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For travel innovators, timing is everything - Irish Times

  • 05-07-2012 2:32pm
    #1
    lil5
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    For travel innovators, timing is everything - Irish Times, 5 July -
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0705/1224319414825.html
    For travel innovators, timing is everything

    Independent app and website developers are helping to shape how transport organisations deliver the same old product in a new way, writes JJ WORRALL
    ...
    The new National Transport Authority-sponsored Journey Planner service may have a hint of déjà vu for the capital’s commuters, with many already utilising the similar HitTheRoad.iewhich maps the best public transport routes when getting from A to B in Dublin.
    ...
    The purpose of Journey Planner isn’t to wipe out the competition though. Rolled out by Transport for Ireland – the “single public transport brand” which the NTA developed to promote and integrate public transport provision in Ireland – it’s part of a larger process to become an “information integrator” that will help, rather than hinder, independent services such as HitTheRoad or My Dublin Bus.
    ...
    For those not in the habit of using apps, the real-time information at bus stops in Dublin and Cork will be the most obvious step forward in making public travel easier to predict. While the Rebel County’s system is still in test mode, quarterly surveys in Dublin reveal a 93 per cent accuracy rating, with O’Driscoll proudly noting that “London are about 92 per cent and they’ve the most expensive system in the world”.


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  • #2
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    While Graham admits the NTA has been monitoring complaints made on public forums, she encourages people to email the authority directly using a link on the official site. There are undoubtedly glitches, however, with Graham saying this usually revolves around place names.

    Hi guys, hope we haven't been too harsh on you :cool:


  • #3
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    There are undoubtedly glitches, however, with Graham saying this usually revolves around place names.

    I noticed this evening the Irish version of the route map on the train has Léim An Bhradain Confaí, but the digital display on the train says Léim an B. Confey. Bit of an internal disconnect going on there.

    And of course, then there was Droichead na Scuab. Someone should have been fired over that one.


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