Emails (Others): FW: Digital Bus of Mumbai

Wednesday 25 October 2023

FW: Digital Bus of Mumbai

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Subject: Digital Bus of Mumbai

Digital Bus of Mumbai

Context :

Mumbai first in the country to get 100 % Digital Buses / TOI / 19 Apr 2022

Extract :

Description: Description: dddd

MY TAKE :

Public transport as a solution ? ……………[ 15 Feb 2016 ]

No long queues with Chalo ? …………………[ 21 Dec 2021 ]

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A brief Comparison of my 6 YEAR old suggestion with TOI ( 19 Apr 2022 ) report

Public transport as a solution ? 15 Feb 2016	TOI / 19 Apr 2022

The Bus Arrival Time Indicator, at the stop will also display the " No of Vacant Seats " in this bus This (No of Vacant Seats) sign will also appear prominently on the bus itself as it pulls into the halt	A signboard declaring “ Digital “ will be on the exterior of the bus

A tablet type digital device fitted behind each seat, where passenger to touch his destination on route map displayed .	A small machine at the door will read the STARTING and END points of a commuter’s journey Whenever a commuter boards, she will have to tap on BEST SMARTCARD or CHALO app

This will tell the driver, at which stops, which passengers are getting off and seat/s are falling vacant If bus is already FULL and no passenger is getting off at the next bus stop, then driver will not halt the bus, since he cannot accommodate any standee passenger If a passenger is supposed to get off at, say XYZ stop, digital device will flash signal / ring a bell, a few minutes before reaching the stop	For this, the machine needs to be tapped while boarding and alighting

Passenger will also touch his smart phone to the device which will transfer the fare amount to the bus operator, through a mobile wallet .	The fare will be automatically deducted through the commuter’s smartcard or app Commuters would thus know to make cashless payment

It is equally easy to introduce such an integrated traffic management system in Inter-City buses as well Entire intra-city bus traffic will be monitored and controlled from the Central Traffic Control Station of the City traffic department, much in the same way ATC control air traffic or railways control train traffic It is just a question of extending an existing ( but slightly modified ) technology to city traffic	Any such NCMC –compliant ( National Common Mobility Card ) card from any other State will be valid

	The Cashless system will be faster and save paper. It will also reduce cash handling costs at depots

As far as density of traffic on various roads is concerned, mobile apps are already available Based on the situation, Central Traffic Control will order additional buses to be injected on any particular route, at any given time	The Digital System will help maintain a Database of Commuters. Tickets and Journeys undertaken will help generate “ Patterns of Travel “ on various routes , thus helping BEST optimise in future

No need for a conductor	The Commuters will not need a Conductor Interface. This will put an end to quarrels with conductors over loose change

Gradually change over to air conditioned buses

Do not allow standee passengers

Introduction of BRTS ( Bus Rapid Transit System )

Bus Arrival Time Indicators ( linked with GPS in all buses ) at all bus stops