Assisting multimodal travelers: Design and prototypical implementation of a personal travel companion

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-42

  Rehrl, Karl ^a   Bruntsch, Stefan ^b   Mentz, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a SALZBURG RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Verkehrsverbund Ost Region   (Austria)

^c Mentz Datenverarbeitung GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital assistants; Multimodal transport; Navigation systems; Pedestrian guidance; Public transport; Travel information systems

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT; PEDESTRIAN GUIDANCE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33847694015     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2006.890077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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