Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday 14 November 2018

When will the rest follow ?





Hindustan Times ( Nov 14 , 2018 ) carries following news :



Commuters will also be able to see capacity of buses, vehicles plying on the route


I sent an email to BEST officers on 16  Feb  2016 , suggesting following :


[  of these , as per above-mentioned News report , by March 2019 , BEST will introduce only those highlighted in my following email  ]


When will rest get implemented  ? 



PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS A SOLUTION ?


SOLUTIONS  ( even , if partial ) :


·         Gradually change over to air conditioned buses


·         Do not allow standee passengers ( this will require adding many more buses )


·         Introduction of BRTS ( Bus Rapid Transit System )


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


·         A tablet type digital device fitted behind each seat , where passenger to touch his
     destination on route map displayed .



·         Passenger will also touch his smart phone to the device which will transfer the fare
     amount to the bus operator , through a mobile wallet . 



·         No need for a conductor - as practiced in many foreign countries !


     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 a
    signal / ring a bell , a few minutes before reaching the stop



·         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



·         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


·         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





In some foreign countries , even elevator systems in large office buildings are designed to gauge the number of persons waiting for elevator at each floor ( and how many want to go UP and how many want to go DOWN ), the number of persons riding at any time , within each elevator ( and their travel intentions ) and adjust their stopping / halting pattern accordingly  , automatically without human intervention !


Implementing such a system could not be a big problem for a country which takes pride in calling itself ,

A  SOFTWARE  SUPER  POWER  !


Only thing lacking is political will 



Earlier – and this mail – sent to :


15  Nov  2018



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