Lead Partner:
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
9 Portland Street, M60 1HX Manchester
UK
Tel +44 161 242 6200
Fax +44 161 242 6209

Contact:
William J. Tyson
Project Manager
bill.tyson@gmpte.gov.uk

Measure: 2.2

Start date: 2003/09/01
End date: 2007/08/31

ERDF Grant: € 1 515 388
Total eligible cost: € 3.2 M€

UK - Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

UK - Transport & Travel Research Ltd

DE - City of Cologne

NL - City of the Hague, Department for Urban Development

NL - City of the Hague, City Management Department

FR - Region des Pays de la Loire

IRE - Interactions Ltd

IRE - South Dublin County Council

IRE - Dublin Bus

DE - PTV AG

Project type: Action

Summary
The objective of the ITISS project is to provide real time travel information to transport users while they are on the move. Such information is generally provided now either via the internet or call centre services, although text message alert services are also available in some places. The 3.2 M euro project will develop the delivery of location specific information from existing travel databases to a range of new media, particularly mobile devices and Personal Digital Assistants. By delivering real time information about public transport, the project aims to encourage motorists to make greater use of other of modes, like buses and trains, so cutting car use. ITISS, in which the UK’s Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive is leading nine other partners, is trans-national in nature, both because it involves sharing information and addresses issues of common concern, notably reducing traffic congestion.

Objectives To develop a multimedia platform for the collection and dissemination of information at regional, national and transnational levels To demonstrate the viability of a pan-European information system To demonstrate the potential for sharing and providing information at the transnational level To develop existing and innovative media channels for dissemination To transfer knowledge within the consortium To transfer knowledge to others outside the consortium To address the common interest of improving the modal share of public transport To address the common interest of utilising the road network in an optimal fashion To build upon existing partner information applications To develop and demonstrate new information applications To develop and demonstrate an information system which may be accessed / implemented in all ITIS partner cities To assess the potential for inclusion of tourism information services within the ETIW Activities Expected Outcomes An improved share of the transport market for public transport A more optimal usage of the transport network for private cars A reduction in the environmental, social, health and financial impacts of the transport industry The improvement of access to the information society The utilisation of the information society to address transportation goals The creation of a transnational platform for the collection, sharing and dissemination of information via appropriate media which may act as a template for a future pan-European system (ETIW)