The use of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data for improving public transport service regularity

Smart and sustainable mobility systems are crucial elements for tomorrow’s cities, whose facilities will be increasingly connected automated and environmentally friendly. Therefore, many strategies based on alternatively-powered vehicles, shared transport modes and micro-mobility solutions are being developed. However, the promotion of traditional public transport solutions still remains a key factor. Therefore, increasing their attractiveness, thus positively influencing the modal split, turns out to be an important goal to be achieved. In this context, we proposed a methodology, based on the use of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data, for improving transit service performance. Finally, in order to show the feasibility of the proposed approach, it has been applied to a real bus line operating in the south of Italy.