Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
From 2016 through 2021, the Smart Columbus Program demonstrated smart city concepts, comprised of eight transportation, mobility and data projects in Columbus, Ohio. These projects were aimed at…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
From 2016 through 2021, the Smart Columbus Program demonstrated smart city concepts, comprised of eight transportation, mobility and data projects in Columbus, Ohio. These projects were aimed at…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data projects aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
METHODOLOGY
An economic analysis using a computable general equilibrium model was performed with available financial data from the studies to assess and quantify the impact of Smart Columbus Program…
The team built models for each city, drawing on data on consumer habits and business performance and dozens of interviews with business owners and government officials. The models projected consumer…
A research team at Ohio State University tested how well real-time transit information systems predict bus arrival time. The team analyzed bus traffic for one year (May 2018 to May 2019) on one route…
A particular focus of the study was to quantify the potential impact of a hyperloop corridor between Chicago, Columbus and Pittsburgh on road freight.
Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) data from the…
The study also performed an economic benefits analysis to demonstrate the economic impacts of a hyperloop corridor between Chicago, Columbus and Pittsburgh. The economic analysis was conducted in…
Findings
Eco-routing systems can reduce network-wide fuel consumption and emission levels in most cases. The fuel savings over the networks ranged between 3.3 percent and 9.3 percent when compared…
Findings
Fuel savings achieved through eco-routing systems are sensitive to the network configuration and level of market penetration of the eco-routing system. The results also found that eco-…
A two-site prototype demonstration of T-CONNECT and T-DISP was conducted in Columbus, Ohio and Central Florida. (D-RIDE was not tested in practice at either site due to a partner agency withdrawing…
METHODOLOGYTesting the EFM PrototypeIn 2007, the USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office funded and helped launch phase 2 of the EFM research, an operational test of the…
FINDINGS
Although the basic system architecture of bus AVL systems has not changed much over the past 10 years, the degree of functionality and reliability of these systems has increased remarkably…
FINDINGSThe evaluation team found the following qualitative benefits to the shipper and its partners.Improved timeliness of freight release process and supply chain data:- CEFM allowed the broker to…
FINDINGSThe quantitative benefits of CEFM data identified in this study area accrued primarily to the other partners in the supply chain rather than to the shipper. It should be emphasized that…
FINDINGSAlthough the shipper and its partners tried to measure data quality and performance of the supply chain, none of the partners could provide any quantitative information for improvements in…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data projects aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
From 2016 through 2021, the Smart Columbus Program demonstrated smart city concepts, comprised of eight transportation, mobility and data projects in Columbus, Ohio. These projects were aimed at…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
The lessons learned from the deployment of the SCOS system are summarized based on user engagement with the SCOS platform, agency user feedback surveys, and self-assessment based on performance…
The following lessons were derived from the source report:
When using TNCs as the primary mode of transportation, the subject booked downtown hotels, as the cost of parking was no longer relevant.…
A smart city is more than just a technology deployment. It is ultimately about solving real-world urban challenges: USDOT received 78 applications from cities across the country, but some common…
Companies of varying size and technical sophistication have potential to improve productivity through implementation of EFM technologies. Automated supply chain information exchange processes can…
Supply chain and logistics performance evaluation involved comparative analysis between current operations and operations that would be conducted using the information available from CEFM. The…
The purpose of the system usefulness evaluation is to discuss the extent to which CEFM archived its technical objectives and was found to be a useful addition for supply chain users. The set of…
The effective dissemination of traveler information during a disaster event is critical to the overall management of disaster operations. One problem often experienced is that of having reliable,…
An ideal ATIS disaster system requires significant advance planning on the part of transportation agencies and emergency management agencies to ensure proper communication with the public. Based on…
As part of the study on “Communicating with the Public Using ATIS during Disasters,” the panel of experts on disaster information dissemination was asked to discuss and provide feedback on sample…
An examination of databases and a sampling of locations reveal at least 12 metropolitan areas that are providing travel time messages on DMS. But at least 25 other metropolitan areas are gathering…
The key to a successful interoperable transportation system is to integrate ITS via a systems engineering approach into all stages of planning, designing and deployment of transportation projects at…
Sharing office facilities among stakeholders inspires enhanced collaboration. In some cases, office sharing is arranged intentionally because there is recognition that transportation agencies working…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program was a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
From 2016 through 2021, the Smart Columbus Program demonstrated smart city concepts, comprised of eight transportation, mobility and data projects in Columbus, Ohio. These projects were aimed at…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data projects aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data studies aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
Primarily funded by the USDOT’s Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program is a collection of eight transportation, mobility and data projects aimed at improving access to jobs, enhancing…
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The City of Columbus has partnered with the curbFlow company to pilot an app that will help coordinate pickups and deliveries in busy areas where drivers often double-park because there is not enough…
Up to 10 self-driving electric shuttles, provided by May Mobility Inc., will start circling downtown Columbus tourist spots. Three of these vehicles will be operating at any one time between 6 a.m.…
In December 2018, Columbus’ Smart Circuit demonstration will begin offering rides in self-driving electric shuttles in the downtown business district. Smart Columbus, the state's DriveOhio initiative…
Central Ohio’s NW 33 Innovation Corridor Council of Governments (COG)—comprised of Union County, the City of Marysville, the Marysville – Union County Port Authority, and the City of Dublin—offers an…