| Project Title: |
SOUTH SHORE COORDINATED TRANSIT SYSTEM |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | This project is the FY 2000 ITS Integration Program earmark for Lake Tahoe, CA/Stateline, NV. The project will expand the deployment of kiosks from 20 to 45 locations to improve customer access to the South Shore Coordinated Transit System (CTS). The CTS project will deploy ITS transit infrastructure across jurisdictions of two states, two counties and a city. The system will incorporate the private transit resources of five casinos and one ski resort. The Coordinated Transit System will involve centralized operation of a fleet of 51 vehicles. Ultimate project objective is to achieve a dispatching and customer service system that receives customer trip requests, processes them and provides a real-time trip solution or dispatches a vehicle to satisfy the request through the use of Automated Vehicle Location, Computer-aided Dispatching and Advanced Traveler Information. Utilizing satellite based technology, the 51-vehicle fleet will be monitored as to the real-time location of each vehicle. Variable rate polling strategies will be used to assist in determining the best available demand response vehicle for assignment to new ride requests. In addition, fixed route, flex route and deviated route vehicles will be monitored in order to facilitate timed transfers to and from the demand response element, and the reporting of "next bus" and schedule adherence information to customers traveling from standard "bus stop" locations. The expanded network of kiosks, dedicated touch tone telephones and the public telephone network will enable customers to access the computer dispatching system and enter requests for transit service. Computer-Aided Dispatching completes the technical approach by processing the vehicle location information and the passenger ride requests then, matching the most appropriate vehicle, based on its location and the destinations of passengers already on-board, with the service expectations of new passengers requesting rides. |
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| Project Location: | South Lake Tahoe, CA/Stateline, NV | |
| Project Partner(s): | FTA, City of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Transportation District, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, South Shore Transportation Management Association, Coordinated Transit System Management Company | |
| Project Start Date: | September 2000 | |
| Project End Date: | January 2004 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $393,211 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $4,589,580 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Jeffrey Davis |
FTA Region 9 |
(415) 744-2726 |
Ext. |
Dick Powers |
SS/TMA |
(530) 542-6076 |
Ext. |