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SMART-WAY, Galileo baserat interaktivt infosystem for kollektivtrafiken (SMART-WAY, Galileo based navigation for public transport systems with passenger interaction)

  • Hylén, Bertil
  • Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut (VTI), Statligt forskningsinstitut, 202100-0704
Sponsors, duration, budget: Trafikverket ; 2010-02-01 -- 2012-01-31 Registration number:
  • Trafikverket
Subject(s): Online resources: Abstract: SMART-WAY kommer att utveckla ett navigations- och infosystem för lokal/regional kolltrafik baserat på smarta mobiler. SMART-WAY avser däremot inte att täcka en dörr-till-dörr resa med hela Europas kolltrafik. Kunden kommer att ges info om en resekedja med realtidsinfo, avvikelser och möjligheter att ändra sina val under resans gång. All info kommer att finnas i mobilen, inga utskrifter behövs. Liknande system finns i vissa städer/regioner men SMART-WAY syftar till att erbjuda ett europeiskt standardsystem. En Demo kommer att provas i Dresden (DE) och Torino (IT) vars kolltrafikorganisationer är partners i projektet. Andra partners kommer genom fokusgrupper att utvärdera hur demon mottages av ett urval av kunder, personal och andra. Demon kommer dock fortfarande att vara GPS baserad eftersom Galileo inte kommer att vara i drift under projektets livstid.Abstract: SMART-WAY will develop a real public transport navigation system based on mobile devices that gives passengers the possibility to act as they are used to do with common navigation systems in their cars. Once entered the destination of their trip they will be able to get into a vehicle and to jump off/on as often as they like to. The system will always guide them to the destination. Passengers are not longer bound to a printout of the route. They may change and interrupt their trips as often as they want to. To put this into practice, existing studies about the Galileo satellite system, about navigation, and about mobile applications from former projects and several sources will be analysed and put together with user needs and general conditions into a meta study, the technical developments of the project will be based on. The focus of the project will be the development of all necessary applications for the passenger navigation system based on a business plan that is focused on a sustainable operation for all usual public transportation networks in Europe. Functional tests and demonstrations will verify the functionality of the system and the effect analysis will verify and adjust the proposed business model. Finally an evaluation and dissemination process will ensure the sustainable usability and the successful knowledge transfer from research and development to an operational service of this passenger navigation system.
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