Project Title:   APTS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
     
Project Status:   Completed
     
Project Type:   Research & Development
     
Project Description:   Under this project, various new technologies were evaluated for their potential benefit to transit and studies were performed to support and facilitate the application of the technologies to public transportation. Studies performed addressed transit system architecture requirements, human factors issues, frequency spectrum requirements and allocations, multi-modal fare/toll payment smart cards, automatic vehicle monitoring and management system implementations, and map and spatial database requirements. This technical support included research and technical assistance to transit authorities implementing APTS technologies.
     
Project Location:   Cambridge, Massachusetts
     
Project Contractor(s):   Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
     
Project Start Date:   March 1995
     
Project End Date:   October 1998
     
Estimated Total ITS Funds:   $585,000
     
Estimated Total Project Cost:   $585,000

Project Contacts:    
     
Ron Boenau
FTA Headquarters,TRI-11
(202) 366-0195
Ext.
Robert S. Ow
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
(617) 494-2411
Ext.



U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems