EVALUATION OF INFORMATION PROVISION SERVICES FOR PEDESTRIANS

'SMARTWALK TSUKUBA' is an information service program devised and led by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (KRDB). It is part of an intelligent transportation systems (ITS) effort to offer services on information and route guidance to pedestrians and transit users. This paper discusses the system outline, features, evaluation test, and consequent outcome of the test. Still further, consideration is given as to how and what pedestrian assistance should be provided. Test services were operational during the period from November 2000 to March 2001 in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The outcome of the evaluation is discussed to provide a perspective of ITS development.

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• Authors:
  • Oomiya, T
  • Horiuchi, S
  • TAMURA, T
  • Fujitaka, K
• Conference:
  • 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Date: 2001-9-30 to 2001-10-4
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Information services; Intelligent transportation systems; Pedestrians; Public transit; Route guidance
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00969411
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 17 2004 12:00AM