1. Blacksburg Transit – ITS VA
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2. Virginia Tech Students
Population
Town of Blacksburg
42,620
Virginia Tech Students
29,684

3. Top Boarding FY 14 Annual Report Burruss Hall 422,100
Torgersen Hall 187,671
Newman Library 173,177
Squires Ebnd 134,230
Squires Wbnd 132,061

4. Annual Ridership
3,733,082
Passenger Trips FY14

5. How do people use the system?

6. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons
Proximity location service using Bluetooth transmitters.
Two competing standards for this technology;
Apple iBeacons
Google EddyStone *NEW*

7. Data Example

8. Bus Route and Stop Planning

9. ADA improvements

10. Stop Amenities

11. Dynamic Routing and Scheduling
Accurate ridership projections need a lot of data.
Ridership >8 85%
Ridership <3 5%
*Gross Oversimplification

12. Connected Vehicles

13. Dynamic Mobility Applications:
Connected Vehicles
Dynamic Mobility Applications:
Enable Advanced Traveler Information System (EnableATIS)
Integrated Dynamic Transit Operation (IDTO)
Intelligent Network Flow Optimization (INFLO)
Multi-Modal Intelligent Traffic Signal Systems (MMITSS)
Response, Emergency Staging and Communications, Uniform Management, and Evacuation (R.E.S.C.U.M.E)

14. Questions?