Additional Resources on Communication Technologies (and ITS)

Advanced Public Transportation Systems: State-Of-The-Art Update 2006 (March 2006), http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/APTS_State_of_the_Art.pdf
Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit for Decision-Making (August 2004); http://www.nbrti.org/media/documents/Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit for Decision-Making.pdf
Development of a Wireline Communication Design Guidebook for Intelligent Transportation Systems (October 2005); http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4969-1.pdf
Guidance for Developing and Deploying Real-Time Information Systems for Transit (April 2003); http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/23000/23600/23663/RTTIS_Final.pdf
Handbook of Automated Data Collection Methods for the National Transit Database (October 2003), http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/473-11.pdf
ITS Decision Website: Telecommunications (Last updated: 2003); Caltrans and California Center for Innovative Transportation at the University of California at Berkeley; http://www.calccit.org/itsdecision/serv_and_tech/Telecommunications/telecommunications_overview.html
Mobile Data Terminals: A Synthesis of Transit Practices - TCRP Synthesis 70 / Project J-7 (2007); http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_syn_70.pdf
Real-Time Bus Arrival Information Systems - TCRP Synthesis 48 / Project J-7 (2003); http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Final_Report_-_Real-Time_Systems_ROI_Study.doc
Real-Time Bus Arrival Information Systems Return-on-Investment Study (August 2006), http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Final_Report_-_Real-Time_Systems_ROI_Study.doc
Transit Security Design Considerations (November 2004); [Chapter 8 - Communications]; Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FTA-05-02 / FTA-TRI-MA-26-7085-05;
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/security/SecurityInitiatives/DesignConsiderations/CD/ftasesc.pdf