Issue Date
10-2024
Abstract
Developing a reliable transportation system is crucial for a university to achieve a world-class status. The current public transit system consisting of public utility jeepneys has challenges related to comfortability, accessibility, and traffic control leading to poor service time and quality. The study aimed to address these issues by proposing a transportation system that: (1) enhances passenger comfort through the use of smart buses, (2) increases accessibility by establishing new routes, and (3) improves traffic control through a scheduling scheme. Surveys were deployed to collect origin-destination data of the passengers and identify the common loading-unloading zones. Data were consolidated and processed using spreadsheets. There were 61 unique demand points, which were eventually grouped into 35 bus stops, based on the maximum tolerance in the distance that the passengers are willing to walk from a building to the nearest stop. Initially, route configurations were determined then a bus scheduling scheme was provided for the chosen alternative. Three distinct techniques were used to develop alternative route configurations. The first configuration was determined using a spaghetti diagram in chasing passenger demand. The second was using centroid as a depot and sweep algorithm. The third one was a multi-depot ‘route first-cluster second’ heuristic. Using the overall service time as the key performance indicator, the first route configuration was selected. Its paths traverse the upper, middle, and lower part of the campus, making all the previously untouched regions in the campus accessible. A bus scheduling scheme is also determined per route so that the deployment of vehicles is consistent improving traffic control. As evident by literature, smart buses are the mode of transportation to use the routes and schedule as they provide comfort both in the physical and psychological sense. Future studies can focus on exploring other methodologies to establish route configurations and a simulation study to incorporate the stochasticity of passenger demand and service times. Qualitative studies to investigate insights from jeepney drivers and cost-benefit analysis can also be looked into.
Source or Periodical Title
UP Los Baños Journal
Volume
22
Issue
1
Page
21-45
Document Type
Article
College
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)
Recommended Citation
de Leon, Gabriel John L.; Revilla, Josefa Angelie D.; Ani, Angelo C.; and Baldoz, Mark Anthony M., "Developing a smart bus transportation system to improve passenger comfortability, campus accessibility, and traffic control" (2024). Journal Article. 6103.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/6103