What have we learned about advanced public transportation systems?

Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;Federal Highway Administration2000PDFTech ReportCasey, Robert F.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited StatesAdvanced public transportation systemsDeploymentBus transitDemand responsive transportationIntelligent transportation systemsEvaluation and assessmentEvaluation/program assessmentThe focus of this paper is on advanced public transportation systems (APTS) technologies. It assesses the extent of their deployment and judges their degree of success. It covers APTS technologies in use only by bus and demand responsive service operations. The primary source of deployment level information is a 1998 survey by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center that encompassed 525 transit agencies operating fixed route bus and/or demand responsive services.95