Bus Stop 3.0 - Bus Stop of the Future - Multifunctional Centers for Regional Developement

摘要

"Bus Stop 3.0 - Bus Stop of the Future" represents the future of public transport stops and bus stops in particular serving as multi-functional centres for innovative urban and regional development. This project examines the demands and challenges related to the expansion of functions and comfort of a bus stop and integrates it as a meeting place for social interaction in its environment and thereby improves the usage and usability of public transport. "Bus Stop 3.0 - Bus Stop of the Future" is analysing technical specifications and wishes to upgrade normal bus stops to local and regional communication centres. The research is conducted within the framework of a Living Lab in the city of Schwechat where various scenarios of future bus stops were developed. To prepare and look at the current "State of the Art", a Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to collect, analyse and visualize the state of the art on public transport with respect to socio-demographic attributes and location information. Wishes and needs for public transport and the wanted specific user requirements on bus stops of public transport users as well as of non-public transport users have been evaluated by an online questionnaire and focus groups and are presented in the final documentation. Within the project, a Best Practice Database (BPD) has been developed. About 110 national and international examples show implementations on bus stops for innovative meeting and communication places as well as the needed technical infrastructure or as connection points and charging stations for e-mobility. Numerous practices provide interactive features, allowing riders to explore routing maps, browse community message boards and given the internet connectivity by wifi. Independent electrical power for these features can be gathered, for example via photovoltaic cells embedded within the bus station or by vertical or horizontal wind generators. Any number of other information services (from local supply companies, tourism, public authorities, transportation authorities, on demand taxi services) can be offered as well at the "Bus Stop of the Future". Last but not least, a modular concept of a "Bus Stop 3.0 - Bus Stop of the Future" has been designed. The 'Living Lab Schwechat' served in the development of scenarios from the theoretical and real introduction of possible prototypes for an intelligent bus stop.