The Use of Geographic Data at Winnipeg Transit

The Use of Geographic Data
at Winnipeg Transit
Björn Rådström
Transit Planner
Mascilline Hama
Transit Planning Assistant
Winnipeg Transit
• Services
• 82 fixed routes
• 3 downtown shuttle
routes
• 4 dial-a-ride services
• Handi-Transit (parallel
service for persons with
disabilities)
• Service Provided By
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545 bus fleet
480 peak vehicles
2 operating centres
1,200 employees
• Annual Statistics
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1.4 million bus hours
27.4 million bus-kms
45 million revenue-pgrs
63 million boardings
60% revenue/cost ratio
$1.42 average fare
• Transit Priority
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50 kms of reserved lanes
Graham Transit Mall
Transit signal priority
10 transit centres
Bus Rapid Transit
(under construction)
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Transit Improvement Program
Includes
Service Element
Buses
Low Emission Engines
Air Conditioning, Modern Styling
Standard, Articulated Buses
iBUS
Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS)
Upgraded Stops/Stations
Transit Priority
Park and Ride
Real-Time Passenger Information:
winnipegtransit.com, Navigo, TeleBUS, BUSwatch,
BUStxt, BUSguide, BUSgadget, Twitter
On-Board Security Camera/Audio System
New Fare Collection System
New Shelters (heated at busy stops/stations)
Posted Route and Schedule Information
Landscaping, Signage, Benches
On-Street Transit Priority Measures
Rapid Transit
New Park & Ride Facilities at existing and new
parking lots
ITS Overview
ITS: iBUS
Installed on Complete Fleet
• GPS-based Automated
Vehicle Location (AVL)
tracking
• Automated on-board realtime schedule adherence
(SA) tracking and reporting
• Automated on-board Next
Stop Announcement and
Display (NSA)
• External route destination
announcements when bus
stops and front doors open
(ERDA)
• Bus-to-Bus text notification
for transferring passengers
• Inspector-to-bus voice radio
communication
• Text messaging between
Control Centre and buses
• Interactive map-based
Control Centre system
• On-Board Security Cameras
• Automatic Passenger
Counting (APC) System
• 183 buses
• 33% of fleet
iBUS: Driver Interface Unit
iBUS: “Next Stop” Feature
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Next Stop:
• Name displayed on overhead
Vacuum Florescent Display (VFD)
• Announced on bus PA system
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Text-to-speech software used to
record stop names in WAV files;
transferred to bus at beginning of
each seasonal schedule period
Next stop displayed/announced
when bus departs the current stop’s
detection zone.
For lengthy inter-stop distances, a
second announcement is made
prior to arrival at next stop
Current time also displayed
icon displayed for “stop
requested”
iBUS: Control Centre
• Real time service monitoring:
• Schedule exceptions reported automatically from buses
• Passenger information databases updated automatically
• Controllers have tools to visualize service in real-time and
to make service adjustments as necessary
• Incident management
• Voice and data communication with bus operators
ITS: Fare Collection
• New system-wide fare collection system
• Automatic validating farebox for cash fares
• Reloadable contactless smart card:
• Passes
• Tickets
• Electronic Purse
• Reloadable by telephone, online, and at Transit sales outlets
• Full implementation by end of 2012
ITS: Real Time Pgr Info
twitter.com/winnipegtransit
twitter.com/transitalerts
ITS: Communication Network
Route Data
Data: GIS Map
• Maintained in
MapInfo
• Updated yearly
• UTM NAD 83
projection
• Initial development
• City’s base map
corrected using air
photos
• Transit features
added
• MapInfo map input
to HASTUS-Geo
• MapInfo Map Navigo
Input
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Data: HASTUS-Geo
• Street Center Line map
(includes transit features)
• Maintained in MapInfo
• Converted to HASTUS
format
• Geo Module used to
manage all spatial
network data
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Bus stops
Timing points
Route geometry
Inter-stop distances
• Use of Geo provides
integration with
schedules data
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Managing Stops and Timing Points
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Managing Route Geometry
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Schedules: HASTUS-Vehicle
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Itinerary File
Examples of Other Data
• Booking Dates
• Next Stop Announcements (NSA)
• Specific Announcements for Each Stop
• External Route Destination Announcements (ERDA)
• Specific Announcements for Each Pattern and Stop
• Destination formats for:
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winnipegtransit.com
BUSguide (m.winnipegtransit.com)
TeleBUS
BUStxt
BUSwatch
BUSgadget
• WAV Files for all enunciation systems
Example ERDA Data
Passenger Data
Passenger Data: APC
• Automatic Passenger Counting System (APC)
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Actual data derived from utilisation of service
33% of the fleet equipped with counter (183 buses)
All routes sampled
Boardings/Alightings by Stop
Loads Between Stops
Arrival/Departure/Dwell Times at Stops and Timing Points
Actual Running Times Between Timing Points
Service Delays
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Passenger Data: TSAS
Transit Service Analysis System
GI S
TSAS Database
Geography
Schedule
Service Costs
Transit Cost M odel
NETData
M M I S Contact
On-TRAC
AP C
Fleet
Dispatch
Network,
Schedule,
Cost Files
(SAS)
Bus Run
Assignment
Files (SAS)
Operations
Utilization
APC Files
(DB2)
For m ore inform ation . . .
www.winnipegtransit.com
m.winnipegtransit.com
Thank you!
Björn Rådström
Transit Planner
[email protected]
Mascilline Hama
Transit Planning Assistant
[email protected]