| Title | German “Smart-Bus” Systems: Potential for Application in Portland, Oregon – Vol. 1: Technical Report |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 56417 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Behnke, Robert W. |
| Corporate Creator | Aegis Transportation Information Systems, Inc. |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration |
| Publication Date | 19930101 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) provides transit, paratransit and ridesliaring services within Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties in the Portland metropolitan area. For the past two decades, Tri-Met has been investigating ways to use new technologies to improve the costeffectiveness of public transportation services in fast-growing suburban areas. Several publications have reported that cities and counties in Germany that have installed new computer-telecommunications "smart-bus" systems have been able to significantly increase public transportation ridership in low-density suburban and rural areas. This report describes the history of the Flexible Operations Command and Control System (FOCCS) and how it is being used in Germany to integrate flexible-route bus, minibus and microbus (i.e., taxi) services with fixed-route bus, rail and ferry services. |
| Rosap ID | dot:479 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/479 |
| TRT Terms | Bus transportation; Cost effectiveness; Fixed routes; Intelligent vehicles; Paratransit services; Taxi services; Technology |
| General Subjects | Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation |
| Geographical Coverage |
Portland (Oregon); United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
644026 |
| Report Number | DOT-T-93-25 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/56000/56400/56417/germansmartbuss9325aegi_0.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |