This paper concerns the problem of decision making on the selection of public transportation modes. The problem is formulated through sustainability indicators and the objective framework is based upon AHP-TOPSIS. In this research, the city of Isfahan (Iran) is our case study. The definition of different points of view was developed through interviews to stakeholders, experts in transportation ...

an intelligent BRT system is necessary when communities looking for new ways to use high capacity rapid transit at a reduced cost.This paper will describe the intelligent control system that works with Datacenter. With the help of GPS system, the data center can monitor the situation of each bus and bus station. Through RFID technology, bus station and traffic light can transfer data with bus a...

With the rapid adoption of mobile devices and location based services (LBS), applications provide with nearby information like recommending sightseeing resort are becoming more and more popular. In the mean time, traffic congestion in cities led to the development of mobile public transportation systems. In such applications, mobile devices need to communicate with servers via wireless communic...

There are many decisions to make when trying to find the quickest way from one stop to another in bus system: the intermediate stop to go to next, the bus to board in order to go to this next stop, the bus to take at the next stop, and so on. In a transportation network where all buses run on time, the optimal decisions could be easily calculated by using a modified form of a standard shortest-...

This work presents, for the first time in literature, a low-cost framework to mine data obtained from passengers smart cards, buses GPS and bus stops geolocation using Lambda Architecture approach. Operators, companies, government and passengers will use this knowledge for improving usability, comfort, and quality of transportation service. This analysis gives greater insight into the volume an...

Concerned with fuel consumption and emissions, especially public transportation in urban areas, the ELFA electric drive system has been developed for hybrid bus applications. This modular system provides bus manufactures a cost effective solution with a maximum degree of design flexibility. The system is adaptable to buses with a wide variety of energy storage devices, power sources, and hybrid...