrumented vehicles KW - Probability KW - Residents KW - Roads KW - Speed KW - Traffic crashes KW - Travel behavior KW - Trip purpose KW - Vehicles UR - http://www.gis-t.org/yr2002/gist2002sessions/4.2.2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/646220 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00943831 AU - Schoolkate, L AU - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) AU - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Research and Innovative Technology Administration AU - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AU - Transportation Research Board TI - USING LOCATION TO INTEGRATE LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT ROAD INFORMATION PY - 2002 SP - 31p AB - Local governments face many of the same issues that Departments of Transportation have with using and maintaining their road information. They are also the source of local road update information for many Departments of Transportation. Under the Minnesota State Aid system, local governments are required to provide certain data to Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) as a condition of their participation in the program. The City of Rochester and Olmstead County, Minnesota have initialized a project to improve information flow between multiple government departments via location referencing, including the Minnesota DOT. This paper will present the issues, steps taken, and lessons learned from designing and prototyping a solution for this system. The audience can use this information when designing or improving their government interface efforts. U1 - GIS-T 2002 : Melting Down the Stove PipesAASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan PlanAtlanta, Georgia StartDate:20020325 EndDate:20020327 Sponsors:AASHTO, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, FHWA, FTA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Highway Engineers Exchange Program, American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Transportation Research Board, American Metropolitan Plan KW - Data integration KW - Design KW - Information flow KW - Information management KW - Local government KW - Location KW - Minnesota KW - Prototypes KW - Referencing KW - Roads KW - State departments of transportation KW - State government UR - http://www.gis-t.org/yr2002/gist2002sessions/1.3.3.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/646219 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939823 AU - Amekudzi, A A AU - Dixon, K K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TOOL PY - 2002 SP - p. 399-410 AB - The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) uses a Multimodal Transportation Planning Tool (MTPT) to analyze the improvement and investment needs for multimodal facilities in rural areas. The MTPT performs needs analysis for highways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, local transit, intercity bus, commuter and passenger rail, and aviation. GDOT has initiated a project to upgrade the capabilities of the MTPT to perform environmental justice (EJ) analysis. This paper discusses the approach designed to develop an EJ analysis procedure for the MTPT. The MTPT EJ analysis procedure will be used as a "first cut" in equity analysis in the overall EJ evaluation and mitigation process for prospective rural transportation improvements. This paper presents key findings of a literature review on the regulatory and planning requirements, data sources, and analysis approaches and tools for EJ analysis. It then identifies and discusses the key factors influencing the results of EJ analysis in order to determine the basic requirements for a robust EJ analysis procedure. Key factors are defined as those whose variation can significantly affect the results of EJ analysis and hence the credibility of the analysis results to EJ stakeholders, i.e., target and non-target populations, as well as planning agencies. The following are identified as key factors: the benefits and burdens of transportation improvements, the target populations identified for the analysis, the spatial scale selected for the analysis, the choice of impact thresholds for determining disproportionately high and adverse impacts, and the manner in which data uncertainty is addressed. The basic requirements for a robust EJ analysis tool are determined based on these key factors. This paper is potentially useful to agencies interested in upgrading their planning analysis tools to perform EJ or equity analysis. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Analysis KW - Aviation KW - Bicycle facilities KW - Environmental justice KW - Equity (Justice) KW - Georgia Department of Transportation KW - Highways KW - Improvements KW - Intercity bus lines KW - Investments KW - Literature reviews KW - Local transportation KW - Methodology KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Needs assessment KW - Passenger trains KW - Pedestrian areas KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Rural areas KW - Rural transportation KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734789 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939824 AU - Manning, S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING PROCESS PY - 2002 SP - p. 413-421 AB - Over the past year, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has sponsored a process improvement team to improve the way the department conducts National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental review processes. A primary focus of this effort has been to reduce the likelihood that decisions made during the process will be revisited or discarded later in the process, resulting in wasted time, money and effort. Prior to the reinvention approach, the formal NEPA environmental process was started after the project was in the design stage, after the project's scope and budget had been set, and legislative commitments made. With support from the Federal Highway Administration, a team of federal and state agencies has proposed a revised process that would begin the formal NEPA process earlier, during the planning stage of potential future projects. By "moving NEPA back to the planning stage," WSDOT will better meet the intent of NEPA, which is to consider environmental impacts of projects in the planning stages to allow for improved project design with decreased impacts. The new process as defined allows resource and regulatory agencies to be involved in the decision making steps of NEPA, and defines formal "concurrence" steps that commit each agency to approval of the steps in NEPA, or to non-concur based on agency regulatory authority. In cases of non-concurrence it allows major environmental issues to be addressed up front rather than in the permit stages of the project when it is more expensive to re-design project elements. Major changes with the new process are as follows: (1) NEPA included in Planning: The revised process would begin the NEPA process at the planning stage, and end it at some point during design. Too often, work done during planning is ignored or redone when a project reaches the design stage. (2) Interdisciplinary Project Management Team: The revised process has an interdisciplinary team that includes members from planning, traffic, environmental and project development functions. (3) Agency Input: Permitting agencies have agreed to be part of the planning process, signing off on specific decision points to allow for "decisions that stick" rather than reconsidering issues at different stages of the process. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Decision making KW - Environmental impact analysis KW - Multidisciplinary teams KW - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 KW - Project management KW - State government agencies KW - Transportation planning KW - Washington State Department of Transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734790 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939826 AU - Zietsman, Josias AU - Rilett, L R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - USING TRANSIMS IN TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING PY - 2002 SP - p. 440-448 AB - The TRANSIMS model represents a new generation of transportation planning models. An activity-based model is used to represent transportation demand where the travel patterns of individuals from a synthetic population are modeled explicitly. A digital network and a microscopic based model represent transportation supply. The interaction between demand and supply, at both a temporal and spatial level is modeled using an interactive approach. The fact that TRANSIMS simulates on the level of the individual traveler makes it possible to quantify a wide range of performance measures at a highly disaggregate level. The quantified performance measures can then be used in various applications related to transportation decision-making. The focus of this paper is to show how the disaggregate output from TRANSIMS can be used to quantify a wide range of sustainable transportation performance measures and how the quantified performance measures can be used to make a decision regarding a possible capital improvement project. The test bed for this research is comprised of a 22 km section of the Interstate 10 corridor in Houston, Texas. The capital improvement project analyzed involves the determination of an appropriate section of the freeway that should be widened to be continuously four lanes. The paper is broken down into three sections. The first section provides an overview of the TRANSIMS model. The second section provides a description of the test bed. The third section describes how the fairly coarse individual speed profiles produced by TRANSIMS can be smoothed. The final section illustrates how a multi-criteria decision making technique can be used to make decisions using the quantified performance measures. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Activity choices KW - Decision making KW - Disaggregate analysis KW - Improvements KW - Interstate highways KW - Performance KW - Sustainable transportation KW - TRANSIMS (Computer model) KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel demand KW - Travel patterns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734792 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939825 AU - Frusti, T AU - Bhat, C AU - Transportation Research Board TI - THE ROLE OF FIXED COMMITMENTS IN SHAPING ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS PY - 2002 SP - p. 427-439 AB - This study examines the presence of fixed commitments in the activity-travel patterns of individuals. Data gained from a 6-week travel diary survey undertaken in Germany are used in the empirical analysis. The results provide several insights into the determinants of fixed commitments. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Activity choices KW - Fixed commitments KW - Germany KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel behavior KW - Travel diaries KW - Travel patterns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734791 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939822 AU - Beever, L B AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) THROUGH COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (CIA) PY - 2002 SP - p. 388-398 AB - The Charlotte County-Punta Gorda Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) implemented a Community Impact Assessment (CIA) process to meet environmental justice (EJ) requirements. The MPO defined CIA as "a suite of methodologies to determine transportation priorities and concerns, particularly at the neighborhood level. These methodologies include a range of standard public participation techniques, neighborhood level investigations, and purely technical methods through geographic information systems analysis." CIA is a community-based public participation process that is primarily grounded in neighborhood participation. The term "community" can refer to a demographic community (such as low-income or minority), an organization community (such as church or service club), and a geographic community (such as neighborhood). The use of an overall CIA process to address federal EJ requirements is valid and, in fact, desirable. Based on mapping of low-income individuals through the transportation disadvantaged system and anecdotal information regarding minority residency, groups covered under EJ provisions exist throughout Charlotte County, Florida almost as a function of population density. As part of the CIA process, low-income and minority neighborhoods were identified using census data, property appraiser's data, and transportation disadvantaged client lists. MPO staff met with representatives of each minority and low-income neighborhood, usually at regularly scheduled neighborhood association meetings. During these meetings, EJ neighborhood-defined needs, impacts, and concerns were determined. A qualitative equity evaluation was conducted for each neighborhood separately based on the neighborhood-defined values. Products of the CIA include inventories, analysis, maps, policies, transportation project needs, and project selection criteria. The time investment for the CIA has been analogous to preparing a transportation demand forecast model. However, meaningful improvements to the project programming process are the payoff. As a result of the CIA process, the transportation project needs list was expanded to include the smaller projects (such as sidewalk links and traffic signals) which were identified by neighborhood and other groups. More emphasis was placed on upgrading existing substandard roads rather than multi-laning them. In addition, a major sidewalk project was added to compete against road project for surface transportation program dollars. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Charlotte County (Florida) KW - Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO KW - Communities KW - Environmental impacts KW - Environmental justice KW - Equity (Justice) KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Federal aid KW - Low income groups KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Minorities KW - Neighborhoods KW - Programming (Planning) KW - Project selection KW - Public participation KW - Small projects KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734788 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939821 AU - Gassaway, C H AU - Transportation Research Board TI - IMPLEMENTING THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN OREGON'S 1999 HIGHWAY PLAN PY - 2002 SP - p. 380-386 AB - Policies in the 1999 Oregon Highway Plan that link land use and transportation are changing the way the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) manages the state highway system. ODOT's experience offers a good case study of implementation requirements and problems. The Oregon Highway Plan, adopted in March 1999 as an element of the Oregon Transportation Plan, recognizes the need for compact, pedestrian friendly, community centers and attempts to balance community needs for accessibility in these centers with the need to protect mobility outside the centers. Implementation of the policies has required training, coordination, partnerships, technical assistance, funding, leadership and persistence. To provide for accessibility, the Highway Plan's Land Use and Transportation Policy encourages the designation of Special Transportation Areas (STAs), Urban Business Areas (UBAs) and Commercial Centers. In an STA, the state highway goes through a downtown or community center. An STA's primary objective is to provide access to community activities, businesses and residences. An STA designation is a joint state and local process involving agreement on a management plan that addresses street design, travel times, traffic impacts and circulation. A UBA designation recognizes existing areas and future nodes of commercial activity and encourages good bicycle, pedestrian and vehicular circulation internal to the development. A Commercial Center encourages commercial activities to cluster in a large center with limited direct access to the state highway. To protect mobility over time, the Highway Plan calls for classifying high speed, high volume highways (non-interstates) as Expressways. Implementation of the Highway Plan depends on ODOT planning, technical services and region staff. After the plan's adoption, the planning staff held training sessions with the affected parts of the agency and conducted six regional workshops sponsored by the Association of Oregon Counties and League of Oregon Cities for local government officials. Staff also prepared a handbook with a model scope of work and model agreement to facilitate the management plans. The Oregon Transportation Commission's (OTC's) leadership has been key to implementation of the plan. The OTC was directly involved in developing the plan and demands regular progress reports on policy implementation. That persistence focuses staff attention on STAs, UBAs, and Expressways, linking land use and transportation. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Accessibility KW - Business districts KW - Community centers KW - Expressways KW - Highway planning KW - Implementation KW - Land use KW - Leadership KW - Mobility KW - Oregon KW - Oregon Transportation Commission KW - Special transportation areas KW - State highways KW - Transportation policy UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734787 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939818 AU - SMITH, S AU - Munn, D AU - Transportation Research Board TI - HIGHWAY ECONOMIC REQUIREMENTS SYSTEM FOR INDIANA: STATEWIDE PLANNING APPLICATIONS PY - 2002 SP - p. 350-358 AB - One of the system planning tools developed for statewide transportation planning in Indiana is a customized version of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS) entitled HERS_IN. The HERS_IN model was developed with consultant assistance from Cambridge Systematics, Inc., to provide a system planning tool for the identification of highway capacity needs and potential improvement projects. The major modifications for the HERS_IN system focus on the analysis of added travel lanes projects on the existing highway system, the use of the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) corporate database, the road inventory system, to provide a 100% sample for the state highway system, and the use of a geographic information system (GIS) approach for statewide mapping and display. The FHWA national model is based upon a sampling system, using Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) data, which allows the number of miles of highway improvements to be estimated, but not the location of the improvement. HERS_IN by having complete highway data and using the TransCAD GIS allows the specific identification of the needed highway projects in addition to systemwide analysis of highway investment. HERS_IN identifies needed added travel lane improvements by calculating highway capacity deficiencies over the year 2000 to 2025 planning period. Traffic growth rates from the TransCAD based Indiana Statewide Travel Demand Model are used to identify future year traffic volumes on specific highway links. HERS_IN evaluates future highway deficiencies using a cost/benefit economic analysis approach to identify the need for an added travel lanes project and the most appropriate time period to make the improvement. HERS_IN identifies a potential added travel lanes project, calculates the estimated cost of the improvement, compares that to the project benefits (travel time savings, reduced accidents, and vehicle operating expense), and assigns the improvement to one of five improvement phases on the basis of a cost/benefit ratio. HERS_IN provides a statewide highway analysis tool which allows the testing of a wide range of "what if" scenarios. The analysis can evaluate the system performance impacts of using different levels of benefit/cost ratios to select highway investments, the use of different capacity levels to identify deficiencies, and the use of alternative levels of investments. The HERS_IN analysis at this time, is limited to the evaluation of the existing highway system. The analysis of new highway links, such as new intercity highways providing new connections, need to be evaluated through other system planning tools such as the statewide travel demand model. The HERS_IN analysis system provides an important statewide analysis capability to the overall Indiana planning process and in addressing the statewide planning requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) legislation. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Economic models KW - Forecasting KW - Geographic information systems KW - Highway capacity KW - Highway Economic Requirements System KW - Highway Performance Monitoring System KW - Improvements KW - Indiana KW - Investments KW - Traffic volume KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734784 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939819 AU - Mazur, G D AU - Dixon, K K AU - Sarasua, W A AU - Transportation Research Board TI - STATEWIDE PLANNING TOOL TO SUPPORT MULTIMODAL DECISION-MAKING PY - 2002 SP - p. 359-370 AB - The environment for statewide transportation planning continues to grow more complex. At the same time, continued innovation in personal computing capabilities is allowing transportation planners to link previously disparate databases and thus develop robust analysis routines that address a variety of issues within and between modes. The Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT's) Multimodal Transportation Planning Tool (MTPT) is one such tool for statewide planning that facilitates multimodal assessment of transportation needs and opportunities in rural and small urban areas. The MTPT is a comprehensive system and project-level planning tool that can be used to identify needs and project priorities for non-urbanized areas in Georgia. The MTPT integrates a series of analytical routines into a Geographic Information System platform, allowing an assessment of passenger travel on essentially all surface transportation modes. At the system level, the MTPT can assess various metrics of current and future operational and physical performance, and identify those modal elements that fail to meet threshold values or that have been previously identified as modal needs. At the project-level, the MTPT can perform a more detailed safety, operational, and physical analysis of roadway corridors, including those targeted for statewide bicycle routes. The analysis framework in the tool links multiple agency databases to provide planners, decision makers and the public with a consolidated picture of transportation deficiencies and needs for the state. The MTPT can produce results at various aggregation levels including individual corridors, cities, counties, and GDOT administrative districts. In a typical session, an MTPT user identifies the geographic area to analyze, identifies modes to analyze, enters any user-specified parameters, conducts baseline and sensitivity analyses, and displays the results. This paper provides an overview of MTPT development with special emphasis on agency databases and analysis routines that made the tool feasible. Customization and calibration efforts are also presented. Attention is paid to current use of the MTPT for preparing Georgia's Statewide Transportation Plan in order to highlight usefulness of the tool in a practical application. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Bicycle travel KW - Decision making KW - Geographic information systems KW - Georgia KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Passenger transportation KW - Rural areas KW - Rural highways KW - Rural transit KW - Small towns KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734785 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939820 AU - Kim, Karl AU - Bernardin, V AU - SMITH, S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRAFFIC FORECASTING TOOL (TFT): A GIS-BASED FORECASTING APPLICATION FOR THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PY - 2002 SP - p. 371-378 AB - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) maintains a TransCAD (registered trademark)-based statewide travel demand model (TDM) as one source of traffic forecasting and a history count database that contains all historical traffic counts for state highways as the other. The Traffic Forecasting Tool (TFT) was developed to incorporate forecasts from both sources. This incorporation helps the user of the tool to obtain alternative forecasts on a highway link and to investigate the validity of the forecasts. TFT is a TransCAD (registered trademark)-based geographic information system application that enables the user to access the link information stored in two sources simultaneously and to obtain alternative traffic forecasts based on two sources interactively. TFT performs two-tiered analyses in order to generate future forecasts. At the first tier, TFT estimates trendline equations for a selected highway link based on the link's traffic growth patterns. At the second tier, the link is evaluated by generating future forecasts for the user-specified analysis period. For estimation and evaluation, four forecasting models are incorporated in this tool: a linear straight-line fit model, a linear regression model, an exponential model and a modified exponential model. This paper presents the overall features of TFT, including forecasting algorithms and TFT user interfaces. Later, this paper also discusses the potential for further development of this tool. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Algorithms KW - Geographic information systems KW - Indiana KW - State highways KW - Traffic counts KW - Traffic forecasting KW - Travel demand KW - User interfaces (Computer science) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734786 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939809 AU - Giaimo, G T AU - Transportation Research Board TI - MODIFICATIONS TO TRADITIONAL EXTERNAL TRIP MODELS PY - 2002 SP - p. 259-272 AB - Traditionally internal-external trips were modeled using regression based trip generation equations and gravity model trip distribution. These models were applied at the cordon, meaning the trip was assumed to originate at the cordon and all information outside the cordon was lost. There are several problems with this including the insensitivity of the model to changes to the network near the cordon that might reroute traffic to a different entering location. Additionally, the models tend to generate too many external trips in the urban center of the model area and not enough in the rural areas near the cordon due to the use of regression trip generation based upon zonal socioeconomic variables. Finally, the use of a gravity model, which distributes trips without regard to direction of travel, causes a somewhat semi-circular distribution when constrained by a cordon line. In fact, as shown by recent surveys conducted in Ohio, traffic crossing the cordon has a directional bias based on the direction of travel at that cordon. The result of this is that routes parallel to and near the cordon will be over-assigned in the traditional model. This paper presents modifications to each component of the traditional cordon line external model that will remedy these problems for those areas that don't wish to expand their data collection burden to areas outside their planning boundaries. In this model, trip distribution is a traditional cordon applied gravity model which is modified by using composite impedance in place of the traditional use of travel time alone. This composite impedance takes into account the bias present due to the direction of travel at the cordon and is equal to the product of travel time and an exponential function of the angular impedance. Angular impedance is defined as the angle between the vector representing the general direction of travel at the cordon and the vector defined by the cordon crossing point and a given internal zone centroid. Application of this model to a small metropolitan planning organization in Ohio showed that the model could be calibrated to simultaneously match the trip length frequency distributions (within prescribed tolerances) of both the composite impedance and the stand alone travel time impedance. This model, when applied, did not result in the over assignment of routes parallel to and near the cordon. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Cordon counts KW - Electrical impedance KW - Gravity models KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel time KW - Trip distribution KW - Trip generation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734775 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939816 AU - Rossi, T F AU - Transportation Research Board TI - RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH TIME OF DAY MODELING PY - 2002 SP - p. 330-338 AB - In recent years, there has been a significant amount of interest in accounting for differences between peak and off-peak periods in travel demand models. This interest has stemmed from many factors, including the need to consider time of day effects in analyses of congestion, air quality, transportation demand management, and other issues that are among the main focuses of transportation planning today. Many urban areas have introduced time of day components into their travel model systems. The ways of performing time of day modeling vary in many ways, including the point in the modeling process where daily trips are split into peak and off-peak periods, the number and definitions of time periods into which the average daily analysis period is divided, and the handling of peak spreading. This paper discusses the similarities and differences among some of the time of day modeling procedures that have been recently implemented in U.S. urban areas. Included is a comparison among urban areas of the percentages of trips by purpose and direction for morning and afternoon peak periods. Also discussed are many of the key issues facing modelers incorporating time of day into their processes and how these issues are being handled. The issues include: how feedback of travel times from trip assignment into earlier model steps is handled; whether daily trips are converted to peak and off-peak trips before or after trip distribution and mode choice; how the use of regional peaking factors affects localized peaking phenomena; the spreading of travel demand from the peak hour to the rest of the peak period; and the spreading of travel demand out of peak periods into off-peak periods. The advantages and disadvantages of the alternative ways in which time of day models address these issues are presented. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Mathematical models KW - Off peak periods KW - Peak periods KW - Periods of the day KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel demand KW - Trip purpose KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734782 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939812 AU - Buffkin, T AU - Johnson, K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - FLEXIBLE FUNDING: TRENDS AND POSSIBILITIES PY - 2002 SP - p. 288-293 AB - Finding the funds to pay for transportation projects is an important component of the planning process. As transportation demands increase around the country, finding the funds from local, state and federal sources becomes an increasingly greater challenge for transportation planners. However, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) have opened up some opportunities to direct federal funds to where they are most needed through flexible funding provisions. Taking advantage of flexible funding opportunities is one way transportation planners can meet the challenge of finding the funds to pay for planned projects. ISTEA legislation created the opportunity for metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to flex some federal funds between the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration based on locally identified transportation needs. Because flexible funding has broad appeal at the local level, this mechanism was reauthorized under TEA-21. Transportation agencies around the country have flexed as much as $6 billion dollars since this mechanism first became available. This paper investigates the trends in the use of this mechanism and the possibilities for greater use of it. In identifying trends the authors explore which types of MPOs are flexing funds, how much money is being flexed, what types of projects and expenses the funds are being flexed for, and what sources of funds are being tapped for flexing. This paper also explores how much money that could be flexed is being flexed, and what can be done to encourage the use of this funding mechanism so that the maximum amount of money is flexed each year. The authors rely on their earlier work in the area of flexible funding as well as build on such studies as the Brookings Institution's report titled "Flexible Funding for Transit: Who uses it?" This paper enhances transportation planners' knowledge of flexible funding and how to use it to best meet the needs of their communities. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Flexible funding KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation projects KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - U.S. Federal Highway Administration KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734778 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939814 AU - Frawley, W E AU - Eisele, W L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - LESSONS LEARNED: ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SELECTED STATES PY - 2002 SP - p. 305-313 AB - The authors of this paper have recently completed investigating the status of access management programs in various states. This investigation is part of a research project to determine the legislative and regulatory requirements for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to develop and adopt a comprehensive access management program. Researchers have interviewed officials from state DOTs in Colorado, Montana, Oregon, New Jersey, Michigan and Wisconsin regarding their access management programs and other related practices, with particular interest in their development and implementation. This paper provides an overview of current access management practices in various states, explaining similarities as well as unique aspects of the programs. Photographs of techniques are also included. Specific topics include challenges faced by agencies in developing programs, including challenges which were overcome and those which were not. Related recommendations from state DOT officials are also presented. This paper will be useful to states, provinces and cities that are interested in developing or amending an access management program. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Colorado KW - Implementation KW - Michigan KW - Montana KW - New Jersey KW - Oregon KW - Photographs KW - Recommendations KW - States KW - Wisconsin UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734780 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939808 AU - Agnello, P AU - Bandy, G AU - Transportation Research Board TI - USING A TRADITIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING MODEL TO PERFORM VARIABLE PRICING ANALYSIS PY - 2002 SP - p. 253-258 AB - In recent years variable pricing has become an increasingly popular policy scenario for addressing traffic congestion problems in many cities worldwide. As a result, policy makers are increasingly requesting that travel demand forecasting models perform variable pricing analysis. This paper discusses the methodology and techniques used by Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) staff to perform variable pricing analysis for the Maryland Department of Transportation's Variable Pricing Study. The modeling analysis was performed using the Baltimore Region Travel Demand Model within the framework of the TP+/VIPER software. This is the traditional four-step model maintained by BMC staff which is used for air quality conformity analysis, corridor studies, and long range planning in the Baltimore Region. The variable pricing scenarios requested for modeling evaluation by the study included both point and distance based tolls and High Occupancy Toll lanes. BMC staff developed a methodology to model both types of tolls within the existing model framework. BMC staff also developed new methods for displaying model results showing route shift and traffic quality between different scenarios. This paper focuses on the techniques used to perform the modeling analysis for the Maryland Department of Transportation Variable Pricing Study and discusses the benefits and limitations of using a traditional travel demand forecasting model in such an application. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Baltimore Metropolitan Council KW - Congestion pricing KW - Forecasting KW - High occupancy toll lanes KW - Maryland Department of Transportation KW - Mathematical models KW - Methodology KW - Tolls KW - Traffic congestion KW - Travel demand KW - Variable tolls UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734774 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939810 AU - Mann, W W AU - Transportation Research Board TI - B-NODE MODEL: NEW SUBAREA TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT MODEL & APPLICATION PY - 2002 SP - p. 273-281 AB - For the past 50 years, ever since the traffic assignment process became computerized, practitioners have struggled with lumpy loadings around centroid connectors. The problem stems from loading all of the trips from zone A to zone B via the same centroid connector. Practitioners have solved this problem for subarea studies by using the Focus or Window options. This process is now totally computerized for a subarea and/or for the entire region, resulting in enormous savings in modeling man-hours. The "b-node model" is new software that reads a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) zone-level network (in a format such as MINUTP) and trip table and performs a subzone capacity restrained traffic assignment. Subzones are created automatically by the software during execution. The b-node of each zone centroid connector, for a portion of or for all of the region, becomes a subzone; and each zone can have up to 12 centroid connectors. The program subdivides the zone trip table into this subzone system defined by the network. This is done in one of three ways: based on subzone land activity, based on equal splits among each subzone per zone or based on the reciprocal of the centroid connector's link time. The network is then updated by renumbering zones/subzones and nodes to prevent overlapping of nodes and subzones and to account for up to 10,000 subzones and finally the traffic assignment is made, all within one pass on the computer. This model is used extensively by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for the Location & Design Section of VDOT for doing traffic forecasts for their design work. Little manual adjustments are needed with this subzone assignment output. All connecting link volumes are much smoother along a corridor than with traditional assignments using zone loadings only. The major problem with zone assignments has always been with the lumpiness around where centroid connectors tie into the network. Even turning movements are better, meaning that they match ground counts better than zone assignments. Every place where detailed link volumes are needed is better. Several examples including statistics comparing the results of the MPO zone level process versus the b-node subzone level process are presented. They include a study for an entire suburban jurisdiction (Loudoun County), corridor studies, subarea studies, and intersection studies. Loudoun County was subdivided into 1500 subzones from 145 MPO zones, while still carrying the rest of the region at zone level. The results of subdividing the entire Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments region of 2191 zones into subzones is also presented. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Loudoun County (Virginia) KW - Mathematical models KW - Subzones KW - Traffic assignment KW - Traffic forecasting KW - Trip tables KW - Virginia Department of Transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734776 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939807 AU - Gunning, A S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - GIS APPLICATIONS USING DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTO DATA PY - 2002 SP - p. 241-249 AB - The Pima Association of Governments (PAG) serves as the metropolitan planning organization for the Tucson region and its member jurisdictions (cities of Tucson and South Tucson, towns of Marana, Oro Valley and Sahuarita, and Pima County). The region is rapidly growing, with a current population over 866,000, and is located 60 miles north of Mexico and 100 miles southeast of Phoenix. This paper discusses PAG's inter-jurisdictional digital orthophoto project, highlighting the regional coordination necessary to conduct the project and to integrate Geographic Information System (GIS) data with the orthophoto products. Practical applications are discussed, along with the tool used to disseminate the information, PAG's web-based Regional Data Center. Transportation planning applications for the orthophoto data (along with GIS data) include: feature identification and inventory, change detection, preliminary design studies for intersection improvements, right-of-way mapping, and road alignment studies. Many other applications are being performed in growth management and land use planning, environmental analysis, hydrology, and floodplain mapping. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Alignment KW - Digital mapping KW - Environmental impacts KW - Flood plains KW - Geographic information systems KW - Highway design KW - Hydrology KW - Land use planning KW - Mapping KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Orthophotographs KW - Pima Association of Governments (Arizona) KW - Pima County (Arizona) KW - Transportation planning KW - Tucson (Arizona) KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734773 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939815 AU - Eisele, W L AU - Frawley, W E AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RAISED MEDIANS IN TEXAS: METHODOLOGY AND CASE STUDY RESULTS PY - 2002 SP - p. 317-325 AB - The interest in access management applications in Texas has increased in recent years. Specifically, the use of raised medians as an access management treatment in urban and suburban areas has increased. Raised medians restrict access to businesses along a corridor by limiting turning movements to select mid-block locations. Therefore, a very common remark at public hearings related to the construction of raised medians is that there are many potential detrimental economic impacts on adjacent businesses. Although many studies on the affects of raised median installation on safety and capacity improvement exist, there is little research available on the economic impacts from raised medians on adjacent businesses and properties. The Texas Transportation Institute has recently completed a four-year study for the Texas Department of Transportation investigating the economic impacts of raised median installation at eleven case study locations in Texas. This paper summarizes the study methodology and presents the results and final conclusions of the study. Qualitative and quantitative findings of primary metrics related to economic impacts are presented. These metrics include impacts on customers per day, gross sales, and property values to name a few, from both the business owner and customer perspective. This research is anticipated to be valuable for transportation professionals in both the public and private sectors who must provide estimates and expectations of the economic impacts of raised median installation that may be expected before, during, and after construction. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Businesses KW - Case studies KW - Customers KW - Economic impacts KW - Property values KW - Raised medians KW - Sales KW - Texas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734781 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939817 AU - Eash, R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - A PRACTITIONER'S ALGORITHM FOR QUASI-DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT PY - 2002 SP - p. 339-348 AB - This paper outlines a quasi-dynamic traffic assignment algorithm for practitioners that realistically limits link flows to capacity during relatively short assignment periods. This aspect of the model is a substantial improvement over conventional static traffic assignment methods typically used by metropolitan planning organizations, which frequently estimate link flows greater than practical link capacities. The quasi-dynamic assignment algorithm considers the effects of queued vehicles at bottlenecks and intersections. It can also model short term peaking of traffic and brief reductions in link capacities caused by traffic incidents. The algorithm's dynamic nature makes it a more appropriate tool than static traffic assignment for evaluating many intelligent transportation system strategies to reduce highway congestion. The algorithm uses advanced traffic assignment features in a commercially available transportation planning software package, existing coded highway networks and trip tables. Twenty-four hour traffic estimates are constructed from assignments for ninety-six fifteen-minute periods. The algorithm iterates through eight sets of traffic assignments in a fifteen-minute period, estimating the contribution of traffic originating in the fifteen minutes to current period link flows, as well as the link flows in the following seven fifteen-minute periods. Queues form on links when assigned traffic exceeds capacity, and any queues remaining at the end of an assignment period are carried over to the following period. Intersection approach capacities are also adjusted by fifteen-minute period. Two case studies - a freeway bottleneck and a saturated intersection between suburban arterial streets - illustrate the detailed traffic forecasts provided by the algorithm. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Algorithms KW - Bottlenecks KW - Case studies KW - Dynamic traffic assignment KW - Highway capacity KW - Intersections KW - Traffic flow KW - Traffic forecasting KW - Traffic incidents KW - Traffic queuing KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734783 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939811 AU - Reed, J AU - Bosley, M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - THE TRIUMPH OF THE TRIVIAL MPO PY - 2002 SP - p. 284-287 AB - As a small, rural metropolitan planning organization (MPO) within Texas, the Killeen-Temple Urban Transportation Study (K-TUTS) is currently confronted with several of the "built-in" issues surrounding current federal and state legislation. The following issues are of primary concern to the MPO: Rural Land Control; Rural vs. Urban Issues; Multi-jurisdictional Projects; and Public Outreach. The purpose of this paper is to discuss these issues and communicate the ideas, methodologies, and experiences of K-TUTS with regards to overcoming these concerns. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Federal laws KW - Killeen-Temple Urban Transportation Study (Texas) KW - Land use planning KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Multijurisdictional projects KW - Public participation KW - Regional planning KW - Rural areas KW - State laws KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734777 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939813 AU - Black, T AU - Transportation Research Board TI - FINANCING THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN: BALANCING EXPECTATIONS WITH FISCAL CONSTRAINT PY - 2002 SP - p. 294-301 AB - The 1998 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Olympia, Washington metropolitan area was a change from traditional 'wish-list' transportation planning. It focused on improving the efficiency of existing networks, multimodal facilities and connections, safety and preservation. The RTP also dealt with financial constraints for the first time, trying to balance likely resources with increasing community expectations. The RTP pointed to a need for additional revenue or lower standards. Policy makers realized that the community needed more information before it could participate in an informed way about the region's financial choices. Constrained by a modest budget, Thurston Regional Planning Council began work in 1999 that will result in a finance strategy for the transportation plan in 2001. Three notable outcomes have resulted from this effort to date: (1) the "Guide to Financing the Regional Transportation Plan"; (2) the process itself; and (3) the discussion of a single, region-wide development fee mechanism. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Financing KW - Guidelines KW - Olympia (Washington) KW - Regional planning KW - Thurston Regional Planning Council (Washington) KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734779 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939800 AU - Brown, M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - FLORIDA URBAN LAND USE ALLOCATION MODEL (ULAM) PY - 2002 SP - p. 149-157 AB - Florida has made significant progress towards integrating land use and transportation planning in recent years because of the Urban Land Use Allocation Model (ULAM) and through its statewide land use modeling support system. The ULAM model is a land use planning package which consists of over sixty separate programs used for a variety of planning applications in addition to the allocation of future growth to traffic zones. All ULAM programs are accessed through a series of Windows based "point and click" menus. From the main menu the use can access the ULAM reference library which provides access to all documentation and reference materials. The Florida Department of Transportation Systems Planning Office has been especially pro-active in the effort to integrate land use and transportation planning. The decision by that office to provide ULAM free to local planning agencies throughout Florida, the implementation of a statewide training program on land use modeling, and a commitment to provide technical support and documentation to support the implementation and application of land use modeling techniques at the local level have been important factors in the decision my many local planning agencies to include land use modeling in their local planning process. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Computer models KW - Florida KW - Florida Department of Transportation KW - Land use planning KW - Local government agencies KW - Software packages KW - Technical assistance KW - Training KW - Transportation planning KW - ULAM (Computer model) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734766 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939803 AU - Kazmi, A AU - Murphy, A AU - Wyndham, J J AU - Transportation Research Board TI - CORRIDOR SIMULATION STUDY FOR THE BRIDGE OF AMERICAS, EL PASO, TEXAS PY - 2002 SP - p. 190-199 AB - The freeway and arterial network serving the Bridge of Americas Port of Entry (BOTA) is complex. Several freeways converge in this corridor including Interstate Highway (IH) 110, IH 10, Border Highway and US 54. The international border crossing is the source of considerable congestion and imposed several design and analysis challenges on the corridor. These factors included the high percentage of trucks on some routes, the operations at the border crossing, the directionality characteristics of the traffic, and the US Customs facility operations. Under these circumstances at and near BOTA, there are a number of direct movements that are not possible under the current highway network and others that involve circuitous routing. The Corridor Simulation model (CORSIM) was calibrated using the existing network and was used to analyze the future traffic conditions in the study corridor, as well as to evaluate the impacts on traffic operations due to the construction of proposed future ramps. CORSIM was selected for analysis purposes due to the complexity of the network and also the animation capabilities needed for the public presentations. There were several agencies involved in the process including the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), City of El Paso, El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization, US Customs, the trucking industry, and the Maquiladora (twin plant industry). The results of the study were presented to TxDOT and concerned entities and finally to the Federal Highway Administration for their approval of these ramps for construction. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Bridge of Americas Port of Entry KW - Computer animation KW - CORSIM (Traffic simulation model) KW - El Paso (Texas) KW - Freeways KW - Highway operations KW - International borders KW - Interstate highways KW - Ramps (Interchanges) KW - Traffic simulation KW - Transportation planning KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734769 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939804 AU - Quiroga, C AU - Transportation Research Board TI - AN ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC GROWTH RATES ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER PY - 2002 SP - p. 201-211 AB - Urban areas along the Texas-Mexico border have experienced phenomenal growth rates in recent years. This growth has put enormous pressure on the capability of the affected communities to provide adequate levels of service in a number of areas. Infrastructure, particularly transportation infrastructure, is one of those areas affected by the accelerated growth. This paper describes an analysis of recent growth rates in the Laredo area and focuses on the relationship between those growth rates and future traffic volumes. The paper examines future transportation improvement issues and describes the effect of future traffic growth rates on the timing and feasibility of those transportation improvements. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Future KW - Improvements KW - Infrastructure KW - International borders KW - Laredo (Texas) KW - Level of service KW - Texas-Mexico Border region KW - Traffic volume KW - Transportation KW - Urban growth UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734770 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939799 AU - Russell, S AU - Herzer, J K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ENHANCING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THROUGH THE FULL UTILIZATION OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY PY - 2002 SP - p. 138-147 AB - Communications technology applications such as Websites and e-mail are playing an increasingly important role in public involvement programs. Today, most significant projects that include public involvement offer at least a Website and e-mail. Many are also producing multimedia CDs and placing interactive kiosks throughout communities. This proliferation of communications technology applications is creating new opportunities and new demands on the public involvement process. While this technology enhances public access to projects, it also requires creative approaches to presenting information and documenting public comments. HNTB Corporation's public involvement and technology groups work together closely to ensure that communications technology applications are creating effective interactions between members of the public, projects and clients and to ensure that technology is truly enhancing public involvement activities for the widest audience possible. The groups collaborate on a variety of projects. Thus, the range of experience and examples presented include projects that utilize very basic applications to those that push the envelope of technical capabilities. Regardless of the complexity or magnitude of the project, however, public involvement and technology professionals work together to ensure that both the client and the public receive the greatest benefit possible and enjoy an effective and substantive interface. This paper provides the following information: examples of communications technology applications being used today; guidelines to ensure that technology truly enhances public involvement activities; processes to ensure online public involvement activities are effectively documented; examples of client-side applications to ensure effective use of online input; and case studies that illustrate the above principles and offer guidance concerning when and where technology can replace or supplement traditional public involvement approaches. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Applications KW - Case studies KW - CD-ROM KW - Communications KW - Electronic mail KW - Guidelines KW - Information technology KW - Kiosks KW - Public participation KW - Technology KW - Transportation planning KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734765 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939801 AU - Penrose, J AU - Zhao, F AU - Li, M-T AU - Transportation Research Board TI - MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR PLANNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS: VISUALIZING THE INTERACTION OF TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE PY - 2002 SP - p. 158-171 AB - Planning professionals have long recognized the connection between land uses and transportation, and there have been many studies to investigate the relationship between the two. In planning practices, land uses and transportation facilities are usually considered separately by different departments in a local or regional government. While a geographic information system (GIS) has been used to support many transportation or land use planning efforts, efforts in using GIS to bring the two together have been limited. This paper describes the design and implementation of a GIS-based tool to bring data relevant to land use and transportation planning together and to support transportation planning with the objective of encouraging sustainable development. In addition to an array of data that can be conveniently visualized, a number of measurements that reflect the land use mix, job-housing ratio, land availability, accessibility, etc., are provided, which may also be used to evaluate both transportation and land use project impacts. The tool allows the user to define development projects and, through a direct link to a travel demand model, allows the impacts of the development projects to be evaluated in terms of changes in traffic volumes, volume to capacity ratios, accessibilities, etc. The GIS environment allows a planner without GIS experience to examine detailed information concerning land uses, socioeconomic and demographic conditions, environment, and transportation systems, explore opportunities for land development projects that enhance a community socially and economically, and evaluate the impacts of land development projects on transportation and vice versa. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Accessibility KW - Demographics KW - Environment KW - Geographic information systems KW - Highway capacity KW - Impact studies KW - Land use planning KW - Real estate development KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Sustainable development KW - Traffic volume KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel demand KW - Visualization UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734767 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939806 AU - Barry, J J AU - Newhouser, R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ORIGIN AND DESTINATION ESTIMATION IN NEW YORK CITY USING AUTOMATED FARE SYSTEM DATA PY - 2002 SP - p. 229-238 AB - New York City Transit's automated fare collection system, also known as MetroCard, is an entry-only system that records the serial number of the MetroCard and the time and location (subway turnstile or bus number) of each use. This paper describes a methodology that estimates station-to-station origin and destination (O-D) trip tables using this MetroCard information. The key is to determine the sequence of trips made throughout a day on each MetroCard. This is accomplished by sorting the MetroCard information by serial number and time and then extracting, for each MetroCard, the sequence of the trips and the station used at the origin of each trip. A set of straightforward algorithms is applied to each set of MetroCard trips to infer a destination station for each origin station. The algorithms are based on two primary assumptions. The first is that a high percentage of riders return to the destination station of their previous trip to begin their next trip. The second is that a high percentage of riders end their last trip of the day at the station where they began their first trip of the day. These assumptions were tested using travel diary information collected by the local metropolitan planning organization, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. This diary information confirmed that both assumptions are correct for a high percentage (90%) of subway users. The output was further validated by comparing inferred destination totals to station exit counts by time of day and by estimating peak load point passenger volumes using a trip assignment model. The major applications of this project have been to describe travel patterns for service planning and to create O-D trip tables as input to a trip assignment model. The trip assignment model is used to determine passenger volumes on trains at peak load points and other locations using a subway network coded with existing or modified service. These passenger volumes are used for service planning and scheduling and to quantify travel patterns. This methodology eliminates the need for periodic systemwide O-D surveys that are costly and time-consuming. The new method requires no surveying and eliminates sources of response bias such as low response rates for certain demographic groups. The MetroCard market share is currently 80% and increasing. MetroCard data are available continuously 365 days/year, allowing O-D data estimation to be repeated for multiple days to improve accuracy or to account for seasonality. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Algorithms KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Data collection KW - Estimating KW - New York (New York) KW - New York City Transit Authority KW - Origin and destination KW - Passenger volume KW - Scheduling KW - Service planning KW - Travel patterns KW - Trip tables KW - Validation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734772 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939797 AU - Reed, J AU - Bosley, M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: "DO YOU HAVE A 'POLICY' OR A 'PLAN'?" PY - 2002 SP - p. 128-131 AB - This paper outlines the difference between meeting the requirement to have a Public Involvement Policy, and having a Public Involvement Plan. In light of the increased emphasis on Public Involvement and Environmental Justice it is becoming more and more important for agencies to be proactive with regard to Public Involvement. Webster's defines the verb 'plan' as "to devise or project the realization or achievement of a program." If we as transportation professionals are really interested in achieving the goal of public involvement, then we had better devise public involvement plans, not just policies. The goal of this paper is to stimulate discussion and illustrate the process of self-assessment, goal setting, benchmarking as well as best practices in the area of public involvement. It discusses the cyclical pattern of reassessment which can annually shape the direction of future plans with regard to how they better address the needs of an area by assessing what techniques have been successful and unsuccessful in the past year. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Benchmarks KW - Best practices KW - Environmental justice KW - Plan implementation KW - Policy KW - Public participation KW - Self evaluation KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734763 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939798 AU - Rivera, R J AU - Jackson, R W AU - Transportation Research Board TI - PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY PY - 2002 SP - p. 132-137 AB - One of the most important of all transportation planning tasks is preparation and execution of a plan for public involvement. This task is particularly challenging when transportation improvement projects impact communities or neighborhoods in which an atmosphere of public distrust exists due to past or present experience. The need of public agencies to ensure that social equity issues are properly addressed in project planning demands the use of new and innovative techniques of public notification and participation. The Texas Department of Transportation has retained Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas (PBQ&D) to provide planning and engineering services for the proposed Kelly Parkway, an 8.8 mile link between US 90 and SH 16 in San Antonio, Texas. The project management plan prepared by PBQ&D for the Kelly Parkway Corridor Study includes a public involvement plan that combines traditional methods, such as public meetings and notification via print media, with new technologies and methods, such as creation of a public involvement Website and establishment of a public involvement office. Employment of new methodologies is particularly important in San Antonio in order to offset some negative expectations and perceptions that exist among citizens of the neighborhoods contained within the bounds of the study area. The public involvement plan prepared by PBQ&D also recognizes that the manner in which information is transmitted to the public is just as important as the message communicated, and was created with sensitivity to the needs of the target community, which includes a significant population that is Spanish speaking only. This paper provides timely information to transportation planners and allied professionals concerning a practical and innovative approach to public involvement planning that is already underway. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Communities KW - Highway planning KW - Meetings KW - Methodology KW - Printed publicity KW - Project management KW - Public information programs KW - Public participation KW - San Antonio (Texas) KW - Transportation planning KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734764 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939802 AU - Milam, R T AU - Choa, F AU - Transportation Research Board TI - RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR THE CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODELS PY - 2002 SP - p. 178-187 AB - Traffic engineers and transportation planners are using traffic simulation models with greater frequency to plan and design future transportation facilities. However, the transportation profession has not established formal and consistent guidelines regarding the development and application of these models. The lack of such guidance or direction has led to conflicts between model users, inappropriate use of the models, and inaccurate results from the models. Many of these situations could be avoided if guidelines were available that address both model development and application. The purpose of this paper is to present an initial set of recommended guidelines for the development and application of traffic simulation models. The guidelines are based on previously published information, interviews with practitioners, and results from successfully completed simulation projects. Key issues addressed include the following: Calibration of model parameters for traffic control operation, traffic flow characteristics, and driver behavior; Validation guidelines for traffic flow measurement; and Multiple run requirements for simulation models. The guidelines contained in the paper require formal refinement, but have been proven successful in the field and were accepted by technical professionals as well as decision makers. Ideally, this paper will be used as a building block for more formal guidelines. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Calibration KW - Guidelines KW - Traffic models KW - Traffic simulation KW - Validation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734768 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939805 AU - Tooley, M S AU - Gattis, J L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TRANSIT ASSESSMENT STUDY PY - 2002 SP - p. 214-225 AB - Northwest Arkansas, like other small urban/rural areas, faces serious challenges in providing adequate public transportation, including transportation services for the disadvantaged. The area has experienced explosive growth in the past decade, which has undoubtedly affected the status of public transportation. A 1992 report, submitted to the Governor's Task Force on Public Transportation Issues, stated that "transportation still surfaces as one of the top social problems in Arkansas." It also reported lack of transportation for medical services, lack of transportation for work, difficulty traveling for food and retail shopping, and inability to travel from rural areas to major activity centers within the state. Unmet transit needs for the four-county area (Washington, Benton, Carroll and Madison Counties) included those of the elderly, low-income adults, the disabled, and children. This project assessed these various transportation providers to determine service area, fleet size, total ridership, type of service, and sources of funding, as well as any restrictions on the funds. Users of public transportation services were also contacted to assess quality of service and level of service satisfaction. Data were collected through surveys of both the service providers and the users of transportation services, and through the US Census. In addition, key municipalities in the study area that sponsor services through transportation providers were interviewed to obtain their experience with transit services in the area. The information was used to identify where problems and gaps in service currently exist. Another objective of the project is to better quantify public transportation needs in Northwest Arkansas. The paper includes the methods used for needs assessment, the survey instruments developed for the transportation providers and users, and the findings of the study. It is anticipated that this study will provide a blueprint for other small urban/rural areas to conduct transit assessment studies in their areas. Because the public transportation challenges faced by the study area are by no means unique to the area, it is also anticipated that some of the observations of the study may be applicable to other fast-growing small urban/rural areas as well. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Aged KW - Arkansas KW - Children KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Financing KW - Fleet size KW - Level of service KW - Low income groups KW - Needs assessment KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Ridership KW - Rural areas KW - Small towns KW - Transit riders KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Travel surveys UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734771 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939787 AU - Bettger, N AU - Transportation Research Board TI - PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND FUNDING WITH A VISUAL, INTERACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PY - 2002 SP - p. 12-20 AB - The Transportation Improvement Program Information System (TIPINS) is designed to provide information about the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) projects in the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan planning area. The North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Dallas-Fort Worth region, developed the information system to assist the public sectors in locating funded transportation projects. Currently, the system contains MPO-selected projects; the next step will be to add selected Texas Department of Transportation projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. TIPINS is a user query/GIS Internet site. This Internet site allows the users to search for projects by two methods, a query or an interactive map. The Internet address for the TIPINS is http://www.dfwinfo.com/trans/tipins/index.html. TIPINS was developed using ArcView [Geographic Information System (GIS)] to store the spatial data and Microsoft Access to handle the project information data. Using ArcView the projects were geocoded for a mapped visual representation and the project information data were entered into an Access table. Each project in ArcView and in Access have a project code that is used as a unique identifier. The ArcView files are linked by project code to the basic project information in the Access tables. This report highlights the development of this information system and provides an overview of the information available through the TIPINS Internet site. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area KW - Geographic information systems KW - Improvements KW - Information systems KW - Internet KW - Project data KW - Research projects KW - Spatial analysis KW - Transportation KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734753 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939788 AU - Houldsworth, J M AU - Karnowski, J M AU - Baumgaertner, G AU - Transportation Research Board TI - IMPROVED PLANNING DATA COLLECTION USING HANDHELD COMPUTERS PY - 2002 SP - p. 21-29 AB - Good, quality data are an essential element in transportation planning, engineering, and decision-making. There are three basic ways to collect transportation data: through observation; by interview; and through automated or mechanical approaches. The quantity and quality of each of these types of data collection efforts can be enhanced through current advances in technology. One useful advance in technology quite appropriate for transportation data collection is the use of durable, handheld computers. This paper presents a number of different data collection efforts, along with illuminating anecdotal experiences, that provide the reader with a cross-section of uses of the handheld computer as a tool for observational studies, for interviews, and as an enhancement to various automated techniques. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Automatic data collection systems KW - Data collection KW - Data quality KW - Field studies KW - Handheld computers KW - Interviewing KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734754 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939791 AU - Stockton, B AU - Transportation Research Board TI - QUICKRIDE: THE KATY HOT LANE PROJECT IN HOUSTON PY - 2002 SP - p. 56-62 AB - This paper discusses the background and results of the conversion of the Katy Freeway High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane into a High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lane. Nicknamed "QuickRide," the Katy HOT lane implementation offers real-world experience into this emerging area of interest in mobility planning. In addition to a description of the conditions that led to the development of the HOT lane experiment, the paper discusses issues such as mode and time shift among QuickRide and freeway users, frequency of use by QuickRide participants and reasons given by freeway users for not enrolling in QuickRide. A few of the principal challenges facing pricing and HOT lanes are identified. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Congestion pricing KW - High occupancy toll lanes KW - Houston (Texas) KW - Mobility KW - Modal shift KW - Peak periods KW - Transportation planning KW - Travel demand management UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734757 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939795 AU - Brick-Turin, A AU - Daily, M O AU - HILL, C AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SUBURBAN FIXED RAIL TRANSIT PLANNING IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA PY - 2002 SP - p. 96-105 AB - Unlike years ago, the majority of residents in metropolitan areas today both live and work in low-density suburban settings. In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the once typical pattern of suburb-to-city commuting has become atypical, superseded by a more dominant pattern of suburb-to-suburb travel. Recognizing the mismatch between the area's existing hub-and-spoke Metrorail system and the rising prominence of suburb-to-suburb travel, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation initiated a study to test the feasibility of a circumferential rail transit system paralleling the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia. Such a system would connect the spokes of the existing radial Metrorail lines serving the D.C. metro area. Faced with the challenge of studying and planning rail transit service in the Capital Beltway corridor, the study team has sifted through myriad transit technology and alignment alternatives to arrive at the best option. Underlying important questions related to the type of technology and the physical location of the alignment, however, is the more fundamental question of what objective(s) a suburban rail transit system should aim to achieve. At one extreme, the introduction of fixed rail transit into a low-density suburban setting might be viewed as a boon to existing communities, linking neighborhoods to other parts of the region and offering the potential to serve as a catalyst for more concentrated, urban growth. At the other extreme, suburban transit might be considered as a more functional "collection and distribution" system. In this model, the transit system's primary aim would be to serve as a fast, efficient linkage between other points in the local transportation network. Because of the very different spatial and technical requirements related to these two suburban transit philosophies, including station location, station spacing, operating characteristics, and station amenities, it is difficult to plan a suburban fixed rail transit system that would serve well as both a "community development-oriented" system and a "collection and distribution" system. In this paper, the authors relate their experience on the Capital Beltway Corridor Rail Feasibility Study to demonstrate their approach to studying suburban fixed rail transit. They discuss their findings and shed light on "lessons learned" along the way. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Circumferential rail transit system KW - Collection and distribution system KW - Communities KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Northern Virginia KW - Rail transit KW - Suburbs KW - Transportation corridors KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban development KW - Urban growth KW - Washington Metropolitan Area UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734761 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939786 AU - Land, L A AU - Transportation Research Board TI - LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR INTERCHANGE AREAS PY - 2002 SP - p. 3-6 AB - Highway interchanges can have a substantial impact on the intensity of land development in the surrounding area. They create opportunities for development and provide valuable economic resources for surrounding communities. However, if the land use and transportation system at the interchange is not carefully managed, it can lead to congestion, cause safety hazards, and adversely affect those opportunities. It can also disrupt traffic flow on the interstate and connecting roadways, and result in the need for costly retrofit projects. Effective interchange management requires participation at the local level, where land development decisions are made. This separation of jurisdiction has made it difficult to preserve the safety and efficiency of interchange areas. This paper illustrates why it is important to manage development in interchange areas and how it can be accomplished from a planning, design, and regulatory perspective. It summarizes the study conducted by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, that identifies land development and access management strategies local governments can apply to interchange areas to preserve the function of the interchange and the safety and efficiency of the surrounding roadway system. The study, supported by a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation, also reviewed state policies to identify changes that may be needed to facilitate local participation in managing interchange development. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Decision making KW - Interchanges KW - Land use planning KW - Local government KW - Real estate development KW - State government KW - Transportation policy UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734752 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939789 AU - Kockelman, K M AU - Nakamura, K AU - Transportation Research Board TI - CONGESTION PRICING AND ROADSPACE RATIONING: AN APPLICATION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE CORRIDOR PY - 2002 SP - p. 32-44 AB - This paper presents an empirical application of a congestion-alleviation strategy that Daganzo (1995) proposed as a "hybrid between rationing and pricing." This strategy is applied to the San Francisco Bay Bridge corridor, in search of a practical and Pareto-improving solution to the Bridge's congestion. This work relies on a mode-split model for work trips across four different income groups residing in 459 origin zones; it applies an equilibrium analysis based on Bridge performance. Results indicate that modal utilities (and thus choices) are sensitive to the specific combination of toll and rationing rate, as well as to the Bridge's travel-time (or performance) function, and the length of the congested section. Though no combination of tolls plus rationing rates was found to benefit all groups of travelers studies, further investigations may improve upon these results by refining some of the assumptions made here. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Congestion pricing KW - Highway corridors KW - Roadspace rationing KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Tolls KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic mitigation KW - Travel time UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734755 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939793 AU - List, G F AU - Konieczny, L A AU - Durnford, C L AU - Papayanoulis, V AU - Transportation Research Board TI - A BEST PRACTICE TRUCK FLOW ESTIMATION MODEL FOR THE NEW YORK CITY REGION PY - 2002 SP - p. 77-87 AB - State-of-the-art travel forecasting models are in development for the New York City region. Work has recently concluded on Interim Analysis Models for both person travel and goods movement, and work is now underway to develop Best Practices Models (BPMs). A truck and commercial travel model is part of that effort. At the heart of the BPM truck matrix estimation model is a robust matrix estimation process. It allows great flexibility in both the functional form of the equation used to assess the quality of the solution obtained and the types of data that can be employed. It is coupled to a trip generation and attraction model that estimates total originating and terminating trips by zone and an assignment model that provides multi-path link use probabilities. The BPM model is described as well as its application to the New York City regional network. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Best practices KW - Forecasting KW - Mathematical models KW - New York (New York) KW - Traffic assignment KW - Traffic flow KW - Trip generation KW - Trip matrices KW - Trucking UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734759 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939794 AU - Dorsey, S M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TCSP: DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY BASED PLANNING TOOLS PY - 2002 SP - p. 91-95 AB - This report provides an overview of the Transportation and Community and System Preservation (TCSP) Pilot Program that was established in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and highlights some of the more innovative, community-based planning tools that have been applied in communities that have received TCSP funding. Congress established the TCSP Program in recognition of the need for a comprehensive program to assist in the planning, development and implementation of strategies that integrate transportation, land use, and community and systems preservation. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Communities KW - Environmental protection KW - Innovation KW - Land use KW - Plan implementation KW - Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734760 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939796 AU - Dudala, T AU - Stopher, P R AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SURVEY DATA REPAIR USING HOT-DECK IMPUTATION PROCEDURE PY - 2002 SP - p. 109-121 AB - The objective of any survey is to estimate finite population quantities such as population mean of a variable, by sample quantities such as the sample mean. For an accurate determination of the population values, a complete response for the desired variables, among the sampling units is a necessity. However, it is common to find non-responses for some variables among sampling units, such as income. The problem of incomplete data has received attention only recently, although the errors associated with incomplete data were recognized during the last three or four decades. The costs associated with missing data can be very large, given the average cost of a household travel survey on the order of $150, and the potential loss of an entire household due to one or two items of missing data. The objective of this study was to repair survey data, i.e., to find a method to replace missing data items. From a review of the literature, it was observed that the imputation methods used to replace missing data are gaining importance, especially in the fields of Biometrics and Agriculture. An attempt was made in this study to correct item non-response and unit non-response (where an entire record is missing) in transportation surveys using the Hot-Deck imputation procedure. The primary input to this study was the Baton Rouge Personal Transportation Survey data collected in 1997, which has unit and item non-response. In this research, an effective method for data repair was identified and the data were repaired so that no household is excluded from analysis. For unit non-response, the data were studied before imputation to improve their completeness by inference from other members of the household who had responded in the survey. By inference, the non-response could be corrected to an extent although not completely. Finally, by imputation, a complete data set was obtained and on comparing the statistics obtained using the repaired (using Hot-Deck imputation) and unrepaired data, it was observed that the survey estimates obtained after imputation changed compared to the estimates obtained from the unrepaired data. In addition, a test was run in which complete data were changed to have certain data items made artificially missing, and these were then repaired by the same procedure. This procedure showed that Hot-Deck imputation provided estimates that were closer to true values than those obtained from either the data with missing items, or the data excluding those households with missing items. These results indicate the importance of accurate coding of the survey data and the need to repair data by inference and other data repair methods before any analysis. The paper provides a clear procedure for repairing data using both inference and Hot-Deck imputation that could be applied to any survey data. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Baton Rouge Personal Transportation Survey (1997) KW - Data repair KW - Hot-deck imputation KW - Inference (Survey data) KW - Missing data KW - Travel surveys UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734762 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939785 AU - Transportation Research Board TI - PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH TRB CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING METHODS, CORPUS CHRISTI, APRIL 22-26, 2001 PY - 2002 SP - 488p AB - This CD-ROM contains the proceedings of the Eighth Transportation Research Board Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods, held at the Omni Bayfront Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas, on April 22-26, 2001. The conference included the following sessions: Real Life Stories in Transportation and Land Use; New Technologies; Variable Pricing Strategies; Modeling for Conformity and Sustainability; Freight Modeling; Tools for the Planning Process; Household Travel Surveys; Planning for Improved Transit Services; Public Involvement -- Practical Innovations; Applying Today's Tools to Transportation and Land Use; Activity-Based Travel Models; Corridor/Subarea Planning and Simulation; Transit Assessments and FTA New Starts; Data Collection and Reconciliation; Travel Modeling Extensions and Applications; Planning Process; Access Management and Travel Demand Modeling; Innovations in Travel Modeling; Statewide Planning; Environmental Justice and Air Quality Monitoring; Census 2000; and Student Presentations. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Air quality management KW - Census KW - Computer models KW - Conferences KW - Data collection KW - Environmental justice KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Forecasting KW - Freight transportation KW - Innovation KW - Land use KW - New Starts Program KW - Pricing KW - Public participation KW - Public transit KW - State government KW - Sustainable development KW - Technological innovations KW - Traffic assignment KW - Traffic simulation KW - Transportation corridors KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel demand KW - Travel surveys UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734751 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939790 AU - DeCorla-Souza, P AU - Transportation Research Board TI - VALUE PRICING PROJECTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES PY - 2002 SP - p. 45-55 AB - Value pricing, also called congestion pricing, uses fees which vary by time-of-day and location of use to reduce congestion. Value pricing can provide improved service to transportation users, reduce emissions, make more efficient use of existing transportation capacity, and reduce the need for future capacity expansion. It is horizontally equitable, i.e., those who are responsible for generating the need for additional capacity are faced with some or all of the costs to pay for that capacity. The concept of assessing relatively higher prices for travel during peak congestion periods is the same as that used in the private sector of the economy to respond to peak-use demands. Airlines and hotels offer off-peak discounts, and public utilities offer peak/off-peak pricing plans. Through the Value Pricing Pilot Program of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) supports State and local efforts to plan, test and evaluate this market-based concept. This paper provides an overview of value pricing and addresses the follow questions: What is value pricing? How can it address metropolitan transportation issues? What type of pricing strategies have been implemented in the U.S., or are being considered for implementation under the federal Value Pricing Pilot Program? What are the issues faced in attempting to use pricing strategies, and how can they be addressed? What is the role of the FHWA? Is there a longer-term future role of Value Pricing? What types of changes in current funding and institutional arrangements in highway transportation might be needed if pricing is to play a larger role in metropolitan areas in the U.S.? U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air quality management KW - Congestion pricing KW - Future KW - Highway capacity KW - Implementation KW - Institutional issues KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Peak periods KW - Traffic mitigation KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - U.S. Federal Highway Administration KW - United States KW - Value Pricing Pilot Program (FHWA) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734756 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00939792 AU - Rousseau, G AU - Clymer, T AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING AND CONFORMITY DETERMINATION: THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION CASE STUDY PY - 2002 SP - p. 64-73 AB - The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) travel demand model is designed to, at minimum, represent the state of the practice and meet all modeling requirements specified in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Transportation Conformity Rules. Since 1990, a full consultation process, peer reviews and the ARC strategic travel demand model enhancement program have guided all modifications to the travel demand model. As a result, each element of the travel demand model is designed to support all technical and policy decisions that are required in developing multimodal planning and programs under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (ISTEA), and the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). Priority was given to those model improvements essential for the creation of a travel demand model that meets all federal planning and air quality requirements, and sufficiently represents all transportation modes in the Atlanta region. The ARC strategic travel demand enhancement program includes the following priorities: the implementation of full model "feedback" of congested travel times, creation of separate High Occupancy Vehicle trip tables and assignment procedures; creation of time-of-day highway assignments; implementation of empirical speeds in all relevant elements of the travel demand model; preparation of composite travel impedances for use in the DRAM/EMPAL land use model; and the creation of a speed sensitive emissions estimation procedure for MOBILE 5b. The ARC model enhancement program was completed and fully implemented as part of the 2025 RTP and 2001-2003 TIP development. The paper includes a detailed technical description of the ARC regional travel demand model and the ARC link-based emissions post processor. U1 - Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning MethodsTransportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration.Corpus Christi, Texas StartDate:20010422 EndDate:20010426 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board; Texas Department of Transportation; Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization; Federal Highway Administration; and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air quality KW - Atlanta Regional Commission KW - Clean Air Act Amendments KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Mathematical models KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel demand UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/734758 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00937882 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THE TRANSIT IVI PROJECTS PY - 2002 AB - This CD-ROM provides a storehouse of technical information about FTA Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI). It was prepared for the Transit IVI Committee Meeting, October 28-29, 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada. The document is a collection of draft and final research reports, technical papers, videos, newsletters, and other forms of communication that address the four Transit IVI user services: lane change and merge collision avoidance; forward collision avoidance; rear impact collision warning system; and tight maneuvering/precision docking system. These services focus on the safety of the driver and the vehicle in preventing accidents, by using systems that enable drivers to process information, make better decisions, and operate vehicles more safely. Highlighted is the report summarizing six current IVI program initiatives, funded by FTA, to develop and foster different collision warning systems that are of interest and value to the transit industry. KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Lane changing KW - Merging traffic KW - Public transit KW - Rear end crashes KW - Technical reports KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731714 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00936364 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NEW STARTS ROUNDTABLES 2001-2002 PROCEEDINGS PY - 2002 SP - 24 p. AB - The New Starts Roundtables were initiated in 1999 to facilitate communication, discussion, and information exchange among the various parties involved in the FTA New Starts Program. This report documents the 2001-2002 proceedings of the Roundtables. The theme of the 2002 Roundtables were held around the theme of Lessons Learned in Planning Project Development; the 2002 theme was Successes and Challenges in Local Financial Planning. These Roundtables were convened to solicit feedback information from participants on FTA performance in administering the New Starts process, identify methods for improving the process, and provide an opportunity for project sponsors to share information and lessons learned with their peers. This report documents the 2001-2002 proceedings, including information on attendee expectation and Roundtable presentations. KW - Information dissemination KW - Meetings KW - Project management UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/729965 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00936365 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated TI - STANDARD PROTOCOLS FOR MANAGING SECURITY INCIDENTS INVOLVING SURFACE TRANSIT VEHICLES. BROCHURE PY - 2002 SP - 4 p. AB - The terrorism event of September 11, 2001, was a watershed moment in transportation history. It affirmed transportation security as the top transportation priority, and made it clear that the FTA must put forth a strategy to make transportation more secure and safe to protect the homeland. This brochure, Standard Protocols for Managing Security Incidents Involving Surface Transit Vehicles, reflects that interest. These standard protocols are intended to increase systems security awareness and security incident management for transit vehicle operators and others involved in transit operations, such as maintenance and service personnel, yard supervisors, and management, in preparing for and understanding how a terrorist might attack the transportation system. The protocols are divided into three areas: prevention; unknown substances and suspicious packages; and response. KW - Customer service KW - Emergency response time KW - Ground transportation KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Maintenance personnel KW - Managerial personnel KW - Prevention KW - Security KW - Standards KW - Strategic planning KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 KW - Transit operators KW - Transit personnel KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Transportation safety KW - Yard operations UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/security/FTAStandards.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/729966 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936265 AU - Reinach, S J AU - Everson, J H AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DRIVER-VEHICLE INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRANSIT BUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM PY - 2002 SP - 7p AB - The paper discusses the development of driver-vehicle interface (DVI) requirements for an inner-city transit bus collision avoidance system (CAS). There were over 23,000 transit bus collisions in 1998, resulting in over 20,000 injuries. Using structured interviews with transit bus operators and naturalistic observation, the transit bus operating environment was characterized. Then, a set of CAS functional requirements was generated. Lastly, a set of human factors DVI requirements for a transit bus CAS was developed. The DVI requirements focused on the physical aspects of the display and the display's cognitive demands on the bus operator. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Bus drivers KW - Bus transit KW - Cognition KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Driver vehicle interfaces KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Performance based specifications KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732087 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936267 AU - Mertz, C AU - Kozar, J AU - Miller, J R AU - Thprpe, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EYE-SAFE LASER LINE STRIPER FOR OUTSIDE USE PY - 2002 SP - 6p AB - Collision warning or autonomous driving in cluttered environments, such as urban areas, require short range high resolution sensors. Range finders using laser triangulation fulfill these requirements, but they face the additional challenge of operating in bright sunlight while remaining eye-safe. The laser line striper introduced in this paper achieves all these requirements without the need of expensive components. The sensor can be built with a variety of field-of-views. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Autonomous vehicle guidance KW - Bus transit KW - Collision warning systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Lasers KW - Rangefinders KW - Sensors KW - Transit buses KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732089 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936282 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TEST EVALUATION PY - 2002 SP - 182p AB - In conjunction with the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) sponsored the deployment, operational test and independent evaluation of bus side collision warning systems (SCWS). The operational test involved 100 full sized transit buses operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County from their East Liberty Division. This project represented the largest operational test conducted to date of IVI technology on public transit. The FTA's goal is to have commercially viable transit CWS within the next three years. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Performance evaluations KW - Side crashes KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732104 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936284 AU - Duggins, D AU - McNeil, S AU - Mertz, C AU - Thorpe, C AU - Yata, T AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT BUSES: FUNCTIONAL GOALS PY - 2002 SP - 12p AB - The paper describes a project to design side collision warning systems for transit buses. The development of functional goals or changes to the situation that would help eliminate or significantly reduce these types of incidents is a critical step in the development of functional specifications for side collision warning systems. Described are the "functional goals" that are based on an analysis of the circumstances and factors that precede and contribute to transit bus incidents. Based on a qualitative assessment of the effectiveness of a side collision warning system and an analysis of the type of incidents addressed by such a system, over 40% of Port Authority of Allegheny County Transit incidents may be positively impacted by a side collision warning system on transit buses. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) KW - Collision warning systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Performance based specifications KW - Safety KW - Side crashes KW - Transit buses KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732106 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936269 AU - Zhou, K AU - Wang, X AU - Tomizuka, M AU - Zhang, W B AU - Chan, C Y AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A NEW MANEUVERING TARGET TRACKING ALGORITHM WITH INPUT ESTIMATION PY - 2002 SP - 6p AB - The paper proposes a new tracking algorithm that will treat the target acceleration as a nonrandom term, and consists of a constant velocity filter, an input estimator and a maneuver detector implemented in parallel. This method has the same advantages as the two-stage Kalman estimator which requires lesser amounts of computation and provides an even better performance when compared with an augmented state Kalman filter. The proposed method also uses a better tuning parameter and removes a difficulty in implementation of the two-stage Kalman estimator. The results show that the new filter is a better alternative to the two-stage Kalman estimator on tracking maneuvering targets. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Algorithms KW - Detectors KW - Estimating KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Kalman filtering KW - Maneuvering KW - Tracking systems KW - Transit buses KW - Velocity measurement UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732091 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936271 AU - Mertz, C AU - McNeil, S AU - Thorpe, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS FOR TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2002 SP - 6p AB - Transit buses are involved in many more accidents than other vehicles. Collision Warning Systems (CWS) are therefore placed most efficiently on these buses. This paper discusses a project that investigated transit bus operating environment and available technologies to develop performance specifications for such CWSs. Discussed are findings of transit buses driving through very cluttered surroundings and being involved in many different types of accidents where currently available CWSs do not work effectively. One focus of this study is the presence of pedestrians around the bus and their detection. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crash types KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Pedestrians KW - Safety KW - Sensors KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732093 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936276 AU - Duggins, D AU - Gowdy, J AU - Mertz, C AU - Salinas, D AU - Suppe, A AU - Thorpe, C AU - Yata, T AU - Zhao, L AU - McNeil, S AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A NEXT GENERATION SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM PY - 2002 SP - 4p AB - This paper reviews the development and testing of performance specifications for next generation side collision warning systems. The project performed the following tasks: itemize available crash data; establish functional goals; assess existing systems; develop preliminary performance specifications; investigate state of the art of technology; select test systems; construct/acquire collision avoidance systems; conduct testing to validate performance specifications; and finalize performance specifications. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crash data KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Performance based specifications KW - Technology assessment KW - Test procedures KW - Validation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732098 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936278 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PY - 2002 SP - 86p AB - The aim of the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) is to accelerate the development and availability of advanced safety and information systems for a variety of vehicle types. Public transit, through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), is an active participant in the IVI program. While substantial transit benefits are anticipated through the application of IVI technologies, additional information was necessary to establish baseline transit needs, expected Transit IVI benefits, and Transit IVI research priorities. This needs assessment was conducted to identify and prioritize transit industry requirements and problems with solutions involving IVI technologies. This report provides main recommendations; needs assessment rationale; data sources and information gathering; FTA goals; issues of concern; technologies; and additional data requiremants and operational tests. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Data collection KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Needs assessment KW - Public transit KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732100 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936280 AU - Reinach, S J AU - Everson, J H AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF A DRIVER-VEHICLE INTERFACE FOR A TRANSIT BUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM PY - 2002 SP - 19p AB - Presented are the methods and findings of a study focused on the preliminary development of a driver-vehicle interface (DVI) for a transit bus frontal and side collision avoidance system (CAS). The overall approach to the projects involved tapping the expertise and experience of transit bus driving instructors and operators, and drawing on past passenger and commercial vehicle collision warning and avoidance system (CW/AS) research. Using these two sources of information, the transit bus operating environment was characterized and preliminary CAS system requirements and functions were identified. Based on an understanding of the transit bus environment and CAS functionality, an initial set of transit bus CAS DVI display concepts was generated. Recommendation for future human factors testing and evaluation of the preliminary display concepts are proposed. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Driver vehicle interfaces KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Transit buses KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732102 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936263 AU - Nguyen, K AU - Cohn, T AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A REAR IMPACT COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM: LIGHTBAR STUDY REPORT PY - 2002 SP - 29p AB - This report describes the results of a project to develop and perform laboratory tests on a lightbar for signaling potential rear end collision situations to drivers approaching transit buses. An industry standard 8 segment incandescent lamp lightbar was refitted with LED-based lamps and adjustable flash pattern control circuitry. Human subject testing under a variety of conditions was conducted to evaluate various flash patterns, using a simple all on/all off flash pattern as a baseline. Subject reaction time to the ignition of the lightbar was found to improve (decrease) by an average of 60 ms when using a modified flash pattern consisting of sequential ignition of pairs of lightbar lamp segments, beginning with the middle pair and emanating towards the ends of the lightbar. U1 - Technical Information on the Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Flashing traffic signals KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Light emitting diodes KW - Performance based specifications KW - Reaction time KW - Rear end crashes KW - Signaling KW - Transit buses KW - Visual aids UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732085 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936270 AU - Chan, C Y AU - Wang, X Q AU - Zhang, W B AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SCENARIO PARSING IN TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS FOR EXPERIMENTAL FRONTAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEMS PY - 2002 SP - 6p AB - The study reviews real world accident data to identify certain aspects of bus operating environment that are unique and significant. Experimental buses were equipped with sensors and data acquisition systems. The sensors used to capture obstacles in front of the bus include radar, lasor, and sensors for steering wheel angle, brake pressure, throttle position, and vehicle speed. A global positioning system was used to track the vehicle location, and video cameras were used to record images from several angles around the bus. The instrumented buses were operated on selected test routes to collect data used to dissect operating scenarios. The collection of data and the subsequent data dissection serve as the basis for threat assessment in various traffic conditions and algorithm design for collision warning systems. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crash data KW - Data collection KW - Field studies KW - Global Positioning System KW - Instrumentation KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Radar detectors KW - Sensors KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732092 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936277 AU - McNeil, S AU - Mertz, C AU - Salinas, D AU - Thorpe, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FACTS AND DATA RELATED TO BUS COLLISIONS PY - 2002 SP - 76p AB - The purpose of collision warning systems (CWS) is to recognize the relative speed, orientation, and distance between the instrumented vehicle and nearby objects, and the possible influence of environmental factors, such as weather, lighting, and roadway conditions. Transit buses have very specific needs because of their need to operate in restricted spaces and the presence of pedestrians. This paper reviews a work designed to investigate, develop, and test performance specifications for a side collision warning system that can reliably detect the smaller objects common to the buses domain, e.g., pedestrians or bicycles. An important initial step in the development and testing of performance specifications for side collision warning system is an analysis of incident data. This analysis serves two purposes: to guide the design and development of such systems; and to form a quantitative foundation for evaluation of the system. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Bicycles KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Development KW - Environmental impacts KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Investigation of structure KW - Pedestrians KW - Performance based specifications KW - Testing KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732099 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936288 AU - Wang, X AU - Lins, J AU - Chan, C Y AU - Johnston, S AU - Zhou, K AU - Steifeld, A AU - Hanson, M AU - Zhang, W B AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BUS FRONTAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM PY - 2002 SP - 138p AB - The paper discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program with a goal to improve safety through the application of advanced technologies. The frontal collision warning function has been identified as one of the key safety improvement measures for the transit vehicle platform. Frontal collision, defined as a bus colliding with a vehicle in front of the bus, is a frequent incident in transit bus operations and the cause of property damage, personal injuries, and interruption to operation. The goals of the collision warning system (CWS) are: to address imminent crashes; to provide warnings for smoother maneuvering; and to provide warnings when a bus is too close to a forward vehicle. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses KW - Transit safety KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732110 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936273 AU - Yata, T AU - Thorpe, C AU - Dellaert, F AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STATIC ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION USING OMNI-CAMERA FROM A MOVING VEHICLE PY - 2002 SP - 7p AB - Discussed is research to develop a sensor system capable of recognizing city area environments from a moving vehicle. A cluttered city area outdoor man-made environment requires different recognition methods from indoor or highway environments. An omni-directional camera and vehicle odometry were developed for better recognition in the total sensing system to estimate geometrical information that was fed back to image processing. This paper provides the first progress report for the research by explaining the study's approach of using omni-camera on a vehicle and setup of a platform. Also shown is an experimental result of two dimensional static environment recognition from a moving vehicle. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Environment KW - Image processing KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Moving target indicators KW - Odometers KW - Optical detectors KW - Sensors KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732095 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936274 AU - Zhao, L AU - Thorpe, C E AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STEREO- AND NEURAL NETWORK-BASED PEDESTRIAN DETECTION PY - 2002 SP - 7p AB - Pedestrian detection is essential to avoid dangerous traffic situations. The paper presents a fast and robust algorithm for detecting pedestrians in a cluttered urban scene from a pair of moving cameras. This is achieved through stereo-based segmentation and neural network-based recognition. The experiments on a large number of urban street scenes demonstrate that the proposed algorithm: 1) can detect pedestrians in various poses, shapes, sizes, clothing; 2) runs in real time; and 3) is robust to illumination and background changes. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Cameras KW - Image processing KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Neural networks KW - Pedestrian detectors KW - Pedestrian safety KW - Safety KW - Stereoscopic cameras UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732096 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936264 AU - Pierowicz, J AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A REAR IMPACT COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM: ACCIDENT PROFILE REPORT PY - 2002 SP - 37p AB - The type of the most frequent accident configuration in transit bus operation is when a vehicle collides with a bus from behind; a "rear-end" crash. This type of collision is responsible for significant costs including damage to the bus, injuries to the occupants, and disruption of operation of the transit agency. This report has been prepared as part of a program to develop and test a Rear Impact Collision Warning System (RICWS). As an initial step in this process an analysis of the accident data record was performed. The primary source of this accident data was the National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES). This data source provides data from a national database of vehicle crashes. The report described the results of this crash analysis. Data is provided describing the characteristics of transit bus crashes, and under what circumstances these crashes occur. U1 - Technical Information on the Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash analysis KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crash data KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Performance based specifications KW - Rear end crashes KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732086 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936266 AU - Thorpe, C AU - Duggins, D T AU - Gowdy, J AU - MacLaughlin, R AU - Mertz, C AU - Siegel, M AU - Suppe, A AU - Wang, B AU - Yata, T AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DRIVING IN TRAFFIC: SHORT-RANGESENSING FOR URBAN COLLISION AVOIDANCE PY - 2002 SP - 5p AB - Although intelligent vehicles are beginning to appear on the market, their sensing and warning functions still only work on the open road. This paper examines work done on the problem of sensing and driver interfacing for driving in urban areas. Discussed is the need to sense cars and pedestrians as well as curbs, fire plugs and bicycles and lampposts. The paper discusses work with radar, ladar, stereo vision and novel light stripe range sensors. A subset of these sensors installed on a city bus, driving through the streets of Pittsburgh on its normal runs is looked at. Also discussed is the use of different kinds of data fusion for different subsets of sensors, plus a coordinating framework for mapping objects at an abstract level. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Bicycles KW - Curbs KW - Detection and identification KW - Driver vehicle interfaces KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Pedestrians KW - Radar KW - Sensors KW - Transit buses KW - Urban areas KW - Warning signals UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732088 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936281 AU - Kortesoja, P AU - Salinger, J AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR A REAR IMPACT COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM (RICWS) FOR TRANSIT BUSES PY - 2002 SP - 25p AB - Rear impact collision warning systems (RICWS) are designed to provide warnings that reduce the number of incidents of following vehicles striking the rear end of the host vehicle. The warnings are meant to warn the driver of a following vehicle that immediate action may be necessary to avoid a crash with the host vehicle. This preliminary specification enumerates the functional, performance, and environmental requirements and specifications for a rear impact collision warning system suitable for installation on transit buses operating on urban routes. Following these specifications a set of evaluation criteria are defined, in the form of specific operational tests to conduct on the system to confirm that the system will meet the functional and performance goals described in this paper. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Performance based specifications KW - Rear end crashes KW - Specifications KW - Transit buses KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732103 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936283 AU - Thorpe, C E AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SIDE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM (SCWS) PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A TRANSIT BUS PY - 2002 SP - 58p AB - This performance specification is based on 2 1/2 years of work. The document provides a brief introduction to the project, followed by the performance specifications and explanatory text, and concluding with appendices to clarify and illustrate various aspects of the specifications. Performance specifications for side collision warning systems for transit buses define what data must be collected, the accuracy of the data, the functions of the algorithms, and the necessary outputs of the system in terms of signals, reliability, consistency and robustness. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Accuracy KW - Collision warning systems KW - Consistency KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Data collection KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Performance based specifications KW - Reliability KW - Side crashes KW - Signals KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732105 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936285 AU - Mertz, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY. PART 1: GENERAL OVERVIEW PY - 2002 SP - 19p AB - This paper provides a general overview and several examples of specific sensors, some of which are already deployed on collision warning systems (CWS) and others which might be modified for that purpose. Also investigated in depth are a few sensors which are considered most promising for a next generation CWS. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crashes KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Sensors KW - Transit buses KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732107 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936287 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SUMMARY OF CURRENT TRANSIT IVI PROJECTS PY - 2002 SP - 19p AB - This document provides a summary of six current Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program initiatives to develop and foster different collision warning systems (CWS) that are of interest and value to transit industry. The projects are: the frontal collision warning system (FCWS); the side collision warning system (SCWS); the rear impact collision warning system (RICWS); a driver vehicle interface (DVI); the integrated collision warning system (ICWS)); and the vehicle lane assist technology. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Driver vehicle interfaces KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Lane occupancy KW - Lane use control signals KW - Public transit KW - Rear end crashes KW - Side crashes KW - Transit buses KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732109 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936268 AU - Wang, X AU - Zhang, W B AU - Johnston, S AU - Empey, D AU - Chan, C Y AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INTEGRATED MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM: A TOOL FOR INVESTIGATING APPROACHES FOR TRANSIT FRONTAL COLLISION MITIGATION PY - 2002 SP - 4p AB - The paper discusses the University of California's PATH program development of a frontal collision warning system (CWS) for transit buses. Multiple sensors including two microwave radars, one laser radar, five ultrasonic sensors, four cameras, one GPS receiver as well as accelerometer, speedometer, steering angle sensor are already installed on a SamTrans transit bus to collect real life data. Sensors were calibrated and aligned to the system dimensionality. A software tool was developed to integrate multiple sensors and play back collected data. An algorithm framework was proposed to fuse multi-sensor data for collision warning. A linear warning algorithm has been developed. This paper describes the integration of multiple sensors as a primary step to develop a CWS. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Accelerometers KW - Algorithms KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Global Positioning System KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Lasers KW - Radar detectors KW - Sensors KW - Speedometers KW - Transit buses KW - Ultrasonic detectors KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732090 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936279 AU - Burke, L AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PEDESTRIAN RELATED BUS INCIDENTS: THE RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH PY - 2002 SP - 13p AB - This paper examined the circumstances around bus accidents involving pedestrians and evaluated the possibility of using Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) technologies to reduce or eliminate pedestrian accidents. It is also intended to stimulate further discussion on human factors impacts with the use of IVI technologies to avoid pedestrian accidents. The study conclusions were drawn from four separate and distinct sources: the General Estimates System (GES), an anonymous transit property, and two studies conducted by the Carnegie Mellon University using Port Authority of Allegheny County Transit (Pittsburgh) data and Washington State accident data. Also presented are some general conclusions regarding the nature and cause of bus related pedestrian accidents, and whether the use of IVI technologies would have a significant impact on accident reduction. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) KW - Bus crashes KW - Crash data KW - Crash rates KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Pedestrian-vehicle crashes KW - Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732101 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936286 AU - Mertz, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY. PART II: INVESTIGATION OF SPECIFIC SENSORS PY - 2002 SP - 3p AB - This paper presents an integrated human shape modeling, detection, and body part localization vision system. It demonstrates that the system can: detect pedestrians in various shapes, sizes, postures, partial occlusion, and clothing from a moving vehicle using stereo cameras; and locate the joints of a person automatically and accurately without employing any markers around the joints. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Human body mass KW - Human factors KW - Identification systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Location KW - Pedestrians KW - Sensors KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732108 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936272 AU - Wang, C C AU - Thorpe, C AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING WITH DETECTION AND TRACKING OF MOVING OBJECTS PY - 2002 SP - 7p AB - Both simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and detection and tracking of moving objects (DTMO) play key roles in robotics and automation. For certain constrained environments, SLAM and DTMO are becoming solved problems. But for robots working outdoors, and at high speeds, SLAM and DTMO are still incomplete. This paper presents a method to integrate SLAM and DTMO to solve both problems simultaneously for both indoor and outdoor applications. The results of experiments carried out with vehicles with the maximum speed of 45 mph in crowded urban and suburban areas verify the described work. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Detection and identification KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Mapping KW - Moving target indicators KW - Robotics KW - Suburbs KW - Tracking systems KW - Transit buses KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732094 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00936275 AU - Chan, C Y AU - Zhou, K AU - Wang, X Q AU - Zhang, W B AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STUDIES OF ACCIDENT SCENARIOS FOR TRANSIT BUS FRONTAL COLLISIONS PY - 2002 SP - 9p AB - Frontal collision is considered one of the most critical applications within the intelligent vehicle initiative (IVI) program. This paper provides an analysis of real world collision scenarios by reviewing an extensive list of accident situations from transit agencies. This analysis helps identify certain aspects of bus operating environment that are unique and significant. Also laid out is the foundation of scenario parsing by identifying the expected data patterns to be acquired by sensors placed on test vehicles. The collection of field data and the subsequent data dissection will serve as the basis for threat assessment in various traffic conditions and algorithm design for collision warning. U1 - Technical Information on Transit IVI ProjectsFederal Transit Administration; Transit IVI CommitteeLas Vegas, Nevada StartDate:20021028 EndDate:20021029 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration; Transit IVI Committee KW - Collision warning systems KW - Crash analysis KW - Crash avoidance systems KW - Crash investigation sites KW - Environment KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Traffic characteristics KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/732097 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00933741 AU - AECOM Consulting Transportation Group AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CONSIDERING SAFETY IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS PY - 2002 AB - This report examines the integration of safety into the transportation planning process. Safety is an essential part of transportation and needs to be considered by all agencies involved, including state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, local governments, special districts, and non-profit organizations. Improving the safety of the transportation network requires an active, conscious approach to monitoring the transportation system for safety problems and anticipating problems before they occur. The focus of this report is on incorporating safety into the transportation planning process for the multimodal transportation system and on providing planners with information and techniques to better understand the role of safety within this process. The report is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the scope and organization of the report, the importance of safety in planning, the legislative background, the agencies involved in safety and transportation planning, the role of safety as part of the transportation planning process at the state and metropolitan planning levels, sources of funding for transportation safety activities, and some of the institutional challenges to incorporating safety into the planning process. Chapter 2 examines different approaches to the long-range safety planning process. Chapter 3 examines the short-range transportation planning process in the context of the transportation improvement program. Chapter 4 details how a crash database is constructed and managed. Chapter 5 discusses other agencies and organizations having programs relating to safety planning. It outlines some of their projects and presents examples of their successful partnerships. KW - Crash data KW - Databases KW - Financing KW - Institutional issues KW - Legislation KW - Long range planning KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Partnerships KW - Safety programs KW - Short range planning KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation safety UR - http://media.tmiponline.org/clearinghouse/safety/safety.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/725739 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00932332 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003. 4TH EDITION PY - 2002 SP - 210 p. AB - This is the fourth edition of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research, Development, and Technology Plan for fiscal year 2003. The FY 2003 Plan establishes priorities for the Department's RD&T program activities and links them to specific goals and outcomes. It presents the Department's RD&T planning process, identifies RD&T programs necessary to achieve departmental goals, and discusses DOT's overall strategy in carrying out the needed RD&T. This Plan supports the Department's five-year Strategic Plan, serving as the implementation document for the Plan's RD&T elements, as well as the key resource for the Department's budget and program development process. This report consists of six sections and six appendices. It focuses on the RD&T missions and programs of the DOT operating administrations, as well as state and local activities, and RD&T performance measures. KW - Budgeting KW - Development KW - Implementation KW - Performance evaluations KW - Program management KW - Research projects KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/dot/rdtpln4/index.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/724422 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00918052 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION: CHARTER INFORMATION SERVICE.. T2 - CHARTER INFORMATION SERVICE PY - 2002 AB - No abstract provided. KW - Bus lines KW - Laws and legislation KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/590759 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00926059 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - EG&G Technical Services, Incorporated AU - Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING RESULTS 2000 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 2002 SP - 96 p. AB - The report is a compilation, analysis and documentation of drug and alcohol testing results reported by transit systems in the United States during 2000. It presents the results of mandatory drug and alcohol testing result by transit systems and their contractors who receive FTA funds, which include testing results for 2000 and trend analysis dating back to the program's inception. The report covers results for the following drug types: marijuana (THC), cocaine. phencyclidine (PCP) opiates and amphetamines. The drug test types covered are: pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty, and follow up. The report also covers testing results for alcohol for the following test types: random post accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty, and follow up. The report has increased focus on test analysis since data are now available for five tears. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Amphetamines KW - Cocaine KW - Contractors KW - Drug tests KW - Human factors KW - Human subject testing KW - Marijuana KW - Phencyclidine opiates KW - Transit operators KW - Transit personnel KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19300/19369/PB2002106364.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718204 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00926058 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS: PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE U.S. CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 5309(O)(1) PY - 2002 SP - 561 p. AB - This annual report documents the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommendations to Congress for allocation of funds to be made available under 49 U.S.C 5309(o)(1) for construction of fixed guideway systems and extensions (major capital investments or New Starts) for fiscal year 2003. 34 projects are recommended for funding in FY 2003 (total $1,191.96 million). Of these, 27 have existing and/or pending federal funding commitments under Full Funding Grant Agreements, and 7 have meritorious ones. The projects include commuter rail, light rail, heavy rail, and bus rapid transit. In addition to the 34 projects proposed for funding in FY 2003, this report provides summary descriptions of all projects currently in the New Starts program pipeline. 50 projects are in the preliminary engineering or final design stage of project development, located in 30 states and the District of Columbia and in cities of all sizes. This report consists of two sections: the main text details specific funding recommendations by project and provides background information on both the project and FTA program and processes; and, a series of appendices providing summary descriptions of each project. KW - Annual reports KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Capital investments KW - Commuter cars KW - Federal aid KW - Grant aid KW - Guideways KW - Light rail transit KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Rapid transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718203 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00922797 AU - Department of Transportation TI - 2002 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS BOOK PY - 2002 SP - v.p. AB - The 2002 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book documents, catalogues, and describes ITS research projects, tests, and studies initiated through September 30, 2001. The current edition continues to categorize both legacy projects, originating under ISTEA, and those begun since the enactment of TEA-21, according to the restructured program organization. The restructured ITS Program focuses on two major areas: intelligent infrastructure and intelligent vehicles. In this report, projects identified as "other" were earmarked activities originating during the ISTEA period of authorization. Projects identified as "deployment/integration" reflect the restructuring of ITS program activities under TEA-21. Four chapters describe and catalogue the research projects, tests, and studies under the following four program areas: metropolitan ITS infrastructure, rural ITS infrastructure, commercial vehicles ITS infrastructure, and intelligent vehicle initiative. The remaining chapters describe projects and studies under other ITS program areas: intermodal freight; evaluation/program assessment; architecture, standards, and national compatibility planning; mainstreaming; and other related programs. Overall ITS offer technology based solutions to the challenges confronting the nation's surface transportation systems, while concurrently establishing the basis for dealing with future demands through a strategic intermodal view of transportation. KW - Architecture KW - Commercial vehicles KW - Freight transportation KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Performance evaluations KW - Restructuring KW - Rural areas KW - Standards UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13998.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/708147 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00922676 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CMAQ - CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM: INDIRECT BENEFITS PY - 2002 SP - 23 p. AB - The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program was introduced under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. The program has since provided many benefits beyond air quality improvements. The purpose of the research reported in this booklet was to learn from stakeholders about the indirect benefits they believe could be attributed to the CMAQ program. The following benefits were identified: Increased public and private sector participation; enhanced planning processes; enhanced advancements in project identification; empowered MPOs; encouraged flexibility for intermodal project development; encouraged project innovation and new technologies; helped meet legislative requirements; expanded education and outreach; and improved quality of life in metropolitan areas. KW - Air pollution KW - Air quality management KW - Benefits KW - Congestion management systems KW - Environmental quality KW - Improvements KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/707175 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921361 AU - Science Applications International Corporation AU - Department of Transportation TI - RURAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) TOOLBOX PY - 2002 SP - n.p. AB - This report makes a statement: Development and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) solutions for rural and small urban areas is becoming more common for states and regions around the nation. This toolbox of resources has been prepared as part of the DOT's Rural ITS Program activities to develop guidance for implementation of ITS technologies in rural and small urban areas. The document of successful rural ITS projects will assist public agencies and private organizations with the development of rural and statewide ITS deployment plans. The toolbox consists of two components: a toolbox, or resources document identifying successful rural ITS projects and statewide applications; and best practices document illustrating proven processes for preparation of a rural or statewide ITS deployment plan. The tools are categorized according to the seven rural ITS development tracks: emergency service; tourism and travel information; traffic management; rural transportation; and weather. KW - Emergencies KW - Ground transportation KW - Highway safety KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Mobility KW - Rural transportation KW - Tourism KW - Traffic calming KW - Weather UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13477.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/708120 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921359 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CHARTER SERVICE INFORMATION BROCHURE PY - 2002 SP - n.p. AB - This brochure provides information about FTA Charter Service regulation and FTA Regional Office to contact for assistance. The brochure will help transit agencies better understand Federal Transit law, 49 USC #5323(d), which prohibits recipients of federal financial assistance from providing charter service except under certain conditions. To comply with he Act, applicants for FTA assistance must formally agree that they will not provide charter service using equipment or facilities funded under the Act. unless there are no private charter operators willing and able to provide the charter service, or am other exception applies. Special procedures and/or documentation are required to qualify for an exception. This regulation is intended to prevent public intrusion into private markets, and to make it possible for the private sector to utilize public transit resources to meet market needs. KW - Charter operations KW - Government funding KW - Market share KW - Private carriers KW - Public transit KW - Regulatory constraints UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/708119 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00824258 AU - Department of Commerce TI - SEVEN STEPS TO PERFORMANCE BASED ACQUISITIONS - BENCHMARK VERSION 2002 PY - 2002 SP - v.p. AB - Program managers, program office staff, and other interested in mastering performance-based service contracting quickly and painlessly, this online training tool called 'Seven Steps to Performance Based Acquisitions' may be the answer. The intent is for agencies to describe their needs in what is to be achieved, not how it is to be done. The web-enabled guide is a new resource that breaks down performance-based acquisitions into seven easy steps, complete with links to sample case studies. KW - Contract administration KW - Performance KW - Purchasing KW - Training programs KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/713957 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074123 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - New Britain-Hartford busway, New Britain, Newington, West Hartford and Hartford counties : environmental impact statement PY - 2001/12//Volumes held: Draft, Final, Record of decision B1 KW - Connecticut KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833517 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00926060 AU - Harvard Design and Mapping Company, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FARE REVIEW 3.O: FARE REVENUE INTERACTIVE WORKBOOK USER'S GUIDE. RURAL AND URBAN PY - 2001/12 SP - 62 p. AB - The objective of this ReVIEW user's guide program is to provide transit officials with a tool to evaluate the fare revenue control processes, policies, and procedures. Fare ReVIEW is a software program that can be used to review and revise control mechanisms to prevent the loss of passenger revenues. Fare ReVIEW presents recommendations, suggestions, and indicates where potential areas of vulnerability exist within the fiscal system. Fare RevIEW is an interactive evaluation tool focused on the evaluation of revenue control systems. The program is user friendly, easy to use, and consists of two major modules - urban and rural. This quide describes the main framework of Fare ReVIEW; it covers the basic steps in installing and configuring the software program; in operating main functions; and in administering the system. KW - Case studies KW - Control systems KW - Fare collection KW - Fares KW - Passenger service KW - Problem solving KW - Public transit KW - Revenues KW - Rural areas KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/718205 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921772 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DEPLOYING AND OPERATING INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. TWENTY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PY - 2001/12 SP - 32 p. AB - This document summarizes lessons learned through the evaluation of four sites selected in 1996 to serve as national models for deploying and operating intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in metropolitan areas. One of the goals of the Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative was to demonstrate measurable benefits resulting from the application of integrated, region-wide approaches to transportation management and provision of traveler information. To support this goal, substantive evaluations of potential benefits were conducted at selected sites. This report synthesizes the results of those evaluations, along with findings from follow-up interviews conducted with site managers in the spring of 2001. KW - Benefits KW - Deployment KW - Evaluation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Management KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Operations KW - Regional planning KW - Transportation planning KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13599.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13599/13599.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/706840 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00824257 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AT HIGHWAY-RAIL INTERSECTIONS - A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY PY - 2001/12 SP - 30 p. AB - Improving safety and mobility at highway-rail grade crossings is the heart of this research project report. The study is based on the 1997 ITS Joint Program Office study that identified projects in the United States using intelligent transportation systems technology at highway-rail grade crossings. The 1997 study identified seven projects that tested the following five functions: in-vehicle warning, second train warning, crossing blockage, traveler information and traffic management, four quadrant gates with automatic train stop, and a comprehensive set of technologies called Intelligent Grade-Crossing. The following year, the ITS Joint Program Office commissioned another cross-cutting study to examine the commonalities and differences among the seven projects. This repot documents the findings of that cross-cutting study. It concludes with a discussion of issues and evaluation results common to all seven projects, and emerging trend in the field. The report provides references, Internet resources and contacts for each project. Evaluation results from the seven projects indicate that ITS technologies have a positive impact in increasing safety and mobility at highway=rail grade crossings. KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - In vehicle sensors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intersections KW - Mobility KW - Safety KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Warning systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/713651 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00974189 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BEST PRACTICES PROCUREMENT MANUAL PY - 2001/11/06 SP - v.p. AB - This manual provides recipients of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds suggestions on conducting third party procurements to assist them in meeting the standards of FTA Circular 4220.1E. The manual consists of suggested procedures, methods, and examples which FTA encourages. These are based on the Federal acquisition process, Comptroller General decisions, and "Best Practices" of grantees and others in the industry. The manual is envisioned as an ongoing and expanding document. It will be updated periodically with both new subjects as well as additions or changes to existing subjects. The additions/changes will be based on: (1) changes in statutes, (2) the result of recent court decisions, (3) the need for further clarification, and (4) new or innovative practices of grantees. The manual consists of 11 chapters and appendices as follows: (1) Purpose and Scope; (2) Procurement Planning & Organization; (3) Specifications; (4) Methods of Solicitation and Selection; (5) Award of Contracts; (6) Procurement Object Types: Special Considerations; (7) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise; (8) Contract Clauses; (9) Contract Administration; (10) Close-Out; (11) Disputes; (Appendix A) Governing Documents; (Appendix B) Examples; (Appendix C) Reserved; and (Appendix D) Annotated FTA Circular 4220.1E. KW - Best practices KW - Contract administration KW - Contracting KW - Contracts KW - Disadvantaged business enterprises KW - Disputes KW - Manuals KW - Procurement KW - Revisions KW - Solicitations KW - Specifications UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/13054_6037.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/698518 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460933 TI - Technical Assistance for Development of Bus Standards AB - The purpose of this project is to develop a process that will allow the transit industry to prepare consensus based standards and recommended practices for the bus transit industry. This process will then be used to develop standards and recommended practices in areas such as vehicle design, vehicle inspection and maintenance, operating practices, infrastructure design, and infrastructure inspection and maintenance. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) will administer the standards-development process. The process will include a mechanism to identify needs, and prioritize standards-development activities. An important part of the project will also be to fast track the development of a small number of standards to demonstrate the ability to quickly get a product into the hands of the bus transit industry. KW - Bus transportation KW - Infrastructure KW - Inspection KW - Maintenance KW - Operations KW - Research projects KW - Standards KW - Technical assistance KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1075 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229151 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00938119 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS: KEY ISSUES PY - 2001/11 SP - 58 p. AB - Because transportation can have a substantial impact on a metropolitan area, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) requested a document be prepared to serve as a primer for Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) board members. This notebook is the Federal Highway Administration's and the Federal Transit Administration's response to that request. It provides state and local officials, planning board members, and transportation service providers with an overview of transportation planning. This notebook provides a basic understanding of the key concepts, along with references for additional information. Part I discusses transportation planning and its relationship to decisionmaking. Part II presents short descriptions of important policy and planning topics. KW - Decision making KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Policy KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.planning.dot.gov/documents/BriefingBook/BBook.htm#1BB UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/730494 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01466369 TI - IVI Lane Assist System for Bus Rapid AB - This research will focus on bus rapid transit system (BRT) requirements for lane assist technology to support transit operations in narrow lanes. Initial research will build upon and expand current research and development already occurring on other intelligent vehicle initiative (IVI) platforms. Lane assistance technology increases the safety of BRT vehicles operating in a unique environment, such as the narrow lane or bus shoulder lane. A lane assist system is expected to integrate the sensor system, steering controller, steering actuator, driver interface, roadside-to-vehicle communication system, and system diagnostics. The technology stems from research on intelligent vehicles and automated highway systems. The project will develop a set of guidelines based on the BRT community's need, the technology currently available, and the human factors requirements for safe implementation of these systems. Fiscal Year 2001 funding is the first part of an overall $400,000 program, to be completely funded in FY 2002. IVI is improving safety under three conditions: normal driving conditions, degraded driving conditions, and imminent crash conditions. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Automated highway systems KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus lanes KW - Buses KW - Communication systems KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Lane lines KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1234604 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459358 TI - National Park Service and Transit AB - The Oak Ridge National Laboratories will assist the National Park Service in addressing transportation needs through the application of low-cost technology-based solutions, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications. The project will assist the National Laboratories in providing the technical assistance and support needed to explore and test the application of integrated ITS transit technologies to improve the travel needs and safety of visitors to national parks. Currently, the National Park Service is under increased pressure to reduce the impacts from travelers visiting the parks. National Parks such as Great Smokey Mountains National Park and Grand Canyon National Park will serve as real-world testing grounds for the application of ITS transit technologies, providing a higher level of integrated service to meet the transportation needs of the National Park Service. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Cost control KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - National parks KW - Research projects KW - Safety KW - Technical assistance KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Travel patterns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227571 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459349 TI - Pocatello Transit Agencies Coordinating Transportation Together AB - This project supports the Pocatello Regional Transit project titled, Agencies Coordinating Transportation Together (ACTT). Under this project, Pocatello Regional Transit will serve as the single point-of-contact for coordinating public transportation services, including those required by both public and private sector agencies, within a three county area. The project includes deployment and use of integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies to coordinate and improve the quality and capacity of existing public transportation services within the three county service area. Pocatello Regional Transit will develop a prototype communications system, utilizing ITS technologies such as operational software and computer-aided dispatching (CAD) systems to provide for real time tracking and dispatching of transit vehicles, as well as coordinating and integrating the area transit service operations and route planning. ACTT intends to reduce duplicative transportation services. It will offer both public and private agencies the opportunity to use a single-point of contact for public transportation services in the area. When fully deployed and integrated, the ITS technology will enable the public transportation system to operate more efficiently and safely. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Communication systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227562 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459336 TI - National Rural Transit Assistance AB - This project enables the American Public Works Association (APW A) and the Community Transportation Association of America (CT AA) to continue the activities of the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)-providing training and technical assistance for rural public transit operators, improving safety of rural transit service, and supporting coordination with human services transportation. This national coordination and technical assistance program complements the R TAP program administered by each state, using formula funds apportioned to other than urbanized areas. The national R TAP assists both rural and specialized transit providers directly and provides support for the state RTAP programs by developing and disseminating materials of national interest. RTAP project activities are guided by a review board consisting of eleven rural operators and state RTAP managers. APW A provides overall management of the program, and acts as liaison with the state RTAP managers and RTAP Review Board. Major products of the national RTAP program include production of training modules, train the trainer workshops, information bulletins, and the National Transit Resource Center operated by CT AA. Training and technical assistance for rural and specialized transit operators helps to reconnect rural America and ensure mobility for all Americans. RTAP was established in 1987 for the purpose of providing training, technical assistance, research and support services, specifically tailored to the needs of rural transit operators. The National RTAP activities support the Strategic Goal, Mobility and Accessibility, by providing training and technical assistance to enhance the effectiveness, safety, reliability and availability of rural and small urban transit service. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Information services KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Rural areas KW - Rural transit KW - Safety KW - Social service agencies KW - Specialized training KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227549 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459322 TI - United Cerebral Palsy High School Program AB - This project is a continuation of a program funded since 1994 to provide young adults with disabilities attending high schools in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, with exposure to careers in transportation and technology. The program is in its seventh year. It is designed to introduce student to the professions, disciplines, and summer employment opportunities in the transportation sector. Students have the opportunity to attend and participate in workshops at the Department and to test their interests and abilities in a real-world working environment. The young adults are provided with career counseling and information pertaining to the career and educational opportunities in the transportation sector. This program helps to ensure equal opportunity in DOT -assisted programs and to promote diversity in the workforce, the transportation industry, and supporting professions. KW - High school students KW - Human resources management KW - Professional employment KW - Research projects KW - Training programs KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227535 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00930734 AU - Iteris, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Lockheed Martin AU - Department of Transportation TI - REGIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE GUIDANCE: DEVELOPING, USING, AND MAINTAINING AN ITS ARCHITECTURE FOR YOUR REGION PY - 2001/10 SP - 168 p. AB - The objective of this document is to provide guidance on the development, use, and maintenance of a regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) architecture. This document is a guide for transportation professionals involved in the development, use, or maintenance of regional ITS architecture, and an important tool for use in transportation planning and project implementation. The guide presents a six-step process for creating a regional ITS architecture with supporting examples of each architecture product, and an approach for mainstreaming ITS into the planning and project development process. Within this guidance document, section 2 provides an overview of the process, and sections 3 through 6 describe the regional ITS architecture development process in detail. The two appendices in this report provide additional background information. KW - Architecture KW - Development KW - Guidelines KW - Implementation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Maintenance KW - Operations KW - Regional planning KW - Regional transportation UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13598.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719674 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01547855 TI - Transit-Oriented Development: State of the Practice and Future Benefits AB - Focusing development around transit facilities has become a significant way to improve accessibility, support community and regional goals of enhancing the quality of life, and support the financial success of transit investment. The experiences of a new generation of transit systems highlight the powerful role that transit investments play in channeling urban development. Benefits attributable to transit-oriented development (TOD) initiatives include improved air quality, preservation of open space, pedestrian-friendly environments, increased ridership and revenue, reduction of urban sprawl, and reorientation of urban development patterns around both rail and bus transit facilities. Today, many transit systems and communities across the country are participating in TOD programs. TOD participants range from small local and intercity bus systems with community-related services to large local and intercity rail systems with numerous projects. Increasingly, transit agencies are looking at programs and analyzing real-estate competitiveness to solicit developer interest. This report defines TOD and joint development and offers insight into the various aspects of implementing TOD, including political and institutional factors; planning and land-use strategies, benefits, and impacts; fiscal considerations and partnerships; and design challenges and considerations. Robert Cervero, of the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at the University of California at Berkeley, was the report's principal author. To achieve the project's objective of summarizing the state of the practice of TOD, the research team performed a literature review, conducted a comprehensive survey, performed interviews, and conducted 10 case studies. The 10 case studies (Boston, New Jersey, the Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Colorado, Portland, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Southern California), covered a range of TOD designs and practices. The report focuses on TOD and joint development and practice; the level of collaboration between various partners (e.g., the development community, financial partners, planning and land-use agencies, and government entities); the impacts of TOD and joint development on land values; the potential benefits of TOD; and successful design principles and characteristics. A companion publication to this report, Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 52: Transit- Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature Review, reviews pertinent literature and research findings related to TOD and joint development. It contains a bibliography annotated by subject area. KW - Boston (Massachusetts) KW - Bus transit KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Colorado KW - Dallas (Texas) KW - Land use planning KW - Miami Metropolitan Area KW - New Jersey KW - Portland (Oregon) KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Rail transit KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Southern California KW - State of the practice KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit oriented development KW - Urban development KW - Washington (District of Columbia) UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1156 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1335477 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460958 TI - Transit Cooperative Research Program AB - This project provides ongoing support to the Transit Cooperative Research Program [49 U.S.C. § 5314(a)]. The program focuses on issues significant to the transit industry with emphasis on local problem-solving research. The FTA Strategic Plan and the Research and Technology Five- Year Plan provide the framework for TCRP efforts, which include research in a variety of transit fields such as: planning, service concepts, vehicles and equipment, facilities, operations, human resources, maintenance, policy, and administrative practices. TCRP synthesis reports summarize best transit industry practices and have been useful to transit operators. Since TCRP's inception in 1992, approximately 1,500 research problem statements have been submitted, and the TCRP Project Selection and Oversight Committee, comprised of industry representatives, has designated 303 projects and studies to address these problems. More than 1,300 representatives of the transit industry have served on panels, which guide TCRP projects, providing a direct channel for promptly disseminating results to those who can apply them in practice. TCRP products include 69 Research Reports, 37 Transit Synthesis Reports, 42 Research Results Digests, 16 Legal Research Digests, 24 Transit IDEA Reports on development of innovative products and processes, and 9 software products. Over 400,000 copies of these products have been distributed. The Transportation Research Board administers the program and maintains a publications list and description of all TCRP studies on its website, (http:/ /www4. trb.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf). In addition, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) maintains a TCRP Dissemination website, at (http://www.apta.com/tcrp], to assist in the dissemination process to the transit industry. All TCRP publications are available electronically for immediate access through these websites. KW - Accessibility KW - International compacts KW - Mobility KW - Professional employment KW - Professional personnel KW - Research projects KW - Resource development and utilization KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229176 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460957 TI - Great Cities Universities Transportation Initiative AB - This cooperative agreement provides funding to the lead university, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in behalf of the Great Cites Universities Transportation Initiative. The Great Cities Universities Initiative is a coalition of 17 public research universities that are located in major American cities, share common characteristics, vision, and common commitment to service, achievement, and excellence in the urban environment. This includes a collaborative effort to focus on the application of advanced technologies and innovative strategies to solve transportation problems in urban areas with specific attention to the transit field. Research will be conducted in areas of importance to urban areas such as educational reform, community development, and transportation--emphasizing the application of advanced transportation technology, such as geographic information systems (GIS) and computer modeling to enhance local government analytic capabilities and service delivery. By assessing, developing and utilizing the latest technologies and innovative management practices in the transit field, together they will promote more effective transit planning and more efficient utilization of federal transportation resources. The Great Cities Universities have a common determination to maintain and build the greatness of American cities, strengthening both the institutions and communities through strategic alliances and public-private partnerships that have local impact. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Geographic information systems KW - Management and organization KW - Research projects KW - Resource development and utilization KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology transfer KW - Transit traffic KW - Transportation planning KW - Urban development KW - Urban renewal UR - http://www.gcu-ecu.org/GCUhistory.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229175 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459487 TI - WestStart-CALSTART Consortium Electric Vehicle Program AB - This ongoing project enables WestStart-Calstart to continue its drive for effective clean solutions and advanced technologies for transportation and transportation based challenges. WestStart- Calstart is a nonprofit, advanced transportation organization and recognized leader in developing programs and plans that foster clean fuel technology development and deployment. Under this project, Calstart will continue to develop and demonstrate electric vehicle technologies that reduce emissions and improve transportation services and operations. Calstart will serve as a catalyst for development of a globally competitive, environmentally friendly, and United States based advanced transportation technology industry. KW - Clean fuels KW - Electric vehicles KW - Emission control systems KW - Improvements KW - Quality of service KW - Research projects KW - Technology assessment UR - http://www.weststart.org/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227700 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459412 TI - Japanese Chubu-High Speed Surface Transportation - Adaptation AB - The FTA is examining the possibility of introducing magnetically levitated low speed vehicles for urban passenger transportation in the United States. One of the candidate Maglev technologies and concepts being considered for application is the Japanese Chubu-High Speed Surface Transportation (HSST) maglev system for urban transit. The Chubu-HSST maglev has been reported as a safe urban public transit system with the performance and economy superior to conventional urban transit systems. The objective of this research project is to evaluate and determine the feasibility of adapting the Japanese Chubu-HSST Maglev technology. The HSST uses electromagnetic suspension principles based on the attractive forces between the vehicle mounted electromagnets and the iron rail on the guideway for levitation. For propulsion, the system uses a vehicle mounted linear induction motor and a reactive aluminum plate on the guideway. KW - Electromagnetic devices KW - High speed ground transportation KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Passenger transportation KW - Performance evaluations KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Suspension systems KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227625 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459406 TI - Operation Respond Institute AB - Emergency responders to rail passenger accidents and incidents need accurate and timely location information. This project supports the efforts of the Operation Respond Institute to enhance the safety of commuter rail and transit system operations by deploying rail passenger emergency location and access mapping software along commuter and light rail corridors. The Operation Respond Institute is the owner and developer of the Operation Respond Emergency Information System - an emergency access and mapping software. This access and mapping software allows emergency responders to pinpoint and reach a rail passenger train or subway car involved in an accident or incident, by combining rail landmark information with public road and infrastructure maps. Such information, coupled with the rail passenger car schematics included in the software, allows responders to quickly reach the scene and perform emergency services. Operation Respond is a not-for-profit industry/government partnership established to provide lifesaving hazardous material and rail passenger rescue information directly from participating railroads and motor carriers to first responder police and fire personnel at the accident scene. KW - Access KW - Commuter service KW - Crash locations KW - Emergency response time KW - Incident detection KW - Information management KW - Mapping KW - Rail (Railroads) KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227619 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459375 TI - Florida Superconducting Maglev Technology Project AB - Under this project, Maglev 2000 of Florida (M2000) will research and demonstrate the feasibility of a superconducting electrodynamic suspension (repulsive force) technology based on the concept of Drs. Gordon Danby and James Powell, who first pioneered the concept of magnetically levitated transport based on superconducting magnets in 1966. The high field strength superconducting magnets enable M2000 vehicles to be stabley levitated at low speed, including zero, with very low guideway power requirements. This project will manufacture, fabricate, and test levitation and propulsion components suitable for an operational demonstration of an urban maglev transit prototype vehicle. Phase One will focus on the construction, manufacture, and assembly of the guideway, coils, superconducting magnets, train control and prototype vehicle. Maglev 2000 will demonstrate the levitation concept on the prototype vehicle and measure the propulsion forces at their guideway facilities at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida. Phase Two will include preliminary design of a 7-mile revenue service route connecting the Visitor Center and Apollo/Saturn V Exhibit Center at Kennedy Space Center. Phase Three includes final design of the 7-mile revenue service route. Superconducting magnets enable Maglev vehicles to operate with much greater clearances above the guideway (6 inch gap) than room temperature magnets (3/8 of an inch gap). Large gaps improve safety, allow greater construction tolerances and decrease construction costs, and reduce sensitivity to ground setting and earthquakes. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Electric vehicles KW - Magnetic levitation KW - Passenger transportation KW - Propulsion KW - Research projects KW - Urban transit KW - Vehicles UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227588 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459368 TI - Advanced Public Transportation Systems Technical Support AB - This project is a continuing effort to support the Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTA) Program--the transit component of the Department's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Initiative. APTA, also called Transit ITS, offers low-cost technology based solutions to the challenges confronting the nation's public transportation systems. The Transit ITS program is designed to encourage development and implementation of innovative technologies and strategies to improve all aspects of public transportation and ridership. APTA incorporates state-of-the-art computer, telecommunications, and navigation technologies to improve the service and safety of public transit. Under this project, technical support will cover development and management of seven separate projects: Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI); Transit IVI System Integration Testing; Smartcard Guidelines Update; ITS Standards Development; Transitweb Maintenance; and FTA Technical Staff Support. Technical staff support activities will include reviewing, analyzing and coordinating information in support of the APTA program, as well as updating reference material on the deployment and state-of-the-art in Transit ITS technology. Products and services delivered under this project assist transit agencies in the planning, procurement, and implementation of ITS Transit technologies. KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Technology KW - Transit riders KW - Transit traffic UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227581 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459361 TI - Location Referencing Guidebook AB - This is the second phase of a multi-phase project to develop a guidebook on location referencing standards for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The Transit Standards Consortium will develop a Location Referencing Guidebook that will assist transit operators in implementing interoperable ITS and operational systems that require the exchange of spatial data. During the first phase of the program, a requirements analysis was conducted. The analysis included white papers on the scope of spatial data applications in transit and on the issues related to existing and emerging spatial data interoperability. The white papers are available on the (http://www.tsconsortium.org/]. This second phase of the program will include the actual development of a location referencing guidebook for the transit industry, addressing the issues defined in Phase I of this project. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Guides to information KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227574 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459359 TI - National ITS Architecture Requirements Oversight AB - Description: FT A is using the oversight program to monitor compliance with the National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture Consistency Policy for Transit Projects. Oversight program funds are used to provide compliance reviews and subsequent value-added technical assistance. This project provides ongoing contractor support to conduct oversight on the National ITS Architecture Consistency requirements. It is part of a multi-year program, which includes training in the National ITS Architecture requirements, along with ITS architecture training provided by the U.S. DOT. Oversight contractors will evaluate compliance with respect to TEA-21 requirements of National ITS Architecture Consistency Policy, and assist "at risk" grantees to become compliant with requirements. Project is funded under National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Pro am Office. KW - Compliance KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Monitoring KW - Oversight KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227572 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459354 TI - Transit ITS Standards Education and Outreach AB - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has sponsored an extensive Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards outreach and training program to promote awareness and usage of ITS transit standards, including Transit Communication Interface Profiles (TCIP). This project is a continuation of the FY 2000 project to develop three training courses for transit ITS standards. The purpose of the project is to deliver three sets of courses based on vehicle area networks, incorporating transit communications interface profiles into legacy systems, and specifying ITS standards in procurement documents. During this project, a set of four courses will be delivered three times. The courses are targeted to transit decision makers and implementers regarding the Transit Communication Interface Profiles standards and vehicle area network standards. This project supports outreach and educational activities to ensure that transit ITS projects are compatible with the national architecture requirements. ITS standards define how various system technologies and components interconnect and interact within an overall framework. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Awareness KW - Communications KW - Education and training KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Research projects KW - Technology KW - Training programs KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.tsconsortium.org UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227567 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459353 TI - Transit IVI Program Technical Support AB - Through the National Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI), the U.S. Department Of Transportation intends to reduce vehicle crashes by helping drivers operate vehicles more safely and effectively. Under this project, the Volpe Center: will continue to provide management and technical support to the Transit IVI Program. Transit IVI is designed to rapidly develop and deploy advanced safety systems that will help drivers operate buses and demand response vehicles more safely and efficiently. Technical support includes development and distribution of a quarterly newsletter on the status of Transit IVI research programs, Transit system integration testing, and development of integrated display modalities for Collision warning I /-/J-d systems, as well as coordination with IVI Forward and Side Collision Warning System project. This project also supports an analysis of the human factors concerns of Transit IVI collision warning systems, and the transfer of systems from bus fleets to light rail vehicles. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Bus drivers KW - Bus transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Crash sensors KW - Human factors in crashes KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Research projects KW - Safety programs KW - Vehicle safety UR - http://www.volpe.dot.gov/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227566 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459347 TI - Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Success Story AB - The purpose of this research is to identify, compile, and assess best practices in the application of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology in rural communities across the country. Success stories of transit agencies demonstrating best practices in the deployment of ITS solutions for rural public transit in nonurban areas are included. Technologies, ranging from geographic information systems for transit planning to automatic vehicle locator systems for deploying and tracking transit vehicles will be documented in the final Rural ITS Transit Success Story report. This project effort includes development of an electronic best practices website, highlighting the state-of -the-practice in the application of integrated Transit ITS technologies in nonurban areas around the country. Overall, this project aims to provide an electronic resource of useful information for encouraging transit agencies and others in the deployment of Transit ITS technologies in rural communities, and create a knowledge base for advancing future development and deployment of integrated ITS technologies in rural areas. The Advanced Rural Transportation System (ARTS) program was developed to meet the needs of travelers in and through rural areas, as well as agencies responsible for the operation and maintenance of the rural public transportation system. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Best practices KW - Geographic information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Rural areas KW - Rural transportation UR - http://www.tfhrc.gov/its/newarts.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227560 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459346 TI - Bus Rapid Transit - Cleveland AB - The FTA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Demonstration Program provides technical assistance supporting the development, implementation, and marketing of BRT innovations in American cities- This project provides technical assistance to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RT A) BRT project to improve transit mobility and accessibility and provide more efficient public transportation. It includes RTA participation in BRT Consortium specialty workshops, peer-to-peer program, site visits, and other activities, as well as collection of project data for BRT project evaluation. The RTA proposes to construct a 9.8-mile section of Euclid Avenue and related transit zones by connecting the central business district (region's largest employment center) with University Circle (second largest employment area) and major cultural, educational, and medical districts. The BRT will operate in an exclusive, center median busway, beginning from Public Square to University Circle, and segue curbside from University Circle to the Louis Stokes at Windermere Rapid Transit Station in East Cleveland. The BRT Line will utilize hybrid, diesel-electric vehicles to operate in the exclusive lanes. Construction of the BRT line is expected to begin in 2004, with completion and start-up revenue service in 2006. This project is currently in the final design stage of development. The RTA estimates time savings averaging eight minutes per passenger. KW - Accessibility KW - Bus transit KW - Development KW - Implementation KW - Marketing KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227559 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459342 TI - Bus Rapid Transit Program Technical Assistance AB - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is viewed as an ideal setting for the application of advancements in intelligent transportation systems (ITS), bus vehicle technology, and other customer service innovations. Integration of these technological and operational innovations improve transit service and help attract commuters away from single occupancy vehicles to public transit. This project provides technical and programmatic support to the BRT Demonstration Program, focusing on extending the ITS marketplace to FTA BRT Consortium participants at the local level. Project activities include assessment of the potential of ITS services and technologies to improve BRT systems, development of a hierarchy of ITS services and technologies appropriate for inclusion in the BRT Demonstration Program, and development of products that resolve ITS implementation issues, as well as monitor research programs and operational tests that demonstrate the benefits of integrating ITS applications in BRT services. Technical assistance also supports the active participation of the contractor in all BRT Consortium activities, informing transportation professionals of the benefits of integrating ITS technology applications for their local areas, including more efficient use of the infrastructure and energy resources, complemented by measurable improvement in safety, mobility, productivity and accessibility. Bus Rapid Transit is a rapidly emerging transportation concept gaining in popularity around the world. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus transit KW - Global Positioning System KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227555 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459338 TI - Job Access and Reverse Commute Program - ITS Applications AB - The purpose of this project is to obtain contractor support in assessing how rural and small urban transit systems are implementing or considering the integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies into transit operations supporting the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program. The project will identify and evaluate a wide array of integrated ITS technologies that could be or have been deployed in support of the JARC initiative--from geographic information systems used to plan and identify the transportation gaps existing between workers and job sites, to automatic vehicle location systems use to track and account for transit vehicles. Data will be collected on the employment of Transit ITS technologies supporting grantees' planning and operations under the JARC progran1. The project will provide documented information on the successful implementation of Transit ITS technology to transit agencies, state departments of transportation, and others, as well as support for future successful deployment of integrated Transit ITS technologies. The project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Community action programs KW - Employment KW - Geographic information systems KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Jobs KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227551 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459334 TI - Desert Air Quality Program Analysis AB - Failing to meet the national ambient air quality standards for both carbon monoxide and particulate matter, Las Vegas has embarked on a course of action to identify and better understand air pollution problems in its metropolitan area, and develop an effective air pollution control strategy for the region. This project continues to support the Desert Research Institute research activities, focusing on specific air pollution problems in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The project objective is to develop and test a new remote sensing device that accurately estimates particulate emissions from motor vehicles, and will quantify the contributions of ozone precursor and small particulate emissions from sources outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The research will extend the technology to particulate matter by adapting laser technology to measure particulate concentration in plumes that trail each vehicle. The study scope includes onroad exhaust measurements, emissions modeling, upper air meteorological measurements, and air quality modeling. In addition, it will quantify the contribution of ozone precursor and small particulate emissions from sources outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area by deploying Doppler solar remote wind sensors to measure upper air wind parameters for a six month period. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Air quality management KW - Carbon monoxide KW - Deserts KW - Emission control systems KW - Exhaust gases KW - Interstate transportation KW - Las Vegas (Nevada) KW - Meteorology KW - Particulates KW - Pollution control KW - Remote sensing KW - Research projects KW - Standards KW - Strategic planning UR - http://www.das.dri.edu UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227547 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459332 TI - Forecast Versus Actual Impacts of New Starts Part I AB - Description. Past studies have indicated that sponsors of major capital transit projects developed in the 1960s and 1970s tended to overestimate ridership impacts and underestimate capital and operating costs during planning and project development. Recently, indicators suggest that sponsors are producing more reliable information in the development of similar projects. This study will determine whether, in fact, ( ) project sponsors are producing more reliable forecasts of ridership and cost information, and (2) what changes are needed in FT A's procedures, oversight, and technical assistance to address any systematic problems. This project consists of two parts. Part 1 will include a general review of a large number of New Start projects that will provide information for assessing trends in the project development process. Part 2 will focus on case studies of a limited number of projects regarding significant project changes and cost overruns. KW - Capital costs KW - Cost estimating KW - Development KW - Forecasting KW - New Starts Program KW - Operating costs KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227545 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459330 TI - Land Use Oversight of New Starts Projects AB - This project supports the efforts of the Office of Planning to conduct land use assessments for projects seeking Section 5309 New Starts funding. The project effort will include land use and planning oversight of New Starts transit projects undertaking alternatives analysis, preliminary engineering, and final design. Work tasks include conducting assessments of existing land use patterns and future plans and policies, as well as providing oversight of New Starts projects conducting alternative analysis and preliminary engineering. This support will assist the Office of Planning in evaluating and rating the New Starts transit projects based on the required criteria for determining whether projects are eligible for New Starts funding. Greater focus on land use and environmental elements during the transportation planning process will expand the beneficial impacts of transportation projects as well as the effective roles planning processes can play in promoting coordinated land use and transportation planning. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Land use KW - Land use planning KW - New Starts Program KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227543 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459329 TI - New Starts Roundtable Technical Assistance AB - This project provided for professional services to support the planning and hosting of the fiscal year 2001 New Starts Roundtables series. Support services included management of logistics, development of New Starts Roundtable resources, and drafting of New Starts Roundtable proceedings. For the past two years the New Starts Roundtable meetings have proven to be a successful forum for the sharing of information between FT A and grantees. Each meeting has attracted approximately 50-80 transit professionals. The Office of Planning conducts the New Starts Roundtable series to facilitate communication, discussion, and information sharing among the various parties involved in the FT A New Starts Program. This Roundtable activity enabled FT A to clarify and discuss the major issues faced by local transit agencies seeking to qualify for Section 5309 capital funding under the New Starts project development process. At the same time, the Roundtable provided a forum for local agencies to discuss their concerns and to share lessons learned and other information with members. The mission of the New Starts Roundtable includes: strengthening the partnership between FTA and local providers of public transit, providing an ongoing forum for training, information exchange, and open discussion of lessons learned, and soliciting ideas to help improve the planning and project development process for major transit capital projects KW - Communications KW - Contracting KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Financing KW - Information services KW - Logistics KW - Meetings KW - New Starts Program KW - Planning KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227542 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459328 TI - Transit Land Use and Financial Assessments AB - Under this project, the Volpe Center will conduct land use and financial assessment activities, as well as National Environmental Policy Act (NEP A) related environmental reviews for projects seeking Section 5309 New Starts funding. The land use assessment activity includes a review of transit supportive land use planning and zoning laws in the region. The financial assessments will review the financial condition and capacity of transit agencies considering new fixed guideway investments. This activity will focus on the strength of the transit agency's capital financial plans, stability and reliability of financial resources, as well as the transit agency's ability to marshal the resources necessary to undertake a major capital improvement project, while maintaining existing transit services and operations. This project provides oversight support to assist the Office of Planning in determining whether New Starts transit projects are eligible for the New Starts funding. KW - Assessments KW - Financial analysis KW - Guideways KW - Guideways KW - Investments KW - Land use KW - Land use planning KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit traffic KW - Zoning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227541 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459326 TI - University Transportation Research Program AB - This project provides continued support for the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program (49 U.S.C. § 550,2). It is the largest program in the United States that provides higher education for the next generation of transportation professionals and connects them to career opportunities in the industry. This program furthers the Administration's investment in transportation by planning to meet the transportation challenges of the 21st Century. The mission of these 33 University Centers of Excellence is to advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many disciplines comprising transportation through education, research, and technology transfer. The Centers program focuses on the transfer of knowledge relevant to national, state, and local issues, and builds professional capacity in the next generation of transportation professionals. The Centers address transportation management, research and development matters with special emphasis to increasing the number of highly skilled individuals entering the field of transportation. Recent FT A efforts have broaden the focus of the Centers to better encompass transit industry research needs and to link the program with undergraduate and graduate elements of the other educational institutions, as well as with initiatives in the Department of Transportation. Investing in this program not only provides valuable research to solve transportation problems, but also provides highly educated transportation professionals who will steer transportation policy and management well into the 21st Century. KW - Accessibility KW - Education and training KW - Mobility KW - Professional employment KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning UR - http://utc.dot.gov/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227539 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459324 TI - ADA Key Rail Station Compliance AB - Transportation is vital in maintaining mobility for persons with disabilities-provides links to employment, health care centers, community affairs, and improves the overall quality of life. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that public transportation services and facilities, including trains and rail stations, be accessible to persons with disabilities. New rail stations, those designated as key stations and where substantial station facility alterations have occurred, must be made accessible. To be eligible for federal funding, the grant recipient must self-certify compliance with ADA requirements. Key station compliance assessment is one of the most important aspects of ADA rail oversight. The objective of this continuing compliance assessment project is to assist the FTA staff in implementing its ADA rail oversight responsibility. The compliance assessment includes on site evaluation of 150 additional existing and new key stations at 13 rail systems. The contractor will assess the selected key and new rail stations, prepare a final report and follow-up activity with transit systems to ensure that recommended actions are taken to correct deficiencies noted in the compliance assessment. Key rail station assessments have facilitated a significant increase in the number of fully compliant key rail stations over the last several years. Assessments assure that stations certified as ADA compliant remain in actual compliance with current standards. The FT A Office of Civil Rights selects key rail stations for review. KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Civil rights KW - Compliance KW - Employment KW - Health care facilities KW - Legal constraints KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Rail transit stations KW - Rail transit stations KW - Research projects KW - Work trips UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227537 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459320 TI - FTA Internet Website Support Services AB - This project furthers the development of the FTA public website on the Internet World-Wide- Web. It includes website support in the areas of electronic publishing, information dissemination, and system development and design. The website is a comprehensive and customer-oriented service providing users with an extensive amount of information and knowledge about FTA and its programs, products, policies, partnerships, and future role in transit. The website has become a key tool for customer service, communications, knowledge management, research and outreach activities. It provides rapid and easy to timely transportation information, products, and services, including FT A's national research and technology program, strategic plan, performance indicators, grants, legislation, and publications. The website serves as a port of entry to a large array of electronic resources, including safety and security programs and technologies, online databases, electronic document libraries, education and training centers. The website provides links and portals to public transportation systems an( resources. Grantees, the general public, researchers, practitioners, consultants, congressional staff and the transportation community-at-large all make routine use of the electronic global storehouse of information available on the FT A customer-oriented website. KW - Communication systems KW - Electronic media KW - Information services KW - Research projects KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227533 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00930733 AU - SunLine Transit Agency AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FUEL CELL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY PY - 2001/09 SP - 48 p. AB - This is the final report summarizing the Fuel Cell Demonstration Project activities of the XCELLSIS Zebus (zero emissions bus) performance at the SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California. Under this demonstration project, SunLine participated with XCELLSIS in the fueling, training, operating, and testing of this prototype fuel cell bus. The report presents a summary of project activities, including the results of the 13-month test of the XCELLSIS Zebus performance at SunLine Transit. The report includes data relating to Zebus performance, along with the successes achieved beyond the technical realm. The study concludes that the project was very useful in establishing operating parameters and environmental testing in extreme heat conditions and in transferring technology to a transit agency. At the end of the 13-month test period, the Zebus ran flawlessly a 275 mile trek; overall, everyone who encountered or rode the ZEBUS was impressed with its smoothness, low engine noise, and absence of emissions. The study states that the future for the Zebus looks very bright. Fuel cell projects are anticipated to continue in California and Europe with the introduction of new buses equipped with Ballard P5 and other fuel cell engines as early as the first half of 2003. KW - Bus transit KW - Demonstration projects KW - Fuel cells KW - Operations KW - Performance evaluations KW - Prototypes KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer KW - Testing KW - Thousand Palms (California) KW - Training KW - Vehicle design KW - Zero emission vehicles UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/719673 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00922796 AU - Wourms, D F AU - Cunningham, P H AU - Self, D A AU - JOHNSON, S J AU - Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - GAP ANALYSIS. BUS SIGNAGE GUIDELINES FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS: ELECTRONIC SIGNS PY - 2001/09 SP - 64 p. AB - This report focuses on the adequacy of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) destination signage guidelines for visual technologies used to improve the dissemination of public transit information to the visually impaired. Specifically, this document is concerned with the use of light emitting diode (LED) and liquid crystal display (LCD) signs in and on the transit vehicle to present destination and route information. The content is derived from relevant standards, guidelines, and research literature identified during extensive government and commercial searches, as well as a comprehensive search of world wide web resources. To the extent available, input from subject matter experts and industry points of contact is also included. KW - Accessibility KW - Bus transit KW - Guidelines KW - Human factors KW - Light emitting diodes KW - Liquid crystal displays KW - Literature reviews KW - Public transit KW - Route guidance KW - Signs KW - Standards KW - Visually impaired persons UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12000/12003/index.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19200/19257/PB2002105399.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19200/19286/PB2002105488.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/707218 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00922771 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - VENTURA COUNTY FARE INTEGRATION. CASE STUDY: PROMOTING SEAMLESS REGIONAL FARE COORDINATION PY - 2001/09 SP - 25 p. AB - This report details the approach taken in one specific region to plan, operate, and maintain a multi-agency, transit fare collection payment system demonstration utilizing smart card technology as well as other ITS (intelligent transportation systems) technologies. The study also documents some of the demonstrations lessons learned as well as the emergence of other regional smart card activities, including the opportunity for Ventura County to link with other southern California smart card initiatives. The report addresses difficult issues that may be encountered when a joint inter-jurisdictional project is attempted. KW - Case studies KW - Demonstration projects KW - Fare collection KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent control systems KW - Public transit KW - Regional planning KW - Smart cards KW - Ventura County (California) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/18000/18900/18950/PB2002103226.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13479.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13479/13479.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/707205 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00823175 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ACCESS TO JOBS PLANNING CASE STUDIES PY - 2001/09 SP - n.p. AB - This is an overview of a series of recently implemented Job Access Planning Case Studies or Job Access Challenge Grants funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Office of Planning. The case studies illustrate effective practices of job access planning. The case studies profile how various agencies have addressed issues regarding the provision of transportation services as a component of welfare reform. The case studies discuss both analytical and procedural approaches relevant to diverse communities. KW - Access KW - Case studies KW - Communities KW - Grant aid KW - Jobs KW - Public transit KW - Transportation planning KW - Welfare recipients UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_4898.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/713937 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459296 TI - Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services AB - Coordinated transportation services are evolving as rural communities around the country strive to address more effectively the mobility and access needs of rural residents. These efforts typically involve a number of stakeholders, including human service organizations, public transportation providers, tribal governments, school districts, and special districts. Many states have also recognized the need to coordinate efforts to administer programs supporting greater rural community mobility. The objective of this research is to develop a practical toolkit for use by local communities, state agencies, and tribal governments in planning and implementing coordinated community transportation services in rural areas. This toolkit shall include planning and implementation guidelines. KW - Communities KW - Coordination KW - Mobility KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Rural areas KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1047 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227508 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01547856 TI - Uses of Archived AVL/APC Data to Improve Transit Performance and Management AB - In response to growing traffic congestion and consequent passenger demands for more reliable service, many transit operators are seeking to improve bus operations by investing in automatic vehicle location (AVL) technology. In addition, automatic passenger counters (APCs), which can collect passenger activity data compatible with AVL operating data, are beginning to reach the mainstream. Many operators are planning, implementing, or operating AVL/APC systems. The primary application of AVL technology has been in the area of real-time operations monitoring and control; consequently, AVL data have not typically been stored for subsequent analysis. This contrasts with APC data, which are generally accessed for reporting and planning purposes long after opportunities for real-time use have expired. Beyond the area of real-time operations control, AVL technology holds substantial promise for improving service planning, scheduling, and performance analysis practices. These activities have historically been hampered by the high cost of recovering operating and passenger-activity data; however, AVL systems can capture the very large amounts of operating data required for performance analysis and management at a fairly low incremental cost. At the extremes, saving no data equates to missed opportunities, while archives of indiscriminately-saved data grow unwieldy. Operators need effective data archiving strategies, techniques, and standard practices in order to capitalize on the potential wealth of extractable information without overburdening their data management infrastructure. Transit providers have yet to take advantage of low-cost performance and passenger-activity data associated with AVL/APC technology. This is due, in part, to the traditional separation of operations functions (where the AVL/APC technology has been deployed) from the scheduling and service planning functions of transit organizations (where the needs for data and analysis are located). Pockets of excellent AVL/APC data management for specific applications can be found, but integrated approaches that can be applied across the industry do not exist. Research is needed to assist transit providers in effective collection and use of AVL/APC data for service planning, performance evaluation, and system management. This research should provide a coherent framework to coordinate operations, planning, and scheduling functions in the collection and use of AVL/APC data. In addition, this research should include identification of potential applications of the data for analyzing traditional fixed-route services as well as emerging service designs and strategies (e.g., bus rapid transit). Finally, this research should also recognize the varying levels of sophistication and size of transit providers. The objective of this research is to develop guidance for the effective collection and use of archived AVL/APC data to improve the performance and management of transit systems. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Passenger service KW - Passenger transportation KW - Real time information KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit riders KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1158 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1335478 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459287 TI - A New Vision of Mobility: Guidance to Foster Collaborative Multimodal Decision Making AB - The objective of this project is to develop guidance to assist transportation agencies in fostering collaborative, multimodal decision-making processes that can be used to make better use of existing transportation capacity that reduces congestion and improves mobility. KW - Air pollution KW - Decision making KW - Highway safety KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Mobility KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Quality of life KW - Research projects KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1159 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227499 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459360 TI - National ITS Architecture Oversight and Technical Assistance Project AB - This amendment provides management oversight and technical assistance to transit agencies implementing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). It includes contractor oversight support of the National ITS Architecture Consistency requirements of TEA-21. Oversight contractor will evaluate compliance with respect to the TEA-21 requirements for National ITS Architecture Consistency, and will assist "at-risk" or non-compliant grantees to become compliant with these requirements. The project is part of a multi-year program, which includes training in the National ITS Architecture requirements. The National ITS Architecture provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems. By providing value added oversight and technical assistance, FTA can assist the transit industry to deploy more efficient and integrated ITS technologies. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Compliance KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Oversight KW - Planning KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227573 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459356 TI - Salt Lake City Winter Olympics ITS Bus-Rail Integration System AB - This is the first automated BusLink Connection Protection system developed and now operating in Salt Lake City. Under this project, the Utah Transit Authority teamed up with an IntelligentTransportation Systems (ITS) contractor to design and develop the first automated connection protection system that reduces the number of passenger missed connections from TRAX trains, the city's light rail system, to the city bus. The project developed ITS software components for a full Bus-Rail integration system--0ne that was up and running for use before, during, and after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Using global positioning systems (GPS) and radio technology, rail arrival and departure information is automatically relayed to the connection protection system. The system was installed at six TRAX stations in time for the Winter Olympic Games. Upon completion, the software provided passengers with real-time light rail system status and arrivals as well as emergency messages and system notifications. Connection protection software combines existing resources with new technology and software to provide for the integration of rail-to-bus transfers, and to protect the connection between trains and buses, giving passengers a true bus link from their train to their bus. The automated system captures and relays information between trains, buses, and the transit authority through a simple and efficient architectural design. The integrated system contains both highway and transit elements, and a new 511 traveler information system. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Automated guided vehicle systems KW - Bus transit KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Olympic games KW - Passenger service KW - Passenger transportation KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Salt Lake City (Utah) KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227569 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459355 TI - TCIP Management and Guidebook Development AB - This project is the first phase of a multi-phase program. It provides for the management and continued development of the Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP) standards. The focus of this phase of the project is the development of functional requirements, application interfaces, and implementation guidelines to support the deployment of the TCIP family of standards. TCIP is a set of business area standards that support the communication and data structure for the implementation of transit intelligent transportation systems. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Communications KW - Guidelines KW - Management and organization KW - Management information systems KW - Research projects KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227568 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459352 TI - Washoe County Regional ITS Architecture/Integration Plan AB - This project supports the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture/ Integration Program earmarked for Washoe County, Nevada. The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County is the metropolitan planning organization for the Reno/Sparks Metropolitan Area. It is responsible for development of a Regional ITS plan to deploy ITS technologies in the region, outline a regional ITS architecture, and integrate all existing and committed ITS projects throughout the region. Under this multi-year project, the RTC will employ ITS technologies to improve the comfort, safety, service quality, and cost effectiveness of both fixed-route (Citifare) and paratransit (CitiLift) fleet. To do this, RTC will procure and install ITS technologies to existing fixed-route and paratransit fleet, including a Global Positioning System-based Automatic Vehicle Locator (A VL) system to better track and deploy transit vehicles. This system will allow RTC to accurately track the location of every vehicle in its Citifare and CitiLift transit system. Ultimately, the Regional ITS plan and architecture will link freeway system, transit services, arterial streets, traveler information, and regional traffic signal systems into a coherent framework. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Global Positioning System KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent vehicles KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Paratransit services KW - Quality of service KW - Research projects KW - Transportation safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227565 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459100 TI - Transit Bus Safety Research Program AB - In response to the growing concerns of the Congress, National Transportation Safety Board, and FTA regarding the potential for catastrophic accidents involving bus transit systems, the FTA Office of Safety and Security is examining the state of public transit bus safety. Currently, state oversight of transit operations ranges from non-existent to highly perfected safety programs supported by state legislation and administered by state level agencies. Federal regulations and oversight exist for rail fixed guideway transit systems (FTA) and commuter rail operations (Federal Railroad Administration), but there is no overall federal regulation requiring oversight for transit bus safety. This research project will examine in detail the state of transit bus safety practices in the industry, provide technical assistance, and actively work with the industry to improve bus safety and develop a model transit bus safety program inclusive of the oversight function. KW - Bus transit KW - Buses KW - Research projects KW - State laws KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227312 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921776 AU - Ecker, C AU - Krechmer, D AU - Grimm, L AU - Hodge, D AU - Goetzke, F AU - Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FEDERAL LANDS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS STUDY - CONGRESSIONAL REPORT PY - 2001/08 SP - v.p. AB - This report documents the alternative transportation system needs in lands managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The report includes a summary of alternative transportation system needs and estimated costs between 2001 and 2020. The alternative transportation system needs are categorized by agency, State, transit mode, system status and type of expenditure. The report describes issues that can be addressed through transit implementation and the potential economic impacts of these transit systems. The report also identifies several Federal program structure options that could provide the Federal land management agencies with a source of funding to assist in implementing transit systems on Federal lands. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Bureau of Land Management KW - Cost estimating KW - Costs KW - Economic impacts KW - Expenditures KW - Federal government KW - Implementation KW - Land KW - National Park Service KW - Needs assessment KW - Public transit KW - States KW - Transit mode KW - Transit operating agencies KW - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service UR - http://www.nps.gov/transportation/alt/ats-study/ats-study.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/708125 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00824259 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: FISCAL YEAR 2000 REPORT PY - 2001/08 SP - 60 p. AB - The Transit Research & Technology Programs Fiscal Year 2000 Report explains how the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is improving public transit services for all Americans through new concepts, innovative technologies, partnerships, and best practices. Customers will better understand FTA's leadership role in coordinating the research and technology activities for public transit agencies and the private sector, promoting global competitiveness, exchanging information, and mainstreaming innovation. KW - Best practices KW - Level of service KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/713652 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460926 TI - e-Transit: Electronic Business Strategies for Public Transportation AB - The objective of this project is to provide flexible, ongoing, quick-response research designed to bring electronic business strategies to public transportation and mobility management. There are two task-order contracts under which research will be conducted in public transportation-related subject areas. The initial round of tasks includes seven areas: (1) supply chain (i.e., parts management, inventory management); (2) regulatory issues; (3) application service providers; (4) customer information; (5) electronic payments and receipts; (6) training and certification; and (7) development of a series of electronic magazine (eZine) articles to achieve more rapid dissemination and application of research results. Additional tasks may be requested by the TCRP over the life of the task -order contracts. KW - Electronic data interchange KW - Electronics KW - Information dissemination KW - Internet KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1185 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229144 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01513726 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - BART-Oakland International Airport connector : environmental impact statement PY - 2001/07//Volumes held: Draft(2v), Final(2v), Final Appendix KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1298050 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489291 TI - National Bus Rapid Transit Institute AB - This project provides support to CUTR of the University of Florida for the administration and operation of the new National Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Institute, as well as for the conduct of workshops, and the evaluation of BRT systems. The Institute will conduct new research in areas related to BR T and develop best practices manuals to assist current BR T Consortium members and others in the deployment and operation of BRT systems. The National BRT Institute was established to supplement the FTA BRT Initiative, and to serve as a national resource to transportation professionals and others. The Institute provides a center for research, training, and technology transfer, as well as technical assistance and evaluation of existing and proposed BRT projects. The National BRT Institute was established jointly by CUTR and the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The Institute's mission is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and innovation for increasing the speed, efficiency, and reliability of high capacity bus service through the implementation of BRT systems in the United States. BRT is a fully integrated, bus-based rapid transit service that combines most of the qualities of light rail transit with the flexibility and lower operating, maintenance, and capital cost of buses. It uses flexible service and advanced technologies to improve customer convenience and reduce delays. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Best practices KW - Bus transit KW - Manuals KW - Performance evaluations KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Technical assistance KW - Technology transfer KW - Training KW - Workshops UR - http://www.nbrti.org UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258308 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460959 TI - National Transit Institute AB - This project provides ongoing support to the National Transit Institute/NTI [49 U.S.C. § 5315], established in 1992 at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to meet the training and development needs of the transit industry workforce. The institute develops and teaches new methods and techniques to improve transit workforce performance and increase productivity in the workplace. Courses are conducted locally at sites nationwide on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from advanced technology and multi-modal planning to management development and training effectiveness. Transit Trainers Workshops are conducted annually to bring together trainers and human resources specialists from the industry to learn the latest techniques in training and to share training experiences on the job. In addition, NTI and FT A are working together to develop and present workshops and seminars designed to assist the transit industry in understanding and implementing advanced public transportation systems, as well as transit workplace safety and security practices. Programs on geographic information systems, automatic vehicle locator, smart card and innovative technologies are just a few of the topics under development for future presentation. Two new transit security training courses for frontline employees and supervisors are now offered. NTI serves as a major resource in support of the implementation of federal regulations and policy initiatives, as well as implementation of new and innovative practices and technologies. KW - Employee assistance programs KW - Employment KW - Human resources management KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology transfer KW - Training UR - http://www.ntionline.com UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1229177 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459410 TI - MagneMotion Urban Maglev Program AB - . The objective of this project is to develop magnetic levitation technology that offers a cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly transit option for urban mass transportation in the United States. MagneMotion, a provider of transportation and automation solutions based on linear motor propulsion and position sensing technologies, will conduct research under the FTA Urban Maglev Program. MagneMotion's advanced technology is scalable and adaptable to a wide range of applications, and can be integrated into the design of new systems or used to augment and improve existing systems. Under this project MagneMotion will lead the development of a key Maglev technology for future implementation in transportation systems serving traffic-congested urban areas. A key element of the MagneMotion Urban Maglev system is the use of bus-size vehicles that can operate with short headways under automatic control. This research purports to examine the feasibility of a wide-gap electromagnetic suspension (attractive force) technology, perform a proof-of-concept of an experimental prototype of that technology, identify potential transit markets, and deliver a final report to the FTA summarizing project performance and results. KW - Automated vehicle control KW - Commercial transportation KW - Commuter service KW - Electromagnetic induction KW - Guideways KW - Guideways KW - Linear induction motors KW - Magnetic levitation vehicles KW - Market assessment KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227623 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459335 TI - Transit Performance Monitoring System AB - This project is an amendment to a previous research project that developed and tested the Transit Performance Monitoring System (TPMS), a survey method used to measure the performance of transit in serving three principal public policy roles-basic mobility, transit-oriented development/livable communities, and traffic congestion management. Under this amendment, the American Public Transportation Association (APT A) will encourage transit systems to voluntarily and routinely collect and report TPMS data. A working group of representatives from the APT A Policy and Planning and Marketing Committees, will review and expand the core questions that were used in two previous TPMS surveys. APT A will also develop an outreach program to extend participation to a larger group of transit operators (comprised of systems that participated in previous surveys as well as new participants). KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Congestion management systems KW - Economic benefits KW - Level of service KW - Monitoring KW - Performance tests KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Surveying methods and processes KW - Sustainable development KW - Travel patterns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227548 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459333 TI - Financial Oversight of New Starts Transit Projects AB - The contractor will conduct financial capacity assessments for proposed major transit investment projects seeking Section 5309 New Starts funds, and provide technical assistance to the Office of Planning in developing appropriate tools and guides to enhance the New Starts financial oversight program and correct compliance review deficiencies. This project provides for the financial oversight of the New Starts transit projects currently undertaking alternative analysis, preliminary engineering, and financial design of the project development process. Work tasks will include conducting assessments of grantee's capital and operating financial plans necessary for project ratings, financial evaluations of projects requesting approval to initiate preliminary engineering and final design of the project, and determinations of local financial capability of project sponsors. New Starts projects are examined to ensure the local financial commitment criterion is satisfactorily met. KW - Capital investments KW - Financial responsibility KW - Financing KW - Improvements KW - Level of service KW - New Starts Program KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227546 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459318 TI - Transportation Research Board Core Program AB - This project provides ongoing support to the core activities of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)-a unique source of independent expertise that develops and disseminates innovative research information addressing transit issues. The TRB core activities are designed to generate information, share ideas, and transfer knowledge about FTA's Research and Technology programs and projects with partners in the transportation community and with the general public. This core program support enables TRB to maintain an extensive network of transit experts in research, operations, and academia to work together on commonly held critical transit needs, and to resolve these issues through transit research, discussion, and dissemination. Under this project, activities of the TRB core research program and FTA Research & Technology Program areas are published and communicated in various formats--information packets, journals, brochures, best practices manual, annotated bibliographies, and other materials that will create public awareness of the benefits of transit. Another core activity supported under this project is the Department's Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS) online bibliographic database-the world's most comprehensive source of surface transportation information in the world. In 2001, 26,000 records were added to TRIS, about 1650 were transit records. The TRIS database now totals 549,710 records. TRIS is available worldwide and contains both (1) summary descriptions of unpublished research in progress, and (2) document abstracts of published literature on highway research, rural, urban, and intercity transit research, highway safety research, railroad research and maritime research. The web version of the TRIS Database (published research) is available on the Internet as TRIS Online [http://www.ntl.bts.gov/tris]. The Research in Progress database (unpublished research) is available on the TRB Website at [http://rip.trb.org/] KW - Information dissemination KW - Information services KW - Internet service providers KW - Needs assessment KW - Public information programs KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227531 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00924686 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - PLANNING FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION IN RURAL AREAS PY - 2001/07 SP - 100 p. AB - The purpose of this document is to provide a resource to rural planners, city and county engineers, stakeholders, local officials, and other decision makers involved with developing rural transportation plans. The document is intended to contribute to a better understanding about: how rural is defined, the characteristics of the rural system, issues and trends impacting the rural system, and the benefits of a good rural transportation system; how various jurisdictional levels address rural transportation planning, major challenges and some lessons to be learned on how states are addressing these challenges; questions to be asked before getting started on a rural plan, approaches for public consultation and environmental review, the basic components for planning, and how to develop the plans; how transit system planning concepts, rural intelligent transportation systems, and access management can be used as additional tools for rural transportation planners; and successful rural transportation planning from several states. KW - Access control (Transportation) KW - Benefits KW - Environmental impacts KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Planning KW - Rural transportation UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov///////planning/rural/planningfortrans/index.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/707860 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459283 TI - Combating Global Warming Through Sustainable Surface Transportation Policy AB - The objective of this project is to identify opportunities for public transportation services, and related sustainable transportation strategies, to aid in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. The project will develop an easy to understand method to measure the effects of personal travel decisions on global warming and will identify strategies to increase public awareness of the impacts of travel decisions on global warming. KW - Environmental impacts KW - Global warming KW - Policy making KW - Research projects KW - Sustainable development KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1149 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227495 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01509096 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - Mid-Coast Corridor mass transit improvement project, San Diego County : environmental impact statement PY - 2001/06//Volumes held: Draft, Final(2v) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1293420 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459345 TI - Bus Rapid Transit - Honolulu AB - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is characterized by its low operating costs, high capacity, flexible and faster bus service, and advanced technologies. It is designed to improve customer convenience and reduce delays, as well as provide high quality public transit to improve the quality of life for American communities. In 1999, FT A selected the City and County of Honolulu as one of the ten demonstration sites to participate in the BRT Demonstration Program. This project provides financial assistance to the City and County of Honolulu to participate in BRT Consortium activities, including specialty workshops, peer-to-peer program, review of lessons learned, and data collection activities for Honolulu's BRT project evaluation. The BRT Consortium is designed to bring together planners and operations managers from transit agencies across the country to discuss BR T issues, exchange ideas and experiences, as well as how to transform ordinary bus service into bus rapid transit service. This amendment supports City Express! the Honolulu's BRT project which began in 1999. City Express! is a limited stop service overlayed on current local service routes running in whole or in part along the same alignment, with additional transit priority measures and improved express service stations to be added in subsequent phases. City Express! is designed to reduce the severe traffic congestion, currently existing along the primary corridor, by providing a fast, efficient, and timely alternative to the automobile. Average passenger travel times on a 12.6-mile route were cut from one hour and twenty minutes to 45 minutes. Average weekday ridership has quadrupled from 2,500 to 10,000. Honolulu is currently conducting preliminary engineering on the Primary Corridor Transportation Project (PCTP}-a proposed BRT system consisting of in-town and regional BRT components. Honolulu was awarded Section 5309 New Starts grants to conduct planning and preliminary engineering. Honolulu intends to pursue New Starts funds for construction of the PCTP. KW - Bus transit KW - Customer service KW - Financial analysis KW - High capacity cars KW - Honolulu (Hawaii) KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227558 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459331 TI - Historic Preservation of Intermodal Transit Centers: Integration Versus Isolation AB - This project will explore the relationship between intermodal transit centers and transportation systems integration, as well as surrounding land uses. The project will focus on how these centers fit into settings (residential, commercial, institutional) of high and moderate densities, and how these settings strengthen the role that the centers play in community revitalization, transportation efficiency, environmental quality, as well as overall livability and economic growth. Case studies will focus on location, leveraging of funds, financial arrangements, impediments, commonalities needed for success, and the potential these projects have in increasing transit ridership, promoting economic development, extending the reach of transit, and promoting land use supportive of transit. These findings will help elected government officials at all levels, transportation professionals including planners and engineers, downtown revitalization advocates, transportation advocacy organizations, and others to make enlightened decisions on future transportation investments while improving mobility choices, reducing travel times and congestion, as well as creating public/private partnerships to meet transportation demands and economic growth. KW - Economic development KW - Environmental quality KW - Historic preservation KW - Integrated systems KW - Intermodal services KW - Land use KW - Land use planning KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Transit centers KW - Transportation system management UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227544 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00818043 AU - University of South Florida, Tampa AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ELECTRIC TRANSIT CIRCULATOR FEASIBILITY STUDY PY - 2001/06 SP - 116 p. AB - Increased interest in local circulatory services and in the many benefits of electric vehicle technology generated this study. The objective of the research was to assess the feasibility of using electrically powered vehicles as the mode of choice for municipal, neighborhood, and other transit circulator services in Miami-Dade County. The county wide focus and the exclusive emphasis on electric vehicles, as opposed to other types of alternative fuel vehicles, are the unique characteristics of this research. The report consists of five chapters, including lessons learned in the implementation, operation, and maintenance of electric vehicle circulators. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Electric vehicles KW - Florida KW - Implementation KW - Maintenance KW - Miami-Dade County (Florida) KW - Operations KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/691209 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813760 AU - Hardy, M AU - Stevens, W AU - Roberts, D AU - Mitretek Systems AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS PY - 2001/06 SP - 91 p. AB - This report focuses on vehicle issues related to BRT systems. The characteristics of BRT systems described in this report are developed based on existing or planned BRT systems. Information on vendors' offerings is based on information from the existing BRT transit agencies, industry publications, including the year 2000 edition of Jane's Transit Systems, and follow-up interviews with a few of the vendors offering products that appear to be aligned with BRT needs. The report will be updated as necessary, to reflect emerging BRT vehicle concepts. KW - Bus transit KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Rapid transit KW - Rapid transit cars KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/56000/56300/56344/busrapidtransitv00matt_2.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681246 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459536 TI - Conditions and Performance Report to U.S. Congress AB - This research project assists the FTA Policy Development Office in developing the Conditions and Performance Report to the United States Congress. The report to Congress, required every two years and produced jointly with FHWA, focuses on assessment of highway and transit current conditions and performance, and future investment requirements. It is also used to highlight the results of policy research. Research includes new data collection efforts and further development and maintenance of the Transit Economic Requirement Model (TERM). This will improve the accuracy and reliability of collected data to help measure progress toward outcome goals. This project provides for transit and highway conditions, performance, and needs to be estimated on a similar basis. KW - Data collection KW - Highways KW - Information management KW - Investments KW - Maintenance management KW - Needs assessment KW - Performance evaluations KW - Policy analysis KW - Research projects KW - United States Congress UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227749 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459407 TI - Operation Lifesaver Program AB - Historically, a nationally recognized safety education program, Operation Lifesaver has focused on grade crossing safety and trespasser prevention programs for intercity freight railroad. However, the current interest in the growing number of urban area light rail system grade crossings and trespasser incursions generated the need for transit-focused program. This project will enable Operation Lifesaver to develop and implement a special designed grade crossing safety and trespasser prevention program for urban areas with new and expanded light rail systems. KW - Freight and passenger traffic KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Intercity transportation KW - Research projects KW - Safety education KW - Trespassers KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227620 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459343 TI - Bus Rapid Transit--Port Authority of Allegheny County AB - Pittsburgh is one of the cities selected to participate in the FTA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Demonstration Program. This project provides technical assistance to the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Port Authority) for data collection to evaluate the Port Authority development and implementation of the successful West Busway BRT project, which opened in September 2000. Its quick and convenient access to and from downtown Pittsburgh made West Busway an immediate success. The project also supports Port Authority participation in the National BRT Consortium activities, including forums for peer-to-peer information sharing, specialty workshops, and other professional activities. The Pittsburgh West Busway is the latest addition to the Port Authority's successful system of bus rapid transit that began with the South Busway in 1977, and then with the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway in 1983. Currently the West Busway serves approximately 40,000 riders each week, projected to increase. West Busway is a 5-mile long exclusive bus right-of-way, constructed along an abandoned railroad right-of-way. It has six ADA-accessible stations with 24-hour lighting, and will include six park-and-ride lots with over 2,500 spaces. The Port Authority's multi-faceted BRT system currently in operation features improved methods of operation, better service levels and travel time savings on all four busways. KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus transit KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Traffic lanes KW - Transit riders UR - http://www.portauthority.org/paac/CompanyInfoProjects/BusRapidTransit.aspx UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227556 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01127308 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Regional Traffic Incident Management Programs Implementation Guide PY - 2001/05 SP - 64p AB - The purpose of this document is to assist organizations and their leaders in implementing and sustaining regional traffic incident management programs, both by examining some successful models, and by considering some of the lessons learned by early implementers. There is some form of incident management activity in most major and many mid-sized urban areas. Typically this involves each agency carrying out its own responsibilities, with primarily working-level and middle-management administrative teams to provide coordination with the other agencies who are also involved in their own aspects of managing incidents. Such a situation not only achieves less than the full potential benefit, but also leaves open many risks for failure within individual agencies or on a broader scale. The objective of this document is to present a framework for developing what is missing in almost every urban area—a formal multiagency traffic incident management program, with endorsement by, participation from, and coordination by senior agency management, and which includes all of the participating agencies. KW - Cooperation KW - Framework (Planning) KW - Incident management KW - Interagency relations KW - Plan implementation KW - Regional transportation KW - Urban areas UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13149.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/887786 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074168 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - San Fernando Valley East- West transit corridor project : environmental impact statement PY - 2001/05//Volumes held: Draft (2v) (v.2 is folio) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833562 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928010 AU - Hoffman, M D AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - MARYLAND'S HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES: WHO IS USING THEM AND WHY? PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 189-235 AB - The purpose of this study was to determine who is using the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in the I-270 corridor in Maryland and why. It is important to understand the long-term trends for carpooling in order to determine the future of the HOV lanes. Understanding the characteristics of the HOV lane carpool users will provide insight into how to best create future transportation system and demand management improvements. Data were gathered for I-270 by the Maryland State Highway Administration using a license plate survey (October/early November, 1999) at three locations on I-270. Three high speed video cameras collected license plate information over five days in both the morning and evening peak period of both HOV and non-HOV users. A survey/questionnaire was distributed in November/December (1999) to a stratified random sample of 7,002 addresses, of which 6,556, or 94%, were deliverable by the post office and 1,028 responded (16% response). The I-270 survey has helped to better understand who is utilizing the I-270 corridor. Sociodemographically, it was learned that gender, education, age, and employment characteristics do not impact carpool decisions on I-270, since men and women are using the facility equally, regardless of their employer, education level or age. While federal government employees might be more inclined to carpool, this did not show enough differentiation to statistically factor into why motorists are carpooling on I-270. To understand why motorists are carpooling, the I-270 survey tried to discern the motivating factors for motorists to carpool in the HOV lanes. Similar to the national trend, both origins and destinations have spread throughout the suburbs of the I-270 corridor. Only 8% of the destinations were to Washington, DC, a metropolitan area which once was the major employment center for the region. Now jobs have followed households into the suburbs of both Maryland and Virginia. Most motorists are traveling I-270 alone (86%) more than five days per week (75%). The survey showed that both trip time and trip length did not factor into the decision to carpool, with over half of the respondents not willing to convert to a carpool regardless of any travel time savings. The last factor, income, seemed to have a small variation amongst motorists' tendency to carpool, but only by approximately 5%, not enough to show a statistical difference. In the end, the survey showed that the trip making characteristics are not altered based on trip time, trip length, travel time savings, or income. In fact, carpools along I-270, similar to the national trends, are likely being formed based on multiple worker households who have convenient destinations. The two most significant factors attributing to this trend are the spreading development densities and the complex commuting patterns driven by the need for commuters to "trip chain." The survey also helped highlight motorists motivations to carpool and attitudes toward HOV lanes. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Age KW - Attitudes KW - Carpools KW - Commuting KW - Development densities KW - Education KW - Employment KW - Gender KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Income KW - Maryland KW - Motivation KW - Multiple worker households KW - Origin and destination KW - Surveys KW - Travel time KW - Travelers KW - Trip chaining KW - Trip length UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721779 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928006 AU - Redman, D AU - Haboian, K AU - GREEN, J AU - Pearson, F AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - VALUE PRICING FROM PALMDALE TO LOS ANGELES PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 86-130 AB - Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is embarking on an innovative approach to provide highway users options to reduce commuting time. Specifically, SCAG is evaluating the impacts of implementation of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes along a 35-mile stretch of State Route (SR) 14 in Los Angeles County, one of the most congested freeway corridors in the county, now and in future years. As a means of providing free-flow conditions to both high occupancy vehicles (HOVs) and non-HOVs willing to pay a fee, an additional lane would be added to the existing HOV lane, creating a two-lane HOT facility in each direction. Despite active regional hostility toward HOV lanes and current controversy over local Express Lanes, public outreach indicates the corridor communities are willing to consider the concept. Due to length of the facility, several innovative operational concepts are being addressed. First, intermediate access points are being proposed at approximately 3-mile intervals along the facility. Since the concept is to have the HOVs use the HOT facility for free, special toll verification areas would be constructed between each access point to properly segregate HOVs from toll paying non-HOVs, thereby simplifying enforcement. Finally, to properly balance demand along the length of the 35-mile facility, toll rates along the facility would vary based on the level of usage within the HOT lanes with rate variations along the corridor's segments. The features of this project will be useful for practitioners and agencies considering value pricing and HOT lane projects in their area. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Access KW - Congestion pricing KW - Freeway operations KW - High occupancy toll lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Los Angeles County (California) KW - Road pricing KW - Southern California Association of Governments KW - Tolls KW - Traffic law enforcement UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721775 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928008 AU - Casey, J AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - HOV PERFORMANCE MONITORING: TWO REPORTS, MULTIPLE CONCLUSIONS PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 145-169 AB - The Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) recently completed two monitoring reports for the two High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) facilities that they operate. One report was for HOV lane performance and the other for air quality. The reports were required under 310 CMR 7.37 "State Air Pollution Control Regulation" and are administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The regulation was issued in 1991 and revised in 1996. The regulations require performance and air quality monitoring for each HOV lane including standards for both requirements that must be met. The performance report presents the travel-time savings that HOVs experience for both HOV lanes. The regulation requires a HOV travel-time saving of one minute per mile versus the adjacent general-purpose lanes and a level of service C. The performance report shows that the HOV lanes are providing substantial travel-time savings during the morning commute and more modest savings during the afternoon commute. The afternoon commute savings do not meet regulatory requirements. The two agencies, DEP and MassHighway, draw different conclusions from the report results. The air quality report is directly related to the performance report and uses much of the same data in the analysis. The report is a before and after analysis on what effect the HOV lanes have had on air quality. This before and after analysis required more detailed data than the performance report. Additional analysis was performed to reflect operational changes in the HOV lanes and what effect they had on air quality. The two agencies involved, MassHighway and DEP, had conflicting interpretations of the results of the two reports. The two reports demonstrate the need and importance of early communications between regulatory and operational agencies. They also stress the importance of realistic, flexible HOV performance and air quality standards that should be based on sound tested transportation principles. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air quality KW - Before and after studies KW - Communications KW - Compliance KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Interagency relations KW - Massachusetts KW - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection KW - Massachusetts Highway Department KW - Monitoring KW - Performance KW - Regulations KW - Standards KW - Travel time UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721777 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928005 AU - Hoffman, M D AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUE PRICING STUDY: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 79-85 AB - The Maryland Department of Transportation, through the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Value Pricing Pilot Program, is conducting a one-year value pricing study that will consider a full range of value pricing strategies, including High Occupancy/Toll (HOT) lanes, where lower-occupancy vehicles pay a toll to use High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. The FHWA is providing funds to support the development, operation, and evaluation of innovative road and parking pricing pilot projects. The program's intent is to demonstrate and evaluate road and parking pricing concepts that could help address highway congestion. Phase I of Maryland's two-phase study included an investigation of the localities that have implemented or studied value pricing programs, both nationally and internationally, and preliminary screening to eliminate value pricing strategies based on established criteria. Results of Phase I activities are described in this paper. The value pricing strategies carried forward from Phase I have been combined into alternatives in the form of design concepts and pricing scenarios for further, more detailed evaluation in Phase II. Each of ten study locations was evaluated with respect to the criteria developed in Phase I. A list of more specific measures of effectiveness (MOEs) was developed for Phase II analysis. The scenarios under study in Phase II are described in this paper, along with possible next steps in Maryland's study. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Congestion pricing KW - Demonstration projects KW - High occupancy toll lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Maryland KW - Measures of effectiveness KW - Pilot studies KW - Road pricing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721774 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928007 AU - Miller, N AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - DEVELOPING TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY MESSAGES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS: "IT ALL ADDS UP TO CLEANER AIR" PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 131-144 AB - This paper discusses the initiative "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air", a unique collaborative effort of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, and DOT's Federal Transit Administration. The initiative is a multi-level public education and partnership-building program to inform the public about the connections between their transportation choices, traffic congestion, air pollution, and public health. The program emphasizes simple actions people can take that are convenient and can make a difference in air quality when practiced on a wide-scale basis. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air pollution KW - Air quality KW - Campaigns KW - Communities KW - Education KW - Mode choice KW - Public health KW - Public information programs KW - Traffic congestion UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721776 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928009 AU - O'Connell, N L AU - Thornewell, W R AU - Ugolik, W R AU - Youchah, M AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - HOV LANES ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY: HOW ARE THEY DOING? PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 170-188 AB - On May 25, 1994, New York State opened its first suburban HOV lanes along a 12-mile segment of the Long Island Expressway (LIE), I-495, in Suffolk County on Long Island. Since then, the HOV lanes have grown to 30 mi (48 km) in length and construction of the last planned 10-mile section is well underway. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) remains committed to successful HOV-lane implementation on Long Island. By a number of measures NYSDOT is achieving this objective: new carpools are being generated; usage is growing; the average volume exceeds 1,200 two-plus vehicles during the peak hour; and compliance is better than 95%. Keeping the public informed of HOV usage trends and promoting the lanes has been a priority since the lanes first opened. NYSDOT also maintains interagency coordination on policy and operational issues via the LIE/HOV Task Force, which has met 45 times since 1991. This paper presents an overview of LIE HOV usage statistics, public-outreach techniques being used, operational issues, and some challenges to the integrity of the HOV lanes that have been faced. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Highway operations KW - Interagency relations KW - Long Island (New York) KW - Long Island Expressway KW - Performance KW - Policy KW - Public information programs KW - Statistics KW - Trend (Statistics) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721778 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928001 AU - Jacobson, E L AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - HOV LANE EVALUATION AND MONITORING AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN WASHINGTON STATE PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 1-36 AB - The high occupancy vehicle (HOV) system in the Seattle, Washington, area comprises 306 km (191 mi) of freeway HOV lanes open to traffic. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) operates this freeway HOV system. The effectiveness of the HOV system is under constant and increasing public scrutiny (especially when the state legislature is in session). To avoid legislation that prescribes how to operate the HOV system, WSDOT has voluntarily made some modifications in HOV system operation. WSDOT has developed statewide policy that covers HOV operation. The Puget Sound Regional Council, the local metropolitan planning organization, convened an HOV Policy Committee to review the entire WSDOT HOV lane operating policies. The Committee suggested some changes to the statewide policy to make it more appropriate locally. The WSDOT Office of Urban Mobility (OUM) helps coordinate contacts with the state legislature. OUM also assembles an annual legislative packet about HOV issues that is distributed to every legislator. To provide data about the effectiveness of the system, an HOV lane evaluation and monitoring project has been ongoing for over 10 years. This monitoring project routinely collects vehicle occupancy and travel time data. The project also includes an extensive public opinion survey and collection of HOV violation and safety information. Funding for the monitoring project has varied in response to management priorities. The project's annual report combines various data into five primary measures of effectiveness: vehicle volumes, person volume, average vehicle occupancy, speed and trip reliability, and travel time. Three secondary measures of effectiveness are HOV violations, safety, and public opinion. The data are being put onto the Internet in an interactive format that will allow analysts to easily select the specific data they desire. The annual report is available by hard copy or on the Internet. Enforcement of and education about the HOV lanes are ongoing. The Washington State Patrol writes tickets to motorists observed violating the HOV lane occupancy restriction. The HERO program is a service that encourages motorists to voluntarily report HOV violators. The HERO program is primarily an educational effort that is a vital part of enforcement. The number of reported violations has increased steadily since 1993, with the total annual number of reported violators now exceeding 40,000. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Data collection KW - Education KW - Evaluation KW - Freeways KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Highway safety KW - Measures of effectiveness KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Monitoring KW - Policy KW - Politics KW - Public opinion KW - Traffic law enforcement KW - Traffic violations KW - Travel time KW - Vehicle occupancy KW - Washington (State) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721770 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928003 AU - Schijns, S AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - HOV METROPOLIS? PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 43-62 AB - Brisbane is a thriving subtropical metropolis of 1.7 million people on Australia's east coast. It features a diverse yet fragmented transportation system currently undergoing both significant stress and rapid upgrading. High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes have been implemented over the past two decades on selected arterials but the stage is being set for a major expansion of the region's HOV program. The wide range of HOV projects and the planning context in which they are emerging will be of interest to international HOV practitioners. Specific aspects of the Brisbane experience addressed include: Arterial HOV and bus lanes: operational experience and lessons learned; South East Transit Project: state-of-the-art busway plus freeway HOV lane project; Freeway HOV lanes: 2+ vs 3+ vs 4+ issues; Brisbane HOV Network Study: an arterial network that makes sense; Integrated Regional Transport Plan: the pro-transit big picture; HOV Enforcement - the quest for success; HOV Problems - from the familiar to the unique; and International HOV Experience - what's applicable, what's not. The author is able to provide a comprehensive overview of the Brisbane situation with regard to the interests of international practitioners. He has been active in the North American bus/HOV sector for many years, and is currently working in Brisbane on several of the region's major HOV initiatives. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Arterial highways KW - Brisbane (Australia) KW - Bus lanes KW - Busways KW - Freeways KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Planning KW - Regional planning KW - Traffic law enforcement UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721772 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00927999 AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PY - 2001/05 SP - 110p AB - This report documents the proceedings from the 10th International High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Systems Conference held in Dallas, Texas on August 27-30, 2000. These proceedings summarize the presentations from the general sessions and the breakout sessions. The main topics covered by speakers in the sessions are highlighted. Subject areas addressed in the sessions include HOV facilities in Texas, development and implementation, marketing, bus use of HOV lanes, HOVs and politics, value pricing, air quality, and project evaluation. The list conference attendees is also provided. The technical papers submitted by some speakers are provided in a separate report (FHWA-OP-01-041). U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air quality KW - Busways KW - Conferences KW - Development KW - Evaluation KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Implementation KW - Marketing KW - Performance KW - Politics KW - Pricing KW - Road pricing UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13663.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721768 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928002 AU - Boender, J P AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - PREFERENTIAL LANE TREATMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS (PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFIC TARGET GROUPS) PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 37-41 AB - There is a limited amount of road infrastructure available in The Netherlands, making it sometimes difficult for road users to gain access to certain destinations. In order to provide a solution to this limited infrastructure, road authorities have increasingly started to incorporate provisions within the road infrastructure aimed at specific target groups of users. In urban areas, this "public property" has been a feature of the landscape for some time now. Take for example segregated bus lanes. In actual practice the incorporation of special provisions within the road infrastructure, for use by particular target groups, acts contrary to the traditional principles, i.e., that the road infrastructure is intended for general use. With the application of target-group provisions, the finite capacity of the infrastructure may be divided in other ways. The issues relating to policy of whether or not to incorporate provisions for a particular target group have been defined here as well as the types of provision, their individual properties and the planning process. This provides a platform for thinking in terms of networks of provisions. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Accessibility KW - Busways KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Netherlands KW - Planning KW - Policy KW - Target groups UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721771 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928004 AU - DeCorla-Souza, P AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - FAIR LANES: A NEW APPROACH TO MANAGE CONGESTED FREEWAY LANES PY - 2001/05 SP - p. 63-78 AB - Value pricing has successfully been used to manage freeway congestion in the U.S. in conjunction with new traffic lanes, and on existing toll facilities and high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes converted to High-Occupancy/Toll (HOT) lanes. However, strategies which involve converting free lanes to toll lanes are extremely difficult for the public to accept. The objections could be overcome using an innovative concept called "Fast and Intertwined Regular lanes" or FAIR lanes. This concept involves separating congested freeway lanes into two sections: Fast lanes and Regular lanes. The Fast lanes would be electronically tolled express lanes, where tolls are set in real time to limit traffic to the free-flowing maximum. The Regular lanes would continue to be free with constructed flow as at present, but drivers would be compensated with credits for giving up their right to free use of the Fast lanes. This paper analyzes the travel impacts, financial feasibility and economic efficiency of the concept, and discusses public acceptability issues. U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Acceptance KW - Congestion pricing KW - Economic efficiency KW - Fast lanes KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Freeways KW - High occupancy toll lanes KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Impact studies KW - Regular lanes KW - Road pricing UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721773 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00928000 AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS: COMPENDIUM OF TECHNICAL PAPERS PY - 2001/05 SP - 237p AB - This report provides the technical papers submitted as part of the 10th International High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Systems Conference held in Dallas, Texas on August 27-30, 2000. The ten papers cover a variety of topics including value pricing, air quality, and monitoring and evaluating specific HOV projects. Papers on HOV facilities in Brisbane, Australia and the Netherlands are also included. The proceedings from the conference are provided in a separate report (FHWA-OP-01-040). U1 - 10th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Dallas, Texas StartDate:20000827 EndDate:20000830 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Air quality KW - Conferences KW - Evaluation KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Monitoring KW - Performance KW - Pricing KW - Road pricing UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13648.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/721769 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00815459 AU - American Public Transportation Association TI - APTA 2001 TRANSIT VEHICLE DATA BOOK SN - 1931594031 PY - 2001/05 SP - 728 p. AB - This Transit Vehicle Data Book lists transit passenger service vehicles and locomotives aggregated by fleet, i.e., groups of vehicles that have identical mode, year built, status, manufacturer, model, vehicle type, number of seats, length, width, type of power, and type of engine. Summary tables for U.S. transit agencies follow the "U.S. Index of Transit Agencies by Mode and Location". The U.S. fleet data for individual agencies arranged by mode and by the most populous U.S. Census Urbanized Area in which they provide service is provided next. Fleet listings include vehicles owned and leased as of January 1, 2001, plus vehicles in the process of delivery, for which contracts have been awarded, or for which potential orders are possible in the next five years. KW - Automobiles by type KW - Fleet management KW - Industries KW - Mode choice KW - Passenger vehicles KW - Public passenger vehicles KW - Service life KW - Statistics KW - Vehicle classification KW - Vehicle design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690413 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00815458 AU - Ryan, M E AU - Ruehle, J AU - BRW, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Wisconsin Department of Transportation TI - JOB ACCESS PLANNING: CHALLENGES AND APPROACHES PY - 2001/05 SP - 166 p. AB - This document has been prepared to assist individuals and organizations as they plan and develop effective transportation services for people who are moving from public assistance programs to new or improved job opportunities. The Federal Transit Administration's Job Access and Revenue Commute (JARC) grant program is an example of one of the opportunities for states and local agencies to become involved in offering new or improved transportation services in their communities. This document can assist organizations in their job access planning efforts and is designed to benefit a wide variety of readers including public and private sector audiences. KW - Access KW - Community action programs KW - Job opportunities KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Public transit KW - Transportation planning KW - Welfare recipients UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_3854.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690412 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813874 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - REGIONAL TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE PY - 2001/05 SP - 54 p. AB - This report is one in a series designed to provide public sector project managers with specific "how to" advice on the implementation of selected ITS technologies. The guide presents a framework for developing what is missing in almost every urban area in the U.S. - a formal and organized, multi-agency traffic incident management program with endorsements by, participation from, and coordination by senior agency management, and which includes all the participating agencies. The implementation guide discusses each of the steps needed to formalize the traffic incident management effort. The intended audience for implementation guide is project managers from organizations involved in incident management, such as transportation agencies, law enforcement, fire and rescue, hazardous material cleanup services, towing and recovery companies, and public and private traveler information providers. The guide provides an overview and makes the case for an incident management program. It also provides an institutional framework for incident management, and an organized framework on how to implement the program, as well as lessons learned in implementing and sustaining incident management programs. KW - Implementation KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Private enterprise KW - Program management KW - Public participation KW - Public private partnerships KW - Regional planning KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9700/9740/5901.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681270 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813872 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS: PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR FY2002. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE U.S. CONGRESS, PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 5309(O)(1) PY - 2001/05 SP - v.p. AB - This annual report provides the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommendations for allocation of funds to be made available under 49 U.S.C. 5309(o)(1) for construction of new fixed guideway systems and/or extensions to existing fixed guideway systems for fiscal year 2002. 38 projects are recommended for funding in FY 2002 (total $1,058.40 million). Of these, 24 have existing federal funding commitments under Full Funding Grant Agreements, two new federal commitments are pending, and five are expected to be ready for funding commitments before the end of FY 2002. This annual report consists of two sections: 1) main text details specific funding recommendations by project and provides background information on both the projects and FTA program and processes; and 2) a series of appendices providing summary descriptions of each project, including information on the background, status, and evaluation of each proposed project. KW - Annual reports KW - Capital investments KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Federal aid KW - Financial responsibility KW - Fixed base operations KW - Guideways KW - Project management UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/reports_to_congress/publications_2633.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/682746 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813712 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUS RAPID TRANSIT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. STATUS REPORT PY - 2001/05 SP - 29 p. AB - The first status report of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Demonstration Program identifies the goals of the program and provides basic information about the program. It describes the current activities and accomplishments of BRT and provides some insights for future consideration and work items. BRT funding history and project contacts are also provided. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Demonstration projects KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681233 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459479 TI - Composite Materials Development for Transit Bus AB - The Southern Research Institute will conduct research and development activities to develop lighter weight, lower cost, higher performing materials for use in transit buses and other public transit applications. The objective of this research project is to develop thermoplastic composite materials and product forms, as well as fabrication methods for molding components from thermoplastic composite materials for use in buses and other public transit applications. In the course of the development of such materials, Southern Research Institute will document results of performance tests (durability, impact resistance, and fire safety) and analyze impacts on costs (manufacturing and life cycle costs). Light weight composite materials are low cost, high performance materials, providing greater body strength and greater vehicle life without corrosion, and less wear and tear on both the bus and infrastructure. KW - Composite materials KW - Corrosion resistance KW - Cost control KW - Durability KW - Fabrication KW - Fire resistance KW - Impact tests KW - Impact tests KW - Life cycle costing KW - Materials by weight KW - Performance tests KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Strength of materials KW - Thermoplastic materials KW - transit bus UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227692 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459470 TI - Benefits of Transit Investments AB - This is a congressionally mandated study to compare the net benefits of transit New Starts investments against the benefits of rebuilding or rehabilitating existing infrastructure. The important issues of this "Newbuild versus Rebuild" study is the involvement of older and more complex transit systems with infrastructure that may be 100 years old, i.e., New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. The study will use benefits assessment methodology based on a benefits framework for public transit service, which categorizes benefits according to the three public policy roles of transit: basic mobility, congestion relief, and quality of life. The critical question that will be addressed is whether the benefits of New Starts investments can be compared, one-on-one, with the benefits of rebuilding or rehabilitating existing infrastructure. The analysis will take place on two levels: macro level, using aggregate National Transit Data; and micro level, involving discussions with five selected older transit systems. KW - Assessments KW - Benefits KW - Congestion management systems KW - Construction KW - Infrastructure KW - Investments KW - Mobility KW - New Starts Program KW - Public transit KW - Quality of life KW - Rehabilitation (Maintenance) KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227683 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459366 TI - Central Ohio ITS Technology Deployment AB - This project is phase two of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) program to develop and deploy an integrated multimodal intelligent transportation systems (ITS) for Central Ohio. COTA is working with the City of Columbus Traffic Engineering Division, the Ohio Department of Transportation, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, and the Columbus Airport Authority to develop and deploy a regional integrated transportation system. The program will integrate traffic signal prioritization, transit management, and incident management system in the region. COTA will deploy a regional integrated transportation system. The program will integrate traffic signal prioritization, transit management, and incident management systems in the region. COTA will deploy a signal priority system at 32 intersections and equip 80 buses with priority systems. COTA will provide real-time transit information on the downtown link and circulator routes. Information systems will be provided on ten vehicles and at bus shelters and hotel lobbies in the area. Sixty percent of the COTA bus fleet will be equipped with an automatic vehicle location system. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Buses KW - Deployment KW - Incident management KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Ohio KW - Research projects KW - Traffic signals KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227579 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459357 TI - Rail Transit ITS Technical Assistance AB - This project provides technical assistance supporting the FTA Rail Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) initiative. The research will evaluate the feasibility and potential application of integrated ITS technologies to provide more efficient and effective solutions to the current transportation problems facing rail transit systems across the country. The research will evaluate the Utah Transit Authority and at least two other transit systems in terms of the potential application of integrated ITS technologies, such as advanced traveler information systems, advanced train control, transportation management systems, mixed rail corridor operations, grade crossing protection improvements, and video monitoring. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Technology assessment KW - Transportation planning KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Video imaging detectors UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227570 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813871 AU - E-Squared Engineering AU - ITS America AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM IN TRANSPORTATION PY - 2001/04 SP - 131 p. AB - This report serves as a primer and reference tool for transportation community members interested in better understanding how electronic payment systems (EPS) impact transit operations. The primer is intended for persons with limited knowledge about the transportation environment and the application, use, and benefits of electronic payment technologies in the industry. The report provides a comprehensive view of EPS application relevant to multiple modes of transportation. Discussed are the various types of payment modes; major issues involving EPS in transportation; EPS deployment case studies for transit, toll, and parking applications, and the latest trends in EPS applications. The report also looks at EPS expansion beyond electronic toll collection and transit fare collection to EPS use in multi-application deployments. The report provides a checklist of activities which will guide the industry before it undertakes an EPS program. KW - Automated toll collection KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Electronics KW - Fare and toll prepayment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Payment KW - Toll collection UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681267 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811717 AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - STATUS OF RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - 2000 PY - 2001/04 SP - 34 p. AB - This report summarizes the findings of the federally funded rural transit network performed by CTAA and the Institute for Economic and Social Measurement. This report is the first such analysis since the passage of TEA-21 (the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) and its dramatic increase in federal funds available for rural public transit. The report presents a review of historical appropriations; information on rural demographics and transit dependency; and a description of the network. KW - Appropriations KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Demographics KW - Federal aid KW - Needs assessment KW - Networks KW - Public transit KW - Rural areas KW - Rural transportation KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/18000/18300/18364/PB2001108401.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680244 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01486837 TI - Georgetown Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program AB - The Fuel Cell Bus Initiative is a national program led by the Federal Transit Administration and under development with the transit and fuel cell communities to coordinate, consolidate, and rationalize the diverse efforts in fuel cell transit buses to enhance the acceleration of its commercial viability. The objective of the FTA Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program is to support the ongoing efforts of Georgetown University (GU) to conduct a program for the development of U.S. produced fuel cell propulsion systems for transit buses. The program will deliver the preliminary engineering and development activities necessary for the domestic, commercial production of fuel cell powered, full-sized transit buses. For FY 2001, funding is provided to support the design and construction of an Intermodal Fuel Cell Transit Bus Maintenance Facility at GU campus. The facility will support a commercially viable domestic fuel cell transit bus - designed and built under the FTA Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program. Six full-size, 50-foot maintenance bays will be built for fuel cell buses, equipped with lubrication systems, parts cleaning area, and safety equipment. The facility will house GU fuel cell buses, serve as a training and maintenance facility for transit operators, and provide a national model for fuel cell transit bus operation and maintenance. Fuel cell is one of the most promising clean energy technologies of the 21st century - environmentally friendly, reliable, quiet and highly efficient power system. KW - Clean fuels KW - Commercial vehicles KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Domestic KW - Fuel cells KW - Intermodal services KW - Maintenance facilities KW - Propulsion KW - Research projects KW - Training KW - Transit buses UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1256623 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459408 TI - Turnkey Demonstration Program Oversight AB - Turnkey, the Design-Build delivery method, is the focus of this oversight activity. Under this project, the Volpe Center will provide oversight and evaluation of oversight data collected for each of the five FTA-sponsored Transit Turnkey Demonstration Projects - Baltimore Central LIght Rail Line Extensions, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District Airport Extension, Los Angeles Union Station Gateway, San Juan Tren Urbano Rail Transit, and New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Line. Oversight contractors will assess the experience, effectiveness and value in the development of each turnkey/Design-Build transit project, and the value of the Turnkey method of project delivery vis-a-vis the conventional method. Special emphasis will be placed on cost, scheduling, technology and project management. Guidance will be based on best practices and lessons learned from the five demonstration projects, and how Design- Build can best be applied in the context of New Starts planning, project development, and implementation processes. The turnkey approach is expected to result in lower capital costs and fewer change orders and contract difficulties. The goals of Design-Build project delivery method are to speed project delivery, reduce costs, and introduce technological innovations. KW - Best practices KW - Capital costs KW - Contracting KW - Cost accounting KW - Demonstration projects KW - Design build KW - Oversight KW - Performance evaluations KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Schedules and scheduling KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227621 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459344 TI - Bus Rapid Transit - Los Angeles Rapid Bus and Beyond AB - The FTA Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Demonstration Program provides technical assistance to encourage transit agencies, local and state governments and metropolitan planning organizations to consider BR Tin their planning process, and to implement and market BR T innovations in American cities. This project supports the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MT A) effort to improve transit mobility and accessibility and provide more efficient public transportation through bus rapid transit. Technical assistance focuses on support for the development and deployment of the innovative Los Angeles Metro Rapid Bus Demonstration program (Rapid Bus), initiated in 2000 on two corridors-- V \entura and Wilshire/Whittier Boulevards. Rapid Bus service operates in mixed traffic lanes and includes many BRT features, such as traffic signal preference within the City of Los Angeles, fewer stops, low-floor buses for fast boarding, and easier to use. Travel time has been cut by 25 percent and patronage has increased by 25 to 30 percent. Within its first two months of operation, Rapid Bus proved its worth when the Wilshire/Whittier demonstration corridor became the busiest route in Los Angeles County. Transit riders made a clear choice to ride a faster bus with fewer stops, fewer red lights, faster boarding, less waiting, and easier to use. Metro Rapid Bus will become more rapid when it operates in lanes dedicated for buses only. Rapid Bus service will be expanded into 15-20 new express lines and corridors with exclusive rights-of-way. KW - Accessibility KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus lanes KW - Bus transit KW - Los Angeles (California) KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Rapid transit KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Traffic lanes KW - Transit authorities UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227557 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01074105 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - The Los Angeles eastside corridor project : environmental impact statement PY - 2001/03//Volumes held: Supplement to the draft, Supplement to the draftappE (folio), Final supplement to the final(2v) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833499 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073815 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - East Side access in New York, Queens, and Bronx Counties, New York, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York: environmental impact statement PY - 2001/03//Volumes held: Draft, Dapp, Final, Final Appendix(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - New York (State) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833209 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811824 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SAFETY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION STATISTICS (SAMIS) 1999 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 2001/03 SP - 160 p. AB - This Annual Report is a compilation and analysis of public transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics reported under the FTA National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting Systems in the United States during 1999. SAMIS provides uniformly collected comprehensive safety and security data, which were collected from all recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds through the NTD. This report provides numerous graphs that depict: 1) Transit Safety Trends for 1990-1999, and 1999 Safety Data; and 2) Transit Security Trends for 1996-1999, and 1999 Security Data. Transit safety data are collected in four categories: Collisions, Derailments/Buses going off the road, Personal casualties, and Fires. Safety statistics are reported for the following transit modes: automated guideway, commuter rail, demand responsive, heavy rail, light rail, bus, and vanpool. This report includes safety and security data for directly operated transit, and safety data for services provided under contract (purchased transportation). For 1997-1999, SAMIS reports an increase in total incidents for purchased transportation, and decrease in directly operated transit. For rail grade crossings, SAMIS reports that the majority of fatalities that occur at grade crossings are others (e.g. pedestrians, trespassers, etc.), and the majority of injuries are patrons. This report provides background information, glossary, definitions of transit modes, and a listing of reporting agencies. KW - Automated guideway transit KW - Automatic train control KW - Bus transit KW - Casualties KW - Commuter service KW - Contract carriers KW - Crash data KW - Crashes KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Derailments KW - Fires KW - Grade crossing protection systems KW - Heavy duty vehicles KW - Information management KW - Light rail transit KW - Rail transit KW - Safety management KW - Transit safety KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban areas KW - Vanpools UR - http://www.caltip.org/downloads/translossrates.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680278 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811825 AU - Department of Transportation TI - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND PERFORMANCE PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2002 PY - 2001/03 SP - v.p. AB - This document affirms the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) commitment to managing for results. It is DOT's second annual performance report and fourth annual performance plan. By combining the DOT performance report on 2000 results with the performance plan for 2002, the reader will gain a better understanding of where DOT has been and where it intends to go. This report provides a comprehensive view of DOT activities, including the strategic plan, organizational structure and activities, management challenges, performance goals and measurements. The Plan sets in operation the DOT Strategic Plan, and provides linkage to DOT's budget request. The Plan defines those performance goals and measures that will be used to manage the agency's progress toward achieving its strategic goals: safety, mobility, economic growth, human and natural environment, national security, and organizational excellence. The Plan also sets forth the specific outcomes the DOT intends to achieve, along with resources required to achieve that performance. The Performance Report, on the other hand, reports the progress made in achieving the objectives in the FY 2000 Performance Plan. Both performance plan and performance reports of all eleven operating administrations and bureaus within DOT have been incorporated in this document, including FTA. All activities at the DOT are aimed at making measurable improvements in the transportation system, the security of the nation, and the quality of American life. KW - Budgeting KW - Economic growth KW - Environmental protection KW - Management and organization KW - Mobility KW - National security KW - Performance KW - Safety KW - Strategic planning UR - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04263sp.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/10000/10200/10210/perfplan02.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/682537 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00810652 AU - Grubb, N AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2000 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PY - 2001/03 SP - 228 p. AB - The 2000 Statistical Summaries provides information about the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) major financial aid programs for FY 2000. The report covers the following programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Programs, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Capital, Interstate Substitution, Job Access/Reverse Commute, Over-the-Road Bus, Clean Fuels Formula, Washington DC Metro Rail Construction, Metropolitan Planning, State Planning and Research, Consolidated Planning Grants, and State Infrastructure Banks. The data used in the report are compiled from the capital, operating, and planning assistance grants to transit authorities, states, planning agencies, and other units of local government. KW - Capital expenditures KW - Clean fuels KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Grant aid KW - Infrastructure KW - Interstate transportation KW - Job opportunities KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Operating subsidies KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Rural transit KW - Special user groups KW - State aid KW - Statistical analysis KW - Urban transit UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/data/grants_financing_1092.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/679384 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00808744 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT SAFETY & SECURITY FOR THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY PY - 2001/03 SP - 4 p. AB - FTA's Office of Safety and Security has the mission to support the Department of Transportation's safety goals through a series of programs designed to maintain continuous improvement of the safety and security of the nation's public transit systems. This support includes technical assistance and training and educational resource to the transit industry in the following areas: modal safety for rail fixed guideway, railroad and bus; information sharing/technical assistance; training/education; substance abuse program; security program; data collection and analysis program; and, special programs. KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Data collection KW - Drug abuse KW - Education and training KW - Information services KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security KW - Technical assistance UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/5000/5600/5634/fta.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/673466 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813761 AU - SCRA AU - Lloyd's of London Press AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ELECTRONIC REDISTRIBUTION CENTER (ERC) FEASIBILITY STUDY. FINAL STUDY REPORT - VOLUME 1 PY - 2001/02/09 SP - 168 p. AB - It is assumed that all transit agencies have excess and obsolete materials on hand. An electronic redistribution center (ERC) is conceived as a location to keep this material available at a reasonable cost for other transit properties. The study surveyed experts knowledgeable of issues, benefits, costs, and ideas affecting ERC feasibility. This report reflects the aggregate view of the surveyed experts. Their inputs were used to form an ERC Concept and ERC System architecture, and to conduct a Benefit/Cost Analysis. KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Distributed databases KW - Feasibility analysis KW - Information management KW - Materials management KW - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681247 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459488 TI - Electric Transit Vehicle Institute AB - The U.S. Department of Transportation, through FTA, has a significant interest in the advancement of electric and hybrid electric vehicle technology in transit applications. Ongoing efforts within FTA to advance fuel cells, alternative fuels and electric technology provide the foundation for moving towards a cleaner and more efficient way of transporting the transit riding public. One of the main challenges within FTA is to harness and transfer these results to industry more effectively. This project supports federal efforts to encourage technology transfer, technical assistance, and increased communication and dissemination of information on electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The goals of this electric transit vehicle project are: 1) to improve the understanding of, interest in, and use of electric and hybrid electric buses through the implementation of a coordinated information and communications dissemination program; 2) to provide professional and technical assistance to Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority in deployment of electric vehicles and, 3) to develop a series of testing protocols for electric and hybrid electric buses. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority KW - Clean fuels KW - Communication systems KW - Electric buses KW - Electric vehicles KW - Fuel cells KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Information dissemination KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Testing KW - Transit buses KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - http://www.etvi.org/ UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227701 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459367 TI - Autonomous Dial-A-Ride Transit Project--In-Vehicle Dispatch AB - Only a few agencies have installed sophisticated paratransit operations software systems. Currently under development is a demand responsive operations software that will virtually eliminate the role of the dispatcher in paratransit service--the autonomous dial-a-ride (ADART) transit software. ADART employs fully automated order-entry and dispatching systems that reside onboard the vehicle. The customer is the only human involved in the entire process of requesting a ride, assigning trips, scheduling arrivals, and routing the vehicle. There is no dispatcher involved. The computers onboard the vehicles not only "talk" to each other, but also "bid" for the incoming trip request based on the vehicle's cost to serve. This project provides ongoing support to Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority (RTA) for Phase 2 of a four-phased project to develop an operational autonomous dial-a-ride transportation service. Phase I provided the feasibility assessment that led to Phase 2 development and testing of prototype software for the onboard computers. Phase 3 will provide for field testing of the complete system and Phase 4 will include testing the system in revenue service. Overall, ADART is a computerized demand-responsive transportation system that provides door-to-door service, automated fare collection, and computerized diagnostic service. The project will integrate ADART system with the communications, vehicle location, fare payment, traveler information systems currently operated by RTA. The project includes prototype implementation and test of two vehicles using the advanced route scheduling and dispatch system. KW - Dispatching KW - Paratransit services KW - Research projects KW - Routing KW - Scheduling KW - Scheduling KW - Transit riders KW - Transit traffic KW - Trip generation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227580 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459365 TI - Electronic Payment System Operational Test AB - This project enables the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, also known as LYNX, to develop and conduct an operational test of a regional electronic payment system that integrates transit fare collection with parking payment, and electronic toll collection. This electronic payment system will provide the customer with a single account structure for multiple agency/service provides and another payment instrument--the smartcard to pay for transportation services throughout the region. Although the operational test will begin with a basic set of transportation electronic payment applications of transit, toll, and parking payment, the system will be designed with an open system architecture for possible expansion. The Partnership will build on prior success and use off-the-shelf component solutions so that development efforts can be focused on system integration issues. This project is funded under the national ITS Program administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Electronic media KW - Fare collection KW - Parking KW - Payment KW - Research projects KW - Smart cards KW - Toll collection KW - Transit riders UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227578 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459321 TI - Best Practices Procurement Manual AB - This project provides ongoing support for the continuation, improvement, and distribution of the Federal Transit Administration's Best Practices Procurement Manual. The manual is designed to assist recipients of federal funds in conducting third party procurement activities and in meeting the federal standards documented in FTA Circular 4220.1D. The project also provides support for industry task force meetings, electronic helpline, and the maintenance and updating of the Procurement System Review Handbook. The Best Practices Procurement Manual is currently available on the FT A Internet Website at URL [http:/ /www .fta.dot.gov/ntl/index.html] KW - Best practices KW - Manuals KW - Procurement KW - Public transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227534 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459319 TI - National Transit Database Revision - Phase 3 AB - The FT A has significant interest in revising, improving and maintaining the congressionally mandated and Internet-based National Transit Database (NTD) (49 U.S.C. § 535(a)(I)(2)]. It is the FTA official and national database of statistics for the transit industry, and the only comprehensive source of domestic transit data, including safety and performance data. Each year approximately 600 transit operators report to FT A on transit activities in more than 400 urbanized area. NTD data are reported to Congress, used for transit services planning, to apportion billions of dollars in Urbanized Area Formula funds back to reporting transit agencies, and to provide benchmarks for FTA Strategic Plan. The FY 2001 project activities are designed to better serve NTD stakeholders by providing training for the 600 transit agencies that collect and report public mass transportation financial and operating data to the NTD reporting system. This project also provides for new software development to help process the data reported via the Internet, as well as for software to run the urbanized area apportionment formula. This is the third and final phase of the project. Major upgrades to the NTD software system and components will be tested and implemented, as well as the newly revised NTD web-based reporting modules. NTD improvements are based on stakeholders' concerns, namely those raised by the National Transportation Safety board. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Database management systems KW - Performance based specifications KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Statistics KW - Websites (Information retrieval) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227532 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459469 TI - ITS Information Management Training Course AB - The purpose of this project is to develop a training course that will assist the transit industry in developing the knowledge and skills required for information management. Although the focus is on mapping Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) information, the approach to be taken will consider ITS information management in the context of the total agency information system. Successful deployment of this program will increase grantees' and industry's awareness of the importance of information management, and how the application of advanced technologies and techniques result in safer, integrated, and more efficient transit operations. This is the first phase of a multi phase program. The project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Information dissemination KW - Information management KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Research projects KW - Technology assessment KW - Training programs KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227682 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459340 TI - Easter Seals Project ACTION AB - Under this project, Easter Seals Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation in Our Nation) continues to promote cooperation between the disability community and transportation industry. Project ACTION conducts a research, demonstration, and technical assistance program to promote increased mobility for persons with disabilities. This includes advancing local demonstration and technical assistance projects that identify persons with disabilities and their transportation needs, and recommend remedial action; provide training programs for transit operators; develop assertive programs for people with disabilities; identify technology that could solve critical transportation accessibility issues; and continue to advance outreach and marketing programs. Project ACTION is a congressionally created national technical assistance program authorized under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). Project ACTION provides training, resources and technical assistance to thousands of disability organizations, consumers with disabilities, and assists local transportation operators in implementing the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Project ACTION maintains a resource center with up-to-date information on transportation accessibility. This is a congressionally directed project. KW - Americans with Disabilities Act KW - Disability evaluation KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Mobility KW - Research projects KW - Technical assistance KW - Training KW - Transit operators KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227553 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459323 TI - Building Transit Workforce Skills in Five American Cities AB - Changing technology and the increasing demand for a skilled and diverse workforce put a premium on training and education at both the entry level and career development levels in the transit industry. This cooperative agreement supports the Transport Workers Union of America need to better understand and utilize the advanced transit technologies and new job and skill requirements within the transit workforce in the five cities represented by the Transport Workers Union. The proj ect is targeted to increase the awareness and need to begin the development of transit workforce education and training programs linked to the new technologies and innovative services and management techniques, that improve the performance and increase productivity in the transit workforce. Project activities include an evaluation of previous pilot training programs, a pilot assessment of transit workforce needs and skill requirements, along with the development and pilot test of a curriculum for two new occupational skill sets based on new technologies and current skill shortages in mass transit. Both a pilot assessment and an educational program will be developed in San Francisco and Houston, based on an earlier effort centered in New York City, Philadelphia, and Miami. Educational materials and curricula, training materials and programs will be developed, designed, and delivered to improve performance and increase productivity in the transit workforce, represented by the Transport Workers Union in five cities. KW - Education KW - Education KW - Employees KW - Productivity KW - Research projects KW - Technological innovations KW - Training KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operating agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227536 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01127096 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration AU - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration TI - Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book PY - 2001 SP - 770p AB - This report documents the latest edition of the Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book. It references and briefly describes the ITS research projects, tests and studies initiated through September 2000 and sponsored by the modal administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The projects referenced describe ITS activities which support the development of user services, national compatibility planning, deployment, and program assessment. In-progress and completed research activities of the modal administrations are descriptively profiled and indexed under the following program areas: Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure; Rural and Statewide Infrastructure; Commercial Vehicle ITS Infrastructure; Intermodal Freight; Intelligent Vehicle Initiative; Evaluation/Program Assessment; Architecture, Standards and National Compatibility Planning; and Mainstreaming. This report includes an introductory discussion of the components and near/long-term goals of the Department's National ITS Program, including efforts to achieve national deployment of advanced technologies. KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Freight transportation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Research projects KW - Rural highways KW - State highways KW - System architecture UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13338.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/887706 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01037641 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Proceedings of the Bus Rapid Transit Deployment Strategy Workshop, Washington, D.C., March 14, 2001 PY - 2001 SP - 71p AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Program held a workshop on BRT Vehicle Deployment Strategy on March 14, 2001, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss BRT vehicle issues with transit agencies and transit manufacturers/suppliers in an effort to speed deployment of BRT projects. The meeting opened with a review of the FTA's overall BRT vehicle design and deployment strategy. This was followed by a discussion of the BRT vehicle strategy. Reviews of ongoing FTA activities were provided as background, with presentations on the European Scanning Tour, the Vehicle Design Competition, the Curitiba Scanning Tour and the BRT Vehicle White Paper. Project updates were given by members of the BRT Consortium discussing vehicle procurement, project development, and project implementation. Breakout sessions were held to discuss the four areas of procurement, standards, technology and manufacturing and testing. The workshop ended with a review of the New Starts process at FTA. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Buses KW - Curitiba (Brazil) KW - Deployment KW - Europe KW - Implementation KW - Manufacturing KW - Procurement KW - Project development KW - Scanning tours KW - Standards KW - Strategic planning KW - Technology KW - Testing KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - United States KW - Vehicle design KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/794222 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01037631 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Proceedings of the Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle Design Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 9, 2001 PY - 2001 SP - 54p AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Program held a meeting on BRT Vehicle Design on February 9, 2001, at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss BRT vehicle issues with transit agencies and transit manufacturers/suppliers in an effort to promote cooperation. The meeting opened with a review of the FTA's overall BRT vehicle design and deployment strategy. This was followed by a discussion of the BRT vehicle strategy. Reviews of ongoing FTA activities were provided as background, with presentations on the European Scanning Tour, the Vehicle Design Competition, and a draft of the BRT Vehicle White paper. An open forum on BRT vehicle design was then held, concentrating on cooperation among stakeholders and the support of technological deployment in BRT vehicles. KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Buses KW - Cooperation KW - Industries KW - Meetings KW - Strategic planning KW - Suppliers KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Vehicle design UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/56000/56300/56343/busrapidtransitd00booz_0.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/793782 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01019017 AU - Lusk, Anne AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority AU - Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit Research TI - Bus and Bus Stop Designs Related to Perceptions of Crime PY - 2001 SP - 116p AB - Mass transit is a sustainable solution to traffic congestion, pollution and sprawl, and yet citizens often prefer to drive their cars. The bus has sometimes been the transportation means of last resort but it can be more affordable to provide and can operate with greater flexibility than alternatives such as light rail. One of the many reasons people have been unwilling to forgo their cars is they perceive the bus to be unsafe related to crime. Measures have been taken to provide technologies such as surveillance cameras to detect crime but some riders have not felt safer with the presence of such measures. Therefore, research was conducted to determine the bus stop and bus designs that could lessen the perception of crime based on the aesthetic or architectural features of the bus stop and bus. For this research on bus and bus stop designs related to perceptions of crime, two methodologies were employed. The first, Phase I, involved surveys (314) conducted on 4 bus lines in Detroit and Ann Arbor. The second, Phase II, involved picture preference surveys and follow-up focus groups discussions about the pictures. The participants (168) in 15 focus groups were located in 4 cities including Ann Arbor and Detroit and, for external validity, Burlington, Vermont and Washington, D.C. The populations included people who ride the bus, might ride the bus and who never ride the bus. The participants were shown 70 slides in categories of bus stop, front, back, amount of advertising, color, windows, doors and seats and ranked their preference related to perceptions of crime from -3 or Unsafe to +3 or Safe. In addition to the quantitative ranking of the slides, qualitative data was obtained from the participant’s perceptions of the slides. A literature review summarized the history of the bus, environment and behavior, crime and effects of crime on buses. Social bridges, a new concept in the built environment that fosters connection between strangers, was introduced. Future research was outlined in the conclusions. The results demonstrate that the participants preferred a bus stop with a name that looks like a house, has a pitched room and has at least one side fully opened. For the bus front, the participants preferred long clear glass, the ability to see the driver, no solid partition behind the driver and the capability to see out the back of the bus. The bus backs that were preferred had a clear glass window and no advertising. Concerning advertising, the participants preferred no advertising on the buses. Color was less of a factor related to crime but subjects did strongly prefer clear glass windows to darkly tinted windows or wrap advertising painted windows. For doors, the participants felt safest with a wide door but did not want an overly wide door. In the interior, seats that were not overly colored were preferred since the space then wasn’t confusing and cluttered. Participants also preferred seats over the front wheel wells allowing them to sit closer to the driver. KW - Aesthetics KW - Ann Arbor (Michigan) KW - Bus stop shelters KW - Bus transit KW - Color KW - Crimes KW - Design KW - Detroit (Michigan) KW - Focus groups KW - Future research KW - Literature reviews KW - Security KW - Social factors KW - Surveys KW - Vehicle design KW - Windows (Vehicles) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/772955 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00938778 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FHWA'S FINAL RULE AND FTA'S POLICY FOR APPLYING THE NATIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL PY - 2001 SP - 12 p. AB - The intention of the FHWA/FTA Rule and Policy is to foster integration of the deployment of regional ITS systems. Regional ITS architectures help guide the integration of ITS components. During the development of a regional ITS architecture, agencies that own and operate transportation systems must together consider current and future needs to ensure that today's processes and projects are compatible with future ITS projects. ITS components that operate together and as part of a system will enhance safety and mobility and reduce the possibility of costly incompatible systems in the future. This document addresses the following subjects: A. The reason for the Rule/Policy; B. The relationship of the National ITS Architecture to regional ITS architectures; C. New requirements and the use of systems engineering; D. The relationship of the regional ITS architecture to ITS standards; E. Tools for the ITS practitioner: training and technical assistance KW - Deployment KW - Policy KW - System architecture UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13593.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/730809 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00921537 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Transit Cooperative Research Program TI - WHY MORE COMMUNITIES ARE CHOOSING BUS RAPID TRANSIT PY - 2001 SP - 14 p. AB - This publication discusses why more communities are choosing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The first section discusses how high quality public transit makes high quality communities and how BRT combines the features of exclusive transitways, modern stations, high-tech vehicles, and frequent service to provide a high level of service in a cost-effective way. The next section examines the components of BRT, including running ways, stations, vehicles, service, route structure, fare collection, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. The third section presents hypothetical examples of how BRT systems might operate in various situations, based on examples of existing systems. The fourth section discusses several major advantages of BRT systems, including customer convenience, economical implementation, low operating costs, high capacity, and development possibilities. The final section addresses how to ensure BRT success. Some of the complementary supporting policies to attract riders, maintain performance, and build a larger transit market are briefly discussed. A short glossary is provided following the final section. KW - Benefits KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus terminals KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Fare collection KW - Glossaries KW - Guideways KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Quality of service KW - Routes KW - Transportation policy UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/706769 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00822909 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SECURITY RESOURCES AND REFERENCES PY - 2001 SP - 14 p. AB - The document is divided into two parts: list of resource organizations and list of reference documents. The references are listed in the following four categories: 1) information on basic security; 2) terrorism; 3) security planning; and, 4) emergency management. KW - Documents KW - Emergencies KW - Information services KW - Organizations KW - Planning KW - Resource development and utilization KW - Security KW - Terrorism KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/713267 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00815450 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NEW STARTS PROCEEDINGS. PURPOSE AND MISSION OF THE ROUNDTABLE PROGRAM 2000 PY - 2001 SP - 19 p. AB - The New Starts Roundtable (NSR) was initiated to facilitate communication, discussion and information exchange among parties involved in the New Starts Program. The NSR mission includes: strengthening the partnerships between FTA and local providers of public transit, providing an effective and ongoing forum for training, information sharing, and open discussion of lessons learned, and soliciting ideas to help improve the planning and project development process for major transit capital projects. KW - Capital investments KW - Information dissemination KW - New Starts Program KW - Partnerships KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Training UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690409 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00815404 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A PRIMER. NAVIGATING INTO THE FUTURE PY - 2001 SP - 45 p. AB - The primer focuses on the benefits that Intelligent Transportation Systems provide commuters and other travelers, whether public transit users or motorists, vacationers or long distance truck drivers. The following specific areas are covered: the systems in operation; elements of traveler information systems; how the information is delivered and displayed; how traveler information influences traveler behavior; alternative implementation models: public, private. or partnership; decision maker's checklist; some real world examples; and, resource guide. KW - Commercial drivers KW - Commuters KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Motorist aid systems KW - Passenger information systems KW - Public transit KW - Recreational trips KW - Transit operators KW - Transit personnel KW - Transit riders KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Truck drivers UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690403 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00815403 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO TRANSPORTATION DECISIONMAKING PY - 2001 SP - 12 p. AB - The purpose of this guide is to help the reader understand how transportation decisions are made at the local, state, and national levels. The discussion focuses on the Federal requirements for the transportation decision making process. It defines the Federal role as providing funds, standards, and planning for State and local decisions, while the States, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and transit operators make the project decisions. KW - Decision making KW - Federal government KW - Financial responsibility KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Public transit KW - Standards KW - State government KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operators KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/publications/citizens_guide/ UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/18000/18400/18482/PB2002100214.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690402 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811823 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 PY - 2001 SP - v.p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Performance Plan is now available on the Internet's World Wide Webb. The Plan reflects FTA support and alignment with the Department's commitment to managing for results. This report provides a comprehensive view of FTA's Performance Plan for FY 2002, including its vision, mission, five strategic goals, outcome and performance goals and measures. The Plan defines those performance goals and measures that will be used to manage FTA's progress toward achieving its strategic goals: Safety and Security; Mobility and Accessibility; Economic Growth and Trade; Human and Natural Environment; and Quality Organization. Each strategic goal is descriptively profiled in terms of its specific challenges, outcome goals, performance goals and measures, strategies, activities and initiatives. The Plan sets forth the specific outcomes the agency intends to achieve in 2002, along with the resources required to achieve this performance. All activities are aimed at making measurable improvements in the transportation system and the quality of American life. The FTA's stated mission is to provide leadership. technical assistance and financial resources for safe, technologically advanced public transportation which enhances all citizens' mobility and accessibility, improve our communities and natural environment, and strengthen the economy. FTA carries out this mission in cooperation with its partners, now and in the future. KW - Accessibility KW - Economic growth KW - Environmental quality KW - Financial responsibility KW - Leadership KW - Mobility KW - Performance evaluations KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security KW - Strategic planning KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/682532 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00811719 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PROCEEDINGS OF BUS SUMMIT 2000: ENSURING A HEALTHY U.S. BUS INDUSTRY PY - 2001 SP - 49p AB - This Summit allowed representatives from the transit industry, such as transit providers, vehicle manufacturers, consultants and government officials to participate in a forum that addressed critical issues affecting the North American transit bus industry. The specific issues addressed were: Procurement planning and information exchange; vehicle standardization; and new technology in the procurement process. The summary session focused on follow-up actions to tackle the critical issues discussed. U1 - Bus Summit 2000: Ensuring a Healthy U.S. Bus IndustryFederal Transit AdministrationWashington, D.C. StartDate:20001018 EndDate:20001019 Sponsors:Federal Transit Administration KW - Bus transit KW - Conferences KW - Information dissemination KW - Manufacturing standards KW - North America KW - Procurement KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Standardization KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit buses KW - Vehicle design UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17900/17987/PB2001105726.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/18000/18000/18033/PB2001106343.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/685528 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00810684 AU - Rutgers University, New Brunswick AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CATALOG OF NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE TRAINING 2001 PY - 2001 SP - 32 p. AB - The National Transit Institute (NTI) develops and teaches new methods and techniques to improve transit work force performance and increase workplace productivity. This 2001 National Transit Institute's Catalog of Training features descriptive summaries of more than fifty NTI courses on a wide variety of public transit subjects ranging from advanced technology and multi-modal planning to management development and training effectiveness. Courses are conducted locally at sites nationwide. The catalog also provides information about national activities listed under NTI Special Offerings, such as: Transit Trainers' Workshop, Achievements in Transit Training Awards, NTI Fellows Program, Workplace Safety, and the Transit Academy. Other areas featured in this catalog include the NTI Clearinghouse, Fee Structure, Hosting an NTI Course, Registration, and NTI Staff Directory. Course calendar of dates and locations is available on NTI website at http://www.ntionline.com. KW - Human resources management KW - Management and organization KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Personnel development KW - Planning KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Training UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/679390 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00806992 AU - Texas Transportation Institute TI - EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, AUGUST 25-28, 1996, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA PY - 2001 SP - 73p AB - This conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) systems brought together transportation professionals from throughout North America and the world. Building on past efforts, the conference provided the opportunity for transportation professionals to share ideas on different topics and to discuss current issues and opportunities. A wealth of information was presented on new HOV projects, innovative transit services, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), priority pricing, arterial street projects, and marketing and public information programs. Participants also had the opportunity to tour the busways, freeway HOV lanes, arterial street bus lanes, light rail transit, and other facilities in the Pittsburgh area. The keynote speeches and concurrent session presentations are summarized in these proceedings. U1 - Eighth International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle SystemsTransportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania StartDate:19960825 EndDate:19960828 Sponsors:Transportation Research Board, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration. KW - Arterial highways KW - Conferences KW - High occupancy vehicle lanes KW - Innovation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Marketing KW - Public information programs KW - Public transit KW - Road pricing UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16000/16018/PB2000102158.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/675804 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00805583 JO - Federal register [online]. Vol. 66, no. 5 PB - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE POLICY ON TRANSIT PROJECTS PY - 2001 SP - p. 1455-1459 AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the FTA National ITS Architecture Policy on Transit Projects, which is defined in this document. The National ITS Architecture Policy is a product of statutory changes made by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) (Pub. L. 105-178) enacted on June 9, 1998. The National ITS Architecture Policy is also a product of the Request for Comment on the National ITS Architecture Consistency Policy for Project Development that was published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2000. Because it is highly unlikely that the entire National ITS Architecture would be fully implemented by any single metropolitan area or State, this policy requires that the National ITS Architecture be used to develop a local implementation of the National ITS Architecture, which is referred to as a "regional ITS architecture.'' Therefore, conformance with the National ITS Architecture is defined under this policy as development of a regional ITS architecture within four years after the first ITS project advancing to final design, and the subsequent adherence of ITS projects to the regional ITS architecture. The regional ITS architecture is based on the National ITS Architecture and consists of several parts including the system functional requirements and information exchanges with planned and existing systems and subsystems and identification of applicable standards, and would be tailored to address the local situation and ITS investment needs KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems programs KW - Policy KW - System architecture KW - System design UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/675098 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806213 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MOBILE SHOWCASE PY - 2001 SP - 12 p. AB - The APTS Mobile Showcase, a 48 foot expandable trailer that functions as a research laboratory, standards testing facility and briefing room on wheels, is traversing the country to spread the word that investments in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies and systems can improve transit operations and provide a high level of customer service. This mobile showcase began regular touring in August 2000, and is scheduled, over the next two years, to visit transportation conferences, transit agencies, state and local transportation agencies, universities and other venues. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public information programs KW - Public private partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672562 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811805 AU - Department of Health and Human Services AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PLANNING GUIDELINES FOR COORDINATED STATE AND LOCAL SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PY - 2000/12/20 SP - 37 p. AB - This guide to coordinated transportation planning provides information and actions necessary to coordinate the transportation services of the various programs of DOT and HHS. It recognizes that the need, skills, and resources of each community differ, leading to unique transportation service designs for each community, yet coordinating the resources of human service and transit agencies will often create substantial benefits. This document provides program information, advice, and encouragement for persons and agencies interested in increasing the amount and quality of transportation services provided to persons who have special transportation needs. KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Level of service KW - Mobility KW - Needs assessment KW - Quality of service KW - Social service agencies KW - Special user groups KW - User benefits UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/19000/19300/19313/PB2002105734.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680270 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01489211 TI - WMATA Regional ITS Projects AB - The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will: (1) upgrade communications links between bus control center and bus supervisors; (2) demonstrate automatic capacity notification at parking garages; (3) develop a fare clearinghouse; and (4) provide real-time and static information to those employees who are in direct contact with transit customers. KW - Bus transit operations KW - Communication systems KW - Control centers KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Parking facilities KW - Real time information KW - Regional transportation KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit riders KW - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1258230 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459364 TI - Fare Collection Oversight Assistance AB - The purpose of this project is to develop additional modules for the Fare Revenue Interactive Electronic Workbook (Fare RevIEW)-a software program developed to assist transit officials to internally evaluate fare revenue control measures, and reduce the potential for fare revenue loss through theft or employee abuse of the internal processes. The original software program primarily dealt with automated fare collection methods. Most of the small urban and large rural systems do not have automated fare collection methods, and primarily provide paratransit and fixed-route-bus service. Under this project, a module will be developed that deal: specifically with the concerns and difficulties of smaller transit agencies with limited resources. Project deliverables will include: (1) enhancement of previously developed Fare RevIEW program to include electronic fare media, (2) refinement, testing and distribution of Fare RevIEW Program via CD-ROM, Internet, and other sources and, (3) A Transit Revenue Management Internal Control Manual linked to the format and structure of the Fare RevIEW computerized workbook, suitable to smaller systems. Project is funded under the National ITS Program, administered by the Department's ITS Joint Program Office. KW - Databases KW - Fare collection KW - Geographic information systems KW - Research projects KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Transit riders UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227577 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813745 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - HICKS, B AU - Cartre, M AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ITS? ARTERIAL MANAGEMENT. IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 3 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 45-84 AB - This paper presents what has been learned in four principal areas of arterial management: 1) adaptive control strategies; 2) advanced traveler information systems; 3) automated enforcement; and 4) integration. The levels of deployment, benefits, deployment challenges, and future steps are presented for each category. KW - Adaptive control KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Arterial highways KW - Arterial management KW - Automated enforcement KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13319.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690222 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813746 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - Lappin, J E AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION? IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 4 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 65-86 AB - This paper synthesizes customer satisfaction findings from advanced traveler information systems (ATIS) research and evaluations dating from 1996. Recent project evaluations from the Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative (MMDI) in Seattle, San Antonio, and Phoenix are featured more prominently because these deployments provided a natural use setting and thus a more reliable context for assessing customer satisfaction. ATIS is defined in two ways: real time network information, whether traffic or transit; and traveler information, such as route guidance or destination information. The focus is on public sector ATIS services, although one section does address ATIS business models, with selected private services included in the discussion. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Phoenix (Arizona) KW - Private transportation KW - Public transit KW - Real time information KW - Route guidance KW - San Antonio (Texas) KW - Seattle (Washington) KW - Traffic UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13320.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690224 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813747 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - CASEY, R F AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 5 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 87-106 AB - The focus of this paper is on advanced public transportation systems (APTS) technologies. It assesses the extent of their deployment and judges their degree of success. It covers APTS technologies in use only by bus and demand responsive service operations. The primary source of deployment level information is a 1998 survey by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center that encompassed 525 transit agencies operating fixed route bus and/or demand responsive services. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Bus transit KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Deployment KW - fixed KW - Fixed routes KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/11000/11000/11093/101.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690225 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813748 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - Orban, J E AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ITS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS: STATUS, CHALLENGES, AND BENEFITS OF LEVEL 1 DEPLOYMENT. IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 6 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 107-126 AB - This paper examines the ways ITS is changing the way federal and state motor carrier agencies conduct business with the motor carrier industry. New technologies are streamlining credentialing operations, reducing delays for safe carriers, and improving highway safety by focusing resources on high risk carriers. ITS designed for commercial vehicle operations includes the following: safety information exchange technologies; electronic screening systems; and, electronic credentialing systems. KW - Certification KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Communication systems KW - Electronic media KW - Information dissemination KW - Information technology KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Motor carriers KW - Safety KW - Screenings UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13322.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690227 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813749 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - McGurrin, M AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT CROSS-CUTTING TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES? IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 7 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 127-148 AB - This paper seeks to answer the question of what has been learned about cross-cutting technical and programmatic issues over the last decade of the National ITS Program. The paper also looks at new areas where ITS investments should be made, with the focus on major findings or trends. Two main factors are considered qualitatively: demonstrated success in contributing to one of the key ITS benefits (such as delay reduction, capacity increase, customer satisfaction, etc.) and amount and rate of deployments achieved compared to time elapsed since the technology was first demonstrated. Discussed are sensors and surveillance, communications, analysis tools, archived data, architecture, and standards. KW - Analysis KW - Architecture KW - Benefits KW - Communications KW - Data collection KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Sensors KW - Standards KW - Surveillance UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13323.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690229 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813750 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - DeBlasio, A J AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT CROSS-CUTTING INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES? IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 8 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 149-170 AB - This paper brings together the findings of activities that addressed the impacts of nontechnical barriers and constraints that might impede the progress of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) programs. It discusses how the planning and deployment of ITS projects differ from procedures required by traditional transportation projects, the challenges presented to the transportation community, the issues that may be encountered in the future, and how these may already have been addressed. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Constraints KW - Implementation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Planning KW - Public opinion KW - Public relations UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13324.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690231 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813751 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - Sussman, J M AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ITS? FINAL COMMENTS. IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGANT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 9 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 171-176 AB - Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) represent a sea of change in surface transportation, equivalent to the introduction of air traffic control systems into air transportation. ITS represents a major opportunity for the transportation profession to evolve to a more sophisticated level. This study looked at the following aspects of ITS: integrated systems; regional systems; partnerships; institutionalization of operations; political support and public acceptance; human resources; and travelers as customers. The papers presented provide insight into successes that have occurred as well as impediments to further successes. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced traffic management systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Human factors KW - Infrastructure KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Partnerships KW - Political factors KW - Public opinion KW - Public transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Traffic KW - Travelers UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13325.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690232 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813743 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - Sussman, J M AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ITS? A SYNTHESIS. IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 1 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 1-20 AB - This study is concerned with what we have learned about ITS. But ITS is composed of many technologies and applications, some of which, it will be seen, are more successful than others. So, in a dissaggregate manner, this study examines which ITS technologies and applications have been successful applications in the ITS world. If they can be identified, then we can more effectively plan the future of the National ITS Program, building on that knowledge. KW - Communication KW - Deployment KW - Ground transportation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Planning KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13317.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690218 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00813744 JO - Publication of: Island Press PB - Island Press AU - PEARCE, V AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT FREEWAY, INCIDENT, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION? IN: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? CHAPTER 2 PY - 2000/12 SP - p. 21-44 AB - The intelligent infrastructure is often the most visible manifestation of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) along with roads, freeways, and incident management is often among the first ITS elements implemented. They can significantly contribute to improving travel conditions by addressing delay caused by both recurring and nonrecurring congestion. Electronic toll collection (ETC) systems similarly aid in reducing congestion on toll roads. In a complementary way, emergency management systems can greatly aid in locating incidents and responding to them in the most rapid and effective way possible. KW - Automatic fare collection KW - Congestion management systems KW - Emergency response time KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Infrastructure KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Technology assessment UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13318.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690220 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813742 AU - Sussman, J M AU - PEARCE, V AU - HICKS, B AU - Carter, M AU - Lappin, J E AU - CASEY, R F AU - Orban, J E AU - McCurrin, M AU - DeBlasio, A J AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS? PY - 2000/12 SP - 191 p. AB - In this document, a group of authors looks back on the ten years of the national intelligent transportation systems program and examines which ITS technology applications have been successful, which have not been successful, and what are the underlying factors that determine success versus failure. An appendix summarizes the state 0if deployment if ITS technologies. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Arterial highways KW - Automated toll collection KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Electronic media KW - Emergency response time KW - Incident detection KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Toll collection UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13316.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681241 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811793 AU - CASEY, R F AU - Labell, L N AU - Moniz, L AU - Royal, J W AU - Sheehan, M AU - Sheehan, T AU - Brown, A AU - Foy, M AU - Zirker, M AU - Schweiger, Carol L AU - MARKS, B AU - Kaplan, B AU - PARKER, D AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: THE STATE OF THE ART UPDATE 2000 PY - 2000/12 SP - 220 p. AB - This report documents work performed under FTA's Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program, a program structured to undertake research and development of innovative applications of advanced navigation, communication, information, computer and vehicle technologies that most benefit public transportation. This report is the latest in a series of state-of-the-art reports, the last of which was published January 1998. It contains the results of an investigation of the extent of adoption of advanced technology in the provision of public transportation services in North America. It focuses on some of the most innovative or comprehensive implementations, categorized under five types of service/technologies: Fleet Management, Traveler Information, Electronic Fare Payment, Transportation Demand Management, and Intelligent Vehicle Initiative. The objective of the 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. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Communication systems KW - Control systems KW - Electronic control KW - Fare prepayment KW - Fleet management KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Travel demand management KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/10000/10900/10914/13583.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680266 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00808700 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Department of Transportation TI - TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. CASE STUDIES PY - 2000/12 SP - v.p. AB - The report defines environmental justice as identification and addressing the effects of all programs, policies, and activities of all federal agencies on minority and low income populations. The case studies provide information on: profile of ways various transportation agencies have integrated environmental justice consideration in their activities to improve transportation decision making; documentation of both analytical and procedural issues relevant to a diverse transportation community including: federal, state, local agencies, transit providers, and other partnering government agencies, community organizations, environmental interest and environmental advocacy groups, businesses, academic institutions, and the public; and illumination of effective practices on how to better promote environmental justice principles. KW - Advocacy groups KW - Case studies KW - Discrimination KW - Environmental justice KW - Environmental policy KW - Low income groups KW - Minorities KW - Regulatory constraints KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Sustainable development KW - User benefits UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ejustice/case/ejbooklt.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/673842 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00808395 AU - Anderson, R AU - Baker, B AU - Redington, M AU - Rutyna, E AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - EG&G Technical Services, Incorporated AU - Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated TI - DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING RESULTS 1999 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 2000/12 SP - 106 p. AB - The Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 1999 Annual Report is a compilation and analysis of drug and alcohol testing results reported by transit systems in the United States during 1999. The report covers results for the following drug types: marijuana (THC), cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiate, and amphetamines. The drug test types covered are: pre-employment, random. post accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty, and follow-up. The report also covers testing results for alcohol for the following test types: random, post accident, reasonable suspicion, return to duty, and follow-up. KW - Alcohol use KW - Annual reports KW - Crashes KW - Drug tests KW - Employees KW - Safety KW - Testing UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/substance/damis99/PDF/damis99.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24800/24836/damis99.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/673333 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00803577 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES - A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY PY - 2000/11 SP - 50 p. AB - In many intelligent transportation systems (ITS) implementations, the telecommunications solution was arrived at without the kind of rigorous examination that would have accompanied similarly significant and complex technical/business choices. The purpose of this document is to present several of the best techniques which can be used to explore telecommunications alternatives, and to determine which one or ones are acceptable, and possibly optimal, for a specific agency and program. The document begins by focusing on performing an effective needs assessment before selecting a telecommunications solution. Three elements in the needs assessment phase are addressed: requirements analysis, the use of a state or regional ITS architecture in defining telecommunications needs, and development of a telecommunications architecture. The second section of the document addresses several of the key technical issues, which arise in selecting telecommunications solutions. These include: distributed vs. centralized, outsourcing vs. staffing, lease vs. own, technical alternatives, and competitive access providers. KW - Access control (Communications) KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Centralized KW - Competition KW - Contracting out KW - Distributed processing KW - Employees KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Leasing KW - Needs assessment KW - Ownership KW - States KW - System design KW - Telecommunications UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9600/9656/8v401.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/667406 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00816679 AU - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRACTION POWER AUTOTRANSFORMER SUBSTATION MODERNIZATION AND SWITCHGEAR DEVELOPMENT. PHASE II FINAL REPORT PY - 2000/11 SP - 115 p. AB - SPD Technologies has developed 12kV switchgear as part of SEPTA's modernization program to upgrade its traction power supply and distribution system. This report provides a summary of the development work and design testing performed through Phase II, "Design, Development and Testing of the Switchgear". The report describes the product and the results of design testing performed on the product. KW - Circuit breakers KW - Commuter cars KW - Microprocessors KW - Rail transit KW - Switches (Electricity) KW - Traction control KW - Transformers UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/690833 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806191 AU - Goeddel, Dennis L AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BENEFITS ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES. UPDATE 2000 PY - 2000/11 SP - 122 p. AB - This report was performed under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program. This program focuses on the development and demonstration of innovative advanced navigation, information and communication technologies that most benefit public transportation. This report presents the results of an analysis conducted by the Volpe Center, for the FTA, to provide an "order-of-magnitude" estimate of the expected benefits to the transit industry with the applications of APTS technologies and projected APTS benefits to a national level based on forecasts and reasonable assumptions on the future applications of APTS technologies within the transit industry. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Benefit cost analysis KW - Computer aided design KW - Dispatching KW - Electronics KW - Fare collection KW - Fleet management KW - Intelligent transportation systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13334.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672543 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806192 AU - Casey, Robert F AU - Labell, Lawrence N AU - Moniz, Leisa AU - Royal, Jackson W AU - Sheehan, Michael AU - Sheehan, Terry AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: THE STATE OF THE ART. UPDATE 2000 PY - 2000/11 SP - 220 p. AB - This report documents work performed under FTA's Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program, a program structured to undertake research and development of innovative applications of advanced navigation, communication, information, computer, and vehicle technologies that most benefit public transportation. This report is the latest in a series of State of the Art reports, the last of which was published in January 1998. It contains the results of an 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 implementation, categorized under five types of service/technologies: fleet management; traveler information; electronic fare payment; transportation demand management; and intelligent vehicle initiative. The objective of the 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. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Communication systems KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Fare collection KW - Fleet management KW - Information systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Traffic control KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/13583.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672544 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459305 TI - Public Transit Boards: Organization and Characteristics AB - The objective of this research is to develop a reference document that will provide guidance to transit board members, general managers, and appointing bodies with respect to board powers, role, responsibilities, size, structure, organization, and composition. This reference document will also include information on method of selection, compensation, term length, and committee structure of transit boards. This document will allow for comparison of local transit boards through data collected nationally and will identify and highlight characteristics of an "effective" board. KW - Operations KW - Organization KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Selection and appointment KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1151 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227517 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459472 TI - Silverliner IV Propulsion System Upgrade AB - The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will design and contract for the engineering, manufacture, testing, and installation of a new microprocessor-based propulsion system for each railcar in the Silverliner IV fleet. The new system will retain the existing traction motors, power electronics, major contractors and signal inputs. Circuit boards in the propulsion, braking and wheel slip circuits will be replaced. A fault indicator and diagnostic system will be installed. Phase 1 includes prototype testing and evaluation of the new system in one railcar. Phase 2 involves the acquisition of equipment and the installation of the system, in 77 cars. Phases 3 and 4 consist of installation of the system in the remaining 154 Silverliner IV cars. All phases of this research project will be documented in a final report. This is congressionally mandated project. KW - Engineering KW - Microprocessors KW - Propulsion KW - Prototype tests KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227685 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030769 AU - Adduci, Robert J AU - Boyd, Annabelle AU - Caton, James E AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - State Safety Oversight Program Annual Report for 1999 PY - 2000/09//Final Report SP - 141p AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 1999. Information provided by State Oversight Agencies documenting the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 1999 is presented, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions. This report also highlights procedures and policies, developed by State Oversight Agencies and rail transit systems, which have been particularly effective in supporting the objectives of the State Safety Oversight Program. KW - Annual reports KW - Crash causes KW - Hazard analysis KW - Oversight KW - Policy KW - Procedures KW - Rail transit KW - Safety KW - Security KW - Transit crashes UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/sso99/pdf/sso1999.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787690 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00819731 AU - Adduci, R J AU - Boyd, A AU - Caton, J E AU - Research and Special Programs Administration TI - STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1999 PY - 2000/09 SP - 120 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report summarizes activities performed to implement the State Safety Oversight Program during Calendar Year 1999. Information provided by State Oversight Agencies documenting the safety and security performance of the rail transit industry in 1999 is presented, including a discussion of the probable causes of accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions. This report also highlights procedures and policies, developed by State Oversight Agencies and rail transit systems, which have been particularly effective in supporting the objectives of the State Safety Oversight Program. KW - Annual reports KW - Oversight KW - Performance evaluations KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Regulations KW - Regulatory constraints KW - Security KW - Transit safety UR - http://www.transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/safety/sso99/html/default.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/11000/11600/11663/sso1999.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/691739 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806195 AU - Federal Railroad Administration TI - THE URBANIZED AREA FORMULA PROGRAM AND THE NEEDS OF SMALL TRANSIT INTENSIVE CITIES. REPORT TO CONGRESS PY - 2000/09 SP - 44 p. AB - The report was provided to the United States Congress in accordance with Section 3033 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). Section 3033 requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the Urbanized Area Formula Program administered by FTA, focusing on the needs of small urbanized areas with unusually high levels of transit service and report the results to the United States Congress. Since the formula apportionments for small urbanized areas do not depend on service levels, small transit intensive cities receive smaller apportionments of funds than they would if service levels were incorporated into the formula. This study sets out to determine whether the formula for apportioning funds for urbanized areas accurately reflects the transit needs of urbanized areas and, if not, whether changes should be made to reflect the fact that some urbanized areas that, with a population between 50,000-200,000, have transit systems that carry more passengers per mile or hour than the average of those transit systems with a population over 200,000. The report outlines the formula grant programs administered by FTA, discusses existing and potential transit needs of American cities, and how current formula factors relate to their needs. The report also focuses on the characteristics and funding needs of small transit intensive cities, and concludes that sufficient issues exist to merit considerations of changes to the existing program as part of FY 2004 and beyond reauthorization cycle. KW - Apportionment KW - Financing KW - Grant aid KW - Level of service KW - Needs assessment KW - Passenger volume KW - Quality of service KW - Small cities KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Urban areas KW - Urban transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17600/17610/PB2001102561.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672547 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00801861 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BOOKSHELF 2000. BROCHURE PY - 2000/09 SP - 28 p. AB - Transit Bookshelf 2000 is a compendium of selected reading from the bookshelf of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It is a reference tool designed to provide easy and rapid access to published material on transit planning, innovative research, safety, and technology. The publication includes readings that support improvements in public transit today and in the future: advanced technologies, clean fuel technologies, environmentally friendly vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, livable communities, new paradigms, safety and security, job access transit, and development of a diverse and highly skilled transportation workforce. KW - Clean fuels KW - Improvements KW - Innovation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Sustainable development KW - Technology assessment KW - Work trips UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666931 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00800480 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - THIS IS THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PY - 2000/09 SP - 45 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is the principal source of federal financial assistance to communities for the planning, development of new systems and innovations, and the improvement and maintenance of existing public transportation systems and services. This publication presents an overview of all the programs which are funded and administered by FTA. Public transportation includes buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, monorail, passenger ferries, trolleys, inclined railways and people movers. Transit serves many public purposes including affordable mobility, congestion management, enhancing economic development, supporting "smart growth" policies and increasing employment accessibility. This publication covers all of FTS's programs from metropolitan planning to rural transit assistance, elderly and disabled persons programs, job access and reverse commuting, safety and security programs, oversight requirements, grantee requirements and certification, innovations and initiatives for international transit programs, livable communities, joint partnerships and intelligent transportation systems. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Buses KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Federal government agencies KW - Ferries KW - Finance KW - Grant aid KW - Light rail transit KW - Planning KW - Policy, legislation and regulation KW - Public transit KW - Rural transit KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666520 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00801899 AU - Weatherford, M AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ASSESSMENT OF THE DENVER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT'S AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM PY - 2000/08 SP - 102 p. AB - The purpose of this evaluation was to determine how well the Denver Regional Transportation District's (RTD) automatic vehicle location (AVL) system achieved its major objectives of improving scheduling efficiency, improving the ability of dispatchers to adjust on street operations, and increasing safety through better emergency management. The evaluation is intended to help FTA and other transit agencies determine whether an AVL system will benefit transit employees and customers in other locations. This report documents the implementation and early operation of the RTD's AVL system. The evaluation provides an overview of the AVL system and assesses the costs and benefits of the AVL system for the 2,400 square mile, 1,355 vehicle fleet system. The study examines the AVL system in terms of its functional characteristics, employee/customer acceptance and perceptions, and AVL's success in improving RTD's service, safety, and transit system efficiency and effectiveness KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Denver (Colorado) KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Quality of service KW - Safety and security KW - Schedule maintenance UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17300/17342/PB2001100958.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666936 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00798183 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION : SUCCESSFUL TRANSIT APPLICATIONS : A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY : IMPROVING SERVICE AND SAFETY PY - 2000/08 SP - 20 p. AB - Belief in the value of AVL is substantiated by statements of benefits contained earlier in this study. Even so, none of the study agencies are making full use of the voluminous amount of AVL data automatically recorded by the system. Efforts to make better use of these data are under way at most of the sites. Also, the vendor community has developed several tools to better utilize such data in decision making and operational efficiencies and produce service delivery. With the implementation of these techniques, transit agencies should be able to achieve substantial additional improvements in their on-street performance, schedule development, service efficiency, and customer interface capability. It is the belief of these transit agencies that their best hope of increasing or at least maintaining current levels of transit patronage and minimizing future cost escalation is through the improved customer service that AVL systems and other associated technologies help them provide KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Buses UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17100/17119/PB2000108232.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17600/17611/PB2001102566.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/8000/8300/8301/8v301_1.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9000/9005/8v301.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/655188 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799069 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BOOKSHELF UPDATE 2000 PY - 2000/08 SP - 15 p. AB - Transit Bookshelf Update 2000 is a compendium of selective readings taken from the bookshelf of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This is a reference tool designed to provide easy and rapid access to published material on transit planning, innovative research, safety and technology. The topics covered are: advanced technologies, clean fuel technologies, environmentally friendly vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, livable communities, new paradigms, safety and security, job access transport, and developments of a diverse and highly-skilled transportation workforce. KW - Buses KW - Clean fuels KW - Finance KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Jobs KW - Land use planning KW - Livable communities KW - Rail transit KW - Rural transportation KW - Security KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology KW - Transit safety KW - Urban transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665954 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00801901 AU - Monahan, P AU - Schweiger, C AU - Buffkin, T AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EVALUATION OF THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PY - 2000/07 SP - 124 p. AB - This report documents the implementation and operation of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's Advanced Public Transportation System (ITS MARTA '96) as part of a showcase of Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies deployed for the 1996 Olympic Games. Due to funding limitations and other shortcomings, only a portion of the MARTA fleet was equipped with APTS technologies and most of the technologies were only partially functioning during the Olympic Games. The ITS technologies that were installed on some of the vehicles and in use at the time of the Olympics included: trip itinerary planning system, automatic passenger counters, automatic vehicle location system, wayside passenger information devices, the VISA cash card fare payment system, and traveler information kiosks. This evaluation was performed within the context of the goals and objectives of FTA's national APTS program. The report summarizes the findings from MARTA's experiences with the implementation of new technologies, and offers guidelines to organizations contemplating or planning for the adoption of similar technologies. The report provides background information on MARTA's ITS system, summarizes national and local objectives, describes each ITS component, discusses financial aspects of the ITS system, and provides a brief summary of the status and benefits to date of each of the ITS technologies used by MARTA. The report also contains conclusions and describes the lessons learned from the MARTA ITS project experience. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Computer aided design KW - Dispatching KW - Geographic information systems KW - In vehicle annunciators KW - Information display systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority KW - Passenger counting KW - Passenger information systems KW - Wayside signals UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17300/17324/PB2001100783.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666937 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00797550 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON SECTION 5309 NEW STARTS CRITERIA PY - 2000/07 SP - v.p. AB - This guidance was developed to document the application and reporting procedures for the Section 5309 New Starts criteria. The purpose is to assist local agencies in developing and submitting information and documentation of the New Starts criteria to FTA for major transit capital investments seeking New Start funding, and to explain how FTA uses the criteria to evaluate and rate proposed New Starts projects, and at what points in the project development process such evaluation takes place. KW - Capital investments KW - Financing KW - Information management KW - Public transit KW - Technical assistance UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/655498 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459282 TI - Designing Transit Services for the Mode-Choice Market Stage III Planning Tools and Processes AB - This project plans to develop a "mobility index" that is a function of trip time by which to measure and map mobility in a metropolitan region for both auto and transit modes, as well as to identify opportunities and evaluate transit improvements for their impact on regional mobility " This includes a complementary market positioning exercise for mode-choice- focused transit services, employing focus groups and an ethnographic analytical methodology for identifying the explicit "bellwether" segment of the mode-choice market. The research uses the San Diego metropolitan area for a test bed, in collaboration with the major transit agency, the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB), and local and regional agencies, including the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). KW - Mobility KW - Mode choice KW - Planning KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders KW - Transit traffic KW - Transit vehicle operations UR - http://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/idea UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227494 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00819654 AU - Adduci, R J AU - Boyd, A AU - Caton, J AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES FOR STATES WITH NEW STARTS PROJECTS PY - 2000/06 SP - 32 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. States with "New Start" systems, funded through FTA's discretionary New Starts program, must address 49 CFR Part 659 requirements with the initiation of New Start revenue service. The Rule also requires that submissions made to FTA for states with existing oversight programs must be updated to reflect major operational changes, which include extensions funded through the New Start program. KW - Construction KW - Design KW - Financing KW - New Starts Program KW - Oversight KW - Planning KW - Project management KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Safety KW - Security UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/Safety/NewStarts/NewStarts.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/11000/11600/11665/NewStarts.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/691734 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799109 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - EVALUATION PLAN FOR THE CAPE COD ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PY - 2000/06 SP - 49 p. AB - The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) Advanced Public Transportation System (APTS) project is an application of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to fixed route and paratransit operations in a rural transit setting. The purpose of the project is to apply ITS technology that will improve intermodal transportation services for the residents of rural Cape Cod as well as for visitors to the region. KW - Cape Cod KW - Fixed routes KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intermodal services KW - Paratransit services KW - Rural transportation KW - Summer KW - Technological innovations KW - Tourists UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9100/9192/3b01.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665968 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00797551 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - GUIDANCE FOR TRANSIT FINANCIAL PLANS PY - 2000/06 SP - 146 p. AB - This document defines the content and scope of a financial plan that accomplishes the objectives of the legislative mandate placed upon the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It provides a model format and detailed examples of the elements of a complete and concise financial plan. The document also describes good practice in financial planning that is applicable to all transit agencies. The Financial Plan Outline provided for transit agencies consists of the following elements: 1. Introduction, 2. Capital Plan, 3. Operating Plan, 4. Cash Flow, and 5. Appendix (reference supporting documentation. KW - Financial responsibility KW - Financing KW - Legislation KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Guidance_for_Transit_Financial_Plans.pdf UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/publications/reports/other_reports/publications_1336.html UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17200/17203/PB2001100171.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/654994 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794342 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - REPORT TO CONGRESS. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE PY - 2000/05/30 SP - v.p. AB - This report presents the findings and recommendations of the evaluation of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD), conducted in accordance with the direction of the House and Senate Committees of Appropriations, as specified in the reports to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) FY 2000 Appropriations Act. KW - Data collection KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Information processing KW - Information services KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Public transit KW - Systems analysis UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17300/17393/PB2001101298.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/655428 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459628 TI - Operating Policies for Improved Transit Productivity AB - This project will demonstrate an efficient use of a commercially available computer software scheduling package (PASS) for making informed policy decisions on operational strategies by transit managers. In addition, it will produce guidelines showing the service, cost, productivity tradeoffs for chosen strategies. Data from Tulsa and Winston-Salem will be collected and employed to evaluate operating policies. A parametricl analysis of each operating policy will be performed with emphasis on the system's productivity. Results on cost estimates for each change in the operating policy will be produced and analyzed. Based on results, guidelines for implementing operational policies for different types of systems and their impacts on cost, productivity, and passenger convenience will be developed. KW - Analysis KW - Computer aided design KW - Cost estimating KW - Guidelines KW - Information processing KW - Operating costs KW - Policy making KW - Productivity KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227843 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00796876 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSPORTATION CONFORMITY REFERENCE GUIDE PY - 2000/05/11 SP - 453 p. AB - This Transportation Conformity Reference Guide (The Guide) was prepared by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as a tool to facilitate compliance by State and local agencies with the transportation conformity requirements. It is a reference manual which contains transportation conformity rule and relevant preamble language, questions and answers, and lists of resource materials. The information is organized according to the requirements for specific pollutants and designations. The Guide is designed to be useful to both seasoned practitioners and newcomers to the transportation conformity process. All relevant materials and information needed for agencies to fully understand transportation conformity are assembled in this Guide in an accessible and easy to read format. The Guide is organized in four major Parts: Part I - Purpose and Need; Part II - How to Use This Document; Part III - Transportation Conformity Requirements; and Part IV - Emerging Issues. Part I summarizes the purpose and need for the Guide and provides a brief explanation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act/Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (ISTEA/TEA-21) statutory requirements. Part II explains how the Guide is organized and how to most effectively use the Guide to find information on specific topics or areas of interest. Part III, transportation conformity requirements, is the major part of this Guide and presents the most current information on requirements. It includes references to relevant CAA and ISTEA/TEA-21 statutory requirements, EPA's transportation conformity rule (i.e., regulatory requirements) and relevant preamble language that helps explain the rule, and DOT and EPA guidance. In addition, real world examples and practices are used in order to help readers understand the complex relationship between the elements of the transportation and air quality planning processes, and the requirements of the transportation conformity rule. Each section of Part III is self-contained. However, readers may need to refer to more than one section within Part III to understand the complete relationships and interactions within the process. Part IV provides a discussion of emerging issues that will impact transportation conformity in the near future. A bibliography and glossary are included. KW - Air quality KW - CD-ROM KW - Clean Air Act KW - Compliance KW - Conformity KW - Guidelines KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Manuals KW - Regulations KW - Transportation KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov///////environment//conformity/index.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/654640 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00801862 AU - Research and Special Programs Administration TI - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT, FISCAL YEAR 2001, 2ND EDITION PY - 2000/05 SP - v.p. AB - This report documents the second edition of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Development Plan. The document identifies the goals and objectives of DOT for research and development, the roles of DOT and other federal agencies in achieving these goals, and the overall strategy of DOT in carrying out the needed research. In addition, this DOT R & D plan encompasses internal planning and coordination procedures, key DOT programs, partnership initiatives, enabling research concepts, education and training support, state DOT activity, and measures of performance and programs. The plan identifies five national strategic goals for transportation that capture the most important outcomes influenced by all DOT programs: safety, mobility, economic growth and trade, human and natural environment, and national security. KW - Coordination KW - Economic growth KW - Education and training KW - Environmental quality KW - Human factors KW - Mobility KW - National security KW - Partnerships KW - Performance evaluations KW - Research KW - Safety KW - State departments of transportation KW - Strategic planning KW - Trade UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/667643 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00795408 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 1999 STATUS OF THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND TRANSIT: CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE. REPORT TO CONGRESS, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PY - 2000/05 SP - 32 p. AB - This document is a summary of the report to Congress titled: "1999 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance" (C&P report). The C&P report is intended to provide Congress and other decision makers with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge and transit system characteristics, finance, physical conditions, operational performance, and future capital investment requirements. This edition of the C&P report is the fourth in the series that combines information on the Nation's highway and transit systems. The report includes new sections devoted to personal mobility and safety, and expanded analysis of future investment requirements, which are summarized in this document. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Finance KW - Highways KW - Infrastructure KW - Investments KW - Mobility KW - Performance KW - Public transit KW - Safety UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/1999cpr/summary.htm UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17200/17204/PB2001100172.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/654167 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794761 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 1999 STATUS OF THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND TRANSIT: CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE. REPORT TO CONGRESS PY - 2000/05 SP - 352 p. AB - This report is submitted in accordance with the requirements of Section 502(g) of 23 United States Code (U.S.C.) and Section 308(e) of 49 U.S.C., for the highway and transit portions, respectively. This report also incorporates as Appendix A, the Interstate Needs Study required by Section 1107(c) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. This report provides the Congress with an objective appraisal of highway, bridge, and transit physical conditions, operational performance, finance, and future investment requirements. It highlights the need to maintain our commitment to infrastructure investment to keep our highway and transit systems functioning effectively. KW - Bridges KW - Condition surveys KW - Finance KW - Highways KW - Infrastructure KW - Investments KW - Performance KW - Public transit UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/1999cpr/report.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/653917 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00796265 AU - Harvard Design and Mapping Company, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FARE REVENUE INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC WORKBOOK. USER MANUAL PY - 2000/04/28 SP - 57 p. AB - This Fare Revenue Interactive Electronic Workbook (Fare RevIEW) programming structure allows for adding modules to the basic programs as transit system needs warrant. Th objective is to provide urban transit officials with a tool to internally evaluate the fare revenue control measures. It is also intended to present general recommendations, suggestions and indicate where potential areas of exposure are within the system. KW - Electronics KW - Fares KW - Guides to information KW - Interactive computer systems KW - Manuals KW - Public transit KW - Revenues KW - Urban transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/654371 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01460445 TI - Galveston Fixed Guideway Project AB - The objective of this cooperative agreement is to support the efforts of the City of Galveston, Texas, in implementing a new regional rail service and traveler information systems along I-45 to help reduce congestion and improve mobility in the area. Heavy traffic volumes in general and during the peak tourist season on the I-45 causeway leading to Galveston Island, generated the need for development of alternative means of public transportation to the island, as well as access to the mainland during hurricane season. To accomplish this, the City will purchase rail service on days that the causeway is operating at level of service "F" (heavy congestion) and utilize existing message signs along I-45 to alert motorists of the availability of rail service as an alternative means to the Island. By utilizing ITS technologies, the City of Galveston will demonstrate the benefits of integrating sub-regional passenger rail service with Galveston's existing public transportation system, thereby creating an efficient and comprehensive public transportation alternative to the automobile during peak periods of congestion or in the event of a weather emergency. KW - Advanced traveler information systems KW - Galveston (Texas) KW - Hurricanes KW - Mobility KW - Peak flows KW - Research projects KW - Tourist destinations KW - Tourists KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic volume KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Variable message signs UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1228662 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799278 AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - Department of Transportation TI - MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE R&D STRATEGIC PLAN PY - 2000/04 SP - 54 p. AB - This strategic plan addresses Department of Transportation's research and development activities that support improvements in the environmental characteristics and energy efficiency of medium- and heavy duty transportation vehicles and, by increasing the long term capability of domestic companies to produce clean and efficient vehicles, also foster future economic growth and productivity. This report documents the early stages of what is expected to be an ongoing strategic planning process specific to research and development in these areas. KW - Clean fuels KW - Domestic transportation KW - Economic growth KW - Energy conservation KW - Environmental control KW - Heavy duty vehicles KW - Strategic planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16900/16944/PB2000106318.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665992 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799279 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BENEFITS 2000 WORKING PAPERS: A PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS. AN FTA POLICY PAPER PY - 2000/04 SP - 121 p. AB - This FTA Policy Paper reflects FTA's continuing effort to develop professional literature on transportation benefits and their measurement. It presents a public choice approach to measuring the benefits of transit's ongoing impact on policy goals pertaining to 1) traffic congestion; 2) affordable mobility; and 3) location efficiency. The working papers offer suggestions on how to translate public support for transit into a budgetary process through benefit measurement. KW - Mobility KW - Policy analysis KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Traffic congestion KW - User benefits UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9700/9786/tb2analysis.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665993 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01507890 AU - United States Federal Transit Administration TI - Norfolk-Virginia Beach Light Rail Transit System East/West Corridor Project, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia : environmental impact statement PY - 2000/03//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 folio), Final(2v)(v.2 folio), Draft supplement to the final(2v)(v.2 is folio) KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1292214 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073744 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Downtown Sacramento-Folsom Corridor, To Improve Transit Services, US 50/Folsom Boulevard : environmental impact statement PY - 2000/03//Volumes held:D, Final(2v) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833136 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791181 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 1999 STATISTICAL SUMMARIES. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PY - 2000/03 SP - 201 p. AB - The 1999 Statistical Summaries provides information about the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) major financial aid programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 1999. The report covers the following programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-Urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Capital, Interstate Substitution, Job Access/Reverse Commute, Over-the-Road Bus, Clean Fuels Formula, Washington, DC Metro Rail Construction, Metropolitan Planning, State Planning and Research, Consolidated Planning Grants, and State Infrastructure Banks. The data used in the report are compiled from the capital, operating, and planning assistance grants to transit authorities, states, planning agencies, and other units of local government. KW - Appropriations KW - Capital expenditures KW - Federal aid KW - Financial analysis KW - Grant aid KW - Operating costs KW - Program management KW - Public transit KW - Statistical analysis UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants_1242.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648362 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806250 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - REDEFINING FTA'S FUTURE ROLE IN TRANSIT SAFETY PY - 2000/03 SP - v.p. AB - Several tragic accidents involving transit vehicles occurred in 1999. This report describes the work of the intermodal Transit Safety Task Force created to assess the Federal role in transit safety. The Task Force focused on four specific issues: 1) statistical data; 2) human factors; 3) design standards; and 4) operational best practices. The report includes twenty-four recommendations aimed at having a direct impact on transit safety. KW - Design standards KW - Human factors KW - Human factors in crashes KW - Statistical analysis KW - Transit safety UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/673786 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799277 AU - American Public Transportation Association TI - APTA 2000 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FACT BOOK PY - 2000/03 SP - 206 p. AB - This is the 51st edition of the APTA Public Transportation Fact Book. It includes only public transportation data for the United States, with data based on the annual National Transit Database report published by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and supplemented with APTA special surveys, covering every aspect of public transportation. The Fact Book begins by defining APTA, then defining and profiling every aspect of U.S. public transportation, defined as all multiple occupancy vehicle services designed to transport customers on local and regional routes. KW - Air transportation KW - Customers KW - Databases KW - Highway transportation KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit KW - Transportation operations KW - Water transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665991 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791177 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 5309(O)(1) PY - 2000/03 SP - 592 p. AB - This annual report provides the U.S. Department of Transportation's recommendations for allocation of funds to be made available for construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems (major capital investments or new starts) for fiscal year 2001. Thirty eight projects are recommended for new starts funding in FY 2001. Of these, 14 have existing federal funding commitments under full funding grant agreements (FFGAs), three FFGAs are pending, 11 are under negotiations, and 10 are nearing final stages of preliminary engineering. This report consists of two sections: 1) details of specific funding recommendations by project and background information on both the projects and the FTA program and processes; and 2) a series of appendices that provide summary descriptions of each project, including information on the background, status, and evaluation of each proposed project. KW - Annual reports KW - Capital investments KW - Federal aid KW - Government funding KW - Guideways KW - Public transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648358 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794277 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - FINANCING TECHNIQUES FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT PY - 2000/02 SP - 23 p. AB - This handbook outlines techniques to help transit operators to better manage their long term capital needs through a combination of lease, debt and cash flow management. The following financing mechanisms are addressed: state revolving loan funds, joint development, bonds and certificates of participation, delayed local match, super turnkey, lease with maintenance, cross-border lease, domestic leasing, grant anticipation financing, and the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (TIFIA). KW - Capital costs KW - Cash flow KW - Debt KW - Financing KW - Handbooks KW - Leasing KW - Public transit KW - Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/653815 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791810 AU - Turnbull, K F AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Texas Transportation Insitute AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ASSESSMENT OF THE SEATTLE SMART TRAVELER PY - 2000/02 SP - 52 p. AB - This report describes the development, operation, and evaluation of the Seattle Smart Traveler (SST), a dynamic ridematching system which uses e-mail and the Internet at the University of Washington. It was found that the SST provided a convenient mechanism for individuals to access ridesharing information and to request and obtain potential matches. Additionally, issues were identified that may have limited the use of the system. KW - Internet KW - Ridesharing KW - Seattle Smart Traveler (Program : Washington) UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11344.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648687 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791178 AU - Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium TI - HYBRID-ELECTRIC DRIVE: HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE TESTING PROJECT. FINAL EMISSIONS REPORT PY - 2000/02 SP - 74 p. AB - This report describes testing of hybrid-electric buses to demonstrate energy efficiency and emission performance of state of the art hybrid-electric heavy duty vehicles vis-a-vis late model conventional diesel heavy-duty vehicles and alternative fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. This project report serves as a demonstration of near term technology in real world demonstration. Results of a year long testing project of hybrid-electric, CNG, and low sulfur fuel diesel buses are documented in the report. The project put state of the art clean bus technologies through extensive tests to demonstrate energy efficiency and emission performance in comparison with conventional diesel heavy duty vehicles. This report contains numerous charts and illustrations that graphically portray comparisons of all vehicles tested in terms of vehicle fuel efficiency and emissions test results. Charts displaying test results, bus profiles, and biodiesel bus performance are also provided. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Clean fuels KW - Compressed natural gas KW - Demonstration projects KW - Diesel engines KW - Emission control systems KW - Energy conservation KW - Heavy duty vehicles KW - Hybrid vehicles KW - Transit buses UR - http://www.navc.org/Navc9837.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648359 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462692 TI - Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Problems. Topic SE-04. Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit Properties AB - Rail transit agencies spend a significant portion of their operating budgets on track and track structure maintenance and repairs. Based on largely undocumented and often anecdotal information, maintenance costs appear to vary widely from agency to agency when factors such as size, age, and operating conditions appear similar. Some of the differences may be attributed to the type of maintenance program. For example, well-developed, proactive maintenance policies and practices would be expected to lead to lower costs. However, this does not appear to be sufficient to explain the apparent wide variations in maintenance costs among transit agencies. This synthesis will survey US rail transit agencies to obtain a mix of information about older and newer track structure designs and vehicles. It will document the state-of-the-practice for both managing executives and engineering managers, investigating costs for maintenance and repair of track and structures so that agencies may view their operations, policies and expenditures in line with others in the industry. KW - Light rail transit KW - Public transit KW - Rail (Railroads) KW - Rail transit KW - Rail transit facilities KW - Railroad tracks KW - Railroad trains KW - Research projects KW - State of the practice KW - Transit operating agencies UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=184 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230914 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00940536 AU - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers TI - FERRY TRANSIT SYSTEMS FOR THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY PY - 2000/01 SP - v.p. AB - Rekindled interest in the development of new ferry transit systems, including high speed vessel designs, generated this study. The study notes that continuous advances in marine engine design technology, alternative propulsion systems and other advancements will enable waterborne transit to maintain its competitive advantage well into the 21st century. This report documents a Survey of the Social, Economic, and Environmental Influences and Impacts of Ferry Systems with Specific Illustrative Examples from the San Francisco Bay Area. It briefly defines and clarifies the essential issues of ferry systems performance, economic and societal impact, and describes the technical rationale and operating discipline required to ensure that new ferry systems achieve their intended purposes in safe and environmentally sound manner. The report is organized into two parts. Part 1 addresses the crucial issues, social, economic, environmental, and safety, illustrating specific points with well documented examples. Part 2 reviews the historical and contemporary facts of the San Francisco Bay transit alternatives in conjunction with projections of future conditions. The study applauds the unsurpassed record of safe and reliable ferry system operations, even during periods of natural disaster that shut down land transportation systems. KW - Economic impacts KW - Environmental protection KW - Ferry service KW - Marine engineering KW - Marine transit KW - Safety KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Social impacts KW - Water transportation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/731803 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794304 AU - Adduci, R J AU - Hathaway, W T AU - Meadow, L J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HAZARD ANALYSIS GUIDELINES FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS PY - 2000/01 SP - 44 p. AB - These hazard analysis guidelines discuss safety critical systems and subsystems, types of hazard analyses, when hazard analyses should be performed, and the hazard analysis philosophy. These guidelines are published by FTA to assist the transit industry as well as state and local organizations in providing the highest practical level of safety for the passengers and employees of the Nation's mass transportation systems. These guidelines apply to all transit projects that are directly related to the transportation of passengers. KW - Employee benefits KW - Guidelines KW - Hazard analysis KW - Life cycle analysis KW - Passenger transportation KW - Security KW - Transit safety UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/Safety/Hazard/HAGuidelines.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16800/16897/PB2000105978.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/8000/8700/8701/HAGuidelines.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/653831 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00789259 AU - Rutgers University, New Brunswick AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE CATALOG OF TRAINING, 2000. INFORMATION PACKET PY - 2000/01 SP - v.p. AB - The FTA-sponsored National Transit Institute (NTI) is a life-time training and education resource center for the transit industry. It is designed to improve the performance and increase productivity in the industry's workforce. Established in 1992, NTI responds to changing needs of the transit industry, FTA, and the transportation community. This document provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the NTI program, including course offerings, clearinghouse products and services, and special offerings, such as: Transit trainers' workshops, NTI fellows program, Transit academy, and others. Courses listed as FREE are at no charge to employees of federal, state, and local governments and private non-profit operators. The information packet includes an NTI Overview Brochure and a Transit Industry Training Calendar, listing course dates and locations, and providing a registration form and NTI staff directory. All courses are designed to be interactive and participatory, including hands-on practice activities. KW - Education and training KW - Human resources management KW - Performance KW - Productivity KW - Training programs UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/649159 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00784330 AU - Department of Transportation TI - A GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PY - 2000/01 SP - 19 p. AB - This booklet was produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Technology Innovation Committee and is intended as an overview of innovation and technology transfer activities in the DOT. This product is a quick reference book to points of contact to help understand innovation, research and technology activities at the DOT and help pursue development of more formal technology and innovation sharing partnerships. The members of the Committee are initial contacts who will assist in finding technical assistance and materials of interest. Facilities and services available from DOT agencies are briefly described and information provided includes telephone, fax numbers as well as postal mail, e-mail, and web site addresses. KW - Directories KW - Information services KW - Innovation KW - Partnerships KW - Technology assessment KW - Technology transfer UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636888 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01127317 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration TI - Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book PY - 2000 SP - 584p AB - This report documents the 2000 edition of the Department of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book. It references and briefly describes the ITS research projects, tests and studies initiated through September 1999 and sponsored by the modal administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The projects referenced describe ITS activities which support the development of user services, national compatibility planning, deployment, and program assessment. In-progress and completed research activities of the modal administrations are descriptively profiled and indexed under the following program areas: Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure; Rural and Statewide Infrastructure; Commercial Vehicle ITS Infrastructure; Intermodal Freight; Intelligent Vehicle Initiative; Evaluation/Program Assessment; Architecture, Standards and National Compatibility Planning; and Mainstreaming. This report includes an introductory discussion of the components and near/long-term goals of the Department's National ITS Program, including efforts to achieve national deployment of advanced technologies. KW - Commercial vehicle operations KW - Evaluation and assessment KW - Freight transportation KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intelligent Vehicle Initiative KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Research projects KW - Rural highways KW - State highways KW - System architecture UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11864.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/887778 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073707 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Vasona Corridor, Light Rail Transit Project : environmental impact statement PY - 2000///Volumes held: Draft(2v), F(2v) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833099 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073576 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Mid-Harlem Line Third Track Project, section 4(f) report: environmental impact statement PY - 2000///Volumes held: Draft(2v), Final(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/832968 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01037658 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Proceedings of the MTC/NTI Bus Rapid Transit Workshop, Oakland, California, September 12, 2000 PY - 2000 SP - 36p AB - In March 2000, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted the Bay Area Blueprint Phased Implementation Plan. This plan included the Bay Area Bus Proposal, which identified candidate bus routes for a regional network of rapid bus service. In line with implementation of this plan, the MTC, in cooperation with the National Transit Institute and the Federal Transit Administration, presented a one-day regional rapid bus training workshop. The purpose of this workshop was to learn more about bus rapid transit (BRT) from a group of transit experts, share this information within and among the group assembled and to start putting into place a long range perspective relating to the various issues, both technical and institutional, surrounding implementing a BRT system in the Bay Area. The long term goals of the BRT workshop involved increasing knowledge about: reducing congestion, targeting service in selected corridors, maximizing the use of the existing infrastructure, generating new transit riders, generating a seamless regional identity for transit, and increasing the number of customers with easy access and timely service resulting from express bus service. KW - Access KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Bus transit operations KW - Customer satisfaction KW - Infrastructure KW - Public transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Ridership KW - San Francisco Bay Area KW - Schedule maintenance KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic mitigation KW - Transportation corridors KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/793785 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01030776 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Keeping Safety on Track: Building New Partnerships in Safety PY - 2000 SP - 4p AB - This brochure discusses the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) State Safety Oversight Program (49 CFR Part 659). The FTA Office of Safety and Security manages the program which was established in 1997 and requires the incorporation of system safety and security concepts into rail fixed guideway systems. As of May 2000, 22 State Safety Oversight Agencies have been designated to implement the system safety and security requirements for 35 rail fixed guideway systems. The brochure lists benefits of incorporation of system safety and security concepts in project development, discusses the safety certification process, explains how States with existing State Safety Oversight Agencies are actively addressing the inclusion of system safety and security concepts for extensions and modifications to rail fixed guideway systems already in their programs, comments on building new partnerships in safety, and outlines the types of technical assistance available from the FTA's Office of Safety and Security. Contact information for State Safety Oversight Agencies is provided. KW - Benefits KW - Brochures KW - Certification KW - Fixed guideway systems KW - Oversight KW - Partnerships KW - Project development KW - Rail transit KW - Safety KW - Security KW - States KW - Technical assistance KW - U.S. Federal Transit Administration UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/Safety/KeepingSafety/fta_safety.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/787704 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00966073 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PUBLICATIONS PY - 2000 SP - 1 computer laser optical disc AB - This CD-ROM contains full-text publications dealing with advanced public transportation systems (APTS). The publications are searchable on the CD-ROM by title, subject, author, and full-text. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - Advanced Public Transportation Systems Program UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/681543 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00932272 AU - American Public Transportation Association AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - National Sleep Foundation TI - ALERTNESS 2000: TOOLS FOR MANAGING FATIGUE IN TRANSIT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALERTNESS SYMPOSIUM PY - 2000 SP - 168p AB - This Alertness 2000 Fatigue Symposium was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration Office of Safety and Security in conjunction with the American Public Transportation Association. Fatigue has been identified as the cause of several accidents; therefore FTA has received a Congressional directive to conduct training for fatigue awareness. This symposium brought together experts from around the country and around the world, both within and outside the transit industry. The agenda includes subjects from operational and labor issues to the methods to identify risk for fatigue to the use of over-the-counter and prescribed medications. The focus of the symposium was on the need to develop effective tools for managing fatigue in transit. U1 - Alertness 2000: Tools for Managing Fatigue in Transit. Proceedings of the Alertness SymposiumAmerican Public Transit Administration; Community Transportation Association of America; National Sleep Foundation; Federal Transit AdministrationArlington, Virginia StartDate:20001026 EndDate:20001027 Sponsors:American Public Transit Administration; Community Transportation Association of America; National Sleep Foundation; Federal Transit Administration KW - Alertness KW - Crash causes KW - Crash investigation KW - Fatigue (Physiological condition) KW - Personnel management KW - Safety KW - Training UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/publications/safety/Alertness2000/PDF/alertness.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/726842 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00796855 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ADVANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PUBLICATIONS PY - 2000 SP - n.p. AB - The Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) CD-ROM is a collection of 100 Advanced Public Transportation Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) publications. Presented in Adobe Acrobat Reader format, nearly all FTA sponsored APTS reports are included. The publication dates of the reports and publications range from 1991-2000. The CD is searchable by title, subject, publication date, author and key words. KW - Advanced public transportation systems KW - CD-ROM KW - Intelligent transportation systems UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/655484 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00801860 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - A REPORT TO OUR CUSTOMERS 2000. BROCHURE PY - 2000 SP - 43 p. AB - In the mid-1990s to address the country's needs for the 21st century, FTA called upon communities across America to help in its efforts to create a world class transportation network. FTA took this direction by expanding the role of transit in serving people and the diverse communities they call home, as well as in advancing transit systems which take people from where they are to where they want to go, when they want to go, at a price they can afford, and do so safely and securely. This report is a celebration of the federal investment in mass transit. It is an accounting of the progress of the federal transit program over the past several years. Transit is viewed in terms of its accomplishments/economic benefits, i.e., how FTA's leadership, technical assistance and financial resources have provided for safe technologically advanced public transportation to enhance mobility and accessibility, improve communities and natural environment, and strengthen the national economy. KW - Accessibility KW - Economic benefits KW - Environmental protection KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Financing KW - Investments KW - Mobility KW - Public transit KW - Technology assessment UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666930 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00813711 AU - Ballard Power Systems TI - CLEANING UP: ZERO-EMISSION BUSES IN REAL WORLD USE. A REPORT ON THE XCELLSIS/BALLARD PHASE 3 FUEL CELL BUS PROGRAM PY - 2000 SP - n.p. AB - This electronic report documents the XCELLSIS/Ballard Phase 3 Fuel Cell Bus Testing Program. It attempts to affirm the strongly held belief that the fuel cell engine is the most promising clean energy source to date. The Phase 3 testing program set out to validate this statement in urban transit applications over an extended period of time in real world conditions. The objectives of this program were to learn about fuel cell technology in real, everyday operations and transfer the learning to engine and component development phases; better understand vehicle performance, operating costs, and required infrastructure; educate public on safety and reliability of fuel cell vehicles; and prepare and train transit industry. The successful four-year long Phase 3 program was conducted in Chicago, Illinois and Vancouver, British Columbia, under normal, real world, revenue generating conditions, and in all types of weather. The final part of the test was a two year public service implementation with three Phase 3 (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell buses operating in each city. Six Phase 3 buses, equipped with fuel cell units with a capacity of 205kW, were running in Chicago and Vancouver, March 1998 through June 2000. In addition, the program compared the performance of Phase 3 fuel cell bus measured against diesel and compressed natural gas. Riders in both cities had very positive experiences from both a noise and comfort level. Overall, the Phase 3 buses were considered better than CNG and diesel by both drivers and passengers. Ballard Power Systems is a recognized leader in developing, manufacturing, marketing zero emission proton exchange membrane fuel cells for transportation, electricity generation and portable power products. The fundamental component of these products is the Ballard fuel cell which combines hydrogen and oxygen without combustion to generate electricity. KW - Buses by motive power KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Clean fuels KW - Fuel cells KW - Operating costs KW - Performance tests KW - Protons KW - Public information programs KW - Testing KW - Urban transit KW - Vancouver (Canada) KW - Zero emission vehicles UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/11000/11000/11099/articles-35634_cleaning_up.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/682736 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00811716 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PROCEEDINGS OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLE DESIGN WORKSHOP AT THE ANNUAL APTA CONFERENCE - PAPER PY - 2000 SP - 7 p. AB - This paper documents the Proceedings of the Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle Design Workshop Annual APTA Conference, held in San Francisco, California on September 26-27, 2000. FTA held its fifth meeting for BRT Consortium members in conjunction with the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Annual Meeting. The two part event consisted of a Program Status Meeting and a Vehicle Design Workshop. The proceedings include a summary of the presentations given at the Program Status Meeting and a review of the findings of the Vehicle Design Workshop. A list of attendees is included. KW - American Public Transportation Association KW - Bus rapid transit KW - Conferences KW - Public transit KW - Vehicle design KW - Workshops UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/680242 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806249 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 5309(O)(2). A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS PY - 2000 SP - 176 p. AB - This report provides an update on the status of proposed major transit investment projects ("new starts") that have recently completed the alternatives analysis or preliminary engineering stage of development. Nineteen proposed projects meet this requirement and are included in this report; 12 have completed preliminary engineering and seven have completed alternatives analysis. The purpose of this supplemental report is to update project-specific information for a select number of proposed new starts projects; it does not include updated information for all proposed projects. Additionally, it is not a budgetary document. It is meant to be a constructive element in the administration of the federal transit assistance program, enriching the information exchange between the Executive and Legislative branches. KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Engineering KW - Federal assistance programs KW - Investments KW - New Starts Program KW - Public transit UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672567 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806212 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - 2000 ACTIVITIES REPORT PY - 2000 SP - 32 p. AB - The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) International Mass Transportation Program (IMTP) was launched on September 15, 1999. This 2000 activities report discusses the significant progress IMTP has made in helping the U.S. public transit industry to access international markets and further the improvement of public transit in the U.S. by highlighting overseas innovations. During its first year, the IMTP has developed strong partnerships and signed cooperative agreements with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the American Public Transportation Association. Global competition of U.S. suppliers has been enhanced by this heightened emphasis on marketing U.S. transit products and services abroad. KW - Competition KW - Cooperatives KW - International compacts KW - International trade KW - Market development KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - Suppliers KW - Technological innovations UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672561 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806194 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INTERNATIONAL MASS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ACTIVITIES REPORT, 2000 PY - 2000 SP - 32 p. AB - This is the second activities report published by the International Mass Transportation Program (IMTP) of the FTA. It highlights IMTP activities for the year 2000, reflecting progress made in helping the U.S. transit industry gain access to international markets and improve mass transit in the United States. This activities report describes the tools and opportunities offered to U.S. firms for entering international markets such as the industry resource guide for accessing the global marketplace, trade leads and market insights, as well as international study tours for U.S. transit operators, and more. The report begins with a descriptive profile of IMTP, articulating its strategic goal, mission and structure. The main text describes and organizes IMTP activities during 2000 under four program areas: intergovernmental agreements; technology information exchange; human capacity building, and U.S. industry trade support. This report serves as a springboard for FTA's program efforts in 2001, helping the U.S. transit industry meet global challenges. KW - Human resources management KW - Information dissemination KW - Intergovernmental partnerships KW - International Mass Transportation Program KW - International trade KW - International transportation KW - Market development KW - Public transit KW - Strategic planning KW - Technology transfer KW - Trade UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672546 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00800484 AU - WestStart-CALSTART AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - CLEAN MOBILITY PY - 2000 SP - 3 p. AB - This brochure, Clean Mobility, focuses on new, developmental transit services which will be user-friendly, convenient and allow the transit passenger more flexibility. Described are: QuickBike, electric bikes, which will provide an easily accessible, short term transit alternative with the aim of reducing traffic congestion. DevliveryNode, easily accessible alternative to home deliveries, will provide secure and convenient locker facilities near transit stations to be used as a parcel delivery destination. Instant mobility or Car Sharing will offer transit passengers more flexibility and convenience with multi-user vehicles. KW - Commuters KW - DeliveryNode KW - Instant Mobility KW - QuickBike KW - Traffic congestion KW - Transit riders KW - Urban transit KW - Urban transportation KW - Vehicle sharing UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666521 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00799312 AU - Department of Transportation AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - INCIDENT MANAGEMENT : SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES : A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY : IMPROVING MOBILITY AND SAVING LIVES PY - 2000 SP - 27 p. AB - This document gives a detailed overview of incident management policies and procedures. Designed to aid agencies in planning organizing and deploying incident management activities, the document discusses the following: the different groups involved in deployment; detection and verification; incident response, site management, and clearance; coordination and cooperation between agencies; incident management training and leadership; and strategic planning. KW - Incident management KW - Planning KW - Safety UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/17000/17300/17390/PB2001101255.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9700/9737/8v001.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/666010 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00798935 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: AN OVERVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PY - 2000 SP - 14 p. AB - Today, because of the evolution of the transportation planning process, environmental justice and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are receiving greater emphasis. Effective transportation decision making depends upon understanding and properly addressing the unique needs of different socioeconomic groups. This is more than a desktop exercise; it requires involving the public. The United States Department of Transportation is committed to this more comprehensive, inclusive approach. These changes make sure that every transportation project nationwide considers the human environment. The information in this brochure is provided in order that everyone may learn how to promote environmental justice and ensure nondiscrimination in their communities. KW - Brochures KW - Civil Rights Act of 1964 KW - Communities KW - Decision making KW - Discrimination KW - Environmental justice KW - Human beings KW - Low income groups KW - Minorities KW - Public participation KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Transportation planning KW - U.S. Department of Transportation KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/665906 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795241 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Burwell, D G AU - Transportation Research Board TI - TRANSPORTATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND LAND USE SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 86-101 AB - Transportation has always been based on values. For most of the 20th century, these values have revolved around road improvements, speed, and improved access to land. Opening up new lands for development and improving the road system to accommodate the automobile were clear national priorities. As we greet the 21st century, however, we confront a new set of values for our infrastructure and for our society. In 1999, land consumption no longer has the high value that was placed on it in 1899. Speed has been achieved but, as distances have extended between destinations, travel times have not significantly shortened. We are "out of the mud" in all but the most remote locations. The challenge now is to ensure that our extensive transportation system does not sink back into it. New values are now constraining our devotion to speed and to cheap land access. Sustainable development is a phrase that encompasses several of these new values, including conservation, efficiency, choice, and community. Perhaps most significant for transportation, consumption of our natural environment as an economic development strategy was replaced by conservation of our natural environment as an economic development strategy upon enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA). Gradually, as the profound significance of NEPA took hold, the values of conservation have seeped into public and private economic behavior at all level of organization and activity. The transportation sector has been slow to recognize this paradigm shift in values. Sustainable development and transportation for sustainability are the ultimate manifestations of this shift in values. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Conservation KW - Economic development KW - Land use KW - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 KW - Paradigm shift KW - Sustainable development KW - Transportation planning KW - Values UR - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/conf/cp20/cp20-009.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657282 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795243 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Kennedy, L AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND WHERE IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE 21ST CENTURY CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND SUMMARY SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 113-132 AB - There is an underlying tug of war going on in the world of transportation: human rights versus environmental rights. This paper outlines the differences between human rights and environmental rights through a review of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and various executive orders that are related to environmental protection and human rights. An analysis of a number of legal cases concerning environmental justice (i.e., human rights) is also provided. This analysis offers various planning tools that the reader can use to minimize environmental justice concerns as they relate to transportation projects. Also shown are ways in which transportation planners and engineers can use these planning tools while working with strategies to solve major transportation issues or problems. Finally, environmental justice is examined as it relates to needed research to fill existing gaps with available tools. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Civil rights KW - Civil Rights Act of 1964 KW - Civil Rights Act of 1968 KW - Environmental justice KW - Environmental protection KW - Legal documents KW - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 KW - Research KW - Strategic planning KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657284 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795237 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Transportation Research Board TI - REFOCUSING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. PROCEEDINGS OF TWO CONFERENCES: WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 7-10, 1999 AND IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25-28, 1999 SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - 352 p. AB - Two conferences on Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st Century were held in 1999 following passage of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The first conference focused on the identification of key trends, issues, and general areas of research. The results of Conference I, which produced stand-alone products, were used as input for Conference II. The second conference had the specific objective of producing research problem statements. Its mission was to review the results of the first conference by developing these statements. Conference II produced a number of detailed research statements that form the basis for the National Agenda for Transportation Planning Research. The proceedings of both conferences are presented in this report. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Conferences KW - Research KW - Research problem statements KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657278 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795239 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Lockwood, S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - MAINSTREAMING MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 56-71 AB - The integration of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and management and operations (M&O) into the institutionalized planning and programming process is an essential precondition for improving service. This paper attempts to incorporate the convergence of recent relevant experience and thinking from three sources. First, it includes the experience -- through formal transportation system management (TSM) and congestion management systems (CMS) planning -- with incorporating supply and demand management-based improvement projects (including ITS) into the conventional statewide or metropolitan planning and programming process and participants. Second, this paper also reflects the more recent experience with ITS-deployment planning as a discrete systems engineering and integration activity that is conducted separately from the conventional planning and programming process by staff of facility-owner operations. Finally, it includes the emergence of a policy focus on systems M&O at the state and metropolitan level, with implications for not only planning and programming but also for the roles and relationships among stakeholders in the real-time service delivery that is implied. The concept of M&O provides a distinct policy orientation -- one that can stand alone or be combined with other policies and programs, such as highway capacity expansion. ITS is a principal programmatic means of pursuing this policy through the regionally integrated application of computation, communication, and control technologies. The context for surface transportation has changed radically over the last 2 decades, whereas the conventions of transportation network services have hardly changed. There is an emerging confluence of 21st-century context features that reflects a new reality: a knowledge-based society places a high premium on information, efficiency, convenience, and responsive services. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Congestion management systems KW - Demand KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Management KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Operations KW - Programming (Planning) KW - Stakeholders KW - States KW - Supply KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Transportation system management UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657280 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795238 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Meyer, M D AU - Transportation Research Board TI - REFOCUSING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 41-55 AB - The primary purpose of transportation planning, at its most fundamental level, is to provide information to those responsible for improving the transportation system and ultimately to benefit society as a whole. For the past 40 years, transportation planning has changed in process and substance to reflect the different issues and concerns that have risen to the top of federal, state, and local policy agendas. This evolution has reflected a broadening perspective on what constitutes a transportation system; the types of actions that should be taken to "solve" our problems; and an expanding definition of benefit measurement. The federal government has played an important catalytic role in introducing new perspectives into the decision-making process. State and local policy concerns have also found their way into planning norms. Concern for environmental and social impacts, a desire for more equitable funding distribution among modes of transportation, and the promotion of a more open and involved planning process were state and local policy issues that eventually became codified in federal regulations. This paper examines the future context of transportation planning and suggests areas in which today's transportation planning must change to reflect tomorrow's exigencies. The basic point of departure for this paper is that the transportation planing process, to be relevant to future decisions, must reflect the changing demographic, technological, environmental, and economic factors that will greatly influence lifestyles and future travel. To examine each of these factors in detail would itself require numerous conferences and lengthy treatises, certainly more attention than can be allowed in this paper. However, as we enter the 21st century, there are several clues that suggest some of the key issues that will be faced by transportation decision makers over the next 20 years, and thus, these issues should be reflected in the planning process. In some cases, these clues are found in historical trends that have consistently shown patterns of likely travel behavior. In other cases, the novelty and rapidity of change preclude any prediction on the basis of observable historical fact, thus leaving us with a best guess of likely changes and resulting consequences. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Decision making KW - Demographics KW - Economic factors KW - Environmental impacts KW - Environmental policy KW - Equity (Finance) KW - Forecasting KW - Future KW - Public participation KW - Social impacts KW - Technological innovations KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Travel behavior UR - http://www.uctc.net/papers/487.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657279 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795245 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Transportation Research Board TI - SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESULTS (CONFERENCE ON REFOCUSING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY RESOURCE PAPER) SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 179-183 AB - The Survey on Transportation Planning Issues and Needs for Planning Research was developed to solicit input on future research needs from a broad range of transportation professionals and stakeholders. Administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), with the cooperation of key stakeholder organizations, the open-response survey encouraged respondents to share their ideas about key issues in transportation planning, upcoming challenges, the resources needed by their organizations, and priority research needs. The varied and thoughtful responses to the survey provided participants at the TRB Conferences on Refocusing Planning for the 21st Century additional input and information about the views of the transportation community and its stakeholders. The survey was distributed between December 23, 1998, and January 22, 1999, to 3,836 members of 10 key organizations. Each organization identified the segments of their membership to receive the survey. Of the 3,836 surveys distributed, 400 survey responses were received, a reply rate of 10.4%. Responses were received from a broad cross section of the transportation community, advocates, and customers. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Future KW - Professional personnel KW - Research KW - Stakeholders KW - Strategic planning KW - Surveys KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657286 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795247 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Wachs, M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - REFOCUSING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 190-193 AB - The author offers some general statements that he would like participants in the Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st Century Conference II to consider. These statements grow out of the notion that if there is a "market" for research, there has to be, at some point, a meeting of minds between the buyer and the seller to address ways in which these perspectives can be brought closer together. There are six statements, as follows: (1) It is better to define research topics that are narrow, bounded, and precise than to define topics that are broad and general. (2) There is far too little genuine evaluative research being done in the field of transportation planning and policy. (3) The development of new technology, the development of devices, and the development of materials are critical parts of a transportation research program; but they must be complemented by research on institutional and organizational issues in transportation and on decision-making processes. (4) It is appropriate to set aside at least a portion of our resources for research support for basic research, for speculative and exploratory work, and for researcher-initiated studies. (5) Research in transportation has been less productive and less useful than it could be, because the funding agencies don't have sufficient "stick-to-it-tiveness." (6) Some areas of transportation research have been on the list of topics that need to be researched for decades, yet we have failed to create the marketplace in those areas to actually enable a meeting of the minds between those individuals who need the results and those who might be willing and able to do it. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Research KW - Transportation planning UR - http://www.uctc.net/papers/487.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657288 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795244 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Loveless, S AU - Transportation Research Board TI - ACCESS TO JOBS: INTERSECTION OF TRANSPORTATION, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES -- CHALLENGE FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 133-163 AB - The passage of the national welfare reform legislation -- the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) -- focused attention on a longstanding problem: the impaired access to jobs for low-income, innercity, and rural residents. The time limits on welfare receipt and the work requirements for all nonexempt recipients during the transition period, which are central to this legislation, have created an urgent need to find connections for this population to jobs. They cannot wait for economic revitalization programs to create jobs where they live nor can they relocate to housing that is nearer to the existing job markets in the foreseeable future. They need access to jobs now. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Access KW - Jobs KW - Low income groups KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Personal Responsibility&Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act KW - Rural areas KW - Transportation planning KW - Welfare recipients UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657285 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795246 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Meyer, M D AU - Transportation Research Board TI - RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 184-189 AB - This paper describes a framework for a research agenda on refocusing transportation planning for the 21st century. This is truly a daunting task given the diversity of interests and needs that are represented by those who plan and by those who (we hope) use the results of this planning. The results of the Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st Century Conference I serve as the basic point-of-departure for this agenda, but the proposed research framework is designed to allow constant revisions to the agenda to reflect changing societal and technological contexts, many of which we cannot even imagine today. This flexibility, after all, is one of the important characteristics of a successful research program. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Research KW - Transportation planning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657287 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795240 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Neumann, L A AU - Transportation Research Board TI - INTEGRATION OF INTERMODAL AND MULTIMODAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 72-85 AB - Over the years, numerous conferences and research agendas have focused on creating a truly multimodal transportation system planning and decision-making process. The issue is once again being examined at a time when it might be argued that more progress has been made toward achieving the objective in the past 5 years than in the previous 20 years. However, it is also believed that we are moving into an era in which the imperative for continued progress has never been stronger and that the risk of business as usual has never been greater. Although the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) significantly increased the funding that is available for surface transportation, needs still outstrip resources. Moreover, global economic trends and the need to respond to a range of economic, social, and environmental objectives create strong incentives to find the right balance and mix of modes to serve a wide variety of market segments. However, a range of institutional, financial, policy, and regulatory barriers remain. Gaps in data and limitations of analytic methods constrain our ability to define and evaluate system choices. The challenge is to define a research agenda that can reduce these constraints and that can accelerate the progress that has been observed over the past several years. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Data needs KW - Decision making KW - Economic impacts KW - Environmental impacts KW - Finance KW - Institutional issues KW - Intermodal transportation KW - Multimodal transportation KW - Regulatory constraints KW - Research KW - Social impacts KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657281 ER - TY - CONF AN - 00795242 JO - Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings PB - Transportation Research Board AU - Wachs, M AU - Transportation Research Board TI - LINKAGES BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT SN - 0309071232 PY - 2000 IS - 20 SP - p. 102-112 AB - Transportation investments have in the past been among society's most important contributors to environmental improvement, but today transportation programs and projects are more often of concern as sources of major environmental problems. Over the past 30 years, since the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the first Clean Air Act Amendments, the relationship between transportation planning and environmental policy making has continuously become more complex and problematic. This paper briefly examines several trends and emerging themes in urban and regional transportation planning. The emphasis here is on breadth instead of depth, and each theme is offered as a subject for elaboration and consideration at the conference workshops. For emphasis, and as a resource for easy reference for use in the workshop sessions, recommendations for planners and policy makers follow each theme. U1 - Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st CenturyFederal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal StartDate:00000 EndDate:00000 Sponsors:Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. KW - 21st century KW - Clean Air Act Amendments KW - Environmental protection KW - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 KW - Policy making KW - Recommendations KW - Regional transportation KW - Transportation planning KW - Transportation policy KW - Trend (Statistics) KW - Urban transportation UR - http://www.uctc.net/papers/486.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/657283 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794281 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BENEFITS 2000 WORKING PAPERS. APPENDICES: SIX STRATEGIC TRANSIT CORRIDOR CASE STUDIES PY - 2000 SP - 278 p. AB - This document contains the following case studies: The Interstate Metro Red Line Corridor Serving Washington, D.C.; The Midway Orange Line Corridor Serving Chicago; The North Hanley Light Rail Corridor Serving St. Louis; The Butterfield Light Rail Corridor Serving Sacramento; The Park Lane Light Rail Corridor Serving Dallas; and, The Gateway Light Rail Corridor Serving Portland, Oregon. KW - Case studies KW - Chicago (Illinois) KW - Corridors KW - Dallas (Texas) KW - Light rail transit KW - Policy KW - Portland (Oregon) KW - Public transit KW - Sacramento (California) KW - Saint Louis (Missouri) KW - Strategic planning KW - User benefits KW - Washington Metropolitan Area UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/56000/56500/56577/transitbenefits200unse_0.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/653817 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791180 AU - Ecosometrics, Incorporated AU - American Public Works Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - WORKING TOGETHER: DIRECTORY OF STATE COORDINATING PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND CONTACTS, 1999-2000 PY - 2000 SP - 50 p. AB - The research and publication of this 1999-2000 directory was carried out in cooperation with the Coordinating Council on Mobility and Access. This publication is the first one-stop source of published information on coordination programs, policies, and contacts for each state in the country. The directory will be useful to state departments of transportation, human resource organizations, state welfare offices, and others interested in identifying or contacting a coordinated transportation program or policy office of any state in the country. KW - Directories KW - Human resources management KW - Information management KW - Policy, legislation and regulation KW - Program management KW - Public information programs KW - Public transit KW - Social service agencies KW - State departments of transportation KW - State government agencies UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648361 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00789674 AU - American Public Works Association AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DIRECTORY OF STATE COORDINATION. 1999-2000. PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND CONTACTS PY - 2000 SP - 50 p. AB - This "Directory of State Coordination" provides names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses for each state's transportation coordination contact. Also, the names of related agencies and programs are provided in this easy to use guide. KW - Directories KW - State departments of transportation KW - State government agencies KW - State highway departments UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/647935 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00789673 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMMUTER CHOICE. AMERICA'S WAY TO WORK PY - 2000 SP - v.p. AB - Recent changes in the Internal Revenue tax code now make it easier for employers to offer a tax free benefit for employees to commute to work by means other than driving alone. Several options are offered and each is explained in this pamphlet and brochure package prepared by the Federal Transit Administration. The options include an "Employer Paid Benefit" option, an "Employee Paid Pre-tax Benefit" option and a "Fare Share Benefit" option. Explained also are the modes of transportation covered and the benefits for employers, employees, businesses and the environment. KW - Benefits KW - Commuters KW - Commuting KW - Employees KW - Employers KW - Ferries KW - Incentives KW - Rail transit KW - Taxes KW - Urban transit KW - Vanpools UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/649169 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00789256 AU - Federal Railroad Administration TI - COMMUTER CHOICE PROGRAM, AMERICA'S WAY TO WORK: A TOOLBOX PY - 2000 SP - v.p. AB - Commuter Choice - a benefits program - is a great way to provide employees with a cost-effective, value-added benefit. Changes in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code allow a company the flexibility to create a program that benefits both employee and employer. The program is designed to get more cars off the roads and provide commuters an attractive alternative to driving to work alone--public transportation, a tax-free employment benefit. Currently an employer may give up to $65 a month or up to $789 a year in transportation costs to an employee, at the same time lowering employer's FICA and federal income tax costs. This Commuter Choice Toolkit makes it easy for a transit agency/employer to start-up, establish, and administer a Commuter Choice program that meets IRS requirements for tax-free transportation benefits. The toolbox provides information covering just about every aspect of the Common Choice benefits program, including literature on getting started, program options, federal agency options, employer and employee questions and answers, union information, and a voucher and pass programs directory. This Commuter Choice Toolkit can be downloaded from the FTA Website at http://www.fta.dot.gov. KW - Commuters KW - Commuting KW - Employee assistance programs KW - Employee benefits KW - Employer sponsored transportation KW - Taxation UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/649158 ER - TY - JOUR AN - 00789257 JO - Community Transportation PB - Community Transportation Association AU - Community Transportation Association AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Department of Health and Human Services TI - COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE GUIDE PY - 2000 VL - 18 IS - 1 SP - 128 p. AB - This special issue of the publication is designed to be a one-stop source for community transportation funding information. It is one of the most comprehensive and complete guides to federal and state funding resources in the transit industry. This resource guide consists of the following six sections: 1) Federal funding resources; 2) Funding table, state-by-state funding levels including job access and reverse commute, community service block grants, and welfare-to-work state formula grants; 3) Federal, regional and other contacts, key listings of federal agencies at national/regional levels, and national transportation organizations; 4) State and regional transit associations; 5) State contacts, listing of departments of transportation and human services organizations for all 50 states and U.S. territories; and 6) Glossary of terms. KW - Annual reviews KW - Community action programs KW - Directories KW - Federal aid KW - Financing KW - Job opportunities KW - Local government KW - Reverse commuting KW - Social service agencies KW - State aid KW - Transit authorities KW - Transit operating agencies KW - Welfare recipients UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/650869 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073857 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Berea/I-X Center Red Line extension project, southwest corridor major investment study : environmental impact statement PY - 1999/12//Volumes held: Draft(2v)(v.2 folio) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Ohio UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833251 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791179 AU - Thompson, A AU - Powers, G AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SAFETY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION STATISTICS (SAMIS) 1998 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 1999/12 SP - 160 p. AB - This is the ninth edition of the Safety Management Information Statistics (SAMIS) Annual Report. It provides comprehensive transit safety and security data collected from recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds through the National Transit Database Reporting System. Statistics are presented on tables, graphs, and charts. SAMIS is a compilation and analysis of transit accident, casualty, and crime statistics. The transit safety trends for 1990-1998 are graphically illustrated, as well as 1998 safety data for four basic categories: collisions, derailments/buses going off road, personal casualties, and fires. Safety statistics are reported for the following transit modes: automated guideway, commuter rail, demand response, heavy rail, light rail, bus, and vanpool. The report also includes security trends for 1996-1998 and 1998 security data. Security trends charts for directly operated transit modes and purchased transportation have been added. Two types of security data are collected: crime index and arrests for offenses. KW - Casualties KW - Crash data KW - Crashes KW - Crimes KW - Derailments KW - Fires KW - Information management KW - Information systems KW - Public transit KW - Safety and security UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16400/16484/PB2000104058.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648360 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00790535 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS OF OPERATION IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE PY - 1999/12 SP - v.p. AB - A concept of operations for a Transportation Management Center (TMC) defines what the center accomplishes, and how it goes about accomplishing it. Thus, it defines functions (what is accomplished) and processes (how they are accomplished). This document will assist agencies in developing a concept of operations by providing insight into each of the topics that a concept of operations is likely to contain. Examples of operation considerations from TMCs in the United States and Canada, including ones operating in both large metropolitan areas and in medium or smaller areas, are highlighted. An extensive list of reference materials on both concepts of operations and on TMCs is included. The issues, processes, and concepts contained in this document are drawn from freeway, arterial, and transit management examples. KW - Arterial highways KW - Canada KW - Freeway management systems KW - Implementation KW - Large cities KW - Management KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Operations KW - Public transit KW - Small cities KW - Traffic control centers KW - United States UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/rept_mis/11494.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/649183 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791093 AU - Harrison, J A AU - Anderson, R AU - Redington, M AU - Rutyna, D AU - Rutyna, E AU - Oxley, C AU - Research and Special Programs Administration AU - EG&G Technical Services, Incorporated AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING RESULTS 1998 ANNUAL REPORT PY - 1999/12 SP - 112 p. AB - The Drug and Alcohol Testing Results 1998 Annual Report is a compilation and analysis of drug and alcohol testing results reported by the transit systems in the United States during 1998. The report covers results for the following drug types: marijuana (THC), cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opiates, and amphetamines. The drug test types covered are: pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty, and follow-up. The report also covers testing results for alcohol for the following test types: random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty, and follow-up. KW - Alcohol tests KW - Amphetamines KW - Cocaine KW - Drug tests KW - Marijuana KW - Public transit KW - Random breath tests KW - Safety KW - Testing UR - http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/Substance/DAMIS98/damis98.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/15000/15700/15753/PB2000100624.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648349 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00784390 AU - Thompson, G L AU - Florida State University, Tallahassee TI - TRANSIT OPERATIONS ANALYSIS OF NEW SECTION 5307 AGENCIES. FINAL REPORT PY - 1999/11/30 SP - v.p. AB - This study examines trends in public transportation service and usage of 5 small Florida urban areas that are growing rapidly. The intent of the examination is to estimate general demand for public transportation and the extent to which that demand is being met by existing service funded by the Florida Department of Transportation. Each of the 5 transit systems has engaged in two separate short range planning activities required by state and federal funding sources that the systems have chosen to use. Each year the system is responsible for preparing a Service Plan for the Transportation Disadvantaged (TDSP), or a TDSP Update, for the State of Florida's Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. Also, the system is responsible for preparing Short Range Transit Development Plans (TDPs), which are intended to provide direction to the expansion of public transportation to the general public as the state's population and economy expand. This study does not duplicate the TDSPs or TDPs but summarizes methods and data from them to address the question that is the charge of this study, are the systems serving general public transportation demand adequately? KW - Demand responsive transportation KW - Economic growth KW - Florida KW - Level of service KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Needs assessment KW - Operations KW - Population growth KW - Public transit KW - Short range planning KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons KW - Urban areas UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/638033 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01070845 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Central Link light rail transit project, Seattle, Tukwila and Seatac : environmental impact statement PY - 1999/11//Volumes held: D, Dsum, F(7v)(v.6 folio), Fadd(2000), Fsum,FDsup(2000), Fsup(2001), FDsup2(2003)(2v)(v.2 folio); FDsup3(2005); Fsup3(2006), Fsup3AppJ (folio), FsupAppN (2 pts.); technical report, Rainier Valley tunnel (B1), endangered species evaluation (B KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/830230 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459298 TI - Update of the First Edition, Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual AB - The objective of this project is to develop an updated Transit Capacity and Quality Service Manual (TCQSM), filling gaps in the current edition and expanding and enhancing the scope. The update will add material addressing quality of service and capacity implications of service for people with disabilities; passenger service times; system availability and coverage; and other characteristics. KW - Highway capacity KW - Manuals KW - Passenger transportation KW - Public transit KW - Quality of service KW - Reliability KW - Research projects KW - Ridership KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit riders KW - Transit vehicle operations KW - Travel time UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=999 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227510 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01547216 TI - Joint Rail Transit Research with the Association of American Railroads/Transportation Technology Center, Inc. AB - Over the years, a number of track-related research problem statements have been submitted for consideration in the Transit Cooperative Research Project (TCRP) project-selection process. In many instances, the research requested has been similar in nature to research currently being performed for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the freight railroads at the Association of American Railroads' (AAR) Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated. (TTCI) in Pueblo, Colorado. As such, it was felt that perhaps, with some additional TCRP funding, the research being performed at TTCI for the FRA and freight railroads could be modified to provide value to the transit industry, thus leveraging the TCRP investment. Based on this possibility, a TCRP task force of transit track, signal, and rail vehicle experts was formed to review the research being conducted by TTCI to determine whether or not such opportunities existed. Based on this effort, a number of research topics were identified by the task force where TCRP funding could potentially be used to leverage research currently being done at the TTCI for the benefit of the transit industry. As such, a request was made to the TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Committee to provide funding for a joint research effort with the TTCI. The objective of this project is to use TCRP funds to supplement and leverage research already being performed for the FRA and freight railroads at the TTCI in order to obtain benefit for the transit industry. The research will be conducted through the TTCI, thereby taking advantage of similar work being conducted for the FRA and freight railroads. Twenty research tasks had been approved for funding to date: (1) Broken Rail Detection Techniques; (2) Transit Switch Design Evaluation, Phase I; (3) Rail Welding Techniques; (4) Control of Wheel/Rail Friction through the Use of Rail Coatings; (5) Transit Switch Design Evaluation, Phase II--Guidelines for An Alternative Transit Switch Design; (6) Exothermic Welding of Heavy Electrical Cables to Rail; (7) Optimized Wheel/Rail Lubrication; (8) Wheel/Rail Profile Optimization and Flange Climb Criteria; (9) Review of AREMA Track Standards: Identification of Those in Need of Revision for Public Transportation; (10) Acoustic Approach to Broken Rail Detection; (11) Development of Direct-Fixation Fastener Specifications and Related Materials; (12) Restraining/Guard Rail Study; (13) Performance and Testing Requirements for Portable Track Geometry Inspection Systems; (14) Rail Base Corrosion Study; (15) Design of Track Transitions; (16) Guard/Restraining Rail Study, Phase 2; (17) Rail Base Corrosion Study, Phase 2; (18) Performance-Based Track Geometry; (19) Performance-Based Track Geometry, Phase II; and (20) Wheel Profile Maintenance Guidelines. KW - Freight transportation KW - Guidelines KW - Maintenance of way KW - Rail transit KW - Railroads UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1086 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1334197 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459291 TI - Joint Track-Related Research with the Association of American Railroads/Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated AB - The objective of this project is to use TCRP funds to supplement and leverage research already being performed for the FRA and freight railroads at the TTCI in order to obtain benefit for the transit industry. The research will be conducted through the TTCI, thereby taking advantage of similar work being conducted for the FRA and freight railroads. KW - Freight trains KW - Freight transportation KW - Jointed track KW - Rail (Railroads) KW - Rail transit KW - Research projects KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation KW - U.S. Federal Railroad Administration UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1086 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227503 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01462660 TI - Update the Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook AB - TCRP Project B-12 began the process of updating the Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook, a document that was first published in 1977 and updated in 1981 by U.S.DOT. This document has been an invaluable tool for transportation professionals, providing readily accessible, interpretive documentation on the results obtained from various transportation improvements. A third edition is needed, because of significant changes since 1981 in the provision of transportation services. This project will (1) conduct research on six additional topics specified by the project panel; (2) finalize research on five original Phase I topics: Park and Ride/Park and Pool, Busways and Express Bus, Transit Information and Promotion, Land Use and Site Design, and Parking Management and Supply; and (3) update information on the 12 original topics if new information becomes available during the project continuation. The objective of this project is to build on the results of Phase I and to continue to develop an up-to-date and expanded handbook on the traveler response to transportation system changes.KW - Land use planning KW - Park and ride KW - Parking facilities KW - Planning and design KW - Public transit KW - Rail transit stations KW - Systems change KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1034 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1230882 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01459294 TI - Improving Public Transportation Options for Older Persons AB - Persons age 65 and older are the fastest-growing segment of our population, led by a steady surge in the ranks of people age 85 and older. It is estimated that by 2030, one in five persons in the United States will be 65 years and older. National data and research on actual travel patterns show that a disproportionately large number of older persons experience immobility and social isolation. These problems are expected to grow with the number of older persons in the United States. The objective of this project is to prepare a workbook for transportation providers and planners that presents exemplary transportation services and proposes innovative transportation alternatives to enable older persons in the United States to maintain their independence. KW - Aged KW - Improvements KW - Planning KW - Population KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transportation KW - Transportation operations UR - http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1042 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1227506 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01101843 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - South/North Corridor Project, Improvements to the existing urban transportation : environmental impact statement PY - 1999/10//Volumes held: Draft, Supplement to the draft, Final, Public comments B1, Draft supplement to the final(2002), Draft supplement to the final2 KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/861804 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00789215 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 5-YEAR PLAN PY - 1999/10 SP - 189 p. AB - This Research and Technology Five-Year Plan was developed in response to transit industry trends, needs, and opportunities. This plan: provides the background and establishes the relationship to other strategic plans; describes the industry consultation process, and provides a vision for the program; describes the current state of affairs in transit and establishes the case for innovation for solving issues facing the provision of transit services; presents the program areas; presents and explains the short-term and long-term milestones for the program areas; presents the methods for implementing the activities of the program areas; presents methods for measuring accountability; and provides a summary and conclusion of the report. KW - Innovation KW - Level of service KW - Needs assessment KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Strategic planning KW - Technology UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/647752 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806895 AU - Mustard, W A AU - Cronin, J J AU - Florida State University, Tallahassee AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ENHANCING CONSUMER AWARENESS AND PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT PROVIDERS PY - 1999/10 SP - 80 p. AB - This research project was undertaken to determine public opinion about the use and effectiveness of public transportation services and organizations. This includes local bus systems, subways, and commuter railroads. An important part of the mission of the public transit organizations is to foster a positive public perception of their services. Some describe this process as building brand equity, others refer to it as image building or product positioning. No matter the description, the process requires a fundamental understanding of how consumers perceive the services offered. The primary objectives of this study were to (1) identify current opinions, attitudes, and perceptions of public transit services and (2) establish marketing priorities for public transit service organizations. This report summarizes the results of personal interviews conducted by trained student interviewers. The students were offered bonus points in classes taught by the primary researcher in return for their efforts. Training took place in class and specific written instructions were given to each interviewer. A total of 371 interviews were completed. KW - Attitudes KW - Awareness KW - Bus transit KW - Consumers KW - Interviewing KW - Marketing KW - Public opinion KW - Public transit KW - Railroad commuter service KW - Strategic planning KW - Subways UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672837 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00806898 AU - Mustard, W A AU - Horton, J AU - Florida State University, Tallahassee AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS CLEARINGHOUSE: YEAR 3 OPERATION PY - 1999/10 SP - 46 p. AB - This report presents activities of the Promotional Materials Clearinghouse's third year of operation. Initiated in 1996, the Promotional Materials Clearinghouse is an archive of public transit promotional and marketing materials from the United States and Canada. Materials collected for this project are available for review by transportation marketers and other interested professional groups. Although information is shared in a variety of ways, the primary method for distributing information is a site on the World Wide Web, accessible at http://nuti.cob.fsu.edu. The intent of this project is to broaden the marketing and promotional skills of transit professionals by creating a forum for the exchange of ideas. It has also developed as an experiment in the efficacy of using the World Wide Web as an information exchange medium for transit systems. This report summarizes the various activities of staff involved in this project and the various partnerships developed throughout the project's duration. To date, 84 transit systems have contributed materials to the project. KW - Canada KW - Clearinghouses KW - Information dissemination KW - Internet KW - Marketing KW - Promotion KW - Public transit KW - United States UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/672840 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783666 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER CONCEPTS OF OPERATION: IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK EFFICIENCY. A CROSS-CUTTING STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 39 p. AB - This document is one in a series of products designed to help provide Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS) solutions that meet local and regional transportation needs. The document provides information on operations at various transportation management centers (TMCs) within the United States and Canada. While a primary focus of each of these centers is freeway management, several are also responsible for traffic signal system operation and various aspects of transit system management. The majority of the study addresses the centers' freeway management activity. The study team, in its in-depth review of these centers began with a review of existing published TMC operations material and a current listing of major U.S. freeway management centers. The following eight centers were chosen for detailed investigation and documentation, representing a broad range in their systems' size, age, purpose, and technical approach: Detroit, Michigan, Intelligent Transportation Systems Center; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, MONITOR; Long Island, New York, INFORM; Boston, Massachussetts, Integrated Project Control System; Houston, Texas, TranStar; Phoenix, Arizona, TrailMaster; Atlanta, Georgia, NaviGAtor; and Toronto, Ontario, COMPASS. The data the study team gathered thoughout its efforts are consolidated in this document. The document is divided into 7 sections, as follows: Background; TMC Summary Descriptions; Successful Practices; Lessons Learned; Issues; Future Directions; and Conclusions. KW - Atlanta (Georgia) KW - Best practices KW - Boston (Massachusetts) KW - Detroit (Michigan) KW - Freeway management systems KW - Freeways KW - Houston (Texas) KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Long Island (New York) KW - Management KW - Metropolitan areas KW - Milwaukee (Wisconsin) KW - Phoenix (Arizona) KW - Public transit KW - Regional planning KW - Toronto (Canada) KW - Traffic control KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traffic signals KW - Transportation operations KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16200/16205/PB2000102997.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16754/PB2000104653.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636806 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783605 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - HOUSTON TRANSTAR: MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Houston's TranStar transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the TranStar transportation management center. Houston's TranStar us a multiagency transportation management center providing traffic management, traveler information, and emergency management for the greater Houston area and Galveston. The mission of Houston TranStar is to maximize safety and mobility for the public. The objectives include the following: manage emergency response; promote emergency management awareness and public safety; promote the benefits of Houston TranStar; increase efficiency and improve productivity; and increase mobility, manage congestion, and enhance safety. KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Emergency medical services KW - Houston (Texas) KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Mobility KW - Operations KW - Safety KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic control KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16751/PB2000104650.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/10963.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636776 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783607 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BOSTON CENTRAL ARTERY/TUNNEL INTEGRATED PROJECT CONTROL SYSTEM: RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS RAPIDLY AND EFFECTIVELY. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Integration Project Control System (IPCS) operations control center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the IPCS operations control center. The IPCS is an integrated traffic management and system control and data acquisition application for Boston's 7.5-mile Central Artery/Tunnel. The system features a high density of field equipment, and double or triple redundancy in many elements. The traffic management components of the IPCS also support travel through the heart of Boston and to and from Logan Airport. The objectives of the IPCS are to: monitor security, traffic, and systems status; and respond to incidents, nonstandard needs, or equipment failures rapidly and effectively. KW - Airport access KW - Arterial highways KW - Best practices KW - Boston (Massachusetts) KW - Case studies KW - Data collection KW - Equipment KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Interviewing KW - Logan International Airport KW - Management KW - Operations KW - Redundancy KW - Security KW - Traffic control KW - Traffic control centers KW - Tunnels UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16749/PB2000104648.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11063.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636778 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783604 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - LONG ISLAND INFORM: IDENTIFYING INCIDENTS AND INFORMING TRAVELERS. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Long Island's INFORM transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the INFORM transportation management center. The traffic management system was designed in the late 1970s and built in the early 1980s, containing variable message signs, ramp meters, traffic signals, and loop detectors, but no closed-circuit television. System operations went to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in 1987. Communications occurred over coaxial cable. The control center was located in the State office building in Hauppage. The objectives of the system are to: identify traffic congestion and incidents or situations likely to cause congestion; and provide information to motorists and incident management resources to minimize the duration and impact of incidents. KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Interviewing KW - Long Island (New York) KW - Loop detectors KW - Management KW - Operations KW - Ramp metering KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traffic signals KW - Traveler information and communication systems KW - Variable message signs UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16750/PB2000104649.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/10963.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636775 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783606 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - COMPASS: EFFECTIVELY MANAGING TRAFFIC AND INCIDENTS. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of the Downsview, Ontario transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the Downsview transportation management center. COMPASS is the transportation management program of the greater Ontario area which contains three transportation management centers, each responsible for a separate segment of highway. This study focuses on the transportation management center in the Downsview section of North York, Ontario. The initial objective of the Downsview system was to balance traffic between express and collector lanes on Highway 401. Incident detection and incident management were added to the design. KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Highways KW - Incident detection KW - Incident management KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Ontario (Province) KW - Operations KW - Traffic control KW - Traffic control centers UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16752/PB2000104651.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/10944.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636777 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783602 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MILWAUKEE MONITOR: ADDRESSING CONGESTION WHILE IMPROVING SAFETY AND AIR QUALITY. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Milwaukee's MONITOR transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the MONITOR transportation management center. MONITOR is the freeway traffic management system for metropolitan Milwaukee and continues to expand, covering an area beyond Milwaukee. The initial major MONITOR deployment was to support traffic during rehabilitation of I-94, the East-West freeway. The primary objectives of MONITOR are to: address congestion, and improve safety and air quality. KW - Air quality KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Freeways KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Milwaukee (Wisconsin) KW - Operations KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traffic safety UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16747/PB2000104646.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11123.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636773 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783601 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - GEORGIA NAVIGATOR: ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION TO NAVIGATE GEORGIA ROADS. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Atlanta's NaviGAtor transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the NaviGAtor transportation management center. The system was originally conceived to address incident management, congestion management, and motorist assistance needs for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The primary objective for the transportation management center is to obtain and disseminate accurate and timely information for navigating Georgia roads. In support of this mission, the system performs incident management and provides motorist assistance. KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Congestion management systems KW - Driver information systems KW - Georgia KW - Incident management KW - Information dissemination KW - Information systems KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Olympic games KW - Operations KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic control KW - Traffic control centers UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11124.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636772 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783603 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - MICHIGAN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: IMPROVING SAFETY AND AIR QUALITY WHILE REDUCING STRESS FOR MOTORISTS. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Michigan's Intelligent Transportation Systems transportation management center (MITSC). It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the downtown Detroit transportation management center. The Michigan Intelligent Transportation System Transportation Management Center (MITSC) contains both an original system dating from 1981 covering 32.5 miles, and an expansion of the system to cover a total of 180 centerline miles of freeway that is still being constructed. A formal set of goals and objectives are being developed. Based on discussions to date, the primary system objectives are to: improve safety and air quality, and reduce stress for motorists. The focus of activity in the MITSC is to make the traveler's trip less stressful by providing better information to the traveler. KW - Air quality KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Driver information systems KW - Freeway management systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Michigan KW - Operations KW - Traffic control centers KW - Traffic safety KW - Traveler information and communication systems UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16700/16748/PB2000104647.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/11103.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636774 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00783600 AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - ARIZONA TRAILMASTER: PROVIDING A SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT FOR USERS. A CASE STUDY PY - 1999/10 SP - 8 p. AB - The following case study provides a snapshot of Arizona's TrailMaster statewide transportation management center. It follows the outline provided in the companion document, Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation - A Cross Cutting Study, which describes operations and management successful practices and lessons learned from eight transportation management centers in the United States and Canada. This case study reflects information gathered from interviews and observations at the TrailMaster transportation management center. In 1986, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) completed a study along I-17 and I-10. Based on the results of this study ADOT recommended that a freeway management system be implemented in metropolitan Phoenix. Consequently TrailMaster was developed to accomplish the following: support optimum use of the freeway system, provide a safe and efficient environment for users, and allow for more efficient use of ADOT resources. KW - Arizona KW - Best practices KW - Case studies KW - Interviewing KW - Management KW - Operations KW - Safety KW - Traffic control centers KW - Trailmaster UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/10943.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636771 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00778662 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - NEW STARTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO FTA'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM PY - 1999/10 SP - 12 p. AB - This brochure introduces New Starts, the FTA Capital Investment Program, in the context of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The discretionary New Starts program is the federal government's primary financial resource for supporting locally planned, implemented, and operated transit guideway capital investments. From heavy rail to light rail, from commuter rail to bus rapid transit systems, the New Starts program has helped make possible nearly 100 new or extended transit fixed guideway systems across the country. This brochure briefly describes: 1) the New Starts justification and local financial commitment; 2) the New Starts planning and project development process; 3) the FTA process for evaluating and rating candidate New Starts projects; and, 4) how FTA uses these ratings in formating its annual budget request to Congress. The brochure is intended to increase the awareness of the transit industry and others of the New Starts program in the context of TEA-21, including its general principles, project eligibility requirements, and amount of money available under the program. KW - Budgeting KW - Capital expenditures KW - Commuter service KW - Financial responsibility KW - Guideways KW - Investments KW - Local transportation KW - New Starts Program KW - Project management KW - Rail transit KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/508644 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00778665 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 5-YEAR PLAN - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PY - 1999/10 SP - 20 p. AB - This executive summary provides a comprehensive overview of the newly developed and implemented FTA Transit Research and Technology Five-Year Plan. The report begins with an introduction of the Five-Year Plan's genesis and strategic relationship to the Department of Transportation's strategic plan, and the House of Representatives' directive to develop a Transit Research and Technology Five Year Plan in consultation with the transportation industry. The report discusses the need and role that transit innovation can play in producing a customer-friendly, seamless, accessible, safe, secure, and environmentally sensitive transportation system. The main text focuses on the six program areas of the FTA plan: safety and security; equipment and infrastructure, fleet operations; specialized customer services; policy and planning; and, professional capacity building. Each of the 6 emphasis areas is discussed separately in terms of its performance goals and major elements. Other components of the plan discussed include schedules and milestones, implementation methods, and performance measurements. KW - Customer service KW - Environmental protection KW - Equipment KW - Fleet management KW - Infrastructure KW - Public transit KW - Research KW - Safety and security KW - Strategic planning KW - Technology assessment KW - Transportation planning KW - User benefits UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/508647 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00778664 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT BOOKSHELF PY - 1999/10 SP - 20 p. AB - Transit Bookshelf is a compendium of selective readings taken from the bookshelf of the Federal Transit Administration. It is a reference tool designed to provide easy and rapid access to published material on transit planning, research, safety and technology. The publication includes readings that relate to transit today and in the 21st century - advanced technologies, environmentally friendly vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, livable communities, new paradigms, safety and security, job access transportation, and development of a diverse and highly skilled transportation workforce of the future. KW - Accessibility KW - Guides to information KW - Guides to the literature KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Livable communities KW - Public transit KW - Safety KW - Sustainable development KW - Technology KW - Training KW - Transportation planning KW - Work trips UR - http://www.fta.dot.gov/index.html UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/508646 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00770811 AU - Drancsak, M AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TRANSIT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: DIRECTORY OF FY 1998 PROJECT AWARDS PY - 1999/10 SP - 46 p. AB - This directory lists transit projects initiated during fiscal year 1998 by the Federal Transit Administration. Its purpose is to inform and increase the awareness of the transit industry and the general public of the nature and scope of work underway to improve all aspects of transit for transit customers. In these projects, FTA works in partnership with non-profit organizations, the private sector, federal, state and local agencies to improve quality of life through innovative, customer friendly, and community oriented public transit facilities and services. The projects listed in the directory are designed to help achieve the goal of the FTA research and technology program: providing faster, more cost effective, comfortable, convenient, safe, and reliable transit service. KW - Customer service KW - Electric vehicles KW - Equipment maintenance KW - Finance KW - Fleet operations KW - Information management KW - Infrastructure KW - Public transit KW - Research projects KW - Safety and security UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/488297 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073738 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Orange County Centerline Project, Advanced rail transit : environmental impact statement PY - 1999/09//Volumes held:D(2v), Supplement to the draft(2v), Supplement to the draft2(2v),project plans and profiles B1(fol) KW - California KW - Environmental impact statements UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833130 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00770778 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUILDING LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WITH TRANSIT. PLANNING, DEVELOPING, AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY-SENSITIVE TRANSIT PY - 1999/09 SP - 44 p. AB - This booklet presents some of the successes of the livable community transportation facility development process. The comprehensive process, in terms of planning, development, and implementation, is described, but every project does not involve the full range of steps. Transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and communities can still help achieve transportation goals to reap quality of life rewards involving the economic, social and environmental benefits of transit investments by applying the techniques outlined here. Additionally, special attention is being given to creating accessible transit for people with disabilities and the elderly, and communities are asking for transit stations and stops that are safer and more secure. KW - Economic benefits KW - Environmental quality KW - Land use KW - Metropolitan planning organizations KW - Parking KW - Quality of life KW - Sustainable development KW - Traffic control KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9200/9259/livable.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/488272 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00798558 AU - Stearns, M D AU - Sussman, E D AU - Belcher, J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DENVER RTD'S COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH/AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM: THE HUMAN FACTORS CONSEQUENCES PY - 1999/09 SP - 84 p. AB - This report documents what happened to employees' work procedures when their employer installed Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Locator (CAD/AVL) technology to provide real-time surveillance of vehicles and to upgrade radio communication. Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) acquired a CAD/AVL system and installed it systemwide. The Operator Performance and Safety Analysis Division, DTS-79, at the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation System Center performed the research with the support of the Federal Transit Administration's Advanced Public Transportation Systems Program. The analyses examined the usability of the CAD/AVL features and how CAD/AVL affected the employees' work tasks. Employees' responsibilities remained the same, but they received additional information. Dispatchers transmit and receive more calls. Street supervisors' duties have expanded, but their staffing level is unchanged. Bus operators use new communication procedures, but initially, expressed discomfort with the surveillance capability. RTD can better manage their transit operations because the CAD/AVL system reduces the time they need to respond to incidents in the field. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Bus transit operations KW - Communication systems KW - Computers KW - Denver (Colorado) KW - Dispatching KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Operators (Persons) KW - Personnel performance KW - Public transit KW - Regional transportation KW - Supervisors KW - Surveillance KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit operators UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/655342 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00794303 AU - Stearns, M D AU - Sussman, E D AU - Belcher, J AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - DENVER RTD'S COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH/AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEM: THE HUMAN FACTORS CONSEQUENCES PY - 1999/09 SP - 84 p. AB - This report documents what happened to employees and their work procedures when their employer, Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), installed Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Locator (CAD/AVL) technology across its entire operation to provide real-time surveillance of vehicles and to upgrade radio communication. The research was conducted to determine and document whether the installation of a CAD/AVL system resulted in shifts in work responsibilities, affected dispatchers, street supervisors, and bus operator attitudes, and to make recommendations to facilitate subsequent CAD/AVL installations. The study identifies the issues, opportunities, and consequences that transit operators face when adopting a CAD/AVL technology. KW - Automatic vehicle location KW - Communication systems KW - Computer aided design KW - Dispatching KW - Human factors KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Personnel performance KW - Public transit KW - Technology assessment KW - Transit operators UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16800/16898/PB2000105979.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33600/33666/33666.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/653830 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00791283 AU - Reutter, H L AU - Northrop Grumman Corporation AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Los Angeles County, California TI - ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSIT BUS. FINAL REPORT FOR THE ATTB PROTOTYPES PY - 1999/09 SP - 84 p. AB - This report provides results from the evaluation and testing program for the Advanced Technology Transit Bus (ATTB) program. The ATTB development program with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority was initiated in 1992 with the objective of developing a lightweight, low floor, low emissions, user-friendly transit bus, using advanced technologies. Under the program, 6 vehicles were developed, produced, and tested. This report presents results of tests conducted on the 6 ATTB prototypes in the following areas: functional, performance, braking, vehicle handling, environmental, structural and durability, operational and road, reliability and maintainability. The report also includes a discussion of the demonstrations, and tests and evaluations conducted on the prototypes at various transit agencies, and at the Pennsylvania Transit Institute bus testing facility in Altoona, Pennsylvania. KW - Advanced Public Transportation Systems Program KW - Alternate fuels KW - Emission control systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Low floor vehicles KW - Maintainability KW - Performance evaluations KW - Performance tests KW - Prototypes KW - Reliability KW - Technological innovations KW - Transit buses UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16800/16812/PB2000105146.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/648410 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00784277 AU - Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant TI - CONSOLIDATED PUPIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STUDY PY - 1999/09 SP - v.p. AB - This study focuses on how school districts and public transit agencies in Michigan seek out coordination and consolidation as an option to gain better service at a lower cost. The Transportation Studies Center completed the study on the coordination and consolidation of public and pupil transportation. The study consists of three parts: Cases of consolidated pupil/public transportation in Michigan; Lessons from consolidated pupil/public transportation in Michigan (Executive summary); and Report on results of survey of pupil/public transportation considerations. Overall, the study clearly defines and illustrates various forms of partnership, beginning with the simplest forms, networking and cooperation, to the more sophisticated form, collaboration, and beyond to consolidation. The cases examined span the range of partnerships but focus on consolidation. KW - Case studies KW - Consolidations KW - Coordination KW - Cost effectiveness KW - Level of service KW - Michigan KW - Partnerships KW - Public transit KW - School children UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/638031 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00784276 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - National Science and Technology Council TI - ACCESSIBILITY FOR AGING AND TRANSPORTATION-DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PY - 1999/09 SP - 13 p. AB - The report addresses the mobility needs of the elderly, the poor, and persons with disabilities. This initiative is a central focus of agencies with transportation responsibilities and an Administration priority. This Implementation Plan presents the planning and programming activities of DOT partners in the accessibility initiative. The report provides background information and describes the partnership's vision, goals, and outcomes and efforts to help to achieve them. As such, it provides a framework for ongoing interagency planning and coordination with the private sector; state, local and tribal governments; and other organizations. KW - Accessibility KW - Aged KW - Implementation KW - Interagency relations KW - Low income groups KW - Partnerships KW - Private enterprise KW - Public transit KW - Transportation disadvantaged persons UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16100/16164/PB2000102831.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636879 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00784278 AU - National Science and Technology Council TI - NANOTECHNOLOGY: SHAPING THE WORLD ATOM BY ATOM PY - 1999/09 SP - 8 p. AB - This report introduces an area of science and technology that will make the breakthroughs of tomorrow - nanoscale science and engineering. Throughout history, most everything manufactured by humans was built from the top down. Molecular nanotechnology is the process of building things from the bottom up, atom by atom. This report provides a nanotechnology vision of the world and of the opportunities harbored in small scale engineering. It introduces and explores nanoscale territory including technology that sees and moves atoms, explains how to build structures from atomic and molecular scratch, and paints a picture of an evolving new reality - a nanotechnological future which is shaping the world, atom by atom and molecule by molecule. The report is an exercise in thinking and understanding the emerging fields of nanoscience and nanoengineering which are leading to unprecedented understanding and control over the fundamental building blocks of all physical things. Nanotechnology offers unprecedented potential for revolutionizing the ways in which materials and products are created. KW - Atomic physics KW - Engineering KW - Molecular structure KW - Nanostructured materials KW - Technological forecasting UR - http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/reports/reportpdf/report23.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/636880 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00779909 AU - Department of Transportation TI - EFFECTIVE GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A VISION DOCUMENT PY - 1999/09 SP - 27 p. AB - This vision document summarizes what a future transportation system might look like in the year 2020, and it indicates where transportation might be headed in the 10-20 years thereafter. It is based on assumptions about 1) the availability of federal funds for research, technology development, and implementation; 2) success in enabling research; and 3) effective public-private partnerships. The vision report begins with a look at and discussion of the transforming nature of the technology revolution and the impacts of the new technologies, including nanotechnology (which involves working with substances at the atomic and molecular levels). The second section addresses the challenges and opportunities for transportation in 2020, highlighting the forces shaping the direction of transportation, namely: demographics, globalization of economies, safety and security, sustainability, and the digital world. The final section discusses transportation options and opportunities for 2020 and beyond. The document envisions the transportation system of 2020 as global, more technically advanced, and accommodating many more users as well as safer, accessible, faster and cleaner, and more dynamic and flexible. Two appendices provide a listing of references/bibliography and the transportation goals for 2020 and beyond. KW - Demographics KW - Digital communication systems KW - Federal aid KW - Nanostructured materials KW - Public private partnerships KW - Safety and security KW - Sustainable development KW - Technological forecasting KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16100/16105/PB2000102570.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/509106 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 01073730 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives Study (MESA) : environmental impact statement PY - 1999/08//Volumes held:D, Draft Appendix(2v) KW - Environmental impact statements KW - New York (State) UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/833122 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00778663 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF TRANSIT-SUPPORTIVE LAND USE FOR NEW STARTS PROJECTS: FY 2000 ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW STARTS: PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 PY - 1999/08 SP - 43 p. AB - This report provides a summary analysis of the transit supportive land use associated with forty (40) projects profiled in the Annual Report on New Starts: Proposed Allocation of Funds for Fiscal Year 2000. The projects were considered in terms of the six factors FTA uses for measuring transit land use effectiveness: existing land use; containment of sprawl; transit supportive corridor policies; supportive zoning regulations; tools to implement land use policies; and, performance of land use policies. This report explores the relationship between projects' overall land use ratings and the key categories of activities derived from the land use measurement factors that have been found to be important indices of transit supportive land use. It also includes a discussion of the initial efforts to collect quantitative data on the proposed projects. KW - Financial ratios KW - Land use planning KW - New Starts Program KW - Project management KW - Ratings KW - Sustainable development KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century KW - Zoning UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/508645 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00778758 AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON SECTION 5309 NEW STARTS CRITERIA PY - 1999/07 SP - v.p. AB - The purpose of this report is to assist local agencies in developing and submitting information and documentation of the new starts criteria to FTA for major transit capital investments seeking new start funding. KW - Capital expenditures KW - Investments KW - Technical reports UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/510224 ER - TY - ABST AN - 01463169 TI - Improved Traffic Signal Priority for Transit AB - Traffic congestion and traffic signals cause significant delay and increase operating costs for on-street transit service. Signal priority has been a promising method to improve transit operations and service quality, but it has not seen widespread deployment in North America. The resistance to implementation has often been based on a concern that overall traffic performance may be unduly compromised when signal timing, intended to optimize traffic flow, is overridden to provide a travel advantage to transit vehicles. The objective of this project is to develop and test improved transit priority algorithms for traffic signal controllers and systems taking into account various levels of hardware sophistication, operating characteristics, and transportation management strategies. KW - Algorithms KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Management KW - Research projects KW - Traffic congestion KW - Traffic delays KW - Traffic signal controllers KW - Traffic signal timing KW - Traffic signals KW - Transit cooperative research program KW - Transit Cooperative Research Program KW - Transit traffic KW - Transportation UR - http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1001 UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/1231394 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00767989 AU - Texas Transportation Institute AU - Environmental Protection Agency AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration TI - EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSIMS. ISSUE PAPER PY - 1999/06 SP - 27 p. AB - The purpose of the Early Deployment Program (EDP) is designed to help move TRANSIMS (Transportation Analysis Simulation System, a suite of advanced travel forecasting procedures) from research to application. This paper is the first in a series of papers describing the Early Deployment Program and TRANSIMS. The purpose of the paper is to introduce TRANSIMS to technical, management, and transportation policy professionals. Subsequent documents will provide more modeling detail and technical specifications. KW - Data collection KW - Deployment KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Personnel development KW - Planning KW - Travel demand KW - Travel patterns UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/502999 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00766461 AU - Davis, C F AU - Campbell, G M AU - Ivan, J N AU - OSSENBRUGGEN, P J AU - New England University Transportation Center AU - University of Connecticut, Storrs TI - A UNIFYING COLLECTION OF MODELS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ISTEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PY - 1999/06 SP - v.p. AB - This report describes how two operations research decision making tools, Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) and Risk Analysis (RS), may be used in conjunction with transportation system modeling techniques to select amongst alternative transportation corridor improvement options. Each corridor improvement option is defined to have certain consequences with respect to the decision maker's goals. The measures of the consequences are estimated or forecast by the FTA four-step modeling process and by traffic simulations using NETSIM. Air quality measures are estimated using MOBILE5a. Uncertainty in the future operating environment is also included in the procedure. The procedure is demonstrated through a simple hypothetical application in which two alternatives are compared. The example shows that the concepts involved are relatively easy to learn and use. Off-the-shelf software, which is available to implement these tools, provides useful sensitivity analysis features which are discussed as part of this report, KW - Communication systems KW - Congestion management systems KW - Decision making KW - Integrated systems KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Intermodal services KW - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 KW - Management and organization KW - Risk analysis KW - Safety management UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22000/22034/PB99156739.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/503715 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00779910 AU - Research and Special Programs Administration TI - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN PY - 1999/05 SP - 112 p. AB - This report focuses and clarifies the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) role as a partner in national interagency R&D application efforts relating to advanced materials and technology for improved infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation, and renewal. It is an effort to bring greater consistency and cohesion to DOT's separate R&D programs and to address transportation system-level performance through better coordinated and integrated R&D. The opening section summarizes the current condition and performance of major sectors in the nation's surface transportation system. The report then categorizes technologies that are likely to improve transportation system infrastructure functions and describes DOT programs which support them. Major programs are introduced which are designed to facilitate development and dissemination of technology applications to those organizations. Observations on programs which facilitate technology transfer are offered in conclusion. Research for this report included a review of recent literature and interviews with the developers and users of infrastructure technologies, from both the public and private sectors. KW - Ground transportation KW - Infrastructure KW - Maintenance KW - Materials selection KW - Performance evaluations KW - Rehabilitation (Maintenance) KW - Research projects KW - Technological forecasting KW - Technology transfer KW - Transportation planning UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22000/22090/PB99160582.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/509107 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00767951 AU - Department of Transportation TI - SERVING RURAL AMERICA: THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE PY - 1999/05 SP - 20 p. AB - The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) provides substantial funding to build and improve rural transportation infrastructure and enhance transportation service to all Americans. This brochure provides a brief description of the Rural Transportation Initiative. KW - Accessibility KW - Freight and passenger services KW - Level of service KW - Mobility KW - Passenger service KW - Rural transportation KW - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/000/300/350/programa.doc UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/502991 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00767953 AU - Decina, L E AU - STEWART, J AU - Lococo, K H AU - Staplin, Loren AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration AU - Scientex Corporation TI - SAFE MOBILITY FOR OLDER PEOPLE NOTEBOOK PY - 1999/04 SP - 477 p. AB - This report is a research product of the "Model Driver Screening and Evaluation Program" project sponsored by NHTSA, and is intended as a resource to support program initiatives promoting the safe mobility of older persons across United States. This document represents a snapshot of current knowledge and practices. Topics include the identification of high risk older drivers; the counseling and remediation of at-risk drivers; public information and educational tools to support program implementation; and mobility options and alternatives to transportation for seniors. Coverage of these topics is provided in 70 subtopic discussions, containing three sections each: 1) a summary of outcomes in relevant research studies and implementation efforts; 2) conclusions/preliminary recommendations pertinent to the development of a national model program; and 3) references identifying data sources. KW - Aged drivers KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Attention lapses KW - Counseling KW - Driver categories KW - Education and training KW - Epidemiology KW - Functional analysis KW - Impaired drivers KW - Licensing KW - Mobility KW - Perception KW - Physical condition KW - Safety KW - Visually impaired persons UR - http://www.bts.gov/NTL/DOCS/Safe_Ntbk/ UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/Safe_Ntbk/index.htm UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/502993 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00765431 AU - Federal Transit Administration AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center TI - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK ASSESSMENT REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PY - 1999/04 SP - 52 p. AB - This report presents the results of the review by the FHWA and FTA of the transportation alternatives analysis conducted for the Grand Canyon National Park by the National Park Service. The preferred alternative emerging through the NPS' analysis is a light rail system that may be powered either by electricity or diesel engines. The U.S. Congress directed FHWA and FTA to undertake this review in the Conference Report for the fiscal year 1999 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Appropriation Act. It is the purpose of this report to "determine if all necessary and appropriate transportation planning, development, environmental and alternative analyses have been conducted to support the alternatives selected by the National Park Service". KW - Alternatives analysis KW - Diesel engines KW - Electric power KW - Environmental control KW - Light rail transit UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22000/22052/PB99157398.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/502117 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00766002 AU - Brodesky, R P AU - Zirker, Margaret E AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IN ITS: AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS TRAINING AND EDUCATION NEEDS: THE TRANSIT PERSPECTIVE PY - 1999/04 SP - 58 p. AB - If there are to be successful deployments of new technologies by transit operators, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recognizes a great need exists for further professional development. This consists of enhancing the knowledge and skills base of individuals who are employed by transit agencies, contractors, consultants and vendors, and students and recent graduates of university and vocational school programs. At the request of the FTA, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center initiated a needs assessment. This research coincided with a much larger effort sponsored by the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Joint Planning Office (JPO) on professional capacity building needs. The focus of the needs assessment has been on developing a set of recommendations for guiding FTA initiatives for enhancing or expanding the Professional Capacity Building (PCB) program. Approximately 70 on-site interviews were conducted with employees of transit properties in five metropolitan areas, and with FTA Regional ITS specialists. Approximately 130 more interviews were conducted with individuals employed in the regional or district offices of the Federal Highway Administration, and by state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and city and county public works and transportation departments. Based on the research that was conducted, the following conclusions were reached: (1) Members of the transit community are calling for targeted, tailored, and accessible resources. These must be available on-demand, just-in-time learning/problem-solving resources, which can overcome time and budget constraints. (2) Transit agencies must make staff training and development of professional ITS expertise a priority in their agency budgets. (3) There are at least three options for satisfying these requirements, including an expansion of the PCB program role, enhancement of the FTA regional specialist's role, and alternative delivery options for needed technical assistance and training. (4) The challenge is to develop accessible information and delivery methods that provide the necessary competencies to support PCB requirements. (5) The PCB program is encouraged to expand and enhance current training, develop a program to create a Virtual Learning Environment, and enhance and target activities with partners. KW - Education and training KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Interviewing KW - Needs assessment KW - Professional personnel KW - Transit operators UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16400/16413/PB2000103832.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/8968.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/502464 ER - TY - RPRT AN - 00766003 AU - Volpe National Transportation Systems Center AU - Federal Highway Administration AU - Federal Transit Administration TI - BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IN ITS: DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION NEEDS IN SUPPORT OF ITS DEPLOYMENT PY - 1999/04 SP - v.p. AB - This report summarizes a comprehensive effort conducted in the summer of 1998 to more systematically investigate the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) training and education needs of transportation professionals. A team of analysts conducted a series of nearly 200 interviews in an effort to obtain a more detailed understanding of the underlying fundamental knowledge and skills required in support of ITS applications and services. The interviewees spanned a range of ITS involvement from those actively engaged for several years, to those just beginning the process. Thus, the reported needs reflect an important "grass-roots" perspective obtained from the public sector, private sector, and the academic community. This report documents the wide-ranging ITS training and education needs of transportation professionals. An analysis of those needs resulted in the development of a Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program strategy to meet those needs both now and in the future. Although the focus of this work is ITS, the analysis also revealed that the fundamental knowledge and skills are applicable to a wider audience of transportation professionals engaged in the operation and management of multimodal surface transportation systems. The ITS PCB Program is comprised of a partnership of organizations which work cooperatively to provide ITS professional capacity building. That partnership encompasses the public sector, the private sector, and the academic community. It is hoped that this report will be used as a foundation for ongoing dialogue with the multiple partners, stakeholders and transportation professionals everywhere about: the process of building professional capacity for ITS; the design and delivery of training and education programs that achieve the level of competency required for meeting the challenges of the 21st century transportation systems; and the most effective and cooperative programmatic ways to meet training and education needs. KW - Deployment KW - Education and training KW - Intelligent transportation systems KW - Interviewing KW - Needs assessment KW - Professional personnel UR - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/99015/docanalysis.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16400/16415/PB2000103834.pdf UR - http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/8964.pdf UR - https://trid.trb.org/view/503713 ER -