A Step-By-Step Procedure to Introduce Low-Cost Transport Guidance Systems Using ICT at Bus Terminals

Measures to improve guidance at bus terminals for visiting users are examined based on case surveys and a design case study. A step-by-step procedure to enhance transport guidance signs by adopting information-communication technology (ICT) to cope with user needs at low cost in operation is proposed, targeting a sub-urban bus terminal connected to a large railway station operated by a different bus service operator. The structure of a dynamic bus information signboard which locally detects approaching buses with radio frequency identifications (RFIDs) and displays information on arriving buses with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is described.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Sakai, Koichi
  • Morii, Norihiro
  • Hirasawa, Takayuki
  • Kishi, Koji
  • Munehiro, Yuji
  • Sawabe, Sumihiro
• Conference:
  • 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-21 to 2009-9-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: ITS in Daily Life

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus terminals; Bus transportation; Communication systems; Information systems; Light emitting diodes; Public transit; Radio frequency identification
• Identifier Terms: Bus Information System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01148406
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2010 8:08AM