Evaluation of Anaheim Adaptive Control Field Operational Test: Institutional Issues

1999 ◽  
Vol 1683 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. McNally ◽  
Stephen P. Mattingly ◽  
James E. Moore ◽  
Hsi-Hwa Hu ◽  
C. Arthur MacCarley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Control Field ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test

Determining the Overall Value of Implemented New Technology in Transportation: Integrated Multiple Objective-Attribute Methodology

2000 ◽  
Vol 1739 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Mattingly ◽  
R. Jayakrishnan ◽  
Michael G. McNally
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Function Technique ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Two existing techniques are integrated and a methodology for evaluating transportation projects, especially complex projects that involve new technologies, is created. While integrating the multiattribute value function technique with the analytic hierarchy process, a new scaling approach is introduced through use of a linear scaling proxy. Additionally, the approach identifies an overall worth for a project. This overall worth provides decision makers with a quantitative value they can use to compare different projects or to estimate and compare hypothetical results. The methodology is demonstrated in a sample problem. The methodology’s application to the Anaheim field operational test is then described. Often, evaluations fail to look at all the potential areas a project may affect. This methodology simplifies the process for including institutional issues in the final results of an evaluation.

San Diego Field Operational Test of Smart Call Boxes: Institutional Issues

1997 ◽  
Vol 1603 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Banks ◽  
Patrick A. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Institutional Infrastructure ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test ◽  
Definition Of

Important institutional lessons learned in the course of the San Diego smart call box field operational test are presented. These lessons relate both to the conduct of the field test itself and to requirements for deployment of intelligent transportation systems similar to smart call boxes. The institutional issues were identified through review of project documents, interviews with participants, and the experience of the evaluator as a participant in the project. Issues were analyzed by preparing summaries that included a description and discussion of each issue, an assessment of its seriousness, identification of the organizational participants who raised it, a discussion of ways to avoid or mitigate any problems identified, and a list of actions to resolve the issue in the event of system deployment. Major institutional lessons include the potential impact of institutional arrangements on basic system concepts, the importance of involving potential users in the definition of system concepts and detailed design specifications, the need for quantitative market research to establish the potential profitability of intelligent transportation systems, the need for an adequate institutional infrastructure for deployment, and the importance of project organization schemes that minimize the number and complexity of formal agreements among participants.

Integrated Smart-Card Fare System: Results from Field Operational Test

2000 ◽  
Vol 1735 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Giuliano ◽  
James E. Moore ◽  
Jacqueline Golob
Keyword(s):  
Smart Card ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test ◽  
Equipment Failures ◽  
Ventura County

Evaluation results of the Ventura County smart card Phase III field demonstration are presented to show the feasibility of using smart cards and other technology to provide an integrated fare medium across several transit operators. The evaluation addressed technical performance, user response, and institutional issues. Technical performance was affected by installation problems, equipment failures, and communications problems. Technical problems often were the outcome of institutional issues. Smart-card users were very satisfied with the new fare medium; however, transit patrons in Ventura County have very low incomes, many are not English speaking, and few transit users bought and used the cards. Overall, the demonstration suffered from the absence of clear roles and responsibilities as well as a lack of understanding of the complexity and demands of the technology.

Driver Behavior Analysis Using Vehicle Safety Systems’ Field Operational Test Data

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tashi Ngamdung ◽  
Marco daSilva
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Older Drivers ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
National Highway Traffic Safety ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test ◽  
Grade Crossing ◽  
Grade Crossings

The United States Department of Transportation’s (US DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), under the direction of the US DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research and Development (R&D), is leveraging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sponsored Integrated Vehicle Based Safety System (IVBSS) Light Vehicle (LV) Field Operational Test (FOT) to collect and analyze drivers’ activities at or on approach to highway-rail grade crossings. Grade crossings in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio were cross-referenced with IVBSS LV FOT research vehicle location to identify the time research vehicles were present at a crossing. The IVBSS LV FOT included 108 participants that took a total of 22,656 trips. Of the 22,656 total trips, 3,137 trips included a total of 4,215 grade crossing events. The analysis was based of drivers’ activities at the 4,215 grade crossing events. Both looking behavior and distractions did not significantly differ based on gender. However when analyzed per age-group, younger drivers (between 20 to 30 years old) were significantly more likely to be distracted than middle-aged drivers (between 40 to 50 years old) or older drivers (between 60 to 70 years old). For looking behavior, the data revealed that older drivers are more likely to look at least one way at or on approach to highway-rail crossing (43.8 percent exhibited this behavior) than either middle-aged drivers (35.0 percent exhibited this behavior) or younger drivers (25.3 percent exhibited this behavior).

scholarly journals Perceived Safety Benefits of Aftermarket Driver Support Systems: Results from a Large Scale European Field Operational Test (FOT)

Safety ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Ruth Welsh ◽  
Andrew Morris
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test ◽  
Perceptions Of Safety ◽  
Safety Benefit

A field operational test (FOT) is a technique used within traffic safety to evaluate the overall value of in-vehicle information systems (IVISs) under normal operating conditions. In this study, a pan-European FOT was used to evaluate Navigation, Speed Information/Alert, Traffic Information, and Green Driving Support functions together with participants’ perceptions of safety’ before, during, and after using the functions. Through utilization and adherence to the FOT methodology, data were collected over a period ranging from 8 to 16 months in five European countries in order to assess the driver pre-conceived ideas and subsequent subjective and objective experiences with the IVIS functions. Several analyses of data were conducted, and this paper describes the results relating to the ‘user-experience’ as evaluated through subjective responses. The study showed that before the FOTs started, overall participants expected a higher safety benefit through using Speed Alert compared to the other functions. This function was also perceived to offer the highest safety benefit after the FOT had been completed. Perceptions of safety were found to be lowest for the green-driving function. The results offer insights into public expectations of IVIS functions and how these change with experience and overall; they suggest that, in some cases, the perception to safety benefits could be somewhat misplaced.

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