Federation and Orchestration: A Scalable Solution for EU Multimodal Travel Information Services

Andrea Detti, Giuseppe Tropea, Nicola Blefari Melazzi, Dag Kjenstad, Lukas Bach, Ivar Christiansen and Federico Lisi
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Andrea Detti: CNIT—Electronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Tropea: CNIT—Electronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Nicola Blefari Melazzi: CNIT—Electronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Dag Kjenstad: SINTEF Digital—Mathematics and Cybernetics Department, 0314 Oslo, Norway
Lukas Bach: SINTEF Digital—Mathematics and Cybernetics Department, 0314 Oslo, Norway
Ivar Christiansen: Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA), Traffic Management Section, 0667 Oslo, Norway
Federico Lisi: CRAT—Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 00185 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: Multimodal travel planning services allow travelers to plan their journey by combining different transport modes: air, rail, waterborne, coach, public transport, demand responsive transport, walking, cycling, etc. The European Union is fostering the development of cross-border multimodal planning services by establishing a regulation framework for their coordinated and coherent deployment across Member States (under the Directive 2010/40/EU). This EU regulation gives precise requirements on travel data formats (DATEX II, SIRI, NeTEx, etc.) and on fundamental and recommended system-level services, such as discovery and linking services. However, it does not (yet) pose constraints on how to implement them. In this paper, we devise and test a system architecture, named Bonvoyage, which proposes an innovative solution implementing such services. For discovery purposes, it federates nation-wide NoSQL databases that contain travel information by exploiting a novel telecommunication paradigm, Information Centric Networking. As regards linking purposes, it orchestrates the use of autonomous monomodal or multimodal routing services provided by small/big stakeholders to compose the best door-to-door journey.

Keywords: intelligent transport systems; federated spatial databases; EU regulation; door-to-door (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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