STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED TRAVELER INFORMATION

This report will be of interest to transit managers and others interested in improving transit traveler information for current and potential customers. It provides a useful summary of the state of the practice in the area of improved transit traveler information. The result identifies transit traveler information needs, assesses the state of the art in providing transit traveler information, provides examples of customer information systems from both inside the transit industry and related industries, discusses transit traveler information as part of larger community information systems, and offers new directions for the transit industry in providing traveler information.

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  Transportation Research Board

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• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 120 p.
• Serial:
  • TCRP Report
  • Issue Number: 92
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-4872

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Public transit; State of the practice; Strategic planning; Traveler information and communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960105
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309087619
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project A-20A(2) FY '02
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 16 2003 12:00AM