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Updated overview of the Informed Rural Passenger Project at the dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub at the University of Aberdeen.
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David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
Informed Rural PassengerPete Edwards, John Nelson, Yaji Sripada, Caitlin Cottrill, David Corsar, Paul Gault, Christopher Baillie, Milan Markovic, Konstantinos Papangelis
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
Informed Rural Passenger
Rural RTPI – lack of information infrastructure
Travellers desire:•Real time information.•Accurate, timely, & personalised disruption information.•Information on alternatives.
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
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?
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
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
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
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
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
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
David Corsardcorsar@abdn.ac.uk
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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