| Title |
Floating Buses: Dynamic Route Planning And Passenger Allocation Based On Real-Time Demand |
| ID_Doc |
26669 |
| Authors |
McKenna C.; Clarke S.; Golpayegani F. |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
2019 IEEE 5th International Conference on Computer and Communications, ICCC 2019 |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCC47050.2019.9064471 |
| Abstract |
Traditional bus systems cannot adapt to the dynamic and ever changing demand for public transport in the cities because of their strict timetables, static stop locations and constrained capacity. These systems increase the emissions as buses have to make unnecessary journeys dictated by their fixed route plans and travel with empty seats as a result of their pre-planned timetables. To address these issues and offer more convenience to passengers, this paper presents a Floating Bus system that plans journeys based on passengers' real-time demand. This system allows the passengers to request a ride from their location, it then aggregates a number of requests, appoints the most convenient stop for the passengers, and allocates a bus to complete the journeys. Results show that the Floating Bus system increases passengers' convenience by appointing dynamic bus stops, decreases the emissions and passengers' travel time by dynamic route planning. © 2019 IEEE. |
| Author Keywords |
dynamic bus allocation; dynamic bus route planning; intelligent transport systems; smart cities |
