Computer Aided Dispatch & Scheduling:
Human Services Transit
December 2007

Additional Resources


Reports

Chira-Chavala, Ted, G.D. Gosling, and Christoffel Venter. Advanced Paratransit System: An application of Digital Map, Automated Vehicle Scheduling and Vehicle Location Systems. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkely. 1997.

ITS Applications for Coordinating and Improving Human Services Transportation: A Cross-cutting Study. FHWA. JPO, August 2006.

Kessler, David. TCRP Synthesis 57. Computer- Aided Scheduling and Dispatch in Demand- Responsive Transit Services. Transportation Research Board. 2004.

Lave, R.E., Roger Teal, and Patrisha Piras. TCRP Report 18. A Handbook for Acquiring Demand-Responsive Transit Software. Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996.

Ripplinger, David, and Del Peterson. ITS Transit Case Studies: Making a Case for Coordination of Community Transportation Services Using ITS, 2004-05. Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, 2005.

Burkhardt, Jon, et al. TCRP Report 91. Economic Benefits of Coordinating Human Service Transportation and Transit Services. Transportation Research Board, 2003.

Pagano, A.M., and Paul Metaxatos. Computer-Aided Scheduling and Dispatch System: Impacts on Operation and Coordination. Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000.

Websites

US DOT ITS Databases

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