The Informed Rural Passenger Project 2014

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Informed Rural PassengerPete Edwards, John Nelson, Yaji Sripada, Caitlin Cottrill, David Corsar, Paul Gault, Christopher Baillie, Milan Markovic, Konstantinos Papangelis


Informed Rural Passenger

Rural RTPI – lack of information infrastructure

Travellers desire:•Real time information.•Accurate, timely, & personalised disruption information.•Information on alternatives.


A Passenger Information Ecosystem

Can we leverage Open Data? What is available? How can it be used?

Can we use mobile devices and crowd-sourcing to help fill information infrastructure ‘voids’? Passengers provide information to the system for benefit of

others.

How can we address such issues as provenance and data quality?


Clients

Datasets

Services

Ontologies

Information Ecosystem

Transit LinkedGeoData User FOAF SIOC Transport Sensors SSN Travel

Disruption Qual-O Prov-O

Timetable InfrastructureUser Observation DisruptionNaPTAN

Timetable User Sensor Location Observation Disruption Quality Provenance


GetThere Bus Android App

View bus routes & timetable View bus locations

Timetable (operator provided)

Real-time (crowd-sourced)

Available for routes in Scottish Borders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wgn-pMJAHA


Impact Development of expertise and knowledge

Strong interface between Transport Studies, Computing Science.

Collaboration with key partners Anticipated benefits

Passengers have access to real time travel information in rural areas

Policy implications: UK open data agenda Various public engagement activities New knowledge and scientific advancement

2 int. journal, 21 int. conferences/workshops 14 of which are interdisciplinary


Next Steps Social media:

Public transport service providers currently communicate with customers via such networks as Twitter

Allows for public sharing of: Comments Complaints News Information

Research questions: How can this data be incorporated into the broader public transport

ecosystem? How can useful information be obtained from social media to:

Improve the passenger experience Provide benefit to the transport operator

What methods should be explored in terms of annotating, sharing, and analysing obtained data?

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