Potential of low-frequency automated vehicle location data for monitoring and control of bus performance

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2351, 2013, Pages 54-64

  Yang, Yingxiang ^a   Gerstle, David ^a   Widhalm, Peter ^b   Bauer, Dietmar ^b   Gonzalez, Marta ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; MONITORING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED VEHICLE LOCATIONS; BUS SYSTEMS; LOCALISATION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MONITORING AND CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING RATES; SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL-TIME; VEHICLE LOCATION DATA;

BUSES;

EID: 84919723948     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2351-07     Document Type: Article

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