rtd denver and init automated passenger counters

RTD DENVER AND INIT AUTOMATED PASSENGER
COUNTERS
Jonathan Wade
Manager, Service Development Support
Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO
November 3, 2014, Webinar
STARTING POINT (~2003)
APCs on…
• 54 buses
• 18 light rail vehicles
CURRENT SYSTEM STATUS (~2014)
RTD Collection Staff
6 Service
Monitors
Laptops
(ridechecks/pointchecks)
43 Street & LRT
Supervisors
Laptops
(pointchecks)
(Trapeze & TIES)
(Hastus and TIES)
Init Automated Passenger Counting System
2 Station
Starters
Desktop
(pointchecks)
56 Commuter
Rail (Future 2016)
42 LRT Cars
347 Buses
(of ~ 1000)
APCs
(ridechecks)
All with APCs
(ridechecks)
(of ~ 178)
APCs
(ridechecks)
Ridecheck Plus
CAD/AVL
System
LRT Factoring
Survey Validation
APC Validation
Technician
Schedule
Adherence Data
(INIT data 2013,
ACS data pre-2013)
Toad for Ad Hoc
Reporting
Bus and LRT
Schedule Data & Bus
Vehicle Assignments
Commuter Rail
Schedules
& Vehicle
Assignments
Automated
Analysis and Reporting
Google Earth
Ridership Maps
TriTapt and
On-Time
Performance
Schedule
Adherence
Reports
Ridership
Analysis
Reports
Ridership
Analysis
Maps
RTD Denver Complete Ridecheck Trip Surveys Collected By
Year 2004-2014
(2014 through Q3)
Count of Completed Ridecheck Surveys
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 (Q13)
ACCURACY 2004-2014
APC ADJUSTED USE = APC COUNT – OPERATOR – SERVICE MONITOR (SM)
Year
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 (Q1-3)
APC vs SM
Surveys
Compared
0
569
467
600
515
530
408
563
427
522
816
Total APC
Board
20,534.0
11,613.0
14,123.0
17,767.0
15,798.0
12,226.0
15,474.0
12,781.0
12,995.0
25,222.0
Total APC
Alight
20,513.0
11,613.0
14,026.0
17,746.0
15,746.0
12,213.0
15,447.0
12,777.0
12,996.0
25,249.0
APC
Average Total SM Total SM
Use
Board
Alight
20,523.5
11,613.0
14,074.5
17,756.5
15,772.0
12,219.5
15,460.5
12,779.0
12,995.5
25,235.5
20,183.0
10,818.0
12,951.0
16,770.0
15,233.0
11,424.0
14,407.0
11,780.0
12,263.0
24,520.0
20,183.0
10,818.0
12,951.0
16,770.0
15,233.0
11,424.0
14,407.0
11,780.0
12,263.0
24,495.0
Total SM
Average
Use
20,183.0
10,818.0
12,951.0
16,770.0
15,233.0
11,424.0
14,407.0
11,780.0
12,263.0
24,507.5
APC
Adjusted
Use
Estimated APC
Accuracy
(minus
operator,
minus SM on
each trip
surveyed)
In Percent
19,385.5
10,679.0
12,874.5
16,726.5
14,712.0
11,403.5
14,334.5
11,925.0
11,951.5
23,603.5
-4.0
-1.3
-0.6
-0.3
-3.4
-0.2
-0.5
1.2
-2.5
-3.7
Bus stops
defined
Time
points
Trapeze
scheduling
CONSTANTLY MONITOR TO IMPROVE THE
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Routing
defined
Bus stops
defined
TriTapt ontime
performance
analysis
Other
schedule
data
TIES DB for
error checking,
production
and data
collection
INIT
CAD/AVL
/APC
data
collection
Ridecheck
Plus
ridership
analysis
and
reporting
Can we
improve
the
customer
experience
?
PERSUASIVE
PRESENTATIONS OF
DATA
•
•
•
The data is complete
• Stop data
• Ridership data
The data is accurate
• Passes all validation
processes
• Updated frequently
The data is readily available
• Uses know where and how
to access the data quickly