Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Background on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Fleet Management and Operations
    • Automatic Passenger Counter
    • Automatic Vehicle Location
    • Geographic Information Systems
    • Scheduling and Dispatch
    • Traffic Signal Priority
  • Traveler Information Systems
    • Automated Trip Itineraries
    • In-Vehicle Announcers
    • Interactive Kiosks
    • Variable Message Signs and Monitors
  • Electronic Fare Collection
    • Electronic Fare Collection
• Welfare Reform Background
• Research Methods
  • Survey Instrument Design, Mailings, and Response Rates
  • Survey I
  • Survey II - Web Based Questionnaire
• Results
  • Overview of Transit Systems Responding to Questionnaire I
    • Vehicles Operated and Accessibility
  • Communications
  • Funding Flexibility
  • Results from Survey II – Focus Upon Transit Systems Using ITS
• Rural Systems
  • Transit Management
    • Automatic Vehicle Location
    • Geographic Information Systems
    • Scheduling and Dispatching
    • Signal Priority
  • Traveler Information Systems
    • In-Vehicle Announcer
• Small and Medium Urban
  • Transit Management
    • Automatic Passenger Counters
    • Automatic Vehicle Location
    • Geographic Information Systems
    • Scheduling and Dispatching
  • Traveler Information Systems
    • Automated Trip Itineraries
    • In-Vehicle Announcer
    • Variable Message Signs
    • Web
  • Electronic Fare Collection
    • Electronic Fare Collection
• Large Urban Transit Systems
  • Transit Management
    • Automatic Passenger Counters
    • Automatic Vehicle Location
    • Geographic Information Systems
    • Scheduling and Dispatching Software
    • Signal Priority
  • Traveler Information Systems
    • Automated Trip Itinerary
    • In-Vehicle Announcers
    • Kiosks
    • Variable Message Signs
    • Web
  • Electronic Fare Collection
    • Electronic Fare Collection
• ITS and Welfare to Work
  • Survey I Results
  • Survey II Results
    • Automatic Vehicle Location
    • Scheduling and Dispatch
    • Electronic Fare Collection (EFC)
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Automated Trip Itinerary (ATI)
    • Web
• Planned Future ITS Use
• Summary
• Conclusions
• References

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Helping Public Transit Support Welfare to Work Initiatives

Jill A. Hough*
Crystal Bahe
Mary Lou Murphy
Jennifer Swenson

Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 5074
Fargo, ND 58105
701.231.7767
www.ugpti.org

May 2002

*Hough is an Associate Research Fellow, Bahe is a Student Research Assistant, Murphy and Swenson are former UGPTI Student Research Assistants that assisted with this study.

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