1. An Intermodal Travel Information System 30 March 2020 Author: Felix Gündling, Technische Universität Darmstadt, April 2014 Introduction: Most timetable information systems available today allow for finding train connections which are optimal regarding multiple criteria. All resulting journeys offered to the traveler start at a departure station and end at an arrival station. …
2. Efficient Timetable Information in the Presence of Delays 06 December 2019 Authors: Matthias Müller-Hannemann, Mathias Schnee Abstract: The search for train connections in state-of-the-art commercial timetable information systems is based on a static schedule. Unfortunately,public transportation systems suffer from delays for various reasons. Thus, dynamic changes of the planned schedule have to be taken into account. A system that has access to delay information about trains (and uses this information within search queries) can provide valid alternatives in case a connection does not work. Additionally, it can be used to actively guide passengers as these alternatives may be presented before the passenger is already stranded at a station due to an invalid transfer. …
3. EU regulation governs access to public transport data 25 June 2026 EU Delegated Regulation 2017/1926 governs “the accuracy and cross-border availability of EU-wide multimodal travel information services for ITS users” (ITS: Intelligent Transport Systems). Member States must implement and provide access points and reports from 1 January 2020. The key points are summarised briefly below. …
4. Finding All Attractive Train Connections by Multi-criteria Pareto Search 05 December 2019 Authors: Matthias Müller-Hannemann and Mathias Schnee Abstract: We consider efficient algorithms for timetable information in public transportation systems under multiple objectives like, for example, travel time, ticket costs, and number of interchanges between different means of transport. In this paper we focus on a fully realistic scenario in public railroad transport as it appears in practice while most previous work studied only simplified models. …
5. First MOTIS Open Source Release available ! 27 April 2020 Since 22nd of April, 2020 the first Open Source release of the multi-criterial timetable information system MOTIS (Multi Objective Travel Information System V0.1) is now available. …
6. Multi Objective Optimization of Multimodal Two-way Roundtrip Journeys 26 March 2020 Authors: Felix Gündling, Pablo Hoch, Karsten Weihe Abstract: Multi modal journeys often involve two trips: one outgoing and one return trip, as in manyMulti modal journeys often involve two trips: one outgoing and one return trip, as in manycases, the traveller would like to return to her starting point. …
7. Paying Less for Train Connections with MOTIS 02 April 2020 Authors: Matthias Müller-Hannemann and Mathias Schnee, University Darmstadt Abstract: the original abstract text will be reflected as follows: …
8. The mobility information system MOTIS 27 April 2020 To plan a journey: For many internet platforms and on smartphones this still requires a pre-decision to be made regarding a means of transport (airplane, train, car etc) as well as the selection of transition point/s from the ”world of the traveller“ to the “world of the transport company“, i.e. train stations, bus stations, airports etc. More and more innovative IT companies in cooperation with transport companies are providing tools to plan the journey a bit more intelligently. …