ICM Transit Vehicle Real-Time Data Demonstration - Evaluation

As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) purchased new automatic passenger counter (APC) technology for their Red and Orange line light rail vehicles to provide real-time passenger counts to their train control center and to provide data to the ICM decision support system. By gaining access to real-time passenger counts, DART hopes to respond more effectively to unplanned incidents on the rail network by enabling more responsive service adjustments. This project will assess how DART responds to incidents before ICM, address what has changed after ICM deployment, and identify constraints to optimum responses.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program information: National Research Program. Sub-Program: Intelligent Transportation Systems

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $900000
• Contract Numbers:

  MA-26-7154

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Transportation

  Office of the Secretary
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Mortensen, Steven

• Performing Organizations:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Principal Investigators:

  Biernbaum, Lee

• Start Date: 20110519
• Expected Completion Date: 20151231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Integrated corridor management; Light rail vehicles; Passenger counting; Real time information
• Identifier Terms: Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Integrated Corridor Management Initiative
• Geographic Terms: Dallas (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01573262
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: MA-26-7154
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 19 2015 12:46PM