Personal Mobility Transfer Routing Around Lane-Constrained Bottlenecks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transportation services face delays due to traffic bottlenecks and congestion, which can be exacerbated by lane-constrained vehicles navigating through congested areas, affecting travel time and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The integration of personal mobility vehicles with lane-constrained vehicles within a dynamic transportation network, allowing personal mobility vehicles to transport passengers from traffic-congested areas to intermediate locations where lane-constrained vehicles can pick them up, thereby bypassing bottlenecks and optimizing routes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If lane-constrained vehicles are used to transport passengers through congested areas, then transportation service coverage is improved, but travel time increases due to traffic bottlenecks and congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The transportation journey is segmented into multiple legs: the first leg uses a personal mobility vehicle (PMV) to transport the passenger from the pickup location to an intermediate location, avoiding congested areas. The second leg uses a lane-constrained vehicle to transport the passenger from the intermediate location to the destination. This segmentation allows each vehicle type to operate in its optimal environment, reducing overall travel time while maintaining service coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediate location is introduced as a mediator between the pickup location and the destination. The PMV drops the passenger at this intermediate location, which is accessible via routes that avoid traffic bottlenecks. The lane-constrained vehicle then picks up the passenger at the intermediate location and completes the journey to the destination. This intermediary approach allows the system to bypass congested areas while still providing door-to-door service.
2Reliability
If lane-constrained vehicles navigate through congested areas to complete transportation requests, then service reliability is maintained, but network congestion is exacerbated
Solution Approach 1:
The passenger transport function is extracted from the congested road network and relocated to alternative pathways using PMVs. By having PMVs transport passengers from pickup locations and to intermediate locations that are not part of the congested lane-constrained vehicle network, the system removes a portion of the traffic demand from the congested areas, thereby reducing network congestion while maintaining service reliability through the coordinated two-vehicle approach.
3Adaptability or versatility
If lane-constrained vehicles are deployed to pickup locations with traffic bottlenecks, then transportation accessibility is improved, but vehicle utilization efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically assigns different vehicle types to different segments of the journey based on real-time conditions. PMVs are dynamically deployed for the first leg of the journey from pickup locations with traffic bottlenecks to intermediate locations, while lane-constrained vehicles are dynamically assigned for the second leg from intermediate locations to destinations. This dynamic allocation optimizes vehicle utilization by matching vehicle capabilities with route characteristics, improving overall productivity while maintaining accessibility.
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AI summary
Personal mobility vehicles, their various components, methods and systems for controlling, using, tracking, and/or interacting with personal mobility vehicles, and methods and systems for integrating personal mobility vehicles within dynamic transportation networks so that a personal mobility vehicle (PMV) can be used in combination with a vehicle of a transportation provider to efficiently complete a transportation request are discussed. For example, a PMV may be used in combination with a lane-constrained vehicle to improve travel time between two locations in situations where the time it may take for a lane-constrained vehicle to reach the starting location may be affected by traffic congestion at the starting location. The PMV may transport a transportation requestor from a starting location to an intermediate location away from the traffic congestion to then transfer to a lane-constrained vehicle for the remainder of the trip.