• DocumentCode
    2572414
  • Title

    Mobile information systems providing estimated time of arrival for public transport users

  • Author

    Rashid, Omer ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben ; Fisher, Andrew ; Thompson, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. Syst., Lancaster Univ., UK
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30 May-1 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    2765
  • Abstract
    Walking out of the house on cold and wet winter morning to catch the bus knowing with confidence that arrival is imminent would be a dream for many users of public transport. With one look at the mobile phone not only it is possible to see the exact time of arrival at a user´s stop but also the next departure from the central terminal and its estimated time of arrival. In this paper we present a public information system that can provide up to date and comprehensive information on metrobus services through a variety of means to the user´s mobile phone.
  • Keywords
    information services; mobile handsets; traffic information systems; metrobus services; mobile information systems; mobile phone; public information system; public transport users; time of arrival estimation; Databases; Field programmable gate arrays; Global Positioning System; Ground penetrating radar; Information systems; Internet; Mobile handsets; Time of arrival estimation; Vehicles; Wireless application protocol; FPGA; GPRS; GPS; J2ME; Mobility; Public Information Systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference, 2005. VTC 2005-Spring. 2005 IEEE 61st
  • ISSN
    1550-2252
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8887-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VETECS.2005.1543850
  • Filename
    1543850