1. Presented By:
• Dr. Kitty Hancock, Associate Professor, Dept. of CEE,VirginiaTech.
• Mesbah Islam, Graduate Student, Dept. of CEE,VirginiaTech.

2.  Different public transportation modes.
 Improving public transportation service
quality.
 Different advanced technologies to improve
public transportation service quality.
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3.  Bus and coach
 Train
 Airline
 Van pool service
 Ferry
 Para transit
 Cable car
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4.  Travel time and reliability are two major
factors of public transportation service
quality.
 The adoption of advanced technologies can
help transit agencies improve overall service
quality of public transportation systems.
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5.  Vehicle-to-vehicle communication
 GPS tracking systems to adjust transit vehicle
schedule
 Lightweight transit bus
 Transit signal priority
 Improved intermodal transportation systems
 Tracking transit parking spaces
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6.  V2V communication technology allows vehicles
communicate with each other in a given area.
 V2V communication will be able to reduce traffic
crashes and increase mobility, which public
transportation will benefit from.
 It will also be able to promote driverless vehicles.
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A typicalV2V communication
scenario

7.  Ford demonstrate thatV2V communication
usesWi-Fi and GPS to wirelessly talk to each
other to reduce traffic jam, crashes, and
increase driver mobility.
A video clip onV2V technology
developed by Ford
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8.  GPS tracking technology canTrack real-time location and speed of
buses and trains.
 The information provided by the tracking system help adjust
transit vehicle schedule continuously.
 GPS vehicle tracking allows managers to monitor the movement
of fleet vehicles such as city buses from a remote location
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9.  The GPS tracking system can make the real-
time schedule available to transit users.
A demo of GPS tracking system developed by SIGTEC
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10.  Lightweight buses are fuel efficient
and has double the efficiency of
conventional hybrid buses.
 Because a lightweight bus takes less energy to
move, it provides high fuel efficiency and lowers
operating cost of vehicles significantly.
 Bus structure is strong because buses are usually
made of Nitronic 30, a nitrogen-strengthened
stainless steel, which is stronger and stiffer than
conventional steel.
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11.  In the above video, Altair ProductDesign
explains how the company utilized a
simulation driven design approach in the
development of lightweight buses.
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12.  Transit signal priority (TSP) systems allow the
transit vehicles to progress through a signalized
intersection by advancing or extending the
green phase.
 TSP can help reduce transit travel
times, improve bus schedule adherence and
reduce vehicle-operating costs.
 TSP improves schedule adherence by enabling
vehicles to request priority when behind
schedule.
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13. A video demonstration onTSP technology by GTT
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14.  Building modern intermodal transportation hubs is a
great way to provide improved intermodal
transportation systems.
 It can increase traffic mobility by connecting
rail, airplane, and bus transit systems.
 A number of U.S. cities (e.g. City of Sacramento and
St. Paul) have built transportation hubs to efficiently
connect all modes of transportation at the hubs.
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15. A video clip on St. Paul’s transportation hub
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16.  The parking space tracking systems can
assure riders of real-time availability of
parking spaces at transit stations.
 It can increase transit ridership.
 The real-time parking space availability can
be obtained in mobile devices.
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17.  In the above video clip, Mayor Bloomberg
announces a pilot program to test out parking
space tracking technology for NY city.
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18.  GPS, GIS, software programming, remote
sensing etc. are used to automatically inspect
defects in rail tracks.
 Some systems use ground-penetrating
radar, laser, geographic information system and
GPS to automatically check rail track.
 The agencies can use visualization tools to
evaluate the collected data and act accordingly.
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19.  The above video clip demonstrates a system
developed by University of Central Florida
(UCF) to detect defects of railroad tracks by
automated visual inspection.
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