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原文传递 TRANSMIT Evaluation: Transit Application Baseline Data Report

题名：	TRANSMIT Evaluation: Transit Application Baseline Data Report
作者：	Zimmerman, C. A.; Sheffield, S.; Armington, S.; Nelson, E.
关键词：	Data collection; Transit industry; Buses; Program evaluation; Decision making; Local planning; State planning; Public transportation; Communication; Surveys; Interviews; New Jersey; CD-ROM
摘要：	As part of the FY99 earmarked ITS Integration Program, the TRANSMIT program received funds to expand the use of the E-ZPass toll tag readers to other transportation applications in New Jersey. Operated by Transcom for agencies in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, TRANSMIT monitors the flow of vehicles equipped with toll-tags, thereby providing information for transportation management purposes. TRANSMIT was selected by USDOT for an evaluation of benefits of ITS deployments. This report presents the results of baseline data collection for an evaluation of the use of TRANSMIT for managing the bus operations of NJ Transit at the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) in Manhattan. A major difficulty at PABT is the handling of hundreds of bus arrivals and departures in a confined space and the timely positioning of buses during the PM rush hours. The TRANSMIT application consists of NJ Transit staff using handheld computers equipped with wireless communications to locate specific buses as they pass the E-ZPass readers. Working in conjunction with NJ Transit and Transcom, the evaluation team consisting of Battelle (prime contractor), Castle Rock Consultants, and URS/BRW identified five central objectives for the transit application that could be assessed in the evaluation: To increase the number of on-time bus departures; To enable faster access to bus-status information; To improve communication among NJ Transit staff; To make record storage and retrieval easier; and To provide more accurate and efficient decision-making on reassigning buses.
总页数：	pp53
报告类型：	科技报告