Bus Route Planning using Data Analysis
Challenge / Goal
Bus route planners needed to know where people were traveling during the day, to create better route based on actual insigts. What they used was mostly outdated reports and assumptions.
New tunnel system is built in Stavanger and will replace existing ferry. Bus company wanted to pinpoint where and how often the population of affected areas are traveling today. They needed this insight to send the buses where the demand really appear.
Solutions
Partnered up with data providers and data scientists to develop a on-line solution based on anonymous SIM card movements.
Citizen Participation
Workshops, stakeholder participation in project group, small survey
Functionality
Visualising travel patterns by the use of anonymous cell information in the mobile network
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Time Period
Planing Time: < 0.5 years
Implementation Time: 0.5 - 1 years
Implementers
Delfi, Nextbridge, UMS
Service Providers
Maptrends AS
End User
Municipalities, train and bus companies, goverment agencies, private sector, retail, infrastructure vendors, logistic, etc
