| Title | Transit Scheduling Data Integration: Paratransit Operations Review and Analysis |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 18472 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Lasdon, L. S.; Mahmassani, H. S.; Dutt, S. |
| Source | 64p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Federal Highway Administration; Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research and Technology Transfer |
| Publisher | University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research |
| Publication Date | 20000500 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The ability of transit service providers in small urban areas and rural communities to meet increasing demands generated by welfare-to-work customers and other social agencies depends on their ability to make best use of available resources through efficient scheduling and service delivery. Scheduling trips and dispatching vehicles are critical functions in operating any transit system. Scheduling, in general public and special paratransit systems, refers to the matching of vehicles and trip requests. Collecting and managing rapidly changing data is essential for efficiency and effectiveness of these functions, as are the decisions involved in vehicle assignment and routing. Effective use of modern information technology is the key issuer here. In these systems, data management is complicated by the fact that clients of several external agencies contribute to system demand. These include the Texas Department of Health (TDH), workforce boards, and others. For example, regional TDH offices perform client eligibility screening for Medicare recipients, and authorize trips for medical purposes. TDH generally provides these trip schedules by phone or fax to the transit system the day before the required service. using manual scheduling processes, these Medicare trips may be allocated inefficiently to the available fleet, limiting the systems ability to respond to other damands for service. The primary goal of this study is to investigate the technical problems associated with integrating data from several agencies, and to recommend (1) an existing commercially available dispatching and scheduling system that can be used by all Texas paratransit systems and (2) process improvements for the transit agencies and their external partners which will enable them to realize the full benefits of the new system. |
| Rosap ID | dot:5182 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5182 |
| TRT Terms | Transit operating agencies; Improvements; Scheduling; Paratransit services; Software packages; Dispatching; Appropriate technology; Procedures; Operations; Business practices; Small cities; Small towns |
| General Subjects | Computer software; Customers; Data collection; Data integration; Demands; Paratransit systems; Recommendations; Scheduling; Specifications; Transit providers; Transit systems; Vendors |
| Classification | NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Transit Planning and Policy; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Technology Transfer; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy |
| Geographical Coverage |
Texas |
| OCLC | 48100898 |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
938488 |
| Report Number | 0-1884-1 |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/18000/18400/18472/PB2002100096.pdf |
| Alternative URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/11000/11900/11956/1884_1.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |