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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles TCRP Report 113: Using Archived AVL-APC Data to Improve Transit Performance and Management TCRP Synthesis 66: Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods Other Related Titles TCRP Synthesis 77: Passenger Counting Systems (2009) Transit Cooperative Research Program Synthesis Program (TCRPSYNTH) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager Boyle, Daniel K, Transportation Research Board. "Acronyms." TCRP Synthesis 77: Passenger Counting Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009. Please select a format: Page 44   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 44 Front Matter (R1-R9) Summary (1-6) Technical Approach (7-7) Organization of the Report (8-8) How Automatic Passenger Counter Data are Used (9-9) Implementation of Automatic Passenger Counting Systems (10-10) Summary (11-11) Why Collect Ridership and Travel Time Data (12-12) Means of Collecting Ridership Data (13-13) Use of Automatic Passenger Counters at Transit Agencies (14-14) Automatic Passenger Counting Data: Processing, Validating, and Reporting (15-17) Orgainization and Resource Requirements (18-19) Summary (20-22) Satisfaction with Automatic Passenger Counter Systems (23-23) Lessons Learned from Survey Responses (24-25) Summary (26-26) OC Transpo (OttawaCarleton Regional Transit Commission), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (27-28) RTD (Regional Transportation District), Denver, Colorado (29-30) NFTA (Niagra Frontier Transportation Authority) - Buffalo, New York (31-32) RTC (Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County), Reno, Nevada (33-33) Metro Transit - Madison, Wisconsin (34-34) TRIMET (Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District), Portland, Oregon (35-37) Automatic Passenger Counter Data: Processing, Validating, and Reporting (38-38) Lessons Learned (39-39) Conclusions and Areas of Further Study (40-41) References (42-43) Acronyms (44-44) Appendix A - TCRP Synthesis Survey: Passenger Counting Technologies (45-56) Appendix B - TCRP Synthesis Survey Results (57-68) Appendix C - List of Participating Transit Agencies (69-70) Appendix D - Agencies and Automatic Passenger Counter Manufacturers (71-74)

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44 Acronyms APC automatic passenger counter APTA American Public Transportation Association APTS advanced public transportation systems AVL automatic vehicle location CAD computer-aided dispatch CTA Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago, Illinois) FTE full-time equivalent GIS geographic information systems GPS global positioning system IT information technology ITS intelligent transportation systems MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Atlanta, Georgia) NFTA Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (Buffalo, New York) NTD National Transit Database OC Transpo Ottawa­Carleton Regional Transit Commission (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PRTC Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission RFP request for proposals RTC Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County (Reno, Nevada) RTD Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colorado) SAS Statistical Analysis System SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SQL Structured Query Language SSR spread spectrum radio TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TRIS Transportation Research Information Services TriMet Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Portland, Oregon)