Modeling the impacts of public transport reliability and travel information on passengers’ waiting-time uncertainty

The article presents the result of calculations on the average waiting time for the planned merger, which has been designated on the basis of the timetable and the actual average waiting time for connection designated on the basis of actual data of arrivals and departures of vehicles transport of Szczecin.

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Smart Bus System for Automatic Ticket Collection and Passenger Information Display using IoT and RFID Technology

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology ◽

10.22214/ijraset.2021.35282 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (VI) ◽

pp. 1591-1594

Author(s):

Ms. Amrutha

Keyword(s):

Waiting Time ◽

Public Transport ◽

General Public ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Rfid Technology ◽

Reliable System ◽

Integral Means ◽

Information Display ◽

Technology Advancement ◽

Metropolitan Cities

Buses are an integral means of conveyance in India. In metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi, 10-15 million people travel through public transport buses daily. Today, within the era of Digital India (a campaign launched by the govt of India) and Cashless Economy, conveyance must adapt the technology advancement. Even though the general public transport buses are providing fairly satisfactory services, there's a requirement for smart and reliable system. The major problems experienced by the passengers are undue waiting time at bus stops, non-refund of balance, negligence to supply seat to other passengers, etc. Thus, to provide an agile and smooth ticketing experience, we have proposed the smart application that will automatically shows the seat to passenger and mode of payment will be cashless there by promoting digitalization and smart cities initiatives. The user can check the availability of seats. Keyword: Cashless Economy, Public transport, RFID and IOTI.

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Public transport in a big Polish city (as exemplified by Łódź) in the opinion of older persons

Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG ◽

10.4467/2543859xpkg.20.017.12785 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 15-28

Author(s):

Marta Borowska-Stefańska ◽

Michał Kowalski ◽

Martyna Maczuga ◽

Bartosz Szustowski ◽

Szymon Wiśniewski

Keyword(s):

Waiting Time ◽

Public Transport ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Older Persons ◽

Large City ◽

The Elderly ◽

Transport Policy

The aim of the conducted research was to assess how the elderly viewed the functioning of public transport, with Łódź, a large city in Poland, as the example. The data presented in the article originates from research of 400 inhabitants aged 60+ was conducted in the district of Bałuty in Łódź at the turn of November and December 2018. On the basis of the questionnaire survey (which contained questions concerning the use of local public transport by the over 60s for daily journeys and was accomplished by CAPI and MOBI methods) it was found that the over 60s have quite a high opinion of the offer of the municipal transport company MPK (they hardly ever use services of other carriers). As for the means of public transport, the tram is rated slightly higher compared to the bus. The results of the research enable the proposal of general recommendations for the transport policy in Łódź. This policy should be focused to a larger degree on: shortening the waiting time and, consequently, increasing the frequency of connections and punctuality, while continuing to provide high travel comfort, increasing the level of accessibility to stops and enhancing the clarity of information with regard to fare prices and exemptions.

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