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Development of intelligent transportation system from the perspective of local government units, national government agencies and transportation cooperatives��Low Carbon Urban Transport Systems (LCT) Project�Baguio City, 16 December 2022

Varsolo SUNIO, PhD

S&T Fellow 2

Philippine Council for Industry. Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD), Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

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STAKEHOLDERS' CONSULTATIONS (April – November 2022)

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https://innovatus-pub.github.io/abstractpublications_archive/abstractpublications_2022b.html

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Outline

Introduction: ITS

DOST-PCIEERD ITS Projects

Proposed ITS Initiatives

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Brief Profile

S&T Fellow (for transportation studies) with DOST-PCIEERD

Finished a PhD degree at Kyoto University, Japan in 2018, affiliated with the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Laboratory

Worked at the Department of Transportation – Philippines with the Data Team of the Management Information Service

Lecturer at the University of Asia and the Pacific, handling courses related to data analytics

https://sites.google.com/uap.asia/varsolo-sunio/

http://trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/its/english/index.html

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Introduction – Grand Societal Challenges

Vision Zero: Road Safety in the Philippines

Traffic congestion

Transition to low-carbon transport

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Intelligent Transport System (ITS)

Autonomous vehicles and robotics;
Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning;
Big data (BD);
Virtual, augmented and mixed reality;
Internet of things and sensing solutions;
Cloud and edge computing;
Cybersecurity;
Horizontal and vertical system integration;
Simulation and modeling

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Why ITS?

Source: Prof. Ricardo Sigua, “Overview of ITS in the Philippines and Some Key Developments in the Future”, Technologies / Infrastructures for Public Transportation Smart Mobility, UP-NCTS, 11 February 2022.

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ENHANCED SAFETY

Data for Road Incident Visualization, Evaluation and Reporting (DRIVER)

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SMOOTHER TRAFFIC

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IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT

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DOST-PCIEERD Funded ITS Projects

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Who is PCIEERD?

The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) is one of the three sectoral planning councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

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Our Mandate

Support for Research and Development

Human Resource and Institution Development �

S&T Information Dissemination and Promotion �

Support for Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Policy Development and Advocacy

Part of our mandate is the R&D Support Program which provides financial support to research projects consistent with our priorities. These grants may be availed by research institutions in government, academe and industry.
For Human Resource and Institution Development, we encourage Filipino researchers to be more productive by providing support for disseminating their research outputs.
We also aim to strengthen the capability of institutions to undertake research in S&T fields included in PCIEERD priority areas.
On S&T Information Dissemination and Promotion. we facilitate access to and utilization of information and research results by the industry, the business sector, and other potential technology users.
In Support for Tech Transfer and Commercialization, we want to provide support for accelerating transfer and commercialization of technologies generated from PCIEERD or DOST supported projects.
Lastly, for Policy Development and Advocacy, we analyze, review, formulate, and recommend policies and regulations to support the development of priority sectors of PCIEERD.

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Our Sectoral Coverage

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ITS

Traffic Signal Control

Traffic Information Provision

Traffic Safety Assistance

PUV Management

Traffic Enforcement and Management

Road Management

Toll/Fare Collection

Areas of ITS Deployment / Development in the Philippines

Source: Prof. Ricardo Sigua, “Overview of ITS in the Philippines and Some Key Developments in the Future”, Technologies / Infrastructures for Public Transportation Smart Mobility, UP-NCTS, 11 February 2022.

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Traffic Enforcement and Management (3 projects)

Contactless Apprehension of Traffic Violators on 24-Hour Basis and All-Vehicle Detection System (CATCH-ALL);
Detection and Identification of Legitimate Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs) Along various road netWorks (DILAW);
TITAN: Vision-based Traffic Information & Analysis

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CATCH-ALL�Contactless Apprehension of Traffic Violators on 24-hours Basis, All Vehicle Detection System

CATCH-ALL is a camera-based traffic management system for traffic violations detection

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DILAW�Detection and Identification of Legitimate Public Utility Vehicles

This system works by deploying handheld devices

called “motes” on the dashboard of PUVs. These

devices then communicate through radio with the

“base stations” that are with traffic enforcers to allow

them to detect if a passing PUV is colorum or not.

We also supported the development of a technology that can help apprehend colorum vehicles:
DILAW works by deploying handheld devices called motes that enable us to detect if the passing PUV is colorum or not.
DILAW’s uses a Wireless Sensor Network Technology that detects registered/legal vehicles, allowing officers to identify possibly colorum vehicles.
The registered/legal vehicle will be carrying a wireless sensor network node, which will allow officers to detect its proximity
Detectors of the node will be set-up at waiting sheds, where vehicles come to a full stop and at open roads, where they go at full speed.
The information gathered by the detectors will be cross-referenced against an online database, allowing the software to identify which vehicles and legal and which ones are colorum.

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Road Maintenance and Management (1 project)

Road Infrastructure Design Evaluation and Reporting System (RIDERS)

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Traffic signal control �(1 project)

Cyber-Physical Transportation System

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Cyber-Physical Transportation Systems

CPTS aims to initiate Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Philippines by creating a holistic system that monitors, communicates, senses, and actuates traffic information data through different components for an intelligent management of traffic flow in the road network.

The 4 facets of the CPTS project

Hardware

Fabrication of intelligent autonomous traffic controlling modular units (i-ATOMs)

Software

Creation of software for real-time and long-term actuation and planning

Command Center

Establishment of a command center responsible for monitoring and communication between i-ATOMs

Research

Continuous research on transportation science and computer science

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Traffic information provision�(1 project)

Sustainable Technology - Assisted Route Planning for Region VI (STARPLAN VI)

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Traffic safety assistance �(road safety) (5 projects)

Collection, Recording, and Analysis of Traffic Incidence Data (CREATE);
PUVs Patterns and Attitude on the Streets using Artificial intelligence and Data Analytics (PASADA);
Motor Vehicle Inspection System with loaded emissions testing and smart features (MVISion);
V2X Initiatives for Road Safety (VIROS);
Training, Education, and Evaluation of Road Safety Driving Competencies through a Virtual Environment (TESTDRIVE)

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Public Utility Vehicle Management (2 projects)

Development of a Customized Local Traffic Simulator (LocalSim)
Progressive Advancement of Transportation networks through the Integration of vehicular Onboard Technologies with online platforms (ArangKaDATA)

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LOCALSIM is a microscopic traffic simulation software, designed to be used by road and traffic engineers of LGUs as a decision support system for traffic management.

One way of designing traffic solutions is through simulation of driver and pedestrian behavior. Foreign-made software simulation are being used by MMDA and other traffic management agencies in the country. However, Filipino driver and pedestrian behavior is unique. Thus, DOST-PCIEERD funded the LocalSim, a microscopic traffic simulation software, designed to be used by road and traffic engineers of LGUs as a decision support system for traffic management.
This project offers local government units a planning tool in carving out transportation routes, traffic rules and ordinances, road blockades, and other transportation solutions which they deem to be appropriate. It enables traffic managers to have evidence-based traffic analysis and evaluation of alternative schemes, and minimizes the trial-and-error implementation of traffic schemes.

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Proposed ITS Initiatives

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Research Question

“What are the most critical ITS interventions or solutions that need to be developed and prioritized to advance and transform road-based transport in the Philippines?”

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Stakeholders

Government agencies (MMDA, LTO, LTFRB, DoTr)
Local Government Units (Pasig, Valenzuela, Quezon City, Baguio City)
Transport Cooperatives (~20 coops)
Academe (3 universities in Baguio)

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(1) Open Data and Access

For the LGU

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National agencies and LGUs collect, store and use a variety of data.

But access by and sharing with third parties is often difficult and challenging.

Example: Data from MMDA

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National Transport Policy

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https://www.waze.com/trafficview/

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SQL Query in BigQuery

Geo-information visualized in Big Query Geo Viz

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(2) Service contracting

For the LGU, transport cooperatives

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Sakay app for service contracting

Performance evaluation on 20 routes

Service contracting: Implemented during the pandemic as a social amelioration

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Kilometer-run travelled along 10 routes with consolidated operators

First, there is a visible increase in the supply of paratransit (in terms of km-run). This is significant because the pandemic caused a drop in ridership demand, which in turn led to a decrease in the available supply of transport. Operators are unwilling to operate because of the losses. One positive impact of SC is thus to improve the financial viability of operating the paratransit during the pandemic.

Second, the increase in the volume of trips does not necessarily go to “complete” (i.e., compliant) trips. We infer that some of the trips made deviate from the prescribed routes of the jeepney. Per policy of the PTA, only “complete” and “incomplete” trips are considered as paid trips. Hence, even though the increase in the km-run goes to incomplete trips, these are still counted as part of the KPI.

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Current service contracting

Net scheme only

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With these technologies, it is possible to monitor service performance related to:

km-run travelled
number of arrivals at stops (or the frequency)
compliance with prescribed routes
headway (duration and regularity)
dwell time (duration)
ridership

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POSSIBLE ANALYTICS

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Central PUV Monitoring System of LTFRB

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How Service contracting works (Credit: MoveAsOne)

SMART CONTRACTS?

PLATFORM?

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Service contract and electric jeepney

In the future, service contracts may be an effective instrument for the transition to electric jeepney.

Service contracts may specify that only transport cooperatives are eligible for service contracting.

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(3) Fleet management system

For transport cooperatives

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https://seapps-inc.com/

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https://bit.ly/transportsciPH

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Thank you!

Varsolo Sunio, PhD

S&T Fellow 2, DOST-PCIEERD

varsolo.sunio@pcieerd.dost.gov.ph