Context-Aware Travel Support During Unplanned Public Transport Disturbances
2023 (English)In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems / [ed] Alexey Vinel, Jeroen Ploeg, Karsten Berns, Oleg Gisikhin, Setúbal, Portugal: SciTePress, 2023, Vol. 1, p. 160-170, article id 19Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This paper explores the possibilities and challenges of realizing a context-aware travel planner with bidirectional information exchange between the actor and the traveller during unplanned traffic disturbances. A prototype app is implemented and tested to identify potential benefits. The app uses data from open APIs, and beacons to detect the traveller context (which train or train platform the traveller is currently on). Alternative travel paths are presented to the user, and each alternative is associated with a certainty factor reflecting the reliability of the travel time prognoses. The paper also presents an interview study that investigates PT actors’ views on the potential use for actors and travellers of new information about certainty factors and travellers’ contexts, during unplanned traffic disturbances. The results show that this type of travel planner can be realized and that it enables travellers to find ways to reach their destination, in situations where the public t ravel planner only suggests infeasible travel paths. The value for the traveller of the certainty factors are also illustrated. Additionally, the results show that providing actors with information about traveller context and certainty factors opens up for the possibility of more advanced support for both the PT actor and the traveller.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Setúbal, Portugal: SciTePress, 2023. Vol. 1, p. 160-170, article id 19
Series
VEHITS, ISSN 2184-495X
Keywords [en]
Public Transport, Travel Planner, Context Aware, Prognoses
Keywords [sv]
kontextmedveten, reseplanerare, resestöd, kollektivtrafiken, störningar
National Category
Transport Systems and Logistics
Research subject
Transportation studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-59392DOI: 10.5220/0011761000003479ISI: 001090857700016Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85160775089ISBN: 978-989-758-652-1 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-59392DiVA, id: diva2:1754196
Conference
VEHITS 2023 - 9th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, April 26-28, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic
Projects
Kontextmedvetet resestöd vid störningar i kollektivtrafiken
Funder
Swedish Transport Administration, TRV 2021/406332023-05-032023-05-032023-12-05Bibliographically approved