Value-Added Service System Platform and Its Demonstration at Taichung City BRT
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Lai, Chun-Ting
Abstract
Nowadays, Transportation improves quickly. People can get destinations by various of transportation. Rapid and economical public transportation system is the goal of the Government’s effort in every city. One city in Brazil, Curitiba, develops a new way of transportation. The outcome is approved by all the world and, and the transportation model is used by many cities. After that, the name of the transportation model is famous for “Bus Rapid Transit” (BRT). In Taiwan, BRT is originated from Chiayi, and from 2014/07/27, it begins a new stage in Taichung in Taiwan --- the first one BRT stars with complete framework. BRT makes the public transportation on Taiwan Boulevard more clear and simplified, and it shortens travel time by Intelligent Transport Systems’ (ITS) new technologies and facilities. At the same time, BRT integrates original bus routes to make people get destination more quickly in Taichung. The purpose of this study is to improve the efficiency of Taichung BRT in releasing information. This study constructs an information releasing platform and analyzes the real time traffic signal priority (TSP) system data from Taichung BRT traffic control center. The platform provides value-added service and demonstrates a set of complete information releasing system. This study uses object-oriented programming language, JAVA, to build various operating model, analyze TSP system real time data, and store the important outputs of the various models into database. This study also develops a mobile phone application (APP) and web pages to show passengers important traveling information on them. When passengers use Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G to connect to Internet, they can quickly get related information which is obtained from database on the APP and web pages. This releasing way and the content are different from the present situation that Taichung BRT in. The result of this study reveals that Taichung BRT vehicles with TSP system save about 2.6 million intersection waiting equal to 57 days waiting time and 13.27 metric tons of 〖CO〗_2 emission equal to 3200 liters diesel fuel every year. This study also finds that Taichung BRT operates and dispatches about 49 buses a day. Besides, passengers can connect to the value-added platform by Wi-Fi and 3G wireless communication system, getting real time energy saving information and present TSP operation status at intersections. Passengers can know bus efficiency and driving information well and realize and agree with the BRT TSP system efficiency when they using BRT. Finally, this study proposes the value-added service platform future development directions to show its high extensionality and provides the Government ideals for planning Taichung BRT future operation. These ideals also help private bus enterprises or related companies to improve their information releasing system.
Subjects
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
Traffic Signal Priority (TSP)
Application (APP)
CO2 emission
SDGs
Type
thesis