The future of commuting in a globalised world

iRail vzw/asblYeri Tiete

Pieter Colpaert

cc-by-sa iRail - http://npo.iRail.be

Population increases

Eventually, everyone has to move

BAD

The solution: Mass transport

but... didn't we try this yet?

GOOD?

BETTER?

What has tochange today?

Find ways to betterinform commuters in time

What has tochange today?

Commuting should becomefun, social & interactive

For instance...

Combine train info with locationbased check-in services

How hard can it be?

What has tochange today?

Give us the "GPS experience".

We already have the math

Stop investing in intermodal journey planning

We already have theroute planners

But, does someone havethe data?

Public transport companies have a hard timecollecting the data themselves

iRail needed 1.5y to get 2 datasets

Points of action

1. Get all your data together

2. Share your data for reuse

Thank you for your attention

@PieterColpaertpieter@iRail.be

Dare to join us? Get in touch

@Tuinslak yeri@iRail.be

http://npo.iRail.be

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