FIELD STUDY OF REAL TIME PASSENGER INFORMATION VIA MOBILE PHONE
Peter Stöveken · 2000
The improvement of the public transport service and thus a lasting transfer from car to public transport can only be achieved by a detailed and reliable passenger information. In this connection passenger information has to be dynamic, that means that not only schedule data but also real time data have to be indicated. Furthermore, information has to be at a passenger's disposal at all times (en-route). In autumn 2000, in the Rhine-Main-Area the use of mobile phones for dynamic passenger information will be tested on behalf of the Ministry of Transport. 120 persons will receive a mobile phone and have the occasion to get real time information about the actual waiting and departure times of all local buses, regional buses and the trains in Hofheim. The data supply concept is based upon WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). Most important is the field survey in Hofheim with an accompanying before and after analysis about the acceptance of the system