Bus lines

Virtual Variable Message Panels
for Public Transport stops in Perugia
within a smartphone app
Leonardo Naldini, Stefania Papa
Florence, May 8 2014
Comune di Perugia – U.O. mobilità e infrastrutture
ing. Leonardo Naldini, arch. Stefania Papa
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City accessibility: parking system & escalators
The Minimetro
The Urban Mobility Plan and the Public Transport Network
Intermodality
Virtual Variable Message Panels for Public Transport stops in Perugia
within a smartphone app
Comune di Perugia – U.O. mobilità e infrastrutture
ing. Leonardo Naldini, arch. Stefania Papa
Perugia in a nutshell
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168.000 inhabitants
 Height above sea level:
450 m (up to 493 m)
 Municipality territory extent:
449.9 Km2
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Modal shift:
o cars 71,9%
o PT 13,8%
o walking 10,0%
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Cars/1000 inhab.: 687,3
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City accessibility: parking system & escalators
In figures:
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6 parking aeras
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More than
2.300 spaces
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5 escalators
system
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3 elevators
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10 million
people/year
VIA SANT’ANTONIO
220 POSTI AUTO
MERCATO COPERTO
240 POSTI AUTO
VIALE PELLINI / CUPA
770 POSTI AUTO
BRIGLIE DI BRACCIO
230 POSTI AUTO
PIAZZA PARTIGIANI
510 POSTI AUTO
PIAZZALE EUROPA
410 POSTI AUTO
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The Minimetro
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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7 stations
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25 shuttles / 50 persons each
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Lenght 3.015 m
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Difference in altitude of 161 m
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Max. speed 7 m/s (25 km/h)
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10 minutes from terminal to terminal
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Max. capacity 3.000 pass/h/direction
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Total cost 98 millions
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2012: 7250 users per day
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2.544.366 users per year
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The Urban Mobility Plan and the Public Transport Network 1/2
In figures:
National railway
Fontivegge
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5 escalators
system
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3 elevators
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17 bus lines
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1 national
railway
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1 regional
railway
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7 MM stations
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18 railway
stations
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1269 bus stops
Minimetro
Regional railway
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The Urban Mobility Plan and the Public Transport Network 2/2
San Marco
Intermodal node
Flexible PT system (on demand)
San Marco
Intermodal node
MM
Partigiani
Intermodal node
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Intermodality
Cupa
Case Bruciate
Fontivegge
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ITS for public transport
• AVM System - Automatic Vehicle Monitoring
• The system allows data exchange between the on board computer and the central site
• Bus sensors communicate with the central site through OBU for PT service monitoring
• The central site transmits data to VMSs at bus stops providing real time information.
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Further steps
After infrastructuration process:
• Dematerialization of travel data
• Availability of information at every stop
• Travel planner
– for every day use (actual patronage)
– for tourists
Development
of a new app
"BusMobile"
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The main menu - Surroundings
• At first, the user sees his
position (3 ranges available)
• Then 5 choices:
surroundings
bus lines
routes
search
point of interest
• Surroundings
– bus stops nearby
– point of interest nearby
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The main menu - Surroundings
Tapping on a bus stop you get
the bus stop code.
Tapping on the code you have
real time info about that bus
stop.
Tapping on one of the lines you
can see the real time status
(red, green, grey) of all the
stops of that line.
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The main menu - Surroundings
• In this section, it is possible to
tap on "show the route" and
see your position and the whole
route with all bus stops.
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The main menu – Bus lines
• At first, the user sees his
position (3 ranges available)
• Then 5 choices:
surroundings
bus lines
routes
search
point of interest
• Bus lines
– shows all lines working
– you can tap on a line
and access all functions
seen so far.
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The main menu - Routes
• At first, the user sees his
position (3 ranges available)
• Then 5 choices:
surroundings
bus lines
routes
search
point of interest
• Routes
– It is possible to plan a
journey "from" - "to" and
access all available routes.
– you can also tap on
"gps" to set your "from" or
"to" according to your
actual position.
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Options on mobile menu key
• General info about the app
• Favourite bus stops
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Thank you!
COMUNE DI PERUGIA – U.O. mobilità e infrastrutture
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