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- the
pedagogical functions
: facilitate public transport learning and lead
travelers to conform to the user regulations;
- the
operational functions
: facilitate the programming and execution of the trip;
- the
appropriative functions
: facilitate appropriation and mastering of the
transport system.
To correctly define the functional approach, it is therefore advisable to answer
the following questions:
- what are the
objectives
assigned by the producers of traveler information?
- what are the different types of travelers involved?
- where is the information being made available?
- what are the functions that traveler information will have to fulfill?
We have presented and defined traveler information in the context of a public
transport system, as well as the functional approach that its players must adopt,
based on [FAI 96]. Nonetheless, during his trip the traveler uses several individual
transport systems, such as the car, as well as collective ones, such as the train, bus or
tram. The term multimodal information is then used.
1.3. Multimodal information
Specific French laws called
Grenelle de l'environment
2
defined the main points
of sustainable development and were in favor of sustainable mobility. To try and
respond to the challenge of sustainable mobility, which involves restoring the
balance between the car, on the one hand, and public transport and more generally
the soft modes
3
, on the other, a concept is starting to emerge in France: multimodal
information. The idea is to create a “unique counter”, focusing on all of the forms of
mobility on offer in a given territory [UST 00]. It is a matter of proposing the global
offer including public transport, parking possibilities, how long automobile journeys
will take, cycle lanes, taxis, carpooling offers
4
,
the routes pedestrians take, bicycle
or electric scooter hire, etc. All individual and collective forms of urban mobility
must be brought together to produce a database allowing us to optimize the mobility
resources in a territory. The valuation of such a mutualization of data, called a
multimodal information system (MIS), must not only be carried out via services
2 http://www.legrenelle-environnement.fr/.
3 Soft modes of transport are those that do not emit CO
2
, such as walking, cycling, etc. We
also say it is an active mode, to signal that man is the “motor”.
4 This consists of a short-term automobile location (a few hours).
