Advanced Traveler Information Systems September 1998

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Intelligent Transportation Systems
Field Operational Test
Cross-Cutting Study
Advanced Traveler
Information Systems
September 1998
Prepared for:
By:
U.S. Department of Transportation
Booz·Allen & Hamilton
Federal Highway Administration
Highway & Vehicle Technology Group
Washington, D.C. 
McLean, Virginia

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Notice
This document is disseminated under the sponsorship
of the Department of Transportation in the interest of
information exchange. The United States Government
assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof.

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Technical Report Documentation Page
1. Report No.
2.
Government Accession No.
3.
Recipient’s Catalog No.
FHWA-JPO-99-038
4. Title and Subtitle
5.
Report Date
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FIELD OPERATIONAL TEST
September 1998
CROSS-CUTTING STUDY ADVANCE TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6.
Performing Organization Code
Booz
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Allen & Hamilton Inc.
7. Author(s)
8.
Performing Organization Report No.
Jennifer Noonan, Oliver Shearer
9. Performing Organization Name and Address
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
Booz
•
Allen & Hamilton Inc.
8201 Greensboro Drive
11. Contract or Grant No.
Suite 609
McLean, Virginia 22102
DTFH61-94-C-00207
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Cross-Cutting Study
U.S. Department of Transportation
November 1997 - September 1998
Federal Highways Administration
Intelligent Transportation System
14. Sponsoring Agency Code
Joint Program Office
400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 3422
HVH-1
Washington, DC 20590
15. Supplementary Notes
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) - Joe Peters, Room 3416
16. Abstract
Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Cross-Cutting report summarizes and interprets the results
exclusively of several Field Operational Tests (FOTs) that have traveler information components. The FOTs
considered in this report include: Atlanta Kiosk, Genesis, Seattle Wide-Area Information For Travelers, TravInfo,
TravLink, Trilogy, Atlanta Driver Advisory Service, Advanced Driver and Vehicle Navigation, Driver Information Radio
Experimenting With Communication Technology, Herald II, Idaho Storm Warning System, TravTek, Travel-Aid and
Transit En-Route Information. The analysis and results presented in this report are categorized as impacts, user
response, technical lessons learned, institutional challenges and resolutions and cost to implement. The Traveler
information systems faced a wide variety of institutional challenges. This report highlights the successes and
problems these tests encountered while attempting to develop the technologies appropriate to establishing and
implementing ATIS.
17. Key Words
18. Distribution Statement
ITS Impacts, ATIS, Traveler Information, ITS Lessons
No restrictions. This document is available to the
Learned, FOTs, Field Operational Tests, Cross-Cutting
public through the National Technical Information
Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
19. Security Classif. (of this report)
20. Security Classif. (of this page)
21. No. of Pages
22. Price
Unclassified
Unclassified
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