GOAL To improve the competitiveness of the mass transit by increasing the information about mass transit by implementing a mass transit portal, which routes and schedules from door to door and covers all mass transit modes
Mass Transit Portal Services Route and timetable service from door to door All mass transit modes Countrywide Common up to date route and timetable database All mass transit modes Countrywide Common interface to transfer timetable data Links to the services of the mass transit operators General mass transit information Hyperlink from the portal s timetable query to the sales and reservation systems of the operators
Journey Planning Features Journey planning Search by the address, point of interest or map Search by address: Matinkatu 2, Espoo Ansatie 10, Kouvola Search by point of interest: Hotel Ramada, Oulu Olympic Stadium Complete the mass transit service by walk, taxi or car Personal parameters and services in the journey planning Walking speed Minimum change time Save personal route or timetable Selection of the transit modes Selection criteria: fastest, minimum amount of the changes, shortest walking distance Special groups (i.e. handicapped) Description of the route Services onboard: low floor bus, express bus, restautant wagon, couchette etc. Terminal and stop information Transfer to the sales system of the operator
Project Phases Common database and portal covering the most important ground mass transit operators 08/2003 Journey planning service 2004 From door to door journey planning service Hyperlink from the timetable inquiry to the sales and reservation systems of the operator Other transit modes and operators Ferries 04/2004 Airplanes? Developing projects 2005-06 Developing of the personal routeing Improving the data quality (stop and GIS information) New distribution channels (not scheduled)
Data Content The data of the following operators are already updated automatically All long distance buses VR ltd (Finnish Rail), all trains Helsinki Metropolitan area, all traffic (trains, trams, metro, buses, ferries) City of Tampere, all Traffic All domestic ferries Problem: local bus timetables are not yet available
Planning Principals The service is absolutely equal to all transport modes and operators Primary will be offered the transport mode asked by the customer The departures will be listed by the departure or arriving time according to the request To the customer will be offered at least one departure from all transport modes if available in a reasonable service level The user access will be planned similar to the operators service
Journey planner
Journey planner result, overview
Journey planner result, detailed
Journey planner result, detailed
Advanced search
Search of streets, stops or points of interest
Transfer to the VR sales system
Transfer to the VR sales system
Risks The algorithm and it s parameters does not support nationwide routing Availability of the timetable data Usability of the system Quality of the geographic data (stops, walking connections) The service doesn t get it s own role beetween the services of the traffic operators Responsibility for the consumers The host organisation in the future Financing during the production (production and development) The commitment of the traffic operators
The demands for the data in routing from door to door all timetables (both long distance and local traffic) 100 % coverage of the stops the stops have both name and coordinates all departures have stop times in all stops
Main problems in bus traffic data Missing local traffic timetables (~ 20 000 departures) Missing coordinates in the data of the long distance bus traffic Missing stop times of the departures of the long distance bus traffic
Major local traffic cities users of the mtravel system City Population Helsinki 559 330 Espoo 224 231 Vantaa 184 039 Kauniainen 8 622 Tampere 200 966 Total 1 177 188 Users of the Wilima system Kuopio 88 250 Vaasa 56 953 Mikkeli 46 511 Joensuu 52 659 Kouvola 31 339 Lappeenranta 58 897 Kotka 54 618 Total 389 227 Yhteensä 1 692 343 Others over 40000 inhabitan Turku 175 059 Lahti 98 253 Jyväskylä 82 409 Pori 76 189 Hämeenlinna 46 909 Porvoo 46 217 Hyvinkää 43 169 Yhteensä 568 205
Next phase development - data content international ferry traffic air traffic improve the coverage of the bus timetable data improve the stop and the geographical data points of interest, integration with the systems of the systems of the operators in the tourism services and facilities in the stops and terminals
Next phase development - functionality Improving the routing criteria selection possibilities of the customer More personal features in routing and scheduling Real time disorder information Disorder information concerning the eventual journey
Potential Distribution Channels Internet SMS WAP Other wireless terminals Digital TV Web sites of third parties
Timetable systems - architecture Systems of the traffic operators Operator 1 Operator 2 eservices of the State Provincial Offices www-forms application of the licence for line services Digistop - Stop Vallu system of information system licences for the line 16.4.2004 of MinTC Kirjava kana services Oy Reijo Kinnunen Kirjava kana Oy RKi 29.2.2004 1 statements XML-message interface (kalkati.net) -messages for the licence for the line services -application -request for a statement -statement -decision -timetable message -stop data message Journey.fi database MINFO Matkahuolto WILIMA VR Others. Systems of the information providers