ROMANSE TRIPlanners: developments, results and the future

The ROMANSE (ROad MANagement System for Europe) project is a major transport initiative funded by Hampshire County Council (HCC) with grants from the European Union and support from the UK Department of Transport and other partners involved in the Consortium. The aim of the project is to develop advanced techniques for managing urban traffic within the City of Southampton. As part of the project, Atkins Wootton Jeffreys has worked with HCC to undertake the development of multi-modal public access information terminals. The aim of these terminals is to provide information to assist the public in planning trips in and around the Southampton area and for journeys between Southampton and places further afield. One of the project requirements was that the terminals had to cater for a number of different modes of travel and to allow for interchanges between these modes. The system needed to cater for travellers using both public transport services and private vehicles. The end-product caters for all of these aspects within an integrated package which can also be separated into individual elements if required. The structure of the system is such that the software can be used in other areas throughout the world with the creation of the appropriate databases. This paper describes the development of the TRIPlanner terminals and presents the results of the evaluations that have been undertaken within the ROMANSE project.