WELCOME TO NATIONAL EXPRESS TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICE

A computer program known as PATHFINDER, designed to improve the dissemination of travel information, is described. Developed for the National Bus Company, the system incorporates an efficient pathbuilding algorithm which searches timetable information and selects all "reasonable" routes between pairs of origins and destinations. Unacceptable routes are eliminated by reference to user-controlled acceptance conditions. The system has been run on the 1300 services and 3000 stop locations of the National Express timetable. Routes have been built between 400 selected locations producing about 160000 a-z travel summaries. It is planned to develop the system so that it can be stored as a highly compressed database and create travel summary data using a Prestel-compatible viewdata television system. (TRRL)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/50924818
• Corporate Authors:

  City Press Limited

  Fairfax House
  Colchester, Essex CO1 1RJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Douglas, A
  • Hopkins, D
• Publication Date: 1981-11-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 7-9
• Serial:
  • Transport: Research Journal of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
  • ISSN: 1648-4142
  • EISSN: 1648-3480

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Calculation; Computer programs; Information dissemination; Information management; Information processing; Information, data, and knowledge; Itinerary; Methodology; Passenger information systems; Passengers; Planning; Public transit; Route choice; Television; Timetables
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 6464: Calculation; 8555: Information documentation; 699: Itinerary; 9102: Method; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 8645: Software; 6949: Television; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM