Towards spatiotemporal integration of bus transit with data-driven approaches

This study aims to propose an approach for spatiotemporal integration of bus transit, which enables users to change bus lines by paying a single fare. This could increase bus transit efficiency and, consequently, help to make this mode of transportation more attractive. Usually, this strategy is all...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Borges, Júlio C., Peixoto, Altieris M., Silva, Thiago H., Munaretto, Anelise, Lüders, Ricardo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC)
Repositório:Journal of internet services and applications (Internet)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:journals-sol.sbc.org.br:article/3812
Acesso em linha:https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jisa/article/view/3812
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:bus transit network
spatiotemporal integration
data-driven model
urban computing
smart city
Descrição
Resumo:This study aims to propose an approach for spatiotemporal integration of bus transit, which enables users to change bus lines by paying a single fare. This could increase bus transit efficiency and, consequently, help to make this mode of transportation more attractive. Usually, this strategy is allowed for a few hours in a non-restricted area; thus, certain walking distance areas behave like "virtual terminals". For that, two data-driven algorithms are proposed in this work. First, a new algorithm for detecting itineraries based on bus GPS data and the bus stop location. The proposed algorithm's results show that 90% of the database detected valid itineraries by excluding invalid markings and adding times at missing bus stops through temporal interpolation. Second, this study proposes a bus stop clustering algorithm to define suitable areas for these virtual terminals where it would be possible to make bus transfers outside the physical terminals. Using real-world origin-destination trips, the bus network, including clusters, can reduce traveled distances by up to 50%, at the expense of making twice as many connections on average.