Automated bus dispatching, operations control, and service reliability: Baseline analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1666, 1999, Pages 28-36

  Strathman, James G ^a   Dueker, Kenneth J ^a   Kimpel, Thomas ^a   Gerhart, Rick ^b   Turner, Ken ^b   Taylor, Pete ^b   Callas, Steve ^b   Griffin, David ^b   Hopper, Janet ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tri Met   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; VALUE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER AIDED BUS DISPATCHING SYSTEMS; SERVICE RELIABILITY;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033285143     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1666-04     Document Type: Article

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