Internet GIS-Based Multimodal Public Transport Trip Planning Information System for Travelers in Lithuania

• Main Authors: Marius Jakimavičius, Vytautas Palevičius, Jurgita Antuchevičiene, Tomas Karpavičius
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
• Series: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
• Subjects: public transport; trip planner; GTFS; Internet GIS; multimodal transport; time tables; GIS
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/8/319

The main purpose of this research is to present the developed VINTRA system, a comprehensive solution to a fully developed public transit system in Lithuania, and it is very important in encouraging travelers to use public transport. VINTRA is not simply a trip planner; it is capable of planning multimodal public transport trips, using different parameters in public transport trip planning. This system has the functionality to create and edit public transport route trajectories and to edit and calculate timetables according to the distance between stops. This research presents the public transport trip planning parameters procedure of the calculated walking route directions, integrated with the calculation results of public transit routes, as well as combining visualization in digital maps. This paper also discusses how route-planning systems could perform data exchange based on General Transit Feed Specification and how assessment of the public transport trip planning results, compared to the VINTRA system created with Google, was performed.