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Public transport/emergency (ISO TC 204 WG 8)

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The purpose of WG8 is to develop ITS standards for public transport and emergency vehicle services and facilities. Public transport is defined as publicly accessible transportation enabling the movement of one or more persons via scheduled or on demand services and includes transport by bus, tram, cable car, metro, train, and ferry or publicly accessible shared cars, shared bikes, and shared e-scooters. Emergency vehicle services are defined as emergency, wayside and roadside assistance by police, fire and ambulance vehicles.

WG8 activities include:

  • developing standards and technical reports for interoperability of public transport fare management systems
  • developing standards and technical reports for performance testing of connectivity and safety for automated driving buses
  • identifying a framework and service requirements for responses to automated public transport systems emergencies
  • developing standards for onboard equipment for public transport vehicles to include LED Destination Signage 
  • developing Technical Reports on state of the art services for public transport to identify gaps and needs for standards in areas such as account based ticketing, interconnecting server based ticketing schemes, and AI and Big Data information provision services for public transport.

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Document: ISO Document number and status Title: Intelligent transport systems — Status: Abstract:

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