NORTHEAST FLORIDA RURAL TRANSIT INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Low productivity of paratransit services, lack of both inter- and intra-county trip coordination, and the high cost of long distance and out-of-county trips generated this study. The report documents the results of the evaluation of the Northeast Florida Rural Transit Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project, a demonstration of ITS technology deployment in three rural Florida counties: Flagler, St. Johns, and Putnam. The research focused on the impact of ITS technology deployment to improve the mobility, efficiency, and productivity of rural paratransit service in these counties. The project tested and evaluated the effectiveness of ITS technologies for rural transit operations, including: mobility management, software applications, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System/Automatic Vehicle Location (GPS/AVL) systems. Mobile Data Terminals, and electronic applications (email and web-based information).