Using Archived AVL-APC Data to Improve Transit Performance and Management (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Canadian transit agencies have been particularly active in exploiting APC data. OC Transpo, the Toronto Transit Commission,Winnipeg Transit, Tri-Met, and King County Metro are among the agencies that have long benefited from routine reports on passenger loads, running time distribution, and on-time performance from APC systems.
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Limited integration schemes, such as sharing a common operator log-in and interface to the destination sign (to indicate change in route/direction) , have been applied at a few transit agencies.
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In fact, for various cost and contract reasons, separate location systems are still being installed independently at some transit agencies that lack the smart bus foundation, with buses having multiple GPS receivers, multiple on-board computers, and, in spite of efforts to avoid it, multiple operator interfaces. Using an open, standards-based smart bus design when procuring an AVL, APC, stop announcement, or event recording system substantially lowers the marginal cost of adding the other functions and provides flexibility for later procurements.
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However, TCIP has not yet been widely adopted by transit agencies as part of their product specifications and Requests for Proposals. Moreover, there are aspects of schedules that are not covered in TCIP, such as when a bus is simultaneously discharging passengers from an inbound trip and picking up passengers for an outbound trip.
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