URBAN VEHICLE MONITORING - TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, & PUBLIC POLICY, V 3 - ECONOMIC & INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPENDICES, FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 9575
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 237 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-003; H-130 (HUD)
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
• Corporate Author: Institute of Public Admin
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BENEFITS OF VARIOUS AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING (AVM) FUNCTIONS WHEN APPLIED TO THE OPERATIONS OF SPECIFIC USER GROUPS.

Abstract

THE NEEDS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUS COMPANIES, TAXI OPERATIONS AND OTHER DISPATCHED SERVICE OPERATIONS AS POTENTIAL USERS OF AVM ARE CONSIDERED. PROJECTIONS ARE THEN MADE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESTIMATE THE POTENTIAL MARKET FOR AVM SERVICES. COSTS, PRICING POLICIES, FINANCING, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF AVM SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. A CHAPTER IS DEVOTED TO DISCUSSION OF THE POSSIBLE TYPES OF REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE SYSTEMS. APPENDIXES CONTAIN SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS, OTHER AVM APPLICATIONS, ESTIMATED VEHICLE POPULATIONS FOR AVM FIRST USER GROUPS, AND A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS OF ESTIMATING AVM POLICE BENEFITS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THE SUMMARY REPORT, SEE NCJ-009573 AND NCJ-009574.