The Operation of a Traveler Information Center: The Foundation for Benefits to Travelers The Case of the TravInfo Field Operational Test

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Miller ◽  
Dimitri Loukakos
Keyword(s):  
Traveler Information ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Information Center ◽  
Field Operational Test

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

scholarly journals Promoting Advanced Traveler Information Systems Among Cellular and Land-Line Phone Users: SmarTraveler Experience in Boston

1997 ◽  
Vol 1588 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry S. Englisher ◽  
Susan Bregman ◽  
Stephen Pepin ◽  
Alicia Powell Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Target Market ◽  
Service Usage ◽  
Cellular Telephone ◽  
Evaluation Team ◽  
Traveler Information ◽  
The Third ◽  
Marketing Program ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring

In 1993 the SmarTraveler advanced traveler information system (ATIS) was introduced to travelers in the greater Boston area as part of an operational test jointly funded by FHWA and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction. The service offers real-time, route-specific travel information by phone for major highways and public transit. During the 3-year test period from January 1993 to January 1996, service usage grew to nearly 60,000 calls per week, made by an average of more than 20,000 users. To achieve this growth, SmarTraveler was marketed to both cellular and land-line phone users using a variety of strategies over the course of the test. Evaluation and monitoring studies were commissioned to examine the degree to which users responded to SmarTraveler and the marketing program. The evaluation included extensive surveys of users and nonusers as well as tracking of calls and call frequency. The findings of the independent evaluation team on the success of various promotional efforts associated with the SmarTraveler operational test are presented. Overall, the marketing program aimed at the broad target market during the first 2 years appears to have been only partly successful in increasing the public’s level of awareness of SmarTraveler, in convincing its target market of SmarTraveler’s superiority to radio and TV travel reports, and in inducing trials. As a result of the second-year evaluation, changes were made to marketing and pricing during the third year of operation to target cellular telephone users. Further surveys were conducted to examine cellular telephone user response to these changes. SmarTraveler experienced a large increase in calls and users in the third year, especially in the cellular telephone market. Among the survey findings was that this market is quite price sensitive.

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).

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.

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.

Field operational test of a seatbelt reminder system: Effects on driver behaviour and acceptance

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristie L. Young ◽  
Michael A. Regan ◽  
Thomas J. Triggs ◽  
Karen Stephan ◽  
Eve Mitsopoulos-Rubens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Driver Behaviour ◽  
Reminder System ◽  
Operational Test ◽  
Field Operational Test
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