United Arab Emirates University College of Engineering Graduation Project I

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United Arab Emirates UniversityCollege of
EngineeringGraduation Project I
GIS-T Vehicle Routing Transportation System for
Transit Operation in the UAE

• Ahmed Shaath Hamad AlShamsi
• Khalifa Al-Kaabi Mostafa Alkhaled
• Yasser Chekfeh

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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Al Ain City with a population of around 260,000
  and around 45,000 school students
• There are no established routes for school bus
  routing
• The area of our project is Al Ain city

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Introduction

• Our aim is to serve the mass transit operation in
  the UAE
• Case Selection
• Bus routing

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Introduction

• Project Objectives
• A GIS-T was built for the Al Ain City however,
  more transportation details should be added to
  the system
• The Vehicle Routing model was successfully
  implemented for the study area in Al Ain

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Gantt Chart
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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Background and Theory

• Learning this new technology and it will be used
  it in the career to serve the UAE.
• Definitions
• Routing
• Logistics
• Mass transit
• Algorithms

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Background and Theory

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

Schools
Highways
Population
Land use
Features
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TransCAD

• Geographic Information System designed
  specifically for use by transportation
  professionals

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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Methods Techniques

• Design of the GIS Network for the Study Area
• The Micro-station files of the city of Al Ain
  were received from Al Ain Town Planning in the
  Intergraph DGN format

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Al Ain Map
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Methods Techniques
The Design of the GIS network was conducted by
doing the following

• Creating a line Geographic File
• Importing the Files
• Adding a Field to the Layer
• Saving the GIS data file
• Creating all layers for the GIS database
• Selecting the working layer
• Using the Editing Tool Box

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Methods Techniques

• Importing the Files

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Methods Techniques

• Adding a Field to the Layer

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Methods Techniques

• Saving the GIS data file

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Methods Techniques

• All layers created for Al Ain GIS database

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Methods Techniques

• Al Ain GIS Map

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Methods Techniques

• Building the Database for School Routing

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Methods Techniques
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Methods Techniques
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Methods Techniques
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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Case Study

• Market Survey of Case Study
• The survey criteria were
• Scheduling
• Logistic
• Cost

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Case Study

• Market Survey of Case Study
• 1-The UAE University Center of Transportation
• Number of buses, numbers of students and the
  routes of each bus
• This case was not selected

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Case Study

• 2- Private Schools Survey
• Our Own English School
• Al Sonobar School
• International Private School
• Dar Al-Oloom School

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Case Study

• 3- Al Ghazal Transportation Company

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Case Study

• 4- Emirates Transport
• Bus Driver
• Schools
• Students
• Maintenance

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Types of Buses Buses
Nissan
Daewoo
Hyundai
Ashok LeyLand
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Case Study

• Emirates Transport

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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Bus Routing

• Routing Model

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Bus Routing

• Preparing the school and student stop layer
• The school in our case will be represented on the
  map with this shape
• The student stop locations which are the
  collecting points is represented on the map by
  this shape

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Bus Routing

• Schools and Stops locations on the map

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Bus Routing

• School Data

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Bus Routing

• Collection Points Data

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Bus Routing

• Start Routing Procedures

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Bus Routing

• Routing Results

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Bus Routing

• Hajar and Oud Al Tobah School Routing

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Bus Routing

• Detailed Hajar and Oud Al Tobah School Routing

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Bus Routing

• AlJahli and Amr Bin AlAas School Routes

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Bus Routing

• Detailed AlJahli and Amr Bin AlAas School Routes

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Bus Routing

• Bus Routes

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Bus Routing

• Routing Stop Results

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Bus Routing

• Routing Stop Results

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Outline

• Introduction
• Background and Theory
• Methods and Techniques
• Case Study
• Bus Routing
• Conclusion

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Conclusion

• The routing in Agencies are done manually
• Some maps are available for Schools locations
• No routes are established for School Buses
• Some advisors are available to help new drivers
  and follow up the buses

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Conclusion

• According to Emirate Transport, no routing costs
  are available
• The environmental impact is not considered in
  routing

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Conclusion

• All aims of the project were achieved
• Literature review
• Learning GIS Software
• Building GIS-T map
• Applying routing to case study

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Thank you