The Context: Changing the Trend
With the increasing evidence of climate change, the focus towards public transit should be renewed:
The problem of congestion and pollution are increasing alarmingly along with an increase in road accidents. But even with an increasing population and emigration in NCR, why the passenger count of transit agencies has seen a consistent decline, especially the bus-based public transit??
The tool: data and IT
Improving operational efficiency of bus systems by implementing data analytics and machine learning increasing the efficiency of public transit rests on two pillars - optimal planning and efficient implementation, which in turn is heavily dependent on the supporting IT systems.
The Outcom
DTC depot automation + Open data for all 6700 buses
Chartr - Tickets, Bus and Metro: The waiting is over!
- Only app which has been approved in New Delhi for buying contactless e-tickets.
- Getting direction using bus/ bus and metro.
- Live tracking of buses.
- Getting ETA of buses arriving at any bus stop.
- Data safety.
The impact:
- Only app which has been approved in New Delhi for buying contactless e-tickets.
- Getting direction using bus/ bus and metro.
- Live tracking of buses.
- Getting ETA of buses arriving at any bus stop.
- Data safety.