Design of an information concept for travelers at a rural mobility station

Project objective

The aim of the project is to develop a user-oriented concept for digital passenger information at a selected rural mobility station. As part of the introduction of the Thüringen-Takt, this will support the development of mobility stations as transfer hubs in rural areas.

On the one hand, possible contents of an interactive passenger information system are analyzed based on the needs of passengers with different lengths of stay at the mobility station. On the other hand, the positioning of the passenger information is considered according to passenger behavior during the transfer at the mobility station.

 

Procedure

As a first step in the requirements analysis, an online survey was conducted with 36 participants about current challenges at bus stops.

During the conception phase, the needs of the passengers were iteratively integrated into design variants for the interactive information screen and the positioning of the passenger information.

The selected "central island" concept was then transferred to virtual reality as a prototype. The concept was evaluated with nine test persons in three different scenarios in the Use Lab at the TU Ilmenau and finally optimized.

 

Results

These considerations resulted in two concepts for positioning passenger information at a mobility station in rural areas.

Project data

Project management:Aindrila Acharya, Tabish Khan,Md Riaz Khan, Tatiana Merkulova

Supervision Prof. Dr. Matthias Hirth,Dr.-Ing. Cindy Mayas

TU Ilmenau, Department of User-Centered Analysis of Multimedia Data, Media Project 2025

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