Tokyo's Metro Digital Twin Aids Commuter Navigation

A team of engineers has developed a proof-of-concept digital twin of Tokyo’s metro system, designed to help residents monitor and navigate their commutes more effectively.
 
Tokyo has one of the busiest and densest metro areas in the world, making urban planning and day-to-day navigation a relatively tricky task. By digitizing the city’s train data, the team hoped to demonstrate how digital tools can be used to streamline daily commutes for both residents and city planners.
 
The proof–of-concept design was developed by the Tokyo Smart City Studio, headquartered in Georgia Tech’s Eco Urban Lab. The project is also run in collaboration with researchers from the University of Tokyo’s Department of Urban Engineering, Keio University and the Global Carbon Project office in Tsukuba, Japan.
 
The digital twin app analyzes real-time train data to visualize the Tokyo Metro, allowing a commuter to select a line, see arrival times for the next train at every station and track any train along its route.


​Source: IOT World Today