automatic vehicle identification (AVI)/location (AVL) systems, electronic fare collection, traveller information systems
Description
This report presents the results of an analysis conducted by the Volpe Center, for the FTA, to provide an "order-of-magnitude" estimate
of the expected benefits to the transit industry with the application of Advanced Public Transportation System Technologies (APTS). The
study identified and quantified major benefits derived from current applications of APTS technologies and projected APTS benefits to
a national level based on forecasts and reasonalbe assumptions on the future applications oa APTS technologies within the transit industry.
(Abstract)
Transit Impact
Reported
AVL: enabled a 2% to 5% reduction in the base bus fleet. Advanced traveller Information systems created a 1% increase in transit ridership.
Other Impacts & Co-Benefit
Reported
Electronic fare collection: reduced fare evasion in New York City from 4% to under 2%; increased revenue of $223 million.
Reference
US Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration.
Benefits Assessment of Advanced Public Transportation
System Technologies, Update 2000. Report for the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Cambridge, MA:
US Department of Transportation, November 2000.
