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Effective Utilization of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Technology

Effective Utilization of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Technology. 19th Annual Transportation Disadvantaged Best Practices and Training Workshop Program August 9 th , 2011. Rob Gregg. Why?. Welcome. Who?. How ?.

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Effective Utilization of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Technology

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  1. Effective Utilization of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Technology 19th Annual Transportation Disadvantaged Best Practices andTraining Workshop Program August 9th, 2011 Rob Gregg

  2. Why? Welcome Who? How? Application of advanced and emerging technologies in information processing, communications, control, and electronics to meet public transportation needs • Jim Dorsten • Doug Jamison • Marsha Moore What? VOTRAn LYNX MV Transit

  3. Benefits Why APTS? • Transportation service providers employ APTS to provide: • Customer: Traveler information, more convenient routes, schedules, access • Efficiency / Productivity: Lower costs, operations, maintenance, improved response / travel times • Optimize System Management: Planning, monitoring, operator assistance, administrative processes • Safety & Security: Controls, surveillance, communication, emergencies

  4. System Rating Types of APTS • Communication Systems • Operational Software (e.g. Scheduling) • Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) • Electronic Fare Payment (EFP) • Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) • Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) • Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) or Mobile Data Computers (MDCs) • Automatic Passenger Counters (APC) • Surveillance and Security Equipment • Coordination and Integration Software

  5. Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) • Includes: internet websites, automated telephone systems, audible enunciators, kiosks, transit stops with automated information, trip planners, smart phone apps • May be static or real-time • Schedules, fares, routes, transfers, arrival time, and availability of special equipment • Available on vehicle, at stop, on the internet, phone, or mobile phone

  6. Advanced Traveler Information Systems

  7. Electronic Fare Payment • Pay electronically using a magnetic stripe card or smart card • Coordinated billing and invoicing between human services agencies and transit providers

  8. Electronic Fare Payment

  9. Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) CAD is used to assist agencies in dispatching paratransit / flex-routing vehicles and is typically integrated with AVL and other information management technologies, such as scheduling and routing software

  10. Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) • Using a positioning system, such as the global positioning systems (GPS), and a Geographic Information System (GIS) the operating agency can track its buses • Combining AVL with ATIS, the agency can alert riders with real-time information • Combining AVL with CAD, the agency can reroute vehicles to provide flexible service

  11. CAD/AVL

  12. Mobile Data Terminal/Computer • An MDT/MDC is a small on-board computer and interface that links the driver to an agency’s computer network through wireless communications

  13. Mobile Data Terminal/Computer

  14. Automatic Passenger Counters (APC) • An APC system provides a transit system with an automated method for collecting information about the number of passenger boardings and alightings at a variety of system levels, including route, route segment, or specific bus stops by time of day and by day of week. • Can be integrated into AVL systems

  15. Automatic Passenger Counters (APC)

  16. Surveillance and Security Equipment • Safety and security technologies include video surveillance cameras, silent alarms and covert microphones on vehicles, and “smart” cards for driver identification. • Surveillance and security systems can be provided in transit vehicles and at transit stops and stations.

  17. Surveillance and Security Equipment

  18. Coordination/Integration Software • This technology helps agencies with scheduling, routing, billing, and reporting. • Typical applications include: • coordinating paratransit routes and schedules within a single agency or among multiple agencies • coordinating fare card usage and billing among multiple agencies • integrating software systems across multimodal transit systems

  19. Coordination/Integration Software

  20. APTS Success Steps / Cycle Business Objectives Technology Assessment • Survey Functional Areas • Legacy Systems • Needs • Benefits • Priorities • Conceptual Plans • Customer: • Efficiency: • Performance: • Service: • Safety: System Engineering Implementation Test - Operate • Stakeholders • Operations • Cost & Schedule • Performance • Training & Support • Test • Manufacturing • Implementation process • Functional Specs • Procurement • Testing • Training • Operating • Maintaining • Data Management Use the Data!

  21. Why? PanelPresentations Who? How? Application of advanced and emerging technologies in information processing, communications, control, and electronics to meet public transportation needs • Jim Dorsten • Doug Jamison • Marsha Moore VOTRAn LYNX MV Transit

  22. Jim Dorsten • Doug Jamison • Marsha Moore VOTRAn LYNX MV Transit Rob Gregg

  23. ITS Vee Technical Model

  24. System Engineering / Procure / Implement

  25. Small Florida Transit System - LeeTran

  26. Small Florida Transit Systems – Bay Town Trolley • APC on 6 buses • Zonar AVL on 16 trolley buses • Onboard Annunciators • Electronic Fareboxes – GFI Genfare • Digital recording – Digitial Recorders Inc. • Working towards getting data on Google Transit

  27. Small Florida Transit System – Key West Transit Full Real Time Passenger Information System - with"pooled" bid award pricing incorporated into the contract - includes GPS, AVL, IVR, APC, digital display boards, etc., - bid awarded in 2008 to Syncromatics, Inc.

  28. Other Small Florida Transit Systems ECAT and PCPT both have working AVL and Electronic Fareboxes. MCAT is in the implementation/testing phase for AVL and APCs. PCPT, LAMTD and Collier Area Transit are looking at purchasing ITS technologies within the next 18 months.

  29. Steps in Considering APTS Technologies • Assess the issues and/or needs of the system (In what areas can the system be improved?) • Collect agency data • Examine existing research/solutions • Prioritize improvements (What will provide the most benefits?) • Gather existing resources (What grant programs are available?) • Request proposals from vendors

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