Personal Mobility

In the UK, buses carry more passengers annually than any other public transport (PT) mode (5 billion compared to rail’s 2 billion27). And they share the road with a growing number (over 30M) of vehicles for private transport and freight. There are congestion problems in almost every major town and city and this impacts directly on the ability of bus operators to adhere to bus schedules which reduces the overall service levels for the passengers. Part of the solution to the problem of congestion is satellite tracking of the buses to provide Real-Time Information (RTI) to passengers thereby allowing them to make informed and intelligent decisions about their travel.

Himadri Hazarika

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition,November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The main goal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is to improve the overall efficiency of transportation systems by using modern computers, communication, and data processing technologies without substantial capacity additions to the network (Tarko and Rouphail 1997). Surveys show that, next to safety and security, traffic information is among the services most desired by motorists (Orski 2001). Travelers have an implicit expectation that high-technology services have equally high-technology content.

University of Miami

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

This paper summarises some of the achievements of information strategy work currently
conducted in the Directorate of Traffic Operations (DTO) of Transport for London (TfL),
United Kingdom. In particular the paper highlights a comprehensive system and data
audit, an intelligence requirement capture exercise, and a network analysis methodology.

London Traffic Analysis Unit (LTAU)

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York