Intelligent Bus Scheduling System with Real-Time Optimization and Monitoring

As an important component of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Advanced Public Transportation System (APTS) plays an irreplaceable role in improving operational efficiency and service quality. A crucial issue of the development of APTS is the design and implementation of Intelligent Scheduling sub-system. This paper presents an Intelligent Scheduling system that is able to optimize the operation for both planning and real-time control purposes. In this paper, the overall structure of the system is introduced first, followed by the descriptions of main system modules in detail. A case study is presented at last based on actual route, fleet and passenger information obtained from the Jinan Public Transportation Group, China, to demonstrate the operations of the developed system in both the planning phase and real-time operation mode.