Projektart: Gefördertes Projekt
BAIM - Barrierefreie Informationen für mobilitätseingeschränkte Personen

First, the requirements of the BAIM target groups for public transport information on accessibility will be determined. The planned user surveys will be carried out in the Rhine-Main region, a polycentric conurbation, and in Berlin-Brandenburg, a monocentric conurbation, together with the RMV and VBB transport associations operating there. In cooperation with the Research Institute for Technology and Disability Assistance (FTB) of the Volmarstein Protestant Foundation, the needs and information requirements of people with disabilities are being determined together with local users and their associations, and the findings from the user needs analysis are being incorporated into the framework concept to be derived from this. Passenger information must be integrated into database systems to be designed using standardized data collection methods. For the collection and administration of the data, the corresponding collection and management systems of the companies HaCon and IVU will be used. A first prototype should be ready to run by mid-2006. In the second half of the project, the information and travel support services will be developed. With regard to the linguistic and acoustic reproduction of information, the company SemanticEdge will contribute its experience in speech recognition and speech synthesis for the design of corresponding speech dialog systems. The project will be completed with the practical testing of the developed barrier-free public transport information systems in the RMV and VBB transport associations. Scientific and technical work objectives The scientific and technical work objectives of the BAIM project are: User requirements and general conditions - Analysis of the state of the art in science and technology in the field of "barrier-free information technology for public transport". - Determination of user needs and analysis of user requirements for information services for the barrier-free travel chain, including prioritization from the perspective of mobility-impaired public transport users. - Development of design principles for the content and presentation of relevant information for mobility-impaired public transport users. - Prioritization for realization within the project and beyond the end of the project (framework specification and realization plan). Information management - Situation analysis regarding public transport information management in metropolitan areas in Germany, in particular in Berlin/Brandenburg and Frankfurt Rhein-Main. -Analysis and testing of different data collection methods and techniques for both static and dynamic public transport information services. - Cost/benefit analysis to narrow down data collection for public transport information services also according to economic criteria. - Specification and modeling as well as provision of basic data of accessible public transport facilities for first test purposes. Information and travel assistance services - Exemplary realization of regional and supraregional public transport information services for people with reduced mobility(pilot applications) in two realization stages. - Extension of existing timetable information systems Extension of the existing timetable information systems of RMV and VBB for the Internet by a barrier-free routing on the basis of a special preparation and/or extension of the target timetable data of the transportation enterprises from Berlin and Brandenburg and/or Frankfurt Rhine Main. - Extension of the mobile services of the VBB and RMV (Fahrinfo for WAP or Java cell phones, mobile Internet for PDA) by barrier-free routing as well as preparation and connection of cartographic information (city map, station area maps) with special information on the usability of public transport facilities as well as important World Cup event sites. - Realization of a modern, automated voice information service for people with limited mobility, in order to make information from the barrier-free VBBFahrinfo also accessible to people for whom, due to their limited mobility, mobile end devices of the classic type (cell phones / PDAs) do not represent a usable service. - Extension of the barrier-free journey planner to include dynamic routing based on real-time data (taking into account train or trip cancellations or delays) from the control and information systems of the transport companies using the respective VDV or CEN standard interfaces. - Realization and pilot application of a personalized information and travel assistance service for special target groups to be defined within the scope of the project, with adapted access options and specially prepared information. - Realization and pilot application of a supra-regional public transport timetable information service for mobility-impaired customers on the Internet based on the nationwide information system DELFI and on mobile devices. Evaluation - User-oriented evaluation of the realized information services with regard to usability for mobility-impaired people. - Description of the content-related, technical and economic prerequisites for the sustainable implementation of the BAIM services for the customer ("operator model"). - Scientific Publications / Conference Contributions