Automated Bus Dispatching, Operations Control, and Service Reliability: The Initial Tri-Met Experience

Authors

James G. Strathman, Portland State University
Kenneth Dueker, Portland State University
Thomas J. Kimpel, Portland State UniversityFollow
Rick Gerhart, TriMet
Ken Turner, TriMet
Pete Taylor, TrimetFollow
Steve Callas, TriMetFollow
David Griffin, TriMet

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

10-1999

Subjects

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Transportation -- Oregon -- Portland -- Planning, Local transit -- Technological innovations

Physical Description

1 online resource (29 p.)

Abstract

This paper presents findings on initial changes in service reliability following Tri-Met’s deployment of a new bus dispatching system using automatic vehicle location and automatic passenger counter technology. Changes in on-time performance, headway variation, run time variation, and run times were determined with respect to pre-deployment levels. Changes in headway variation and run times were also used to estimate the initial benefits of the new system with respect to operating costs, passenger waiting, and passenger travel time.

Description

Catalog Number PR110.

Published by the Center for Urban Studies, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18091

Citation Details

Strathman, James G.; Dueker, Kenneth; Kimpel, Thomas J.; Gerhart, Rick; Turner, Ken; Taylor, Pete; Callas, Steve; and Griffin, David, "Automated Bus Dispatching, Operations Control, and Service Reliability: The Initial Tri-Met Experience" (1999). Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports. 86.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18091