This study aims to evaluate the current bus stop shelter model used in Florianópolis, Brazil, through a functional analysis--focused in the relationship between the shelter, the users and their activities--and also to analyse users' perceptions. The methodology consisted of exploratory visits, anthropometric analysis, observation and interviews. The exploratory visit intended to survey the phys...

In this paper we present a case study of context aware, on-site information retrieval using a computervision-based interaction on mobile phones with the goal of facilitating information access for urban commuters that use public transport. Our focus is on intuitive touchless interaction using contextual recognition of existing visual objects, such as signs and information plates. Object detecti...

This paper deals with the optimal location and parameters of TCSC and SVC in electrical power systems, using Particle Swarm Optimization technique (PSO). The objective is to maximize the transmission system loadability subjected to the transmission line capacity limits and specified bus voltage levels. Using the proposed method, the location of SVC and TCSC and their parameters are optimized si...

Bus bunching is a common phenomenon caused by irregular bus headway, which increases the passenger waiting time, makes capacity uneven, and severely reduces reliability of service. This paper clarified process formation, analyzed variation characteristics in single day, different types periods, at stops, then concluded twelve potential factors. A hybrid model integrating genetic algorithm with ...

This study focuses on bus stop crime and seeks to identify the environmental attributes that can affect the bus rider's security while at the bus stop. Using crime data for the years 1994 and 1995 made available by the transit division of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the study discusses some general characteristics of bus stop crime. Following the argument of criminolo...

Data mining concepts are used frequently throughout the transportation research sector. This article examines the concept of the market basket technique as a means of gaining more insight into public transport users’ demands. The article proposes a method that uses various data attributes of passenger records to infer the same customer in a different week (i.e., attempts to track the same custo...

Free-fare public transport policies potentially increase walking to stops, but may replace other active travel modes with unknown effects on total travel. We compared behaviour of children living in a Finnish city free-fare reference city. Children were recruited from primary school grades 4–6 21 participating schools, located 11 neighborhood pairs Mikkeli (free-fare bus) and Kouvola (no bus). ...

Distributed Generation (DG) is a promising solution to many power system problems such as voltage regulation, power loss, etc. The location in the power system for DG placement is found to be very important. The additional DG placement strategy is also found to depend largely on the total capacity and location of DG already installed on the system. In this paper, a design strategy based on a pr...

This paper presents a novel method of identifying the suitable location for Installation of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC), with static point of view, for reducing the severity of a load bus. Bus ranking Index which incorporates the combined effect of line outage contingency and bus load reaching to its voltage stability margin (VSM) is used for deriving the sensitivity factors. These sen...