Automatic Vehicle Location:
Human Service Transit
September 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, Berkeley. May 1997.

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

Carter, M.R., R. Mathias, D. Newton, et al. Mobility Services for All Americans. Phase 2: Foundation Research. Final Report. July 2005; available at http://www.its.dot.gov/msaa/msaa2/index.htm.

Photo of a dispatcher at work

Dispatchers are able to respond quickly to calls with information
at their fingertips. (Photo courtesy of ITS Applications for
Coordinating and Improving Human Service Transportation)

Websites

USDOT ITS Databases

United We Ride — http://www.unitedweride.gov/
Mobility Services for All Americans — http://www.its.dot.gov/msaa/index.htm

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