A social experiment of information linkage between local transport modes at transfer nodes

Abstract

The delay of mode cooperation between urban transportation and regional feeder traffic has declined public transportation services in many rural areas.　This requires improvement of public transportation including service aspects such as fare system simplification and transportation information guidance.
This study has proved the effectiveness of information cooperation among public transport modes, as the result of social experiment in Kashiwa station that provide transportation information among different operators of railways and bus has been conducted using smartphone and digital signage.