Topic: Data to Go: Mobile Devices Serve Up Real-Time Transit Data

Date and Time: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 1:00 pm EDT

Duration:90 minutes

Cost: Free

Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinars are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program. The ITS PCB Program is part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s ITS Joint Program Office.

Webinar Overview

The demographics of transit riders have changed significantly over the past five years with many more riders and non-riders using cell phones or even smartphones, which provide Internet access and other capabilities such as mobile e-mail and application programs. This has prompted transit agencies to look beyond providing information via traditional dissemination media such as dynamic message signs (DMS), which require more resources to implement (e.g., cost for installation, power, communication and maintenance). At the same time, agencies’ capabilities to provide real-time information have grown considerably with many agencies deploying technologies that allow them to provide customers with real-time information, such as when the next vehicles will arrive at a particular stop or station. Further, since the early 2000s, there has been an explosion of mobile devices on the market, making it virtually impossible for agencies to keep current on the types of devices and their specific requirements, and be able to develop, manage and maintain mobile applications for these devices. This coupled with the fact that agencies can now provide more types of customer information caused agencies to look outside their organizations for third parties to assist them in providing information on mobile devices.

This T3 Webinar will discuss the state of the practice, and lessons learned in the use and deployment of real-time transit information on mobile devices. The webinar will be hosted by David Jackson of the US DOT John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

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