| ITS Deployment Evaluation

Benefits: Dynamic Transit Operations (PT03)

39 unique benefits found.

Experience with the Omnilink system in Prince William County, Virginia suggests that with less than 20 passengers per hour, adding 10 minutes of slack time allows accommodation of one or two deviations per hour for routes taking approximately 35 minu

Date Posted: 11/17/2008 | Source Date:

Technological Maturity of ITS and Scheduling and Integrated Service Options to Transit Planners

01/02/2007

An evaluation of scheduling software for the paratransit service in Billings, Montana found that the break-even point for savings as a result of the software implementation was a three percent improvement in efficiency.

Date Posted: 11/13/2008 | Source Date:

An Evaluation of RouteMatch Software in the Billings MET Special Transit System

05/03/2007

Scheduling software enabled St. Johns County in northeast Florida to reduce office staff from 9 to 4.5 full-time equivalents, while doubling the number of daily trips on the paratransit service, saving $58,000 per year.

Date Posted: 10/15/2008 | Source Date:

Northeast Florida Rural Transit Intelligent Transit System

02/02/2003

At an intersection in Eindhoven, the Netherlands a transit signal priority system reduced bus schedule deviation by 17 seconds.

Date Posted: 11/14/2000 | Source Date:

Integrating Bus Service Planning with Analysis, Operational Control, and Performance Monitoring

05/05/2000

In San Jose, California, a paratransit driver commented that she was satisfied with a new AVL/CAD scheduling and routing system, and said it was useful for settling disputes concerning on-time performance .

Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:

Reaching Out with ITS

03/02/1997

In San Jose, California, a paratransit program equipped with AVL/CAD and an automated scheduling and routing system, realized increased ridership, better on-time performance, and a $500,000 reduction in annual operating costs.

Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:

Reaching Out with ITS

03/02/1997

Transit AVL can improve O&M and reduce operating expenses.

Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:

APTS Benefits

11/02/1995

In Europe, a centralized and coordinated paratransit system resulted in a 2 to 3 percent annual decrease in the cost to provide paratransit services.

Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:

Telematics Applications Programme - Transport Areas' Results (4th Funding Programme)

01/02/1994

In 1996, the project benefits of existing and planned deployments of transit ITS technologies were estimated to yield between $3.8 billion and $7.4 billion (discounted dollars for 1996) within several years.

Date Posted: 09/21/2000 | Source Date:

Benefits Assessment of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS)

07/08/1996