Busview: a graphical transit information system

Author

Maclean, Stuart D. ; Dailey, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1073

Lastpage

1078

Abstract

The design and implementation of a distributed transit vehicle information system is presented. The system, which is called Busview, delivers real-time transit vehicle location data to the traveling public via the World Wide Web. The data is presented in graphical format on a variety of display windows. Functionality of the program is described, and innovative features are highlighted. Characteristics of the transit region and bus data availability are discussed. A brief overview of the system architecture is included, along with current usage statistics

Keywords

automated highways; protocols; rapid transit systems; real-time systems; traffic information systems; Busview; World Wide Web; bus data availability; display windows; distributed transit vehicle information system; graphical transit information system; intelligent transportation systems; protocols; real-time transit vehicle location data; system architecture; Application software; Displays; Information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Real time systems; Road transportation; Statistics; Transport protocols; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7194-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2001.948811

Filename

948811