ltc, annual forum, the direction of technology in transportation, 05/13/2011, rohan kuruppu

Technologies in TransitRohan A. Kuruppu

What is sbX ?

Achieves Quality of Light Rail Service at Lower Cost

More Flexible & Faster than Rail in Urban Areas

Offers Easy Boarding with Low-Floor Buses or Raised Platforms

Increases Speed with Signal Pre-emption and other Priorities

Encourages Development & Redevelopment

Reliable Service as Congestion Increases

Omnitrans System Wide Plan

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sbX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

• Reliability• Convenience• Permanency• Effective

sbX Station

How it works

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GPS Satellites

Wireless Communication

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Data Center

Management and Customer Service

GPS AVL from buses

Route Configurations

Schedules

Block Assignments

Data Bank

AccessibleInfo

HistoricalTravel Info

Why Technology

• Management tools– Reports, maps, accidents, emergency…

• Customer service – Bus information for every bus stop…

• Image– Modern, efficient, convenient…

Schedule Adherence Report

Running Time Report

Transit managers and the passengers

• Attention to detail• Elicit feedback from users• Obsession with improving transit• Provide wide range of choices on

how to get information

Ticket Vending Machines (TVM)

Bus Stop ID

Passenger tools

1. Immediate Alerts

2. Scheduled Alerts

3. Watch Route Alerts

Telephone system

New Fangled

Old Fashioned

Transit Signal Priority (TSP)