Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information (2011) / Chapter Skim
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. The system predicts the shortest paths between any two points in the transit network using real-time information provided by a third party bus arrival prediction system, relying on GPS [global The literature review revealed that a wide variety of reports, papers, articles, and press releases have been written about providing real-time transit information on mobile devices.
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service provision based on an open, standardised service oriented infrastructure and B2B [business-to-business] services that will facilitate access to urban traffic related data, RTTI service provision and interoperability by traffic information service providers (TISP)
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.] MOBILE DEVICE TECHNOLOGY The proliferation of mobile phones and smartphones has created a challenging environment in terms of developing real-time transit applications for mobile devices.
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varies widely among all available mobile devices. There are three major mobile channels through which realtime transit information is provided: mobile web/Internet (including mobile social networking websites)
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, • Handset/hardware limitations in terms of memory and processing speed, • Costs of mobile Internet access and SMS use for customers, • Access to mobile phone networks, and • Minimum of customer interaction with application. Second, typical formatting of real-time information on mobile devices is shown in Figures 6–8.
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In Helsinki, Finland, real-time transit information on mobile devices was deployed in 2006, as shown in Figure 10. The Mobile Guide for City Traveller (KAMO)
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"Neither the existing Short-Messaging Service (SMS) nor the existing Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
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. RESOURCES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MOBILE SERVICES The literature provides a limited amount of information regarding this aspect of providing real-time transit information on mobile devices.
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. In terms of providing accessible information, which is a component of information equity, VBB provides comprehensive traveler information for disabled and mobilityimpaired persons by means of the Internet, mobile devices, and speech-based telephone (44)
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The possibility of being able to receive travel information by means of mobile devices shifted the point in time that information requests were made from pre-trip to on-trip. That most of the enquiries concerned journeys starting within 30 minutes showed that most of the enquiries were done with the intention of using the PT [public transport]
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. A location-aware iPhone application was developed for OneBusAway that "leverages the localization technology in modern mobile devices to quickly provide users with realtime arrival information for nearby stops and improved context-sensitive response to their searches" (49, p.
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project is to make public transport and related information accessible for everyone, it uses mobile devices to provide real-time information to visually impaired individuals as follows: 1. The traveller gives a message by the web or SMS to the real time system about a wanted trip with the express bus from a particular bus stop at a certain time of departure, and how many minutes before (i.e., 10 minutes)
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. As shown in Figure 16, he has a Sony Ericsson MBW-150 Bluetooth watch that displays "the next few SF Muni bus arrival times for a nearby stop.
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