Mobile travel information services for the public

Mobile travel information services aim to provide comprehensive information for a trip-maker during a trip.

Currently a great priority is accorded to pre-trip information, whether using the Internet or more conventional timetables or telephone services. On-trip information services have existed for many years in the form of on-board announcements on buses and trains, whilst for the motorist variable message signs and radio travel broadcasts are increasingly commonplace.

This concept seeks to encourage improved use of on-board and at- station information for public transport users, but also seeks to utilize contemporary mobile device and Internet technology to provide integrated, multi-modal, real-time travel information and alerts to an individual’s mobile phone or PDA. Such information can also be tailored to an individual’s particular needs.

Mobile travel information services provide extra flexibility and control for the traveller, ad as such can contribute to the convenience of public transport travel and enhanced user confidence. Schemes generally develop from local authority, government department or transport operator initiatives, in collaboration with technology providers and passenger groups. Key stakeholders therefore include transport operators, local authorities, technology providers, passenger groups, and data owners.

These are inpiring examples:

	5T, Torino, Italy
	ITS4Mobility, Gothenburg, Sweden
	iBus, London, UK

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