Optimizing Public Transport Planning and Operations Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data: The Dutch Example

Niels van Oort; Daniel Sparing; Ties Brands; Rob M.P. Goverde

Optimizing Public Transport Planning and Operations Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data: The Dutch Example

Niels van Oort, Daniel Sparing, Ties Brands, Rob M.P. Goverde

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Abstract

There is a growing pressure on urban public transport companies and authorities to improve efficiency, stemming from reduced budgets, political expectations and competition between operators. In order to find inefficiencies, bottlenecks and potentials in the public transport service, it is useful to learn from recorded operational data. We first describe the state of publicly available transit data, with an emphasis on the Dutch situation. The value of insights from Automatic Vehicle Location data is demonstrated by examples. Finally, a software tool is described that makes quick comprehensive operational analysis possible for operators and public transport authorities, and was able to identify several bottlenecks when applied in practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013
Editors	Thomas Albrecht, Birgit Jaekel, Martin Lehnert
Place of Publication	Dresden, Germany
Publisher	TUDpress
Pages	291-300
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2013
Event	3rd International Conference on Models and Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2013 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 2 Dec 2013 → 4 Dec 2013 Conference number: 3

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Models and Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2013
Abbreviated title	MT-ITS
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	2/12/13 → 4/12/13

Keywords

Public transport
Monitoring
Service reliability
AVL data

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van Oort, Niels ; Sparing, Daniel ; Brands, Ties et al. / Optimizing Public Transport Planning and Operations Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data : The Dutch Example. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013. editor / Thomas Albrecht ; Birgit Jaekel ; Martin Lehnert. Dresden, Germany : TUDpress, 2013. pp. 291-300

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van Oort, N, Sparing, D, Brands, T & Goverde, RMP 2013, Optimizing Public Transport Planning and Operations Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data: The Dutch Example. in T Albrecht, B Jaekel & M Lehnert (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013. TUDpress, Dresden, Germany, pp. 291-300, 3rd International Conference on Models and Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems, MT-ITS 2013, Dresden, Germany, 2/12/13.

Optimizing Public Transport Planning and Operations Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data: The Dutch Example. / van Oort, Niels; Sparing, Daniel; Brands, Ties et al.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems 2013. ed. / Thomas Albrecht; Birgit Jaekel; Martin Lehnert. Dresden, Germany: TUDpress, 2013. p. 291-300.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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