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Eight innovative public transportation ideas to transform the transport industry

The public transportation system can get overwhelming, inefficient, and expensiveu2014particularly during rush hour when the roads...

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Eight innovative public transportation ideas to transform the transport industry

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  1. Eightinnovativepublictransportation ideastotransformthetransport industry Inmostlargecities,thepublictransportationsystemcanget overwhelming,inefficient,andexpensive—particularlyduringrush hourwhentheroadsareattheirbusiestandthesubwaysarepacked withcommuters.Thegoodnewsisthatsomeinnovativepublictransportsolutionsareavailabletohelpeasecongestionandmakelife easierfortravellersandcommutersalike.Herearethenineinnovative publictransportideascurrentlyinplacearoundtheworld today. Autonomousvehicles Aretherecarsandtrucksthatcandrivethemselvesdownour highwaysandcitystreetswithoutanyhumaninput?Theideamight seemlikesciencefiction,butit’salsocloserthanyouthink.Many companiesareworkinghardonautonomousvehiclesforcars,buses, trains,trucks,andmore.GoogleInc.(GOOG)hasbeentesting driverlesscarsinAustinsincethesummerof2014,whileauto-parts supplierDelphiAutomotivePlc(DLPH)justputanewself-driving minivanonpublicroadsinDetroitlastyear.Manytransportation expertsbelievethatfleetsof autonomousvehicles—combinedwith publictransit—willbecrucialinsolvingsomeof today’smost complexchallengesaroundurbanisation,environmentaldegradation, andsocialinjustice.Thiswillbethebestinnovationinpublic transportationthatcanchangethetransportationindustry. Automatedparkingsystems Peoplespendhoursintheircarseveryday,andmostofthattime, they’redrivingsomewhere.Whatiftheycouldstoretheircarsata centrallocation—perhapsatworkorashoppingcentre—andthenget pickedup byanautomatedcarservicewhenneeded?Thinkofit as automaticvaletparkingforyourentirelife.It’sdefinitelynotanew

  2. idea,butitcouldmakelifemucheasierforpeoplewhoneedtodrive, parkandtransportthemselves.Ofcourse,therearemanyobstacles, includingcostandtechnologychallenges.Butwithadvancesin machinelearningandartificialintelligence,there’sreasontobelieve self-drivingcarswillonedaybecommonplace. Integratedtickets Smartticketingsystemsarestartingto makewavesin citiesacross EuropeandAsia.InSouthKorea,forexample,anationalcardschemehasbeeninplacesince2004.Stored-valuecards—suchas Seoul’sTmoney,Paris’Navigo,andSingapore’sEz-Link—canbe usedonalmostanypublictransportnetworkintheirrespectivecity, includingsubways,buses,andtaxis.SinceLondonintroducedits OysterCardsystemin2003(smartcardsalsoexistforMelbourneand HongKong),morethan10millionpeoplehavetravelledonitsTube withanOysterorcontactlesspaymentcard.Thisinnovativepublic transportationideasavesthetimeandeffortofbothserviceprovidersandcustomers. MobileTicketing Oneofthe publictransportinnovationsthatwillbecomecommon inthefutureiscalledmobileticketing.Itwill bedonebyinstallinge- farevalidatorsonvehicles.Thetransportcompanieswillusethemto activatetheticketsyoupurchasethroughyourmobileapplication. WithNear-FieldCommunication(NFC)technology,thispassenger doesnotneedto haveanyphysicalcashorticketsto buytheirticket anddoesn'tneedtodealwiththedrivertopayfortheirfare.This technologyhasalreadybecomecommoninretailandin-person commerce.Thevirusthreatsaremadethistechnologyadoption necessaryforeverybusiness. DataInsights&RouteOptimization Dataisrevolutionizingtheworldasweknowit,andithasthe potentialtochangepublictransportationaswell.Utilizingthe aggregateddatafromtechnologylikemobileticketingandfare

  3. collectioncanhelpcreateefficienciesandenhancetheaccessibilityof publictransportation AVL(AutomaticVehicleLocation)isanexcellenttoolforgetting thistypeofdataandprovidinginsightintothedriver'sperformance. TheseprogramsutiliseGPS,computer,andanalysissystemstotrack transitvehiclesandhelpoperatorsintheirduties. MultimodalAccessibility Sincepublictransportationistransformingintoamobilecapable operation.Thereneedstobeauserinterfaceandexperiencethatis streamlinedandintuitive.Itwouldbeonethingtohaveamobile applicationthatletsyoupurchaseandredeemfaresonbuses,but anotherifitlayeredinparkingtickets,e-scooters,andrail. Whentravelling,younolongerneedto purchaseaticketforthe differentpublictransitcompaniesseparately;youcanopenthemobile applicationandplanyourentirejourneyfromthere.Itisoneofthe innovativepublictransportideasthatcanprovebeneficialto everyone. Farecollectionfromaccounts Withridersinmind,transittechnologyisintheprocessofcreatinga morepersonalisedriderexperience.AtrendinthisspaceisAccount- BasedAutomaticFareCollection.Travellershavetheirtripdetails, documents,andaccountinformationinauser-friendly,customisable dashboard. Withthesepublictransportinnovations,passengerscanfindand payforpublicservicesaccessiblebyaccount-basedfarescollection. Andmanagedifferentmodesoftransportationinamoresimpleway andstorespecificroutesorjourneys.Also,theserviceprovidersdo notneedtomanagemultipleuseraccounts,paymentmethods,and receipt/billinginformation. RodTrafficasasoftware

  4. Thereisagoodchancethattheintroductionofautonomouscarswill createacentralsoftwaretomonitor.And,intheeventnecessary, controltheentiretrafficsystem.Thereareseveralreasonsforthis whichareprimarilypragmatic.ThedifferentmanufacturersofAIthat runscarshavealgorithmsthatcouldinterferewitheachother.which necessitatesthepresenceofadditionalsoftwarethatmediates collisions. Autonomoustrafficmanagementsoftwarecanensurefewertraffic jamsbyeffectivelycontrollingtrafficflowsandimprovingsafety. Theartificialintelligencebehinditwilltakecareoftherequirements ofboth humansandthevehiclescarryingthegoods.Itwillhelpto avoidaccidentstoo. 8]High-SpeedTravel Currently,varioustrainsarebeingdevelopedtoprovidespeedytrips. Hyperloopisanexampleofinnovationinpublictransportationthat haspickedupalotofmomentumandhasbeenlinkedtorouteideas worldwide. Peoplewillchangethewaytheycommutebetweencitieswiththe adventofnewmodesoftransportation.Leadingtoimpactsonreal estatepricesandincreaseddemandforsomecitiesduetofaster connectionstomorecities.

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