Projects
Journey Progress Analysis of the Line M29 in Berlin (Germany)
Scope of Business: Transport Engineering
Focus: Traffic Organisation
Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG)
Project Term: 2006
Project Location: Berlin
Project Description
With this exemplary project a process to measure the success of acceleration measures on an inner-city metro bus line was to be developed. The line M29 passing through 68 junctions which are regulated with light-signal systems (LSS) was chosen as the pilot route.
The analysis of the traffic situation consisted of several steps. In addition to a GPS based journey progress analysis, the LSS regulation on route of the bus line M29 and the given circumstances at the junctions were also covered. The junctions, of which there were over 60, were classified on the basis of significant features (methodology of characteristic data model).
Testimonies based on simulated test runs in the not accelerated state and comparative analysis of the before-state and the actual situation could be obtained, these measures what traffic conditions could have been like if the acceleration measures on line M29 had not taken place.
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Development of the project approach and further development of the project idea with staff of the Berlin transport company (BVG)
- Conducting journey progress analysis in the accelerated and not accelerated states (a combination of GPS-based automatic vehicle location and manual event recording)
- Analysis of the 68 junctions along the route of the line M29 and the analysis of their LSS regulation
- Measurement of the success of the acceleration measures
- Deductions from the findings of the pilot investigation
