This Human Factors Design Guideline Handbook is the product of five years of analytical and empirical investigation into human factors design issues, research needs, and driver requirements for ATIS/CVO information. While only three authors are listed for this handbook, the conduct of the ATIS/CVO project, given its size, scope, and length, required considerable participation and support by a number of individuals.

In particular, the authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to Joe Moyer, our FHWA COTR, and to Dr. Tom Granda, Human Factors ITS Manager at SAIC, for their assistance during this project. The invaluable guidance and advice that they provided on many technical and substantive matters associated with this effort were essential to the timely and successful completion of the project.

We also wish to thank the 40 designers and developers of ATIS/CVO devices who agreed to be interviewed as part of our User Requirements Analysis and to review the draft ATIS/CVO handbook. We are deeply indebted to this talented group for their time, expertise, and insights into their own ATIS/CVO design efforts, as well as their unique requirements for the content, organization, and format of this handbook.

We are also grateful for the direct assistance in the development of these guidelines provided by Dr. Michael McCauley and Tom Sharkey, of Monterey Technologies, Inc., and by Melissa Hulse and Dr. Tom Dingus (now at Virginia Polytechnic Institute) from the University of Iowa's Center for Computer Aided Design.

We would also like to thank our support staff, Sharon Groves and Mary Winter, for their hard work, patience, and resourcefulness during the development and production of the guidelines.

Finally, we offer our colleagues, Susan Kantowitz, Dr. John Lee, Sheila (Charlie) Garness, and Ozgur Simsek, our sincere thanks for their constructive comments and insightful suggestions during the development, review, and production of this handbook.

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