Research Article
Mobisuite: A User-Friendly Tool to Exploit E-Ticketing Data and Support Public Transport Planning
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_11, author={Alexander Fazari and Maurizio Arnone and Cristiana Botta and Brunella Caroleo and Stefano Pensa}, title={Mobisuite: A User-Friendly Tool to Exploit E-Ticketing Data and Support Public Transport Planning}, proceedings={Intelligent Transport Systems. 5th EAI International Conference, INTSYS 2021, Virtual Event, November 24-26, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={INTSYS}, year={2022}, month={3}, keywords={Smart-card ticket Decision support systems Fare collection E-ticketing data Transit planning Public transportation Transportation demand Intelligent transportation systems}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_11} }- Alexander Fazari
Maurizio Arnone
Cristiana Botta
Brunella Caroleo
Stefano Pensa
Year: 2022
Mobisuite: A User-Friendly Tool to Exploit E-Ticketing Data and Support Public Transport Planning
INTSYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_11
Abstract
Smart cards for public transportation have become a significant source of information for analyzing mobility trends and assisting public authorities and transportation organizations in making decisions. This article describes a visualization tool developed by LINKS Foundation that exhibits spatial and temporal characteristics, with the goal of demonstrating the potential of analysing and visualising smart card validation and transit data towards better decision making. The Piedmont region’s transit data was used as a case study. The developed public transport visualization tool (called Mobisuite) represents the transit system supply, the mobility demand, and the ticketing system through three primary visualization modules. The tool employs a virtual check out algorithm, which estimates the users’ travel diary and aids in the calculation of various transit indicators, e.g. passenger kilometers, maximum load, number of on-boarding passengers, average load. Mobisuite can be a helpful tool for displaying the public transport system for the whole transport network at a glance, and it can be used to simplify communication between transit operators and public agencies regarding the public transport planning, operation and fares.
