| Project Title: |
CITY OF BROWNSVILLE-BUS ITS PROJECT |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | This project is the FY 2002 ITS Integration Program for Brownsville, Texas. This project seeks to address public transportation shortfalls in the City of Brownsville. Identified shortfalls include inefficient scheduling of passengers on paratransit service, inadequate coordination between fixed route transit operations and paratransit operations, lack of optimal routing on transit and paratransit services, lack of Web presence for the transit system, maintenance-related slow reaction times, and congestion caused by deficient routing patterns. The Brownsville Urban System (BUS) will integrate the operations centers of public transportation provided by fixed route transit and demand-response paratransit. Fixed route transit and paratransit systems will integrate into a wide area network connected to the Internet. Primary project activities to address these limitations include: - Deployment of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems and Mobile Data Terminals (MDT) on all revenue-generating vehicles in both the paratransit and transit fleets. The AVLs and MDTs will support real-time communication with the main operations center. - Establishment of a computerized dispatching and management center to monitor and control the entire fleet. Dispatchers will have the capability to monitor fleet vehicles during both revenue-generating hours and deadhead hours, communicate directly with drivers, and monitor passenger parameters (such as movements and counts). - Upon completion of the integration of the paratransit and fixed route transit fleets, BUS will link the transit operations center with the City servers/networks at the Brownsville Public Library. Through installation of T-1 lines and software acquisition, passengers will be able to view real-time transit information over any Internet access source, schedule trips on demand-responsive service, upload comments and suggestions, and track bus movements. |
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| Project Location: | Brownsville, Texas | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA, City of Brownsville-Brownsville Urban System (BUS), Brownsville Public Library | |
| Project Start Date: | September 2002 | |
| Project End Date: | April 2004 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $206,830 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $413,660 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Mark Olson |
FHWA Texas Division, HPC-TX |
(512) 536-5972 |
Ext. |
Norma Zamora |
City of Brownsville-BUS |
(956) 541-4881 |
Ext. |