This report describes Computer Aided Routing Service (CARS), a public transportation service offering the desirable characteristics of automobile travel at a cost commensurate with conventional public transportation services. By incorporating advances in computer and communication technology, CARS can respond to demand requests individually as they arise. The scheduling and routing of CARS vehicles is coordinated by a digital computer which receives service requests from customers over conventional telephone lines. A customer can request service by phoning the computer from his home and registering his destination. The computer will then instruct a vehicle to collect the customer. The passenger waits in the comfort of his home until that vehicle arrives at his door. The vehicle then takes him to his destination, probably stopping enroute to collect or distribute other customers. The dynamic nature of this routing technique makes it particularly useful in low-demand areas that are not currently served by public transportation systems. (Author)
Cars (Computer Aided Routing System) a Prototype Dial-A-Bus System
1969
290 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Road Transportation , Computer Hardware , Urban areas , Transportation , Passenger vehicles , Scheduling , Automation , Digital computers , Communications central , Pulse communication systems , Voice communication systems , Telephone communication systems , Special purpose computers , Control systems , Systems engineering , Mathematical models , Costs , Efficiency , Urban planning , Management planning , Bus lines , Urban transportation , CARS(Computer Aided Routing Systems) , Dial-a-bus systems , Computer aided routing systems , Routing , Demonstration projects , Heuristic methods
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