Foell, Stefan; Kortuem, Gerd; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Handte, Marcus; Iqbal, Umer and Marron, Pedro
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.urb-iot.2014.257373 |
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Abstract
Public bus services are widely deployed in cities around the world because they provide cost-effective and economic public transportation. However, from a passenger point of view urban bus systems can be complex and difficult to navigate, especially for disadvantaged users, i.e. tourists, novice users, older people, and people with impaired cognitive or physical abilities. We present Urban Bus Navigator (UBN), a reality-aware urban navigation system for bus passengers with the ability to recognize and track the physical public transport infrastructure such as buses. Unlike traditional location-aware mobile transport applications, UBN acts as a true navigation assistant for public transport users. Insights from a six-month long trial in Madrid indicate that UBN removes barriers for public transport usage and has a positive impact on how people feel about public transport journeys.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item | ||||||
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| Copyright Holders: | 2014 ICST, the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering | ||||||
| ISBN: | 1-63190-037-4, 978-1-63190-037-2 | ||||||
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| Keywords: | bus navigation; public transport; smartphone application | ||||||
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
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| Item ID: | 40902 | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Stefan Foell | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2014 08:50 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2018 11:44 | ||||||
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/40902 | ||||||
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