The City
Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China, is China’s second largest city after Shanghai, with more than 13 million residents in its urban area. Few cities in the world besides Beijing served as the political and cultural centre of an area as immense as China for so long. The city, an integral part of China’ history for centuries, is renowned for its beautiful palaces, temples and city walls and gates. Beijing is growing into a major transport hub, with a sophisticated network of roads, railways and a major international airport. Five completed ring roads (a 6th Ring Road is under completion, while there are some references to a 7th) encircle a city with nine expressways virtually heading in all compass directions, supplemented by eleven China National Highways. The Beijing metro system currently has 9 lines, 147 stations and 228 km of tracks in operation. Beijing has more than 800 bus routes and transported 389 billion passengers last year.
Viajeo in Beijing
The Viajeo project in Beijing aims to encourage usage of public transport, so improving passenger information service is one of the main tasks. The project in Beijing collects real time traffic data using GPS/GPRS equipped public transport vehicles (over 200 buses from 6 bus lines), taxis and private cars. The open platform will integrate data from different sources to get a real-time “picture” of current traffic conditions. The integrated data will be used to forecast travel times, for private vehicles as well as buses, including real-time bus arrival time. Travel time information about buses will, for instance, help operators with their public transport planning (frequency, timetable, etc) and real time fleet operation. The real-time bus arrival time will be delivered to passengers at bus stops and interchanges, while travel times will be made accessible to people through the web and wireless smart devices to ensure comfort, confidence in service reliability and personal safety. A number of terminals with an internet connection will be installed on buses allowing the passenger to access the multi-modal journey planner to plan their journeys or obtain real-time information about the next steps of their multi-modal journeys. The multimodal journey planner will also provide information on walking directions and safe cycling routes. The multimodal journey planner will also provide functions for car-sharing and taxi-sharing.
Viajeo Demo site Leader
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THETIS
Italy
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Viajeo Demo site Partners
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BPT
China
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BTRC
China
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PTV
Germany
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Key
Denmark
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RIOH
China
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T System
China
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With the support of
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AutoNavi
China
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