| Title | Determining Requirements for Automated Transit Bus Test Facilities: Considerations for Practitioners |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 66169 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Brewer, John; Cregger, Joshua; Guglielmi, John; Baas, Jessica; Najm, Wassim |
| Source | 79 p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation |
| Publication Date | 20190201 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | FTA has conducted research on guidelines for test facility requirements to support automated transit vehicle testing and demonstration projects. Stakeholders, including federal agencies, universities, transit agencies and operators, test facilities, and industry representatives, were consulted and, based on those conversations, a list of requirements was compiled in the areas of test facility features, functionality and performance, safety, environmental resilience, human factors, and data collection and management. These requirements were classified as “mandatory,” “optional,” and “not applicable” with respect to 14 use cases that have been organized into five technology packages—Transit Bus Advanced Driver Assistance Systems; Automated Shuttles; Maintenance, Yard, Parking Operations; Mobility-on-Demand Service; and Automated Bus Rapid Transit. |
| Rosap ID | dot:39206 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39206 |
| TRT Terms | Test facilities; Bus transit; Paratransit services; Demand responsive transportation; Advanced driver information systems; Crash avoidance systems; Automatic braking; Shuttle buses; Guidelines; Maintenance practices |
| Classification | NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Paratransit; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy; NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Driver Assistance Systems (Vehicles); NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Transit Management; NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Collision Avoidance Systems (Vehicles) |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1703098 |
| Report Number | FTA Report No. 0131 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/66000/66100/66169/determining-reqs-automated-transit-bus-test-facilities.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |