First pilots bus route visualisation tool

FirstGroup is piloting a visualisation tool to analyse congestion, bus speeds and other performance metrics for its bus routes. The tool, called FirstMove, has been developed by urban data science firm Prospective Labs. First and Prospective explained the system to the North East Scotland local authority and bus operators forum steering group in May. Minutes of the meeting record that the system can show where the greatest number of passengers are affected by congestion through an occupancy weighting. The tool can also breakdown routes into journey segments to identify where delays are occurring.