Smart Bus System under Connected Vehicles Environment

This research proposes Smart Bus System (SBS) powered by bus-to-devices wireless communications technology including, but not limited to, 3G, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), and Bluetooth. SBS is an innovative urban bus operation system integrated with Information Technology (IT) to enhance the efficiency of bus operation, to encourage bus ridership, and to improve the mobility and sustainability of urban transportation. SBS enables 1) a bus to take a shorter path to catch up the schedule when it is behind the schedule and no passengers need to get off or get on and 2) passengers to send a hold request so that the next transfer bus, if at all possible, waits for the transfer passenger. The proposed project will be initially conducted within a simulation environment realizing actual hardware devices such as traffic signal controller, mobile devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet PC), and virtual transit management center. The goal of this project is to demonstrate that the proposed innovative Smart Bus System can improve transit system reliability and increases ridership. The increased bus ridership likely decreases the number of passenger cars on roadway, thereby resulting in the improvement on mobility and air quality and fuel consumption. Thus, the potential benefits of the smart bus system will be gained from the aspects of both mobility and environment.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utrc2.org/research/projects/smart-bus-system

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $166200.00
• Contract Numbers:

  49198-27-27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031
• Project Managers:

  Thorson, Ellen

  Eickemeyer, Penny

• Performing Organizations:

  City College of New York

  Civil Engineering, Steinman T-127
  140th Street and Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031

  New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  University Heights
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102-1982
• Principal Investigators:

  Mouskos, Kyriacos

  Chien, Steven

  Wang, Guiling

  Lee, Joyoung

• Start Date: 20150601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20161031
• Source Data: RiP Project 39657

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Fuel consumption; Information technology; Mobility; Reliability; Ridership; Sustainable development; Traffic signal controllers; Urban transportation; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562962
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 49198-27-27
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 15 2015 1:00AM