摘要: |
This 72 page report, Phase 1 of the Bellevue Smart Traveler project, documents project planning and activities during the 11 months of the project operations. Phase 1 was initiated as an operational test of innovative technology to enhance ridesharing using cellular telecommunications, voice mail and computerized real-time information in carpools and vanpools. The goal was to see if these advanced technologies could be engineered and integrated into a new kind of information infrastructure which could make carpools and vanpools a more effective and attractive mode of mass transportation. The potential of cellular technology as an incentive for car and vanpooling was not proved by this study. However, a number of significant findings indicate that there is potential for this and other communication technology to impact the individual commute experience, driver decisions and traffic management. |