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ITS for BRT Systems: How Does Boston’s Silver Line Compare With Other BRT Systems?

ITS for BRT Systems: How Does Boston’s Silver Line Compare With Other BRT Systems?. Carol Schweiger, Assistant Vice President ITS Georgia Annual Meeting August 29, 2005. Presentation Outline. ITS Technologies for BRT: Operational improvements Customer service improvements

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ITS for BRT Systems: How Does Boston’s Silver Line Compare With Other BRT Systems?

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  1. ITS for BRT Systems: How Does Boston’s Silver Line CompareWith Other BRT Systems? Carol Schweiger, Assistant Vice President ITS Georgia Annual Meeting August 29, 2005

  2. Presentation Outline • ITS Technologies for BRT: • Operational improvements • Customer service improvements • Comparison of Silver Line with Other Existing Systems • Comparison with Planned BRT systems • Summary

  3. Categories of ITS for BRT • Operational Improvements: • Vehicle Priority and Access Control • Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) Technologies • Automated/Electronic Fare Collection • Operations Management • Security Technologies • Customer Service Improvements: • Passenger Information • Passenger Convenience • Passenger Safety and Security Technologies

  4. ITS Effects on BRT System Performance

  5. MBTA Silver Line

  6. MBTA Silver Line Phases 1 and 2

  7. MBTA Silver Line ITS (Phase 1) • GPS-based AVL/CAD System • Automated annunciation • Real-time information on DMS at selected stops (not fully operational yet) • Security system in tunnel portion of system • Some technology is deployed in the rest of the MBTA bus operation

  8. ITS in BRT Systems

  9. Comparison with Other BRT Systems

  10. LA Metro Rapid Bus Arrival Information System • LADOT developed Bus Arrival Information System, not LACMTA (which operates Metro Rapid) • Based on city’s computerized Automatic Traffic Surveillance and Control System (ATSCS) • Low cost system - utilizes loop-transponder technology • One-line LED DMSs in specially-designed bus shelters

  11. LA Metro Rapid Signal Priority • LACMTA provides LADOT with schedule for each Metro Rapid bus each day • Throughout the day, ATSCS computer performs schedule adherence • If bus behind schedule, computer can extend the green at the traffic signal in its immediate path • Computer knows location and speed of bus, and the fact that lights in its path will remain green, so it can accurately calculate time for bus to reach its next stop

  12. Lynx FlexBus Concept • Dynamically routed and dispatched point-to-point operation • Responds to user request, real-time and pre-booked (12-minute maximum wait time) • Fare payment prior to boarding • Stations at activity centers • Transit ITS support • Station access only • No fixed schedules • No fixed routes

  13. FlexBus ITS Technologies • On-vehicle systems, including mobile data terminal • Automated reservations, scheduling, and vehicle assignment system • CAD/AVL • Electronic fare payment system and boarding pass • High capacity, high speed, reliable wireless communications

  14. FlexBus: How It Works • User requests ride and selects destination station using either phone (IVR), Internet, station kiosk or remote kiosk • System Selects “best fit” vehicle • Prompts user to confirm trip • User boards vehicle and swipes Boarding Pass • Trip confirmed

  15. FlexBus ITS:Enabling the Concept • ITS enables the flexibility (operations improvement): • Reservation process • Wait time • Fare payment/boarding pass • ITS provides marketing opportunities (customer information improvement): • High-quality transit service • Appeals to “choice” riders • Improves perception of transit

  16. Summary: Evidence that ITS Affects Key Silver Line BRT Service Factors • Operations: • Running time and running time reliability • Dwell time and dwell time reliability • Wait time and transfer time • Service reliability • Safety and security • Capacity • Customer Service/Information: • Perception of operations • Brand identity • Safety and security • Ridership

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