Last-Mile Connectivity Study for the Bangalore Urban Area (2012)

This Last-Mile Connectivity Study for Bangalore was executed on request for the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) executed by the Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI) at the University of Bremen in cooperation with Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning, Indian Institute of Science (CiSTUP).

The study documents the outcome of the implementation effort for addressing last-mile connectivity in the city of Bangalore/India within the multiagent simulation system PlaSMA. It considered simulation setup and its outcome in form of a feasibility assessment and comes together with a description on the agent model and its routing infrastructure. The multiagent model is generic in the sense that different transport agencies and autonomous vehicles can be added. It integrates planning and execution, a hot research topics these days.

The study is based on the User Needs Study executed by CiSTUP that was presented at the full-day symposium Socio–Economic Challenges for Smart Cities in India by the National Academy of Science and Engineering. It also refers to the 2010 Draft Final Report of the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study for Bangalore Metropolitan Region and 2010 Traffic Management Plans for Major Towns in Bangalore Metropolitan Region conducted for the of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority by WilburSmith Associates.

Eventually, the simulation should become the basis for travel information and route planning to integrated in an Internet platform for urban mobility in mega-cities.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Stefan Edelkamp
Universität Bremen
TZI - Center for Computing and Communication Technologies
Intelligent Systems Department

Am Fallturm 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)421-218-4676, Fax: +49 421 218 64047
E-Mail: edelkamp@tzi.de