Interconnecting Separate Transportation Systems by Introducing Exchange Points

Abstract

To provide seamless information for the travelers, an effective transnational door-to-door journey planner is required, where information from different operators, combined solutions, and value-added parameters appear in a realistic environment. Thus, the aim is to support seamless mobility solutions and create multimodal transport networks connecting separate systems. The elaborated method realizes this by identifying the potential exchange points between separate networks and by filtering the suitable exchange points to run the routing algorithm between the local journey planners. The proposed solution builds on a flexible algorithm, which parameters can be easily updated and extended. In case of any changes, using the formulated theoretical background, an up-to-date and realistic implementation can be derived from the foundations of the framework. In addition, the elaborated method is fully capable to cover wide geographical areas and to provide a transferable solution.