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DIRECT: A Comparison of Alternative Driver Information Systems
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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently initiated a three-year program named DIRECT, which stands for Driver Information Radio Experimenting with Communication Technologies. The DIRECT Project has been designed specifically to test, in an operational setting, alternative driver-information systems. DIRECT is being undertaken as a national IVHS operational field test and is funded through a public/private partnership between FHWA (50%), MDOT (25%), and several automobile and electronic component manufacturers (25%). This paper describes the system, starting from the initial decisions on the project concept through the physical and experimental design concepts.
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Gilbert, R., Underwood, S., and DeFrain, L., "DIRECT: A Comparison of Alternative Driver Information Systems," SAE Technical Paper 912783, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/912783.Also In
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- Chen Kan Ervin Robert Underwood Steve Rizzoni Giorgio Reed Thomas “Planning Study for a Michigan-Based Program in Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems,” The University of Michigan College of Engineering and Transportation Research Institute May 1989
- Bair M. E. Ervin R. E. Maki R. “The Michigan Metropolitan Transportation Center (MTC),” VNIS Conference October 20-23 1991
- Michigan Department of Transportation Contract MDOT89-2330DAB April 4 1990 June 30 1991