recorded on
Thursday, May 23, 2019
2pm EST
Webinar Recording
About the Webinar
In this webinar, MOBILIZE Fortaleza speaker, Dr. Ricardo Giesen, Director of the BRT Centre of Excellence, presents experiences in developing analytical methods to avoid bus bunching in BRT systems. He discusses main challenges in implementing this technology and reviews pilot studies in Santiago, Chile, and Lund, Sweden.
Technology to Improve BRT Reliability: Lessons & Challenges
About the Presenters
Ricardo Giesen | Director, BRT Centre of Excellence, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Ricardo Giesen is the current Director of the BRT Centre of Excellence, and Associate Professor and former Director of Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics of the Pontifical Catholic University. Dr. Giesen specializes in operations of transport systems, public transit planning and operations, and logistics and distribution optimization. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2007.