The SITCUO - Information System for Urban Bus Transportation, using business intelligence, was developed to optimize the operation and increase the satisfaction of urban transportation users. In order to achieve these objectives the system involves the convergence of a number of different technologies, including: Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), database, data mining, Internet and telecommunications. The system includes communication between the GPS, database, Control Centre and the user interfaces, which provide estimated bus arrival times on the information display panels and the Internet. The information system at the Control Centre was implemented by applying Java, JSP, and a RDBMS using an object oriented approach. The paper will present the general description of the system, the implementation procedure adopted, the results of experiments undertaken on a bus route in Brasilia and the conclusions.
Samenvatting