3. Describe i-TINS in one sentence!?
• i-TINS is the backbone of DoT’s traveler
information services for both the public
and DoT users
4. Purpose of i-TINS
• Provide residents and visitors with a DoT traveler
information system designed to provide multi-modal,
real-time information and route guidance using:
– Smartphone application (Darb Mobile)
– Upgraded web application (www.darb.ae)
– Feed to satellite navigation system service providers (in-
vehicle and OEM)
• Provide a “front end” to the Abu Dhabi ITS (ADITS)
for collection and fusion of real-time information
• Provide a means for DoT staff to access real-time
and stored data for transport planning activities
5. Key i-TINS Customer Products
Live Information
and Services
Over Darb Mobile
(Launched March ‘14)
Live information over www.darb.ae
(Launched March ‘14)
Live traffic and incident feed to
information service providers
(upcoming)
7. Project Concept
Data Sources
Road Sensors
Taxi GPS Data
Police / Saaed
Falcon Eye
(future)
Database
Archive
Data Gateway
Data Fusion
And
Routing Engine
Operator Workstation
Darb Mobile
www.darb.ae
In-Vehicle
Service Providers
DoT Users
Data Sources
Bus Office
Taxi Dispatch
8. Operating Characteristics
General
• Full-time system (24/7/365) centered in TCC
• Live operators to confirm, create, update, and
terminate incidents and events (16 hrs/day, 8 hr on
Fridays)
• Continuous archiving of raw and fused traffic data
9. Operating Characteristics
Data and Mapping
• Use of DoT, TransAD and MCC data sources
• Use of DoT-licensed mapping platforms
– Esri ArcInfo mapping for customer displays
– Nokia HERE network (for mapping of data to road
segments)
• Open information standards
– Geoserver for colour traffic flow information – PNG files
– Java and XML-based data formats for other information
10. Data Sources
• BlueMAC Project
Segments
– Bluetooth data received
over wireless
– Segments/readers report
back at 5 minute intervals
– Speed and travel time data
between readers
(segments)
• Traffic Count
Stations
– Uses microwave
detectors
communicating via
wireless
– Point-based volume,
speed, other data at
5 minute intervals
DoT
11. Data Sources
• Data from over 7000 taxis
– Received over 3G and
GPRS at 3 minute intervals
– Contains taxi ID, lat-long,
direction, current speed,
in-service / out-of-service
flag
• SIRI Interface to Bus
AVMS system
• Route information
• Bus stop information
• Estimated time of arrival
at specific stops
• Used for mobile app, not
archived
TransAD DoT Bus Office
12. Incident Data
• Detection
– 999 call-in info
– Police reports
– Unusually high travel times – managed street segments
within Abu Dhabi island
– Suspect incident inputs by i-TINS Operator
• Confirmation
– Verify using CCTV cameras at TCC
– Road Service Patrol reports on site
– i-TINS Operator inputs detail on type, severity, closed-
lane information
13. Data Collection, Consumption and
Archiving
Bluetooth
Readers
RTMS
Locations
(count stations)
Taxi
Probes
Taxi
Data
Server
(@ TransAD)
CityCync
Server
BlueMAC
Server
Data
Gateway
(middleware)
Fusion
Engine
Database
Archived
Data
Request
Archived
Data
Raw
Data
Feeds
(XML)
Fused
Data
(XML)
Raw and
Fused
Data for
Archive
(SQL)
Bluetooth
Data
(XML)
Count
Station
Data
(SQL)
Taxi
Data
(SQL)
16. Simplification - Primary i-TINS
Outputs
Database
Archive
Data Gateway
Data Fusion
And
Routing Engine
Darb Mobile
Server
www.darb.ae
DoT Users
In-Vehicle
Service Providers
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Other
Data Sources
Taxi Dispatch
Bus Office H I
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17. Primary i-TINS Data Outputs
Data
ID
Description Attributes Standard Used
Traffic flow
information
Current speed range for given traffic link and
direction (represented as green, yellow, or red
colour)
Web Mapping
Service (WMS)
Incident information Incident ID, location, direction, type, lanes
blocked, severity, incident start time, time of
latest update, expected incident end time,
status (active/terminated)
JavaScript Object
Notation (JSON)
Custom travel time
information for given
origin and destination
Link Path with cumulative distance and travel
time information between user-requested
origin and destination, representing fastest
route between the two points
JavaScript Object
Notation (JSON)
Current link travel
speeds
Current link travel speed, including link
number, lat-longs for “from” and “to” nodes,
speed on link, update time, link length
XML (REST)
Link travel speeds for
requested time period
Link travel speed for selected link numbers,
day and time period
SQL
Link travel times for
requested time period
Link travel times for selected link numbers, day
and time period
SQL
Traffic volume for
requested time period
Traffic counts for selected count location, day
and time period
SQL
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18. Additional Data Outputs to Darb
Data
ID
Description Attributes Standard Used
Bus arrival
information at
specific stops
Bus attributes including route number,
destination, time for bus to arrive at given bus
stop number
SIRI via HTTP Post
Taxi dispatch
information
Taxi ID, estimated arrival time at requested
lat-long of pick-up location, driver name, phone
number
XML
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22. Darb Mobile Introduction
• Developed for
– iPhone and iPad
– Android phones and tablets
– Future HTML-5
• Arabic and English
• Based on DoT Map Engines
– Esri GIS and ADSIC maps
– Nokia HERE navigable network
23. Choice of 10 Modules
– Car Travel
• Live map-based traffic and incident
information, directions (shortest and fastest
routes)
– Public Transport
• Nearest bus stops on map, time to next
bus arrival (real time)
– Maritime
• Ferry routes and schedules, ferry bus
routes
– Airport
• Flight departure and arrival, parking
availability, airport services
– Mawaqif
• Pay for parking on surface streets
(alternative to using meters)
– Book-a-Taxi
• Book taxi from current location using map
– Traffic Updates
• Incident summary, Twitter feed, special
events (scheduled)
– Darbi
• Report malfunctions of traffic signals, light
poles down, other incidents involving DoT
assets
– My Accounts
• Store data for parking, favorite routes and
destinations, etc.
– Information
• FAQ’s, DoT office contacts, public feedback
forms
24. Car Travel
• Current traffic and incident
data
– Traffic data updated every few
minutes
• Route Selection (using real-
time data)
– Current best travel time
– Shortest distance
• Parking locations
• Parking Info
• Points of Interest
• Save routes and places
• Nearby Facilities
25. Public Transport
• Find bus stops
around any
location on the
map.
• View real-time
bus arrival
information
27. Airports
• Access to ADAC mobile web
• Parking availability
• Other ADAC services
• Select fastest or shortest
routes to airports / parking
28. Mawaqif
• Pay for on-street
parking
• Either access existing
account or enter
license plate (if AD)
even if not registered
• Access m-Mawaqif
site to top-up /
register
29. • Dispatch taxi to your
location
• After booking
confirmation, the Taxi
Dispatch System
searches for a taxi
nearby and assigns a
taxi for the user
• Estimated time to
arrive, taxi # and driver
phone number provided
Book A Taxi
30. Traffic Update
• Traffic updates
available as a
notification.
• Special Events
available as a
notification.
• Detail about each event
and update available.
• Traffic Twitter feed
available.
31. Darbi (Geofeedback)
• User can report DoT
service or infrastructure
problems – also take /
send photo of the
incident.
32. My Accounts
• My Accounts accesses
personalized services:
– My Routes
– My Mawaqif
– My Places
– My Notifications
• Provides ability to edit
information about your
services
• Entries can be edited and
deleted from this module.
34. Review
• i-TINS is the backbone of DoT’s traveler
information services for both the public and
DoT users
• Darb is the mechanism to provide multi-modal
information to the public using live data from i-
TINS, bus office and taxis, as well as parking
payment and other services
