Travlink Operational Test Evaluation Report; Final Report

Transferred from EDL on 5/14/2008PDFTech ReportUnited States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office">THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAVLINK OPERATIONAL TEST WERE TO IMPROVE TRANSIT FLEET MANAGEMENT, IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY OF TRAVEL INFORMATION, AND ENCOURAGE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. THE PROJECT'S CORRIDOR WAS A NEWLY RECONSTRUCTED FREEWAY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT AND RIDESHARING ELEMENT. EIGHTY BUSES WERE EQUIPPED WITH AVL TRANSMITTERS. A WORKSTATION AT MCTO'S RANSIT CONTROL CENTER PROVIDED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THESE 80 BUSES, AND SENT REAL-TIME BUS STATUS INFORMATION TO A COMPUTER SERVER AT MN/DOT'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER (TMC). FROM THE TMC, BUS STATUS AND OTHER TRAVEL INFORMATION, SUCH AS REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, WAS REPORTED TO THREE TRAVEL INFORMATION KIOSKS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, TWO VIDEO MONITORS, AND FOUR ELECTRONIC SIGNS LOCATED AT PARK-AND-RIDE LOTS IN THE I-394 CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS TO 212 TRAVLINK ON-LINE USERS WITH VIDEOTEXT TERMINALS OR PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT HOME OR WORK.THE TRAVLINK OPERATIONAL TEST WAS THE PRODUCT OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT, PERSONNEL RESOURCES, AND THE ACTUAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT UNDER WHICH THEAPTS TECHNOLOGIES WERE TESTED. THE PRIVATE PARTNERS PROVIDED BOTH TECH- NICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL PROJECT FUNDING.">KEYWORDS:OPERATIONAL TESTS, TRAVLINK