Abstract
Smart Trek is a public private partnership of 25 agencies and
organisations building technology based transport solutions for the
Puget Sound region of Washington State on the west coast of the United
States of America. Smart Trek technologies offer real time information
that is easy to understand and use. Smart Trek partner, Microsoft, has
introduced the “Sidewalk” online entertainment guide with
real time and customised traffic information and travel times for
alternate routes. Other Web applications, including updated traffic flow
maps and a variety of hand-held or in-vehicle systems are planned to
translate traffic and public transport information into usable messages.
A cable television program that provides up to the minute views of key
travel routes along with average speeds is now under development.
Expanded use of variable message signs and Highway Advisory Radio (HAR)
systems helps complete a comprehensive system of information sources.
Smart Trek will provide real time bus arrival information over the
Internet and at major public transport centres in the Puget Sound
region. This type of information is available on desktop or laptop
computers, along with route, schedule, ride-matching and trip planning
information. To make the trip more convenient, a single smart card is in
design for public transport use. The reusable card will deduct payments
as it is used at pre-determined increments, similar in concept to a bank
debit card. Smart Trek information services can broadly be divided into
two areas: trip planning facilities and en-route information
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