Hello After a small break, Cermonews 6th issue is with you with its renewed format. While creating this newsletter, we wanted to create a series where we can talk and share information on many topics such as sustainable mobility, smart transportation, especially public transportation. After creating it, we said, let's make it thematic and let's deal with the newsletter on a sub-topic every month. Today we come to you with the first of this!
Under the title of “Data in public transportation”
Why is data valuable?
Which data is used and why?
An example of optimization with public transport data from Italy
We will share with you the latest news from Cermoni, our public transportation decision support system that gives this newsletter its name.
So, is it over?
No! Last but not least, don't leave without checking out the “In the Kitchen” section, where every month we will introduce you to a teammate behind Cermoni
Enjoy your reading!
Why is data valuable?
Today, in every aspect of our lives, from the simplest decisions to the most complex problems, we reach conclusions by utilizing data. Today, data, which is critical for making strategic decisions and making operations efficient, can optimize the performance of businesses and enable them to produce innovative solutions when analyzed correctly.
The Importance of Data in Public Transportation
When we examine the graph above, we see a steady increase in the number of public transportation users starting from 2023. This increase is projected to reach 4.49 billion users in 2027. The data used in public transportation, especially the service mass, plays a critical role in the planning and management of these systems.
The Power of Data in Public Transportation : Data-Based Decision Making and Strategy Development
Data analytics helps to make strategic decisions in critical areas such as capacity planning, resource allocation, investment decisions, service quality improvements and public transport resilience. In this way, passenger satisfaction and service efficiency can be increased while optimizing costs.
Everything from timetables to vehicle locations, from ridership figures to route maps, keeps these systems running smoothly and efficiently.
Financial data ensures sustainability, while passenger experience data ensures a user-friendly service.
Safety, environmental and regulatory data ensure that the system is safe, green and compliant.
Demand data is the most important input for the efficient and effective operation of the public transportation system. Technologies such as smart cards, AVL (Audio-Video-Light) automation systems, turnstile and boarding counts, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth monitoring, image sensors and passenger surveys are used to understand and manage this demand.
When interpreted correctly, data enables effective management at strategic, tactical and operational levels.
Long-term plans are made at the strategic level, daily operations are improved at the tactical level and instant decisions are made at the operational level. Real-time data is critical for rapid response.
How Modena, Italy adapted its public transport planning to the data-driven 30 km/h speed limit regulation?
What was the need?
Vignola is a small city in the Modena Region of Italy, with a high level of interaction with the surrounding areas. With the recently introduced 30 km/h speed limit, public transportation needs to be planned accordingly. The need for a more cost-effective and efficient public transportation planning that is both in line with the legal regulations and meets the demand has emerged.
What was intended?
For the company, which wanted to use the number of vehicles and drivers at the optimum level for the currently proposed timetable, the goal was to improve the public transportation service with fewer vehicles and lower costs, without compromising service quality, in compliance with new legal regulations and reducing environmental impacts.
Conclusion: Better public transportation planning with fewer vehicles and drivers
Compared to the current timetable, the number of vehicles has been reduced from 26 to 24. A similar improvement was achieved in the number of drivers, with 28 drivers instead of 31, making the same timetable sustainable.
This planning process not only reduced the number of vehicles, but also the total mileage and carbon emissions.
News from Us
We were with you at ITS Summit and Busworld Türkiye!
First of all, at the International Intelligent Transportation Systems Summit held in Ankara on May 2-4, we shared with our visitors how we can implement sustainable, smart mobility in our cities with data-driven technologies through our live systems.
Then we were together at Busworld Türkiye on May 29-31, where we presented a live demo of Cermoni, the public transportation decision support system, and shared innovations in the world of public transportation with our visitors.
We also came together with online events
Çevrimiçi etkinliklerde de bir araya gelmeye devam ettik.
In the “ITS and Infrastructure for Public Transport” online course of UITP Academy and Shenzhen Bus Group, our teammates Şevval Çavuşoğlu and Tuğçe Işık shared their knowledge and experience in the field of intelligent transportation systems in public transportation as trainers.
We launched a new series of “Cermotalks” on mobility and sustainability! In the first part, we discussed traffic safety, and in the second part, we discussed how we benefit from our public transportation practices in Antalya and the solutions we offer.
Cermoni is with you with its new site!
We have revamped our Cermoni website with new features to offer you a more user-friendly experience!
Behind the Scenes
In each issue, we would like to bring you together with one of our team members and introduce you to the experts behind Cermoni, the decision support system for public transportation. In this issue, we are together with Şevval Çavuşoğlu, our Cermoni product manager.
Şevval is a graduate urban planner and also Cermoni's product manager. We asked Şevval about her thoughts on Cermoni:
“I am part of Cermoni's potential to make an impact in public transportation management! I believe we are enabling cities to achieve more sustainable and efficient transportation systems with data-driven solutions.
Thanks to Cermoni's advanced analysis and optimization capabilities, cities can make more informed decisions, both economically and environmentally. In the process, we are constantly working to improve the performance of public transportation networks, increase passenger satisfaction and maximize operational efficiency.
Also, the most important thing I have learned from Cermoni users is that even a perfect plan can break down at the first bus stop :) Therefore, it is of great importance to create dynamic and flexible solutions.”
Shall we decide the topic of the next issue together?
We have come to the end of another Cermonews. Thanks for reading :) I am waiting for your e-mails if you have anything to add and comments on this subject. Every message and idea you say we should also touch on this subject is very valuable for us.
Shall we determine the topic of the next issue together? Should it be electric vehicles, public transportation and climate change or being a passenger in public transportation? Just click on the questionnaire.
See you in the next issue!
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