Automatic Vehicle Location:
Rural Transit
September 2007

Rural Transit Agency Deployments


Agency Name Contact Vehicles Context/Success of Deployment
Ottumwa Transit Authority 2417 South Emma St.
Ottumwa, IA
641-683-0695
51 Radio-based AVL system significantly improved communications, scheduling, and service management.
Arrowhead Transit
(serving Northeast Minnesota)
221 West 1st St.
Duluth, MN
800-642-7155
52 Deployed AVL-MDT technologies without CADS; some technical difficulties but moderate benefits.
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority P.O. Box 1988
Hyannis, MA
508-775-8504
80 Added AVL to existing CADS to create web-based vehicle location system.
Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) 2010 East 6th St.
Austin, TX
512-389-1011
60 Added AVL to existing automated booking and CADS systems, which reduced paperwork and improved real-time scheduling.
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