Improved passenger access and suspension systems for passenger buses, and controllers configured for use therewith; and passenger buses incorporating such systems and controllers. Integration of access ramp, door, suspension, charge interface, and other systems provides improvements in fully- or semi-automatic deployment of features such as passenger doors and ramps, and charge interface components, as well as navigation to passenger access points.

A method and a system dynamically adapt a passenger transport capacity of a transport line to the number of passengers determined for the transport line. The system contains a main evaluator configured for automatically determining, as a function of the time, the number of passengers for the transport line, and a processor configured for acquiring the number of passengers as a function of the time, a nominal timetable, and a nominal passenger transport capacity of each vehicle of the line. The processor applies a trained function to the number of passengers, and the trained function has been trained by a machine learning algorithm for predicting a future temporal evolution of the number of passengers. The processor is configured for determining a measure for adapting the transport capacity of the line to the future temporal evolution. The system is further configured for applying the measure to the transport line.

A method and a system dynamically adapt a passenger transport capacity of a transport line to the number of passengers determined for the transport line. The system contains a main evaluator configured for automatically determining, as a function of the time, the number of passengers for the transport line, and a processor configured for acquiring the number of passengers as a function of the time, a nominal timetable, and a nominal passenger transport capacity of each vehicle of the line. The processor applies a trained function to the number of passengers, and the trained function has been trained by a machine learning algorithm for predicting a future temporal evolution of the number of passengers. The processor is configured for determining a measure for adapting the transport capacity of the line to the future temporal evolution. The system is further configured for applying the measure to the transport line.

A system, device and method of managing autonomous vehicles are provided. The system may include a server, a feedback device, a control device for controlling a vehicle. A server may include a communication interface configured to communicate with a control device of each of a plurality of vehicles and a feedback device; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive control data from the control device of each of the plurality of vehicles; determine an operation status of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the control data; generate a feedback interface based on the operation status of each of the plurality of vehicles; and transmit the feedback interface to the feedback device.

A system, device and method of managing autonomous vehicles are provided. The system may include a server, a feedback device, a control device for controlling a vehicle. A server may include a communication interface configured to communicate with a control device of each of a plurality of vehicles and a feedback device; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive control data from the control device of each of the plurality of vehicles; determine an operation status of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the control data; generate a feedback interface based on the operation status of each of the plurality of vehicles; and transmit the feedback interface to the feedback device.

The disclosure relates to a transport operation control method and apparatus. The method includes determining to interchange a vehicle to be changed selected among a plurality of vehicles with a vehicle for replacement, transmitting an instruction such that the vehicle for replacement travels a circuit between the vehicle to he changed and a vehicle traveling behind, and transmitting an instruction such that over a time period from the vehicle for replacement starting traveling on the path until finishing one lap of the path, In the method, a time interval at which each of all remaining vehicles other than the vehicle to be changed among the plurality of vehicles and the vehicle for replacement passes an arbitrary point on the path becomes approximately constant. The method further includes instructing the vehicle to be changed to leave the path after the vehicle for replacement finishes the lap of the path.

A method of assigning a trip to a vehicle within a fleet of vehicles that traverse a navigable network in a geographic area is disclosed, where each of the vehicles in the fleet is equipped with one or more electronic devices for logging the activities of one or more drivers associated with the vehicle and for determining the location of the vehicle in the geographic area. For each one of one or more vehicles of the fleet of vehicles, location of interest data and log data is obtained in respect of the vehicle. A time budget for the vehicle is determined using the obtained log data, the time budget representing the amount of time that the vehicle can be legally operated by the one or more drivers associated with the vehicle within a given time period starting from a time of interest. The obtained location of interest and determined time budget for the vehicle are used to determine a boundary enclosing a portion of the geographic area representing an area that is reachable by the vehicle by traversing the navigable network from the location of interest within the determined time budget for the vehicle. Data indicative of at least the determined boundary and the location of interest upon which the boundary is based is provided to a display device of the dispatcher for display thereon.

The inventive platform and method optimize the efficiency of operation within the conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time. An efficiency preference may be employed to pool conveyance services for optimizing vehicle utilization.

The inventive platform and method optimize the efficiency of operation within the conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time. An efficiency preference may be employed to pool conveyance services for optimizing vehicle utilization.

In a first aspect, a method for optimizing efficiency of a transport provider is provided, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first departure time of a vehicle, which is administered by the transport provider, at a first location; receiving, by the processor, a second departure time of the vehicle at a second location which is located after the first location; determining, by the processor, a difference between the first departure time and the second departure time; and updating, by the processer, a current schedule to provide an updated schedule in response to the determination of the difference, the updated schedule indicating an updated estimated arrival time of the vehicle at a location after the second location.