Evaluating Internet of Things (IoT) for Demand Responsive Transit Services
An efficient planning for demand responsive transit (DRT) can contribute to fulfilling the first/last mile transport needs for users of a major transit line. With the advancement in communication technologies, the internet is expected to assist this growing need of providing connectivity and alleviating persistent problems of poor performance of various modes of transport. This is proposed to be achieved through a network created by Internet of Things (IoT). This paper evaluates the effect of implementation of IoT on service quality (or disutility) of DRT for two scenarios – with enabled-IoT (e-IoT) and with disabled-IoT (d-IoT). Disutility is defined as the weighted sum of both waiting time and riding time of DRT users. Data from five different DRT-like systems known as Call-n-Ride (CnR) routes operating in Denver, Colorado, are used for evaluation purposes. These CnR routes are Meridian, Interlocken, South Inverness, Broomfield and Louisville. Results show that, in general, all the CnR routes would experience more than 58 percent of disutility decrease if their operations are based on the ‘with e-IoT’ operations. Interlocken would record the largest percentage decrease (74 percent) in disutility if its route service switches from the ‘with d-IoT’ to the ‘with e-IoT’ scenario. This research could be extremely useful for transit managers and policy-makers who have limited understanding of the impact of IoT in improving service quality and ridership numbers for a major transit line being served by DRT-like feeder systems.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE60 Standing Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility. Alternate title: Evaluating Internet of Things for Demand-Responsive Transit Services
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Chandra, Shailesh
- Galbeno, Luana
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 17p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Demand responsive transportation; Internet of things; Public transit; Quality of service; Ridership
- Geographic Terms: Denver (Colorado)
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01629765
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-04942
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 23 2017 5:18PM