NTL Record

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 PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository