NTL Record

Title Experiments on Four Different Techniques for Automatically Locating Land Vehicles - A Summary of Results
Record ID 50259
Personal Name
Creator
Blood, Bernard E.; Kliem, Bernd W. A.
Personal Name
Contributor
Herlihy, J.; Ow, R.; Segota, P.; Mengert, P; Ludwick, J.; Symes, D.
Source 51p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration. Transportation Systems Center
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Technology Development and Deployment
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19770601
Language English
Abstract During the winter of 1976-77, four different technical methods for automatically locating surface vehicles were tested in both high and low-rise regions in Philadelphia PA. The tests were designed to evaluate the methods for their applicability as location subsystems for Automatic Vehicle Monitoring systems. Two "signpost" concepts, one utilizing semi-passive transponders and the other active transmitters, as well as two "area- coverage" concepts, one employing Loran-C and the other a pulse trilateration method, were tested. A summary of results and major findings are presented.
Rosap ID dot:11651
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11651
TRT Terms Automatic vehicle monitoring; Automobiles; Buses; Location; Performance based specifications; Police; Public transit; Specifications; Testing; Urban transportation; Loran C; Ground vehicles
General Subjects Radio location; Automatic Vehicle Monitor; Electronic signpost; Pulse trilateration
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Advanced Public Transit Systems
Geographical
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
TRIS Online
Accession No
00165751
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-28; UMTA-MA-06-0041-77-2; PB-270 951
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50200/50259/DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-28.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository