A smartphone based DSS platform for assessing transit service attributes
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2016
Subject Area
mode - bus, technology - geographic information systems, operations - performance
Keywords
Public transportation, Transit service performances, Decision support system, Smartphone, GIS
Abstract
This paper presents a methodology for determining public transportation quality attributes, based on a decision support system (DSS). The platform, once set up, combines the capability of geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze spatial attributes and the smartphone mobile technology, which is a “smart” solution to collect dynamically bus locations and their cinematic variables. The DSS has been applied to a real case study in order to test its reliability. The results highlight a good flexibility of the platform combined with a good level of scalability and interoperability of the system that can be applied in any context. Moreover, the high penetration rate of smartphones among users and the system capability of disaggregating data in both space and time, makes the DSS useful to identify operational problems and take appropriate actions with a non-intrusive approach.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SpringerLink, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Vitale, A., Guido, G. & Rogano, D. (2016). A smartphone based DSS platform for assessing transit service attributes. Public Transport, Vol. 8, pp. 315–340.
