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A Benefit-Cost Evaluation Of Smart Transit Features At Small Scale Transit Operations, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Edward Sullivan, Xudong Jia, Neil Hockaday, Bruce Chapman
A Benefit-Cost Evaluation Of Smart Transit Features At Small Scale Transit Operations, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Edward Sullivan, Xudong Jia, Neil Hockaday, Bruce Chapman
City and Regional Planning
This study evaluates the benefits and costs of smart transit technologies at San Luis Obispo Transit, a small transit operation. In 2001, the California Department of Transportation test-deployed its new program entitled “Efficient Deployment of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (EDAPTS)”. The purpose of the field study was to make low-cost, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies readily available to small and medium size transit properties. The system developed applies digital communications links, open source designs, solar powered real-time arrival signs, and innovative data links to improve transit service and safety at a total investment of $150,000 (2007 dollars). An evaluation was …