Bus rapid transit (BRT) parallel system based on ACP approach

• Published in: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation pp. 2485 - 2490
• Main Authors: Dong, X.-S, Gang Xiong, Dong Fan, Zhu, F.-H, Li Xie
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: IEEE 01-07-2012
• Subjects: ACP approach; Automation; Bus Rapid Transit (BRT); dynamically sensing; Global Positioning System; Intelligent control; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; operation management; parallel system; Real-time systems; scheduling optimization; Transportation
• ISBN: 9781467313971; 1467313971
• DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2012.6358291

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is an effective way to improve urban traffic status. But, because of its complexity, it is difficult in its operation management and scheduling. In this article, based on ACP approach, Parallel BRT System is constructed, which can detect real-time passenger flow at stations, traffic flow at stations and intersections and queuing length of vehicles on the road; to provide short-term passenger and traffic saturation prediction in order to timely arrange transportation management and relieve congestion; to assess, improve and optimize the emergency management of holidays, events, accidents and other emergencies; to improve the quality of real-time scheduling functions based on the measurement results detected from videos, and so on. This system has been applied in Guangzhou Zhongshan Avenue BRT, which was applied for BRT's monitoring, warning, forecasting, emergency management, real-time scheduling and other needs, to guarantee BRT's smooth, safety, efficiency and reliability.