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destined for the user-client, but also to institutional, professional and economic
worlds.
Therefore, the mutualization of data can help the authority organizing the trips
and the users of transport to better optimize public spending [PER 02] in the
definition of the offer, as well as in the domain of the coordinated use of networks.
For example, MIS can make it possible to update inconsistencies in the forms of
mobility on offer, with regards to transit, or even redundancies in the same itinerary.
A better knowledge of transport demand could also lead to the appearance of new
forms of mobility regarding on-demand transport services or car sharing.
This mass of data can help companies that are looking to offer employees a
transport solution, in the context of their company mobility plan. The key here is to
minimize single-person automobile journeys (without passengers) on the trips
between employees' homes and their workplace. For example, regulations enable
employees (or employers) to claim a 50% refund on the cost of a season ticket using
public transport or bicycle hire. Beyond this incentive, removing parking spaces at
the workplace is another, more restricting, aspect. The places that generate flows,
such as shopping or leisure centers, are also potential targets for the valuation of the
MIS. The availability of this database to players in the information society could
also give rise to the development of services with added value, which are more
personalized and will eventually have to be paid for.
From an individual point of view, the idea is to create services to help mobility.
People living in the city are offered an optimal chain of transport, enabling them to
carry out their desired trip:
- by offering global information on all means of transport for a given trip
(
preparation for the journey
);
- by accompanying the traveler in his mobility and judiciously advising him, if
possible in real time (
realization of the journey
).
This is what we summarize as the two objectives of the MIS [UST 01a]:
- clarification of the modal choice: suggest the global offer of all means of
transport in a given trip;
- facilitation of the usage of networks: accompany the traveler who uses
transport networks and judiciously inform him.
As the traveler moves through different networks, client sharing is an interesting
component to aid the development of a MIS. Therefore, talking to the client and
making information available outside the network to address a potential client is a
convincing argument for mutualization. The lack of a clear legal answer to the issue
