FAST-TRAC Natural Use Leased-Car Study: An Evaluation of User Perceptions andBehaviors of Ali-Scout by Age and Gender

摘要

The FAST-TRAC project is a multiyear implementation and evaluation of anIntelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Oakland County, located in southeastern Michigan. The FAST-TRAC system is composed of two main components: an advanced traffic-management system called SCATS, which optimizes network-wide signal timing based on real-time traffic conditions, and two in-vehicle advanced traveler information systems (ATIS). These systems are Ali-Scout and TetraStar, both made by Siemens Corporation. The purpose of the User Perceptions and Behaviors element of FAST-TRAC is to understand how users perceive and value the ATIS equipment, and to determine how they use the system in their everyday driving in Oakland County. The purpose of the present study was to understand better how people use and what they think about the Ali-Scout system when they use the system in their normal, everday driving; that is, in natural use.