Abstract
Mobile real-time passenger information (RTPI) systems are becoming ubiquitous in public transport and a plethora of studies have explored the effects they have on passengers. However, these studies mostly focus on urban areas and largely ignore rural dwellers. In this paper, we present results of a study that looks into the effects that mobile RTPI has on passengers in rural areas. The results indicate that the participants primarily used the mobile RTPI system to gain situation and geospatial awareness and to adapt their travel behaviour in disrupted circumstances. Further, we have identified that mobile RTPI significantly affects the everyday public transport travel of individuals. The outcomes of this study provide an initial understanding of the effects of a mobile RTPI system on rural users.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-114 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Transportation Planning and Technology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 25 Nov 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
The research described here is supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1/.Keywords
- real-time passenger information systems
- effects of real-time information
- rural transport
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- Accepted Manuscript
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Transportation Planning and Technology on 25/11/2015, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03081060.2015.1108085
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Gowri Sripada
- Engineering, National Decommissioning Centre
- Computational Linguistics at Aberdeen
- School of Natural & Computing Sciences, Computing Science - Senior Lecturer
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