THE USE OF COMPUTERS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO BUS PASSENGERS

An L.T. Working party report published in 1973 made various proposals for improving information for bus passengers. These included more detailed bus stop displays, the re-introduction of pocket timetables and, if practicable, the production of local bus maps for selected suburban centres. Providing this information on a large scale would require routine manipulation of large amounts of data and is probably beyond the scope of existing resources and is therefore a candidate for computerisation. This memorandum describes an initial investigation into what can be done and demonstrates the potential for producing bus maps and bus stop displays by computer. (A) /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  London Transport Executive

  Economic and Operational Research, Transad House
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • UREN, M
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Buses; Business districts; Computers; Costs; Digital computers; Information display systems; Information management; Information processing; Information, data, and knowledge; Level of service; Maps; Passengers; Public transit; Suburbs; Timetables; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Displays
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 224: Cost; 8655: Data processing; 8673: Digital computer; 653: Level of service; 4074: Map; 1186: Timetable; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: OR Memo M 304 R&D rept.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1981 12:00AM