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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"automatic vehicle location (AVL)"”.
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Dynamic estimation of travel time on arterial roads by using automatic vehicle location (AVL) bus as a vehicle probe
… purpose, this research concenturates on using Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system equipped bus as a probe vehicle for estimating bus arrival times and auto travel times. Since many transit organizations throughout the North America are currently operating these AVL buses on their bus …
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Bus passenger Origin-Destination Matrix estimation using Automated Data Collection systems
Automatic Data Collection (ADC systems can enhance the ability of transit agencies to obtain useful planning information that was previously too expensive to obtain. This thesis documents the development of an algorithm to estimate a Bus Passenger Trip Origin-Destination Matrix (OD Matrix) based on …
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Evaluating ITS Investments in Public Transportation: A Proposed Framework and Plan for the OmniLink Route Deviation Service
… The OmniLink ITS investment includes an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system, mobile data terminals (MDTs), and computer-aided dispatch (CAD) technology.
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Understanding bus service reliability : a practical framework using AVL/APC data
… The introduction of technologies such as Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and Automatic Passenger Counters (APC) provides the opportunity to gather large sets of data at relatively low cost and evaluate service to improve performance, schedule planning and operations control. This thesis …
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Development of a real-time and geographical information system-based transit management information system
… Transit (TRT) in Virginia has implemented an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system into their bus system. However, there are some problems with the system that TRT is endeavoring to resolve in order to maximize its utilization. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to develop an …
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Bus passenger origin-destination estimation and travel behavior using automated data collection systems in London, UK
… explores the application of archived data from Automatic Data Collection Systems (ADCS) to transportation planning with a focus on bus passenger Origin-Destination (OD) inferences at the bus-route level and on travel behavior, using London as an example. This research demonstrates the …
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Understanding bus travel time variation using AVL data
The benefits of bus automatic vehicle location (AVL) data are well documented (see e.g., Furth et al. (2006)), ranging from passenger-facing applications that predict bus arrival times to service-provider-facing applications that monitor network performance and diagnose performance failures. …
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Using automatically collected data for bus service and operations planning
… data collection systems (ADCS), including Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Passenger Counters (APC), and Automated Fare Collection (AFC) systems. ADCS enable service planners to make more informed decisions due to the larger, more ubiquitous, and timelier sets of performance …
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Measuring journey time reliability in London using automated data collection systems
… such as Automated Fare Collection (AFC) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), provides new sources of information that can be used to measure and assess service reliability. The main objective of this thesis is to develop a set of simple, customer-driven metrics of journey time reliability, …
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Using automatically collected data to improve the bus service planning process
… performance. These systems, which include Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Passenger Counters (APC), and Automated Fare Collection (AFC), enable transit agencies to (1) collect larger and more detailed sets of performance data, (2) measure transit performance more from the …
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Applications of Automatic Vehicle Location systems towards improving service reliability and operations planning in London
… transit industry, such as the introduction of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems, have provided agencies with robust data collection and measurement systems and enabled the development of comprehensive planning and operations tools. This thesis reviews the impact of an AVL installation in …
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Redesigning and improving the efficiency of bus transit networks using automatically collected data : the case of Gipuzkoa, Spain
Transit agencies around the world are adopting Automatically Data Collection Systems (ADCS) to carry out standard tasks in the management of their networks. Many of these agencies have taken further steps in the use of this data to support and enhance the performance of many other functions under …