Vol. 17, No. 2, February 7, 2003General News
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Traffic Accident Data
- Highway Group Claims Value of Interstate System Threatened
- Innovative Transit in a Smaller Community
- Study Shows Property Values Can Be Positively Impacted by Nearby Transit
- IRD Contracted for its "Smartzone" Delay Prediction System in North Carolina
- Hong Kong To Implement Autoscope Vehicle Detection System
- ERG Selected for Major Washington-D.C.-Area Integrated Transit Fare Collection Project
- Segway Joins Keolis To Offer Its Transporters in France
Intelligence
- FHWA Unveils New Website to Help State, Local Agencies Manage Traffic Congestion
- New WisDOT Website Provides Easy Access to Research Reports
- U.S. DOT Clarifies Rural Local Officials' Role in Transportation Planning
- U.S. DOT/APTA Form Partnership To Protect Public Transportation Infrastructure
- Report Rates States on Transportation Priorities
Survey
Web-Based Transit Trip Planners:
- Number of transit stops included in database
- Cost of implementation
- Funding of trip planner
- Annual cost to operate/maintain
- Ability to integrate with GIS system
- Number of times used on average day
- Ability to produce walking map/description for starting point of trip to first stop and from final stop to destination
- Ability to produce route maps for specific trip planned
- Ability to produce transfer location maps and directions
- Ability to calculate total trip time
- Ability to calculate total transfer time
- Ability to calculate total walking distance
- Accessibility by PDA or similar device
- Ability to optimize user's preferences (e.g., cost, travel time)
- Ability to integrate with 511 services, including traffic conditions
- Ability to provide real-time correction of trip information due to traffic conditions or route/scheduling changes
- Main strengths of trip planner
- Advise for transit agency planning to implement a trip planner
RFPs
- Corridor Travel Market Analysis
- Rapid Transit Feasibility Study
- Marketing, Advertising, and External Communications Support Services for Metrolink
- Transportation Element Update and Traffic Mitigation Ordinance
- Paratransit Scheduling System
- Consultant Services for County Comprehensive Plan
- Highway 101 Implementation Plan
Report Synopses
- Transit-Operated Vanpools in U.S.: Selected Case Studies
- Handbook of Simplified Practice for Traffic Studies
- U.S. Department of Energy's Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 22
- Tyre/Road Noise Reference Book
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