Title :
A personal transit arrival time receiver
Author_Institution :
Transcom Int. Ltd., Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Abstract :
Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) is used in the transit industry to achieve schedule adherence and reduce supervisory costs. Passengers benefit only indirectly. A more direct benefit is a Personal Portable Transit arrival-time-receiver, to provide a real time estimate of the time to arrival of the bus, subway, special needs/handicapped passenger transit pick-up, or high occupancy vehicle.
Keywords :
traffic information systems; bus; handicapped; high occupancy vehicle; schedule adherence; special needs; subway; transit arrival time receiver; Assembly; Broadcasting; Costs; Displays; Job shop scheduling; Portable computers; Standards development; Transportation; Vehicle safety; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE-IEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1235-X
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1993.585583
