South West Dorset RTPI – An Olympic Legacy

Charles Carter RTPI Project Manager Dorset County Council

South West Dorset RTPI – An Olympic Legacy

Charles Carter – RTPI Project Manager

Dorset County Council

Charles Carter – Me!

• BSc in Physics from Imperial College London

• Traffic Modeller – Weymouth relief rd

• Implemented £5million South West Dorset RTPI system

• Olympics - Lead congestion trigger point modelling in Dorset team (ATKINS, ODA)

• Analyst – Multi agency Dorset Traffic Control Centre for the Olympic sailing events in 2012

Context

• Weymouth Showcase ITS programme

• Meet transport challenges due to 2012 Olympics

• Legacy for Dorset and UK

System Overview – Geographical Area

System Overview - Buses

• VIX GPRS system

• 60 First, 20 SWC,

8 DCC buses fitted

• On vehicle computer

solution

• 2 Line LED

20” Colour TFT displays

• Next stop, points of interest, and connections audio announcements

System Overview – On Street Displays

• 130 bus stop pole

mounted 6 line LED displays

• 10 larger 6 or 12

LED line displays

• 14 bus shelter flat screen TV displays – transport hub

System Overview – On Street Displays

6 Line LED Display – Dorchester South Rail Station

System Overview – Off Street Displays

• 14 flat screen TV displays in publicly accessible

buildings

• Currently show real time bus departures but

development coming

• Possible advertising

revenue stream

System Overview – Data

• Data now supplied direct from First bus to VIX in

TransXChange format

• Increased tracking

Almex ETM

• Other data

registration based

System Overview – Web and Apps

• RTPI fed into www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset

• Dorset RTPI data available to third party web and

apps through traveline API – NextBuses

• @traveldorset twitter - delays on network that affect

bus services

RTPI New to an Area - Issues

• Significant % general public

don’t understand displays

• Posters at bus stops, press

releases, scrolling display

message etc required

• Ensure bus companies and drivers understand what

benefits – Improved experience and traffic signal

priority

Bus Company Partnership Working

• Dorset Traffic Control Centre and First control centre

co-operation

• Alert each other to network issues

• If journeys are cancelled this information can be fed

to displays in real time

System Expansion

• 60 Damory buses –

ETM solution

• 60 South East Dorset displays

GPRS replacement

• North Dorset displays planned – Blandford and

Shaftesbury plus further Dorset expansion

Dorset RTPI Developments

• Onward predicted arrival times

• Improved prediction accuracy

• Live journey time integration – Bluetooth, ANPR and

SCOOT sensors

• Traffic prediction

integration

Traffic Prediction

• Self learning algorithms

• IBM – predicted speed and flow

an hour in advance 95% accuracy

• DCC, IBM, Cloud Amber and VIX

developing proposal for two routes

• Sensors needed on road network –

RTPI displays as all in one ITS unit

Dorset RTPI Developments

• Crowd source real time tracking via app

• Real time bus announcements – congestion on road

network, rail departures, bus departures

• Integrated transport – live rail departures and road

network info on displays

Dorset RTPI Developments

• Mobile app that gives the real time location of bus on

a map – NextBuses app development

• Traffic signal priority alerts

• Live traffic and travel content management template

Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template

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Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template

Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template

Dorset Live Travel and Traffic Template

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Next Generation RTPI

• Real time public transport info

must be as good as car

• SAT NAVs gives real time

congestion info as you travel

• Next generation RTPI is required for modal shift

South West Dorset RTPI – An Olympic Legacy

Charles Carter – RTPI Project Manager

Dorset County Council

c.l.carter@dorsetcc.gov.uk