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Improving bus operations using ITS

Improving bus operations using ITS
Improving bus operations using ITS
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) using new detection, communications and information technologies are now offering substantial potential for improving bus operations in urban areas. This paper describes some new examples of ITS for bus services, based on selected applications in Europe, and includes results illustrating typical effectiveness. Practical issues concerning implementation and operation are also addressed, together with the development of design guidelines for such systems. Buses have long been recognised as an essential component of efficient urban transport, providing a flexible and sustainable mode of transport. Despite substantial developments in other forms of public transport, the bus still has a dominant role in all but some of the largest cities and maintains strong political support.
buses, operation, intelligent transportation systems, urban areas, traffic management
9780784405031
133
American Society of Civil Engineers
Hounsell, N.B.
54781702-9b09-4fb7-8d9e-f0b7833731e5
Wang, Kelvin C.P.
Xiao, Guiping
Ji, Jialun
Hounsell, N.B.
54781702-9b09-4fb7-8d9e-f0b7833731e5
Wang, Kelvin C.P.
Xiao, Guiping
Ji, Jialun

Hounsell, N.B. (2000) Improving bus operations using ITS. Wang, Kelvin C.P., Xiao, Guiping and Ji, Jialun (eds.) In Traffic and Transportation Studies (2000) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Transportation and Traffic Studies. American Society of Civil Engineers. p. 133 . (doi:10.1061/40503(277)133).

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Abstract

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) using new detection, communications and information technologies are now offering substantial potential for improving bus operations in urban areas. This paper describes some new examples of ITS for bus services, based on selected applications in Europe, and includes results illustrating typical effectiveness. Practical issues concerning implementation and operation are also addressed, together with the development of design guidelines for such systems. Buses have long been recognised as an essential component of efficient urban transport, providing a flexible and sustainable mode of transport. Despite substantial developments in other forms of public transport, the bus still has a dominant role in all but some of the largest cities and maintains strong political support.

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Published date: 2000
Venue - Dates: ICTIS 2000, Beijing, China, 0200-07-31 - 2000-08-02
Keywords: buses, operation, intelligent transportation systems, urban areas, traffic management

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Local EPrints ID: 75049
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/75049
ISBN: 9780784405031
PURE UUID: a5360f35-4b86-44af-8331-1007d89916df

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 22:45

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Author: N.B. Hounsell
Editor: Kelvin C.P. Wang
Editor: Guiping Xiao
Editor: Jialun Ji

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