GIS FOR IMPROVED OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Most public transport agencies face a series of business challenges: how to provide the optimal service at the least cost, and how to maximize ridership and accessibility, all while providing high levels of customer service. Success requires an approach which relies on comprehensive information systems, which can integrate information across a number of stand-alone solutions. his paper presents the results of taking that approach: A solution which integrates key operational information into a centralized spatial database, and which delivers greater analytical capabilities to help improve service delivery and operational performance

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

  Rue Sainte Marie 6
  Brussels,   Belgium  BE-1080
• Authors:
  • Bills, Terry
• Conference:
  • IT-Trans, IT Solutions for Public Transport
  • Location: Karlsruhe , Germany
  • Date: 2012-2-15 to 2012-2-17
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 27
• Monograph Title: IT-TRANS, IT Solutions for Public Transport. Opening Address
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: Session 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced public transportation systems; Information technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: geographic information systems - gis; Operational performance
• UITP Terms: Information technology - it; Intelligent public transport system - ipts
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01364928
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
• Files: UITP
• Created Date: Mar 7 2012 9:02AM