Real time passenger information: the benefits and costs

In Ireland the government is about to initiate institutional and regulatory change in Dublin, resulting in the eventual establishment of a single authority with control over land use and transport planning and public transport regulation, which for the purposes of the paper will be called the Dublin Transport Authority (DTA). The government is also planning the introduction of competition in the bus market. Under this new structure it is unclear as to who will be required to invest in certain passenger information services, the DTA or the public transport operator. This paper focuses on the provision of on-street Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) displays and discusses how RTPI could be funded. This paper looks at European examples of RTPI systems and draws from existing practice in Europe with regard to which body should pay for the RTPI system. The paper details a hypothetical costing of implementing a citywide RTPI system and discusses the results. For the covering abstract see ITRD E126595.

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• Authors:
  • CAULFIELD, B
  • O''MAHONEY, M
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16pp
• Monograph Title: Risk aversion and route choice decisions
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE (ETC) 2003 HELD 8-10 OCTOBER 2003, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
  • Publisher: Association for European Transport (AET)
  • ISSN: 1474-9122

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Financing; Land use; Planning; Public transit; Real time data processing; Traveler information and communication systems; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Ireland
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 244: Financing; 8049: Ireland; 356: Land use; 8786: Passenger information; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 8679: Real time; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01014657
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-342-9
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2005 3:07PM