EBSF

Madrid Region is the capital of Spain, it is situated in the centre of the country where 6 million people live. The Region is formed by 179 municipalities, and the largest being Madrid City, with 3 million inhabitants.

• Urban buses in Madrid city (2,000 buses) which is a public company owned by Madrid Municipality, and other urban networks in other 30 municipalities (200 buses)
• Interurban buses connecting Madrid city with other municipalities (1,800 buses), operated under private operators
• Metro (12 lines, 282 km), is a public company owned by Madrid Municipality and Madrid Region, plus 2 concessions
• Light rail (4 lines, 36 km), under 3 private concessions
• Commuter railway (9 lines, 339 km), operated by the national Government

Majadahonda is a town located in Madrid west, 18 km away from the center of the capital. It has a compressive offering of intercity buses that serve the capital relationships and communicate it with the nearby municipalities. The Llorente operator fleet is composed of 79 buses which cover 2 urban lines and 16 interurban lines (6 connect with Madrid).

Use Case Objectives

The main output of Madrid Use Case is to provide multimodal real time passenger information (including buses, train and traffic) to allow users to choose the best mode depending on the real solution of the network, and encouraging the use of public transport.

The innovations offer a high level of service, as well as improving punctuality. In addition, thank to the two new elements, passenger can have more comfort and security to access to vehicles and infrastructures.

The EBSF Use Case in Madrid will be tested during six months (from April 2011 to October 2011) in collaboration with their partners: Tekia and Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM).

Description of the work

The Madrid Case Study is related to the metropolitan buses lines between the Majadahonda municipality and Madrid city. Six bus lines connect Majadahonda with Moncloa interchange: 651, 652, 653, 654 and 655 using the BUS-HOV system, and 651A not using the BUS-HOV lane. The demand in a labour day is 30,000 passengers (more than 50% of the total users for the Majadahonda network)

The pilot is divided into two innovations to provide the best mobility alternative:

• Improving the information offered to the user, providing multimodal, real time, passenger information (including buses, train and traffic) along the corridor, on board the vehicles, at stops and at the interchange station, by SMS messaging, via web, Bluetooth, displays, etc., through the Integrated Public Transport Management Centre. In this way, the information aids users in the decision of the public transport mode (bus, train or private vehicle, depending on the circumstances).
• Supporting the advanced management of traffic inside the underground interchange station, by maintaining data communication and location of vehicles underground using a radio frequency system (wifi network, etc.) and providing real time information on incoming buses and traffic and incidents in the corridor, through the Integrated Public Transport Management Centre.

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