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Using Archived AVL-APC Data to Improve Transit Performance and Management (2006) / Chapter Skim
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... Where benefits have been quantified, they most often come from an off-line application, namely, revising scheduled running times. This is ironic, considering that off-line analysis has often been an afterthought of such systems.
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... For the most part, transit agencies that have adopted AVL and APCs have avoided incapacitating labor opposition. Generally, agencies have been successful at communicating the security benefits of AVL, which builds operator support.
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  • control messages


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