ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION KIOSK PROJECT - TRAVELINK

By June of 1996, the Georgia Department of Transportation, along with the GeorgiaNet Authority, will place approximately 130 electronic, touch screen traveler information kiosks in the Atlanta region and at certain locations around the state. These ADA accessible kiosks will provide relevant traveler information in multiple languages to allow travelers to more easily traverse the Atlanta region. The system will serve as an information link to the traveler, providing real-time traffic and incident data from the newly installed ATMS, point to point vehicle route planning, transit schedule information and transit route itinerary planning, tourism information, current weather information, airline schedule information, rideshare information and special event information such as Olympic schedules and parking information. These kiosks will be placed at transit stations, airports, hotels, public and private office buildings, visitor centers, rest areas, hospitals, and shopping centers. The target audience for these kiosks will be visitors, daily commuters, transit system users, pedestrians, and fleet operators. The Department has teamed with the GeorgiaNet Authority for this innovative project. Under an agreement signed last fall, Georgia Net has accepted the responsibility of owning and maintaining the kiosks in the future. GeorgiaNet was formed in 1990 to centrally market and sell, on-line or in volume, authorized public state information. This paper will discuss both the design of the kiosk system and the multiple partnerships that are necessary to provide successful implementation of the overall system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available only on CD.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Long, T I
  • Pohlman, J M
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Design; Driver information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Kiosks; Partnerships; Passenger information systems; Pedestrians; Public transit; Real time control; Real time data processing; Ridesharing; Routes; Schedules; Traffic incidents; Traveler information and communication systems; Weather conditions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741778
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1997 12:00AM