Key Facts
- Providing multi modal journey planning to passengers in an accessible, user friendly way.
- Allows the public to make smarter transport choices based on “live” information.
- Additional useful in-journey information including bus arriving at their stop.
Transformation Solution
New innovations in journey planning technology are being harnessed in Greater Manchester where a new smartphone application – ultimately aimed at becoming a personal public transport ‘satnav’ for each passenger – has had its first live pilot.
This unique project by Logica and Vix, supported by Transport for Greater Manchester and First Group is aimed at designing, developing and demonstrating a virtual travel planning assistant service for public transport passengers.
Operating across multi modes, the online ‘virtual travel assistant’ delivers a, personalised, context-aware service for travelers, both before and throughout their journey. The service itself features a number of major innovations in personal journey management including real-time service updates and the opportunity to re-plan, based on latest information to-hand.
- Vix Manchester Case Study.pdf (PDF 1.3 MB)