The Creation of a Prototype Dashboard Indicating COMET Bus Transit Ride Reliability Using General Transit Feed Specification Data

Jolina DengFollow

School Name

Spring Valley High School

Grade Level

10th Grade

Presentation Topic

Engineering

Presentation Type

Non-Mentored

Abstract

In response to the escalating impact of climate change, there is a growing imperative for the widespread adoption of alternative transportation methods throughout the United States. However, challenges within public transport, particularly reliability issues involving delays and service disruptions, pose significant hurdles to an optimal commuting experience. This paper focused on enhancing the reliability of bus transit services, specifically within the context of the COMET (Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority) system. The current application that the COMET utilizes, Transit, restricts readily accessible transit line information by implementing a paywall for lines outside the user's area. Thus, this project aimed to develop a dashboard with information regarding the transit system’s predicted arrival times, stop times, average travel time, and so on. The study employed publicly available General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data, encompassing real-time (rt-GTFS), obtained from the COMET Trillium Transit database. By utilizing a Kalman filter, various analyses are conducted on the aforementioned data to interpolate bus positions based on periodic measurements, average travel time calculations, etc.

Location

RITA 103

Start Date

3-23-2024 10:45 AM

Presentation Format

Oral and Written

Group Project

No

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Mar 23rd, 10:45 AM

The Creation of a Prototype Dashboard Indicating COMET Bus Transit Ride Reliability Using General Transit Feed Specification Data

RITA 103

In response to the escalating impact of climate change, there is a growing imperative for the widespread adoption of alternative transportation methods throughout the United States. However, challenges within public transport, particularly reliability issues involving delays and service disruptions, pose significant hurdles to an optimal commuting experience. This paper focused on enhancing the reliability of bus transit services, specifically within the context of the COMET (Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority) system. The current application that the COMET utilizes, Transit, restricts readily accessible transit line information by implementing a paywall for lines outside the user's area. Thus, this project aimed to develop a dashboard with information regarding the transit system’s predicted arrival times, stop times, average travel time, and so on. The study employed publicly available General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data, encompassing real-time (rt-GTFS), obtained from the COMET Trillium Transit database. By utilizing a Kalman filter, various analyses are conducted on the aforementioned data to interpolate bus positions based on periodic measurements, average travel time calculations, etc.