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RTPI and 'missing' busses

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  • #102
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    Unfortunately the system does not posses a crystal ball.


  • #103
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    cdebru wrote: »
    Your problem is you are not really thinking about what RTPI is and how it can be delivered, just real time information is useless, and you are incorrect it is not a representation of the timetable, it is not just real time either, it is a mixture of both

    The problem being that it's called "Real time", which gives people the not unreasonable expectation that it actually is.
    The DB website states "Updates are usually received from the vehicle location system at 30 second intervals, so information on the signs is regularly updated".
    And yes, I know it says "usually", and it doesn't actually say the sign is accurate to within 30 seconds, but that is the impression it gives.
    and again, the fact it refers to 2011 as being in the future shows how often it's updated for accuracy.
    cdebru wrote: »
    But it should also be possible to communicate with passengers via the RTPI so if there is an accident in Fairview the RTPI screens further along the routes affected could display that information a simple "accident Fairview expect delays" would be better than staying stuck on 3 minutes for 10 minutes.
    This, definitely.
    devnull wrote: »
    Unfortunately the system does not posses a crystal ball.
    No, but it would help if it made better use of the data available to it.
    By this stage it should have a wealth of information about bus movements at various times of day, various times of year. It should be primarily using that over the kind of intermediate timetable information that would have been necessary when the system was launched.
    If there's multiple buses serving a route, or a stretch of one, and they're all being delayed, or even running slower than usual, around the same location, then chances are there's a traffic issue which should be detectable.


  • #104
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    search is so bad on this site I can't find the more recent thread on this topic

    NTA tendering for a new bus-tracking system to tackle “ghost buses” and “disappearing buses”

    https://dublininquirer.com/2024/09/25/new-bus-tracking-system-to-tackle-ghost-buses-and-disappearing-buses/

    Disappearing buses are created when a bus is cancelled, but someone at one of the bus companies doesn’t tell the real-time passenger information system that,

    said

    Transport Minister Eamon Ryan

    what is the incentive to misinform and piss off customers?

    Post edited by expectationlost on


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