| Title | LORAN Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System, Phase I: Volume I: Test Results |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49634 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Stapleton, R.; Chambers, F. |
| Source | 349p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publication Date | 19770801 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Presents results of the evaluation phase of a two phase program to develop an Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) system for the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles, California. Tests were previously conducted on a Loran based location subsystem to evaluate system and subsystem performance on fixed route and random route vehicles. Performance characteristics measured include location accuracy, time of passage accuracy, and coverage. |
| Rosap ID | dot:11069 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11069 |
| TRT Terms | Analysis; Automatic tracking; Automatic vehicle location; Automatic vehicle monitoring; Buses; Centralized traffic control; Costs; Design; Electromagnetic wave propagation; Ground vehicles; Loran; Loran C; Passenger vehicles; Position fixing; Radio equipment; Radio; Systems engineering; Urban transportation; Wave motion |
| Classification | NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Advanced Public Transit Systems; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-1238-1 |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-30,I; UMTA-MA-06-0041-77-10 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49600/49634/DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-30-1.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |