NEEDS AND POTENTIAL OF INFORMATION PROVISION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT

This is a study to know the needs and potential of information provision in public transportation improvements. Problems on existing public transportation services are analyzed from the present and latent user's points of view, as well as their preference on improvement of information provision. This is done through interview surveys to the users. From the results of the analyses, problems were classified into two groups: 1. those occurring on each mode itself, and 2. those at modal interchanges like terminals. Since each trip by public transportation is achieved by several different modes, like walking and bus, the structure of the problem is relatively complicated. Based on the detailed needs by potential users, the applicability of several measures tackling the problems with the present level of information provision techniques were discussed.

• 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:
  • Nakamura, F
  • Takashima, K
  • Makimura, K
  • Sato, K
• 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: Buses; Data collection; Improvements; Information services; Intermodal terminals; Mode S; Needs assessment; Public transit; Surveys; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Information provision
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741529
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1997 12:00AM