Transit Service Reliability: Analyzing Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Data For On-Time Performance and to Identify Conditions Leading to Service Degradation

The main objective of this scope of work is to conduct research on the use of automatic vehicle location (AVL) data for improving transit service reliability. This can be achieved by using better on-time performance techniques and by identifying conditions leading to service degradation that can assist transit agencies in providing higher quality of service. This research will concentrate in two related areas for improving service reliability: 1) investigate the challenges and issues towards measuring, monitoring, and improving on-time performance and 2) identify service conditions observable in AVL data that precede service problems. Output products would include recommendations for improving on-time performance and a list of candidate factors or conditions that could lead to service degradation and how transit agencies could use this information. The results from this research may warrant the development of computerized tools as the next step.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2014/05/transit-service-reliability-analyzing-automatic-vehicle-location-avl-data-for-on-time-performance-and-to-identify-conditions-leading-to-service-degradation-2/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) is a Tier 1 University Transportation Center

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $185000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12-G-UTC22

  FIU 2117-9050-02-B

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

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

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
  4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT 100
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Project Managers:

  Volinski, Joel

• Principal Investigators:

  Cevallos, F

  Barbeau, Sean

• Start Date: 20121015
• Expected Completion Date: 20160131
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle location; Monitoring; On time performance; Quality of service; Real time information; Reliability; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01587420
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transit Research
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC22, FIU 2117-9050-02-B
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 26 2016 9:21AM