ITS Best Practices Workshop
Bus Technology Initiatives at
MTA – New York City Transit
New York City Bus Rapid Transit Program
Update for Office of Management and Budget
August 1, 2012
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Current Bus Technology System
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Future Vision
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On-Board Audio Video project (OBAV) city wide procurements
planned for 2014 -15
On-Bus Elements
Servers
Operations
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Key processes include converting
announcements from text to speech
Enhanced
GPS
IVN
Bus CIS
servers
3g Modem/
antenna
LED sign
‘LED and bus speaker based’ next stop
information
Automated Wireless Announcement System
• Canned announcements
• Mid-term planned diversions
• Real-time service alerts
Bus Speaker
OBAV
Servers
Corporate
Comm.
Road
Operations
Command
Center
New
Existing (post-BusTime)
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MTA Bus Time
Tracks the real time location of buses
using Global Positioning System
(GPS) hardware and wireless
communications technology.
•System based on Open Standards.
Open source software
•The system is open to external
developers to create their own realtime bus applications using the Bus
Time data feed.
•Single set of hardware on buses to
meet fare payment and real-time bus
tracking needs.
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Bus Time – How It Works
MTA Internal
Operator Login
information
Real-time and historical data consumers
(e.g. planning, operations)
Passenger
Cell
Phones
Passenger
Smart
Phones
Wireless Data
Networks
NFPS*
Components
CIS Server
(location and login data from Bus to CIS server)
Digital
Displays
* New Fare Payment System
Enhanced GPS
On Bus
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Passenger
PCs
Schedules,
Map, Route
Data
Back Office/Internet
App
Developers
MTA, The Market
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MTA Bus Time – Website Access – Map/Stop
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MTA Bus Time Mobile Web Access
Search By:
- Intersection
- Stop identifier
Or view the whole
route
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MTA Bus Time – Quick Response (QR) Code Access
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Web site for particular stop, eg:
http://bustime.mta.info/m?stopID=123456
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MTA Bus Time – For Those Without Smartphones
Search By Stop ID
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Search By Intersection
Real Time Bus Information has multiple offshoots
In scope
Bus Time
OBAV
Traffic Signal
Priority
Service
Management
NTD Data
Collection
Real Time Bus
AVL
Information
Incident
Incident
Management
Management
Maintenance
Alerts
Schedule
Schedule
Optimization
Optimization
Locationbased ads
Complaint
Validation
Eco-Driving
Ticketing*
* For systems with zone-based fares
Security
Locate
Buses in
Yard
Performance
Management
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Using Bustime Info
• Real Time Info on Bus Signs
• E-Ink DoT Design/build proposal:
– for ‘real-time bus stop’
– Deployment slated for Fall of
2014
• On-The-Go (OTG) kiosk display:
– Working with OTG and Bus Time
vendor for format
– Deployment slated for mid 2014
• Parkeon SBS vending machine based
pilot:
– Working with Parkeon (SBS
ticketing vendor)
– Parkeon will consume open real
time Bus Time data
Bus Signs
On-the-Go
E-Ink
Parkeon
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Real Time Transportation System Tools
Daily Performance Summary
FleetView Depot Management Tool
Bus ‘Bread Crumb Report’
Next Steps
– Operator login compliance
report
– On-time Pull Out report
– Traffic/Ramp slip management
report
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Background – Select Bus Service (SBS)
• MTA New York City Transit:
– Part of Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (New
York State)
– Operator of New York City’s
public transit system
– Over 5.3 million subway and 2.2
million bus trips per day
• New York City Department of
Transportation:
– New York City mayoral agency
– Operator of New York City’s 6,000
miles of streets, 787 free bridges,
12,000 traffic lights, and the
Staten Island Ferry
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Bus Ridership Stagnating
8.3
MILLION
2,000,000,000
8,000,000
1,800,000,000
1,655
7,000,000
million
NYC POPULATION
1,600,000,000
6,000,000
1,400,000,000
Annual subway ridership
1,200,000,000
5,000,000
1,000,000,000
4,000,000
800,000,000
668
million
3,000,000
Annual bus ridership
600,000,000
2,000,000
400,000,000
1,000,000
200,000,000
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Sources of Bus Delay
Other Delays
3%
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Features of Select Bus Service
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Bus Lanes
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Bus Lane Cameras
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Pre-Payment
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Transit Signal Priority (TSP)
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Stations: Bus Bulbs
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Branding
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SBS Corridors In Progress
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SBS Results
Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway
• New/Upgraded bus lanes
• Off-board fare collection
• Transit Signal Priority
• Simplified Service Pattern
• New Shelters
Implemented June 2008:
•46,000 daily riders
•20% reduction in travel time
•10% increase in ridership
•~$10M implementation cost
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SBS Fordham Road (Bx12) Results
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SBS Results
First and Second Avenues
First Avenue/Second Avenue:
Implemented October 2010
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New/Upgraded bus lanes
Off-board fare collection
New low-floor 3-door buses
Integration with bicycle network
Simplified Service Design
57,000 daily riders
15-18% reduction in travel time
10% increase in ridership
~$10M implementation cost
Bus bulbs, TSP, ~$10M additional
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M15 SBS Travel Time Reduction
M15 Limited vs. M15 SBS
SBS 12 minutes (15%) faster than Limited
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Upcoming SBS Projects
The Bronx – Webster Avenue
• Bx41 LTD → Bx41 SBS
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4 miles of offset bus lanes
Changes to 3rd Av Bus Services
Launched June 30, 2013
Bus bulbs in 2015
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Upcoming SBS Projects
Brooklyn – Nostrand Ave/Rogers Ave
• New bus lanes
– 10 miles of offset bus lanes
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Off-board fare collection
New low-floor articulated buses
Transit Signal Priority (2014)
Bus bulbs at 14 stations
Funded by $28M FTA New
Starts Grant
• Implementation: November 17,
2013
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Upcoming SBS Projects
Brooklyn – Nostrand Ave/Rogers Ave
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Upcoming SBS Projects
Brooklyn – Nostrand Ave/Rogers Ave
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Select Bus Service Future
• Laguardia Airport/125th Street
• Intra-boro access (Bronx to
Queens)
• Crosstown Manhattan routes
• Analysis of data to further
improve speeds along routes
• Use real time data to improve
dispatching and bunching
issues
• Integration with New Fare
Payment System (tap card)
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