| Project Title: |
CLARK COUNTY C-TRAN VAST IMPLEMENTATION |
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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 earmark for Clark County, Washington. This is a multi-phased project designed to introduce ITS technologies at the Clark County Transit Authority (C-TRAN) as a participant in Vancouver Area Smart Trek (VAST), the partnership of County-Public transportation agencies. Project funding will implement automated vehicle location (AVL) and automated passenger counting (APC). These are foundation modules upon which subsequent transit improvements can build. The Bus Locating System Project will install AVL equipment on all transit vehicles in the C-TRAN fleet. The AVL equipment will communicate via radio channels to the transit operations center where bus locations will be displayed on system-wide locator maps. A computer-aided dispatch (CAD) application will be used to track the movement of buses to analyze schedule adherence, transfer points and route inefficiencies. The passenger-counting project will install APC equipment on all transit vehicles in the fleet. APC equipment senses passengers as they board and depart vehicles, and either stores or communicates the data to the transit operations center. These data will be analyzed to identify route inefficiencies. |
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| Project Location: | Clark County, Washington | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA; Washington State DOT; Oregon DOT; Clark County, WA; Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (C-TRAN); Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council; City of Vancouver, WA; City of Camas, WA | |
| Project Start Date: | September 2002 | |
| Project End Date: | December 2003 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $827,318 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $1,654,636 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Mike Brower |
FHWA Washington Division, HMO-WA |
(360) 753-9550 |
Ext. |
Dale Miller |
C-TRAN |
(360) 696-4494 |
Ext. 7457 |