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1.5.1. Traveler information and valorization of route time
The concept of route time valorization was introduced by the French National
Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) in 2003 in the context of the
TESS (transport, space and society) project financed by the Research Ministry. The
idea was not only to provide information on the journey itself, but also about the
urban environment, or even general information involving the interests of the client.
One application was able to be carried out in an urban bus run by the Lille
metropolis urban community network operator. This vehicle had a geo-localization
system giving it its position within the town. The services developed enabled an
announcement to be made before the stops as well as regarding cultural and tourist
information about the district that it was going through. This information was
available on a personal assistant [AMB 08], [GRA 03].
Beyond locating vehicles, which is generally the most frequently studied
function, in 2002 research by PREDIT focused on the localization of people moving
around in a transport network [UST 03]. The approach was aimed at identifying the
effects of this innovation on the development of traveler information services by
using a functional approach. It formalized concepts relative to traveler information
in order to envisage the potential advantages of localization for these services and
by revealing possible avenues for the development of new personalized services,
such as:
- “immediate departure” information that informs the traveler, who knows the
purpose of his journey but has not organized his trip beforehand, about the best
multimodal journey to take in real time;
- information concerning “opportunities in mobility”. This is a matter of keeping
the traveler informed, during his journey, of the opportunities in the traveled
environment that are likely to interest him;
- “assistance” information, which gives the traveler a reassuring way to be
helped if a difficult situation arises during the journey; it can also inform the traveler
of any incidents detected.
1.5.2. Traveler information and personalized accompaniment
The MOUVER.PERSO [GRI 07] research project has enabled the study and
implementation of personalized mobility in the context of student daily mobility.
Students have a timetable that is initially “static” (but can change each week).
Outside this timetable, they use their spare time in different ways: sport and leisure,
shopping, culture, etc. The originality of this project is that it accompanied students
throughout their occupations in a personalized way:
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