Implementing an AI Based Smart Dispatch to Provide a Dynamic Data Driven Micro-Transit Service for All Citizens in PHTs Service Area Using Existing Prairie Hill Transits Vans

Prairie Hills Transit (PHT), which serves 15 rural communities in western South Dakota, will receive funding to automate its paratransit dispatch system using AI technology. The system will collect real-time field data to replace most radio communication, allowing PHT to manage more rides with the same number of dispatchers and decrease costs.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • USDOT Research Hub DisplayID 157475

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

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• Managing Organizations:

  Federal Transit Adminstration

  Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Rodriguez, Edwin

• Start Date: 20210210
• Expected Completion Date: 20230430
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Cost effectiveness; Dispatching; Innovation; Paratransit services
• Geographic Terms: South Dakota
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01863646
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 15 2022 4:17PM