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原文传递 Integrating Electronic Fareboxes with Other On-Board Equipment.

题名：	Integrating Electronic Fareboxes with Other On-Board Equipment.
作者：	P. G. Furth;
关键词：	fareboxes,fare collection equipment,electronic fareboxes;data reviews, connections, passengers, model specifications, data collection, modeling;vehicle area networks (van's), open integration specifications, passenger miles, on-board devices
摘要：	Electronic fareboxes, which can be found on the buses of almost every transit system in the U.S. and Canada, capture a large quantity of passenger use information. However, the value of this information is limited for various reasons. By integrating fareboxes with other on-board equipment, the value of the farebox data can be greatly enhanced for service monitoring, performance evaluation, planning, operations, and marketing. Historically, electronic fareboxes have been developed as stand-alone devices. In recent years, schemes for integrating fareboxes with other devices have begun to emerge. These include small scale schemes, simply connecting a farebox to another device, and broad scale schemes for connecting all electronic devices in a Vehicle Area Network (VAN). Still, the state of the practice of integrating fareboxes with other devices is far behind what is technologically possible and what is, from a management information point of view, highly desirable. A review of farebox data systems found several opportunities for improvement through integration. One common problem is that operators sometimes fail to segment the data properly by indicating when they are changing route or direction. Integrating the farebox with the headsign would guarantee that the farebox would get any information the headsign gets about route and destination. Another problem is the need for more verification. Odometer or location stamps on farebox records would provide an excellent means of verifying route and trip segmentation. Transactional databases present the opportunity, by stamping boardings transactional records with location, to estimate passenger loads and passenger-miles. A new modeling technique was developed for this purpose based on the assumption that, over a day, the boardings profile on a route in one direction equals the alightings profile in the opposite direction. / Supplementary Notes: See also PB97-137509. Sponsored by Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. IDEA Programs. and Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA, 22312, USA. / NTIS Prices: PC A03/MF A03 / NTIS In-house Control Codes: nastrb/dotfta;12111,1101
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