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South West Dorset RTPI - Olympic Legacy
1. South West Dorset RTPI
– An Olympic Legacy
Charles Carter
RTPI Project Manager
Dorset County Council
2. South West Dorset RTPI – An Olympic Legacy
Charles Carter – RTPI Project Manager
Dorset County Council
3. Charles Carter – Me!
• BSc in Physics from Imperial College London
• Traffic Modeller – Weymouth relief rd
• Implemented £5million South West Dorset RTPI
system
• Olympics - Lead congestion trigger point
modelling in Dorset team (ATKINS, ODA)
• Analyst – Multi agency Dorset Traffic Control
Centre for the Olympic sailing events in 2012
4. Context
• Weymouth Showcase ITS programme
• Meet transport challenges due to 2012 Olympics
• Legacy for Dorset and UK
6. System Overview - Buses
• VIX GPRS system
• 60 First, 20 SWC,
8 DCC buses fitted
• On vehicle computer
solution
• 2 Line LED
20” Colour TFT displays
• Next stop, points of interest, and connections audio
announcements
7. System Overview – On Street Displays
• 130 bus stop pole
mounted 6 line LED displays
• 10 larger 6 or 12
LED line displays
• 14 bus shelter flat screen TV displays – transport hub
8. System Overview – On Street Displays
6 Line LED Display – Dorchester South Rail Station
9. System Overview – Off Street Displays
• 14 flat screen TV displays in publicly accessible
buildings
• Currently show real time bus departures but
development coming
• Possible advertising
revenue stream
10. System Overview – Data
• Data now supplied direct from First bus to VIX in
TransXChange format
• Increased tracking
Almex ETM
• Other data
registration based
11. System Overview – Web and Apps
• RTPI fed into www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset
• Dorset RTPI data available to third party web and
apps through traveline API – NextBuses
• @traveldorset twitter - delays on network that affect
bus services
12. RTPI New to an Area - Issues
• Significant % general public
don’t understand displays
• Posters at bus stops, press
releases, scrolling display
message etc required
• Ensure bus companies and drivers understand what
benefits – Improved experience and traffic signal
priority
13. Bus Company Partnership Working
• Dorset Traffic Control Centre and First control centre
co-operation
• Alert each other to network issues
• If journeys are cancelled this information can be fed
to displays in real time
14. System Expansion
• 60 Damory buses –
ETM solution
• 60 South East Dorset displays
GPRS replacement
• North Dorset displays planned – Blandford and
Shaftesbury plus further Dorset expansion
15. Dorset RTPI Developments
• Onward predicted arrival times
• Improved prediction accuracy
• Live journey time integration – Bluetooth, ANPR and
SCOOT sensors
• Traffic prediction
integration
16. Traffic Prediction
• Self learning algorithms
• IBM – predicted speed and flow
an hour in advance 95% accuracy
• DCC, IBM, Cloud Amber and VIX
developing proposal for two routes
• Sensors needed on road network –
RTPI displays as all in one ITS unit
17. Dorset RTPI Developments
• Crowd source real time tracking via app
• Real time bus announcements – congestion on road
network, rail departures, bus departures
• Integrated transport – live rail departures and road
network info on displays
18. Dorset RTPI Developments
• Mobile app that gives the real time location of bus on
a map – NextBuses app development
• Traffic signal priority alerts
• Live traffic and travel content management template
19. Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template
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22. Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template
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23. Next Generation RTPI
• Real time public transport info
must be as good as car
• SAT NAVs gives real time
congestion info as you travel
• Next generation RTPI is required for modal shift
24. South West Dorset RTPI – An Olympic Legacy
Charles Carter – RTPI Project Manager
Dorset County Council
c.l.carter@dorsetcc.gov.uk
