ENHANCED WISETRIP

"Enhancing Intermodality of Content, Personalised Information and Functionality of WISETRIP Network of Journey Planning Engines"

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'An attempt to integrate Journey Planning engines to form a unified intermodal planner for international journeys, has been performed by the WISETRIP FP7 project. WISETRIP has addressed important needs of the international traveller including the provision of personalized information before and during the trip, under different usage scenarios. The proposed Enhanced WISETRIP project aims at building on the knowledge developed in the recent project to bring new possibilities for planning, booking and travelling multimodal journeys adapted to all user needs, multiple trip criteria, environmental impact and personal preferences. To manage unexpected scenarios, the project will realise integration of real-time and non real-time data sources based upon efficient communications and decision management mechanism that will be considered for traveller alerting and trip redesign. It advances the state-of-the-art towards efficient and green planning of multimodal international trips, through its unique mixture of features, which are: -Inclusion of a wide grid of criteria that form the basis of variant trip strategies and govern selection process either at planning or at trip redesign phase. Criteria include CO2 footprint, elderly and disabled preferences, typical factors (time, cost, hops) and various user-specific options. -Acknowledging user requirements by genuinely addressing door-to-door journey planning; considering real-time event data and information on extraordinary conditions (strikes, disasters, extreme weather); and offering the possibility of integrated ticketing -Use of the most advanced mobile interfaces (handheld and in-vehicle devices), -Expansion of the geographical coverage and of the number of transport modes supported by the existing open platform for the interconnection of Journey Planners (www.wisetrip.travel); including international railway, car and cycle routing and more countries. -Strong dissemination across European and non-European countries'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Integrating international, multimodal journey planning remains a challenge. Building on an earlier initiative in intermodal transport, an EU initiative designed an enhanced online and mobile platform enabling travellers to optimise their trips and travel more easily.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The EU-funded http://www.wisetrip-eu.org/ (ENHANCED WISETRIP) (Enhancing intermodality of content, personalised information and functionality of WISETRIP network of journey planning engines) project was set up to build on the results of its predecessor, which provided personalised multimodal travel information.

Project partners considered several criteria in planning a journey, namely carbon dioxide emissions, the needs and preferences of elderly, disabled, business and tourist travellers, time, cost and number of hops. To improve planning, they devised strategies that take into consideration different unforeseen events. Dynamic trip re-planning based on real-time updates of the transport network was introduced.

The team addressed door-to-door journey planning and provided the option of integrated ticketing. It employed the most advanced web and mobile interfaces and handheld and in-vehicle devices for urban and interurban journey planning services. Team members developed a set of algorithms for journey planning and re-planning and for specifying trip strategies.

Lastly, the consortium validated the unified journey planner system that addresses delays, cancellations and mistakes made by the traveller during the journey. It takes into consideration mobility constraints such as accessibility for various categories of users. Another advantage involves enabling passengers to choose among multimodal international travel options. This also accounts for their performance in terms of travel time, number of hops and emissions. Other journey planners and real-time data providers can also be integrated into the system.

ENHANCED WISETRIP introduced a cutting-edge platform for optimised planning, booking and travel assistance. International travellers now have an indispensable tool at their fingertips that meets all their needs.