analysis of planned journeys

Analysis of Planned Journeys

By Richard Thurbinrichard.thurbin@cloudamber.com

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ArgonautAVL

Vehicle Centric

AVL Stop

Centric

SCOOT

PGS VMS

TIH

Street works

Rising Bollards

Neighbouring CDB

Accidents

PollutionCCTV

DetectorDiversion

Events

ANPR

Critical Issues

WeatherRail Info

Queues

Visibility

Journey Times Engine

Reports

Traffic Data SetObject Current Live Items Records Per Day Archived Records

Accident 1 - 290

Car Park 173 899 1,005,557

CCTV 358 3,935 -

Detector 1,395 599,545 110,194,717

Event 106 - 577

Incident 8 - 13,182

Streetwork 399 - 8,144

Journey Time Link 798 57,484 26,232,499

Journey Time Corridor 317 88,217 10,814,350

Electronic Traffic Sign 1,112 9,446 144,202,932

Analysis

• Logs taken from Thursday 31st May from Nexus region

• 3334 Next Buses requests• 705 Journeys Planned• Data processed, analysed and presented• Questions asked:

– Where are Next Buses enquiries?– What is the enquiry horizon?– Where are the journeys are people asking

about?

Next Buses Districts

Newcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideGatesheadSunderlandSouth Tyneside

Next Buses Localities

Newcastle upon TyneGatesheadSunderlandDurhamAshingtonBishop AucklandHeworthNewton AycliffeGosforthPeterleeChester-le-StreetFerryhillShiremoorWiltonNorth ShieldsLongbentonSouth ShieldsMiddlesbroughShotton CollieryBentonBillinghamThornabySimonsideSouth GosforthWallsendOther

Stop Areas

Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Monument (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Central Station (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Shiremoor (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Haymarket (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Longbenton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)ICI Headquarters South Gosforth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Simonside (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Newcastle International Ferry TerminalRegent Centre (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Wallsend (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Jesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Tynemouth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear Metro Sta-tion)

Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)

St Peters (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) South Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Billingham Stores Whitley Bay (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Douglas House West Monkseaton (Tyne and Wear Metro Sta-

tion)East Boldon (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Benton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)Kingston Park (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Monkseaton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)

+ many others

Time Spread

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 230

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Hour of dayCount

Mapping

• Snapshot from early May

• Green circle– Start

• Yellow line– As the crow flies

• Red diamond– Destination

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Unfiltered

12am to 6am

12am to 6am

6am to 9am

6am to 9am

9am to 12pm

9am to 12pm

12pm to 2pm

12pm to 2pm

12pm to 2pm

2pm to 5pm

2pm to 5pm

5pm to 7pm

5pm to 7pm

7pm to 12am

7pm to 12am

Time Spread

Hour of dayCount0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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Next Buses & Journey Planning Comparison

Hour of dayCount0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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Red – Next BusesBlue – Journey Planning

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 240

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Journey Plan Horizon

Hours AheadCount

13 Enquiries > 24hr

Journey Plan Horizon (1hr)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 31 32 33 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 590

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Further Questions

• Fulfilment?• Planned disruptions? • Actual disruptions?• Quality of service? • Journey time comparison between

modes?• How do enquiries relate to population

density?

Further Questions

• Creating the potential for a passenger centric outcome:• Deep integration with live actual traffic

conditions?• Potential for dynamic journey re-

assessment based on condition changes?• Customer engagement – alerts and

feedback?• Operator feedback?

What is the point of Traveline?

without live information…

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