Deployment, Use, and Effect of Real-Time Traveler Information Systems.

摘要

This report presents the results of a study on the deployment, use, and effect of real-time traveler information (TI) systems. The main goals were to understand agency dissemination practices, assess the potential effectiveness of TI systems as it relates to traveler perception and use, and suggest best practices for facilitation. It also provides several key outputs to be used by stakeholders: (a) survey/interviews of agency representatives, (b) surveys and focus groups with travelers to better understand the publics perception/use of TI, (c) database of survey responses, (d) comparative analysis of agency and public perceptions, (e) recommendations of methods for assessing TI, including a toolbox of low-cost approaches, (f) guidance for features of an ideal TI system, (g) discussion of future TI, including cutting edge technologies.