System model for a continuous improvement of road mass transit

Abstract

The quality of service has a main relevance in mass transit systems, being the reliability a key factor for this quality. A system model for the continuous transport data acquisition and computing of these data to improve the quality of service of road mass transit systems is presented in this contribution. This proposal has been conceived to provide services adapted to the needs of the travellers by a continuous monitoring of the transport activity. The data obtained by buses on boarded systems have a special relevance in the proposed model, specially the data provided by the on boarded sensors, such as GPS positioning system. The system model has been applied to analyse the reliability of the operation scheduling of a road mass transit operator, and the results of this test are presented in this paper.