IN NICE: A DYNAMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PASSENGERS AT BUS STOPS

A NICE : UN SYSTEME D'INFORMATION DYNAMIQUE DES USAGERS AUX ARRETS D'AUTOBUS

In order to predict the waiting time for a bus at peak hour, an information system for passengers was developed in Nice: the Videobus, a device installed at bus stations, which gives the position of buses. This system comprises a transmitter fitted on the bus, a detection beacon and an information panel located at the bus station. The detection beacon broadcasts continuously in a given geographic sector a question to which the bus replies when it enters the sector. The beacon can identify four different lines. At the reception of the message a light appears on all information panels downstream from the broadcasting beacon, the switching of the light corresponding to the detection point. The user can then locate the vehicle on the line and know how long he will have to wait. The use of this system in the town of Nice showed that it improved the comfort of the users enabling them to organize their waiting time and that it led to a better distribution of loads in buses at peak hour. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1981-3

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 45-47
• Serial:
  • Ingenieurs des Villes de France
  • Issue Number: 275
  • Publisher: PYC Edition
  • ISSN: 0336-4410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automatic vehicle identification; Automation; Bus stops; Bus transit; Buses; Carriers; Electronics; Equipment; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Load transfer; Location; Passenger information systems; Peak periods; Sensors; Traffic signs; Urban areas; Vehicle occupants; Waiting time
• Geographic Terms: France; Nice (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 1272: Bus; 6965: Electronics; 3674: Equipment; 8036: France; 8555: Information documentation; 1124: Line (transp); 9061: Location; 612: Peak hour; 6120: Sensor; 553: Traffic sign; 313: Urban area; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361841
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM