ITS Pilot Project at the Ohio State University

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Pilot project at the Ohio State University centers on exploiting automatically sensed data for improving transit planning and operations. This project supports development and demonstration of methods to estimate general traffic patterns from fleets of AVL-equipped buses, i.e., using buses as probes of traffic conditions, and to improve the estimation of traffic conditions by mounting inexpensive traffic sensors on buses, i.e., using buses as mobile platforms for traffic sensing. The project effort includes the development, testing, and validation of strategies to estimate origin-destination passenger flow patterns from automatic vehicle location (AVL), automatic passenger counter (APC), and automated fare collection (AFC) data.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: National Research Program, National Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $452212.00
• Contract Numbers:

  OH-26-7248-03

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Wiggins, William

• Performing Organizations:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Transportation Research Center
  2070 Neil Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210
• Principal Investigators:

  Evans, Patricia

• Start Date: 20060801
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20111031
• Source Data: RiP Project 24244

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Automatic vehicle location; Bus transit; Intelligent transportation systems; Origin and destination; Pilot studies; Public transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automated passenger counters; Traffic sensors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489206
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: OH-26-7248-03
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 4 2013 1:00AM