Development and Evaluation of Smart Bus System

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• Creators:
  Lee, Joyoung ; Zhao, Liuhui ; Chien, Steven I-Jy ; Wang, Guiling ; Gao, Xin
• Corporate Creators:
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  City University of New York. University Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent vehicles
  • Vehicle to infrastructure communications
  • Bus traffic
  • Bus transit Connected Vehicles
  • Dynamic Bus Route Adjustment
  • Smart Transfer
  • Hardware-inthe-Loop
  • Simulation
  • Transit Operation
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New York (New York);United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  City College of New York. University Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Due to stochastic traffic conditions and fluctuated demand, transit passengers often suffer from unreliable services. Especially for buses, keeping on-time schedules is ; challenging as they share the right of way with non-transit traffic. With the advance of real-time interaction between passengers and operators, bus transit can be operated ; in a more flexible way, thereby resulting in an energy-efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective urban transportation mode. To improve transit system reliability under a ; wirelessly connected environment, this study proposes a smart bus system (SBS) enabled by two-way communication. The proposed system consists of dynamic route adjustment and smart transfer sub-systems, which can enhance bus performance via real-time operational responses not only to traffic conditions but to passenger requests. Eventually the system will encourage bus ridership, and improve the mobility and sustainability of urban transportation. The proof-of-concept simulation test is conducted in New York City SoHo area. The performance of SBS is evaluated against on-time performance, passenger travel time among others, based on predefined scenarios dealing with various factors likely affecting the effectiveness
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  49198-27-27
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35385/dot_35385_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4235b967b058fce3b548033182cf73d94f7a22afc4734ddc639f5f15c16938f532a91ea860b2935db17fa69135607b5d8dd85c48f3872a4e5302f5b1b16bd7a4