IBM Smarter Cities Intelligent transportations - Solution for Traffic Operations

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Gregor Loncar, IBM Smart Cities CEE

IBM Smarter CitiesIntelligent transportations - Solution for Traffic Operations

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© 2013 IBM Corporation2

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With increasing experience, best practice patterns become visible

What data is most important? What analytics provide value? Which groups to coordinate?

Enhanced:Foundation for

Reuse and Integration

Social Services

and Social Security

Safetyand Security

Integrated Urban

Infrastructure

MetropolitanTransportationand Roads

Tax and Revenue

ManagementGovernment Industry Framework

Integrates IBM and Partner solutions

Experienced: Traffic

Management

2006 2009 2010

Identified: Repeatable

Patterns


• Ability to monitor and react to incidents / bottlenecks but not anticipate and intervene to prevent or reduce their impact

• Lack of ability to identify and focus on critical incidents in real or better than real time and to inform stakeholders accordingly

• Wide diversity of “stovepiped” traffic management solutions that are often localised, proprietary and not interoperable

• Data flows and HMI/GUI and interfaces not tailored to the needs of specific types of users from senior level officials to individual drivers

• Lack of ability to integrate historical and real time data to enhance insight into into and analysis of traffic flow patterns over time

• Political pressure to reduce congestion, realize energy social and environmental impact, and generally improve commuter experience

Traffic Operations Challenges / Transit Operations Challenges


IBM Intelligent Transportation: Primary Business Value Delivered

Additional Value Delivered


Leverage Information

Anticipate Problems Coordinate Resources

• Traffic Awareness• External Data

Feeds• Real-Time Data

Collection• Traffic Data

Gateway• Traffic Information

Hub

Intelligent Transportation Primary Use Cases

• Traffic Analytics• Traffic Prediction• Real-Time

Incident and KPI Detection

• Implementing Operational Procedures

• Integrated monitoring and control

• Network-wide proactive management


Offering: Traffic Awareness

Customer Pain Points Addressed:

Lack of traffic situational awareness leading to little or no ability to manage traffic flows and incidents

Lack of system-wide visibility for traffic condition & incident information due to very localized scope of existing traffic management systems

Wide diversity of traffic data capture systems in terms of type of data produced, vendors, data format supported and legacy of technology

Standard Solution Ingredients:

Intelligent Transportation product Product configuration and customization services

Road system data upload & configuration User experience customization Adding new devices, events & drill down details

Business Functions:

Real-time display of traffic conditions graphically as service levels on a road network as well as in tabular and report views

Ability to be alerted to events/incidents on the network in real-time, graphically, in tabular view and through e-mail or instant messages

Ability to interrogate traffic related devices such as signals, signage, cameras etc. to obtain current status and feeds

Business Value Delivered:

Real-Time & System-Wide Visibility of a Traffic Network


Offering: Traffic Analytics


Lack of insight into traffic flow patterns across the network, and as a function of time, leading to inability to formulate optimization strategies

Lack of insight into incident and accident patterns making it harder to implement strategies for improving safety

Lack of correlation data that connects incidents with traffic conditions making it harder to formulate incident response strategies



User experience and report customization

Business Functions:

Analysis of historical patterns of traffic conditions and incidents Example, peak-hour volumes & congestion on the most critical links in

the network as a function of location, time and speed limit on the links Ability to study historic correlation between traffic

incidents of different types and traffic service levels to understand impact and plan for the future Example service level impact as a result of lane closures during

different times of the day, to better manage maintenance activity


Insights into Patterns of Traffic Network Historical Performance enabling the creation of performance improvement and performance fine-tuning plans


Offering: Traffic Prediction


Reactive management of congestion is no longer an acceptable solution and is producing very small returns

Influencing driving route choice of citizens must be an essential part of the solution for a road system with no scope for capacity expansion

Better citizen advisory about anticipated delays has become a (political) necessity



Prediction choice & algorithm configuration User experience and report customization

Business Functions:

Predictions of traffic conditions, up to an hour out using current and historical data of traffic as input Speed or volume predictions can be delivered

Ability to perform scheduled auto-calculation as well as deliver calculations on demand

Graphical display of predictions as traffic service levels on a road network, or providing actual data values in tabular or report views

Historical accuracy reports of predictions


Pro-Active Management of Traffic leading to reduction of citizen aggravation & negative commercial impact


Offering: Vehicle Awareness


Lack of vehicle current location, schedule deviation and passengers transported information leading to little or no ability to better manage the dispatching & flow of vehicles

Lack of timely visibility to vehicle events, incidents, exceptions and significant performance issues resulting in inability to take quick corrective action


Intelligent Transportation product Public Transit Awareness (PTA) Asset Product configuration and customization services

Transit system master data upload & configuration Data model and user experience customization Programming new events, KPIs & exceptions

Business Functions:

Real-time display of vehicle current locations graphically on a route map, as well as in tabular and report views

Ability to be alerted to events, exceptions & KPIs about vehicles, routes and schedules in real-time, graphically, in tabular view and through e-mail or instant messages

Ability to interrogate vehicles, stops and routes to obtain current status or pre-configured information Example, schedules, delays, passenger count, wait time etc.


Real-Time & System-Wide Visibility of a Transit Network bringing awareness of significant events & problem areas


Offering: Vehicle Analytics


Lack of insight into vehicle and fleet performance against schedule, against number of commuters served, and as a function of traffic routes & time, leading to inability to formulate optimization strategies

Lack of insight into patterns of exceptions and incidents making it harder to identify violators & implement policies for compliance and safety



User experience and report customization

Business Functions:

Analysis of vehicles and fleets Example, performance of individual vehicles, routes and drivers with respect

to adherence to schedule and route

Example, distribution of commuters served & wait times

Ability to analyze the patterns of exceptions Example, late arrival by stops and time-of-day

Ability to correlate vehicle and fleet performance with traffic service levels or traffic incidents

Statistics of the day Example, total completed trips, schedule variance, total commuters served,

total exceptions, etc.

IBM Vehicle Analytics Solution


Insights into Patterns of Vehicle Fleet Historical Performance enabling the strategies for improvement


Offering: Vehicle Arrival PredictionCustomer Pain Points Addressed:

Reactive management of schedule exceptions is no longer an acceptable solution and is producing significant customer dissatisfaction

Instructing drivers to catch-up on time and to change routes are options available, but are not supported by data for decision making

Better citizen advisory about anticipated vehicle delays has become a business necessity


Intelligent Transportation product Public Transit Awareness (PTA) Asset Product configuration and customization services

Prediction choice & algorithm configuration User experience and report customization

Business Functions:

Predictions of vehicle arrival up to an hour out when supported by traffic prediction information.

Ability to auto-calculate predictions for vehicles & raise exceptions automatically for deviations from schedule

Ability to display arrival predictions for vehicles & stops graphically, as well as in tabular or report views

Ability to provide accuracy reports of arrival predictions over historical periods


Pro-Active Management of Potential Schedule Exceptions and Better Informed Commuters


Asset: Public Transit AwarenessPlatform & Pre-Requisites:

Platform InfoSphere Streams

DB/2 8.0

Pre-Requisities IBM Intelligent Operations Center v1.0 or above

IBM Intelligent Transportation v1.0 or above

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) solution which will provide data in SIRI format

Sizing, Pricing & Proposal Building Requirements:

Asset pricing will be based on the same “RVU” sizing metric used by the Intelligent Transportation product

Services sizing will be driven by amount of integration & customization needed on top of standard cost for installation & configuration


Real-time situational awareness of vehicles/fleet displaying vehicle current locations graphically on a route map

Ability to be alerted to events, incidents, exceptions & KPIs of interest relating to vehicles, routes and schedules graphically

Predictions of vehicle arrival at a destination based on vehicle speed estimates

Solution Integration & Customization Requirements:

Vehicle, route, stop, schedule & map data load Customization of solution

KPIs of interest Arrival predictions of interest

Input data processing calibrations


Capability Offered• Analyzing patterns of traffic conditions, traffic flow graphs and event reports

Increases situational awareness for traffic operators

Traffic Operator gathers citywide visibility of conditions where• Map provides visual cues• Events identify incidents• Reports show trends

AreaMap

AreaMap

Events: real-time or manually added

Events: real-time or manually added

Traffic Flow Reports

Traffic Flow Reports Event

Reports

EventReports

Intelligent Transportation – Product Detail


Capability Shown• Monitor real-time state of traffic congestion along with device or event status

Traffic Operator wants to find what accidents are occurring • Map and corresponding detailed tabular view for

• Traffic congestion• Device status• Event status

• Tabular view can be sorted• Retrieve details by visually selecting point on map

TrafficCongestion Status

TrafficCongestion Status

Tabular View of Traffic, Devices or Events

Tabular View of Traffic, Devices or Events

Click to view details for selected item

Click to view details for selected item

Device/EventMap View[Zoomed In]

Device/EventMap View[Zoomed In]

Device/EventMap View[Zoomed Out]

Device/EventMap View[Zoomed Out]

Offer Centralized monitoring capability to traffic operators



Help traffic planners analyze traffic performance, and identify improvements

Capability Offered•Leverage historical data to help make informed decisions for future operations, maintenance road work, as well as planned and un-planned events managementTraffic Planner analyzes ways to improve traffic flow by analyzing historical data for trends that • Map traffic data over time periods

that have meaning• Correlate traffic data with events

Traffic Flow Reports Traffic Flow Reports

Traffic events for historical trends

Traffic flow at various granularities of time

Traffic events for historical trends

Traffic flow at various granularities of time

View traffic congestion for historic date and time

View traffic congestion for historic date and time



Intelligent Transportation Base Functionality

Intelligent Transportation

Click to Action:Map and List Adapt Instantly to Selections

Roles & Permissions Roles & Permissions

View Service Level, Event, & Device Details

Manage Real-Time Traffic Events

Automatic Clustering Based on Map Zoom Level

Define Custom Map Layers / ViewsReal-Time and Historical Reporting

Historical Analysis & Planning


Intelligent Transportation Solution Architecture

Intelligent Transportation ManagementIntelligent Transportation Management

Traffic Information Hub (data fusion, mapping…)Traffic Information Hub (data fusion, mapping…)

TMC/ATMSTMC/ATMS

Adapters

Adapters

Operations Center (alerts…)Operations Center (alerts…)

OCROCREnd-User

ApplicationEnd-User

ApplicationEnd-User

ApplicationEnd-User

ApplicationEnd-User

Application

Traffic Prediction Tool

Traffic Optimization . . .

Traffic Light Control

Service Provider

Applications. . .

IBM PlatformIBM Platform

IBM ToolsIBM Tools 3rd Party Applications3rd Party ApplicationsIntegration SolutionsIntegration Solutions

Capture SystemsCapture Systems IBM User ExperienceIBM User Experience

3rd Party Data Sources3rd Party Data Sources

Legend

Custom DatabasesCustom Databases

RadarRadar

Loop DetectorsLoop Detectors

Blue-ToothBlue-Tooth

. . .


On Premise: Build on workload

optimized platforms

Leverage infrastructure readiness services

Shared Services: Work together across

multiple cities

Share services using preconfigured systems

Cloud Delivery: Log on to your smarter city

environment

Customize interfaces, reports and data inputs

Multiple options help city leaders deploy technology regardless of size

“It’s about transforming the way we do business, so we can invest that money in front-line service delivery”

Chief Superintendent Avon & Somerset Police

Deploy technology regardless of your size

Inspired By


Citywide visibility across entire transportation network and city services to improve incident response

• Capture data from disparate sources to achieve citywide visibility into transportation conditions including:

• Traffic flow • Congestion• Roadwork and road closures• Accidents

• Integrates with IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities for cross agency collaboration and incident management

• Standards based integration with wide variety of instrumentation technologies and applications

Rio de Janeiro

The Need: To improve city safety and responsiveness to various types of incidents, such as flash floods and landslides.

IBM Solution:The emergency management solution integrates information from across agencies and systems. Provides a dashboard to manage and visualize workflows while facilitating collaboration.

“With our emergency response system, we can react and respond to disasters faster and more efficiently. It’s helping us save lives.”

Eduardo Paes, Mayor, City of Rio de Janiero

Inspired By


Finnish Transport Agency

Analyze traffic performance to alleviate congestion

• Proactively manage and optimize traffic flow across the city through traffic prediction

• Enables public to receive forecast of traffic conditions so they can better plan their daily activities

• “What if” scenario analysis to understand traffic performance based on anticipated changes in traffic volume and conditions

The Need: They wanted to gain a single view of road conditions, accidents and other road and traffic information.IBM Solution:The solution has transformed 78,000 km of roadways data into key insights helping to improve the efficiency of road management and enhance road safety and operational efficiency.

The Need: They wanted to gain a single view of road conditions, accidents and other road and traffic information.IBM Solution:The solution has transformed 78,000 km of roadways data into key insights helping to improve the efficiency of road management and enhance road safety and operational efficiency.

“…The benefit for drivers is safer and more fluid travel, and for the Transport Agency it is more efficient operations.“

Kristiina Laakso, Finnish Transport Agency

Inspired By


Singapore Land Transit Authority

Centralize monitoring and transit arrival prediction to improve the travelers’ experience

The Need: With Singapore’s population growing, the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) needed a way to head off traffic congestion and maintain its world-class business climate.

IBM Solution:Singapore LTA can forecast traffic conditions up to 60 minutes into the future to help prevent traffic congestion before it occurs. A new bus arrival prediction system being piloted is expected to provide more accurate estimates of bus arrival times.

The Need: With Singapore’s population growing, the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) needed a way to head off traffic congestion and maintain its world-class business climate.

IBM Solution:Singapore LTA can forecast traffic conditions up to 60 minutes into the future to help prevent traffic congestion before it occurs. A new bus arrival prediction system being piloted is expected to provide more accurate estimates of bus arrival times.

Inspired By

“…use ridership data to develop more optimal routes, which ultimately will reduce congestion and make public transport more appealing.”

Silvester Prakasam, Director of Fare Systems, Singapore LTA

• Identify vehicles and their current locations in real-time

• Estimate arrival time of vehicles based on current and predicted traffic conditions including:

• Public transportation vehicles• Private fleets

• Vehicle and fleet performance analytics such as:• Number of vehicles in a route• Average transit time


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