Author : Eric Meyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Book Synopsis Cost-benefit Assessment of Implementing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) in Kansas Department of Transportation's Maintenance Vehicles by : Eric Meyer
Download or read book Cost-benefit Assessment of Implementing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) in Kansas Department of Transportation's Maintenance Vehicles written by Eric Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advances in computing, communications, and locating systems have been applied to a broad spectrum of the responsibilities shouldered by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), including maintenance activities. However, even though one specific technology - Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) - has been thought to have significant benefit for maintenance operations, investing in the technology has been difficult to justify because the benefits are not easily quantifiable and little hard data exists related to the benefits of applying AVL to highway maintenance. This report describes the technologies associated with AVL, discusses a national survey of transportation agencies conducted as part of this work, and presents an analysis of the costs and benefits of implementing AVL for use in KDOT maintenance vehicles and striper trucks.