Vehicle Control and Mobility
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en2017-03 U-high-3
U-high-3: Carefree urban travel
Increasing the attractiveness of public transport is a key component in improving the quality of life in urban areas. Leisure activities, shopping and private errands account for two thirds of journeys made in core cities, whereby the use of public transport is often hampered by the inconvenience of transporting shopping or luggage as well as uncertainty regarding available seats and reaching connections.
This is why this project, coordinated by the Human-Machine Systems Technology department, is designing an assistance system that supports users along their travel chain as required. In addition to intermodal journey planning, it offers an innovative inner-city delivery service that covers the entire supply chain with baggage drop-off, transportation and delivery. Together with inner-city transport service providers, the collection and real-time provision of occupancy data is being evaluated, the consideration of which creates new individual adaptation options. Furthermore, a connection assurance system is being designed that provides the customer with reliable information on connection availability and enables transport service providers to ensure that connections are made by registering connection requests.
The assistance system offers an integrated solution for the separate transportation of passengers and luggage and integrates data on occupancy and connections that has not previously been provided in real time.
Scientists involved in the project
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludger Schmidt
N. N.
Cooperation partner
Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems at the University of Kassel
Funding and duration
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, expected from 12 / 2017