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Results for area 9 Urban ITS

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mobility app
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ITS-S application implementation designed to assist an individual transport consumer in understanding transport-related information, making decisions, and/or acting upon decisions

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ridesourcing app
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B2C mobility sharing app
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mobility app that assists a transport user in acquiring a transport service from a specific business

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P2P mobility sharing app
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mobility app that assists a transport user in acquiring transport service from an individual that participates in the mobility app's network

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taxi hailing app
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mobility app that assists a transport user in electronically requesting a taxi

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fractional ownership
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<transport service> cooperative financial model where users partner to support the purchase, maintenance and overhead costs associated with a service

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geofencing
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creating of a virtual geographic boundary

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station-based one-way
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<transport service> operational mode where the transport service is initiated and terminated at two different facilities managed by the transport provider

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commercial
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type of financial model where services are provided with a profit motive

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cooperative
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type of financial model where users partner to defray the costs of services

NOTE 1 to entry Cooperative models are exclusive commercial and public models.

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shuttle service
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shared transport service that transports passengers between two specified locations

NOTE 1 to entry Each location can be defined as point, linear or area locations. However, the areas of the two locations should not overlap.

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taxi-share service
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trip aggregator app
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mobility app that assists a transport user in planning trips that may span multiple vehicle modes or transport providers

NOTE 1 to entry The assistance can include reservations, ticketing and similar services.

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peer-to-peer
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<transport service> private customer model where the service provider is an individual

EXAMPLE Ridesourcing.

NOTE 1 to entry The customer and provider can connect and/or contract through a third-party service.

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open-access
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characteristic of a financial model that does not require membership within an organization to receive services

NOTE 1 to entry This includes models where membership is optional and can provide extra benefits.

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transport sharing
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vehicle sharing
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using a shared vehicle service

NOTE 1 to entry This term can be specialized by replacing “vehicle” with any defined vehicle type. However, in some cases the preferred form is to consolidate terms (e.g. “carsharing” rather than “passenger car sharing”).

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membership-based
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characteristic of a financial model that requires users to enter into an agreement prior to receiving services

NOTE 1 to entry The agreement can be associated with fees.

NOTE 2 to entry The agreement can be minimal, such as collecting user information for business purposes.

NOTE 3 to entry The membership can be granted as a part of a broader agreement. For example, a university bus system can restrict access to students and faculty.

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emission management
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application of regulations and policies for enabling controlled access of selected classes of vehicles to defined areas, and for controlled usage of such areas e.g. parking, in order to improve air quality in a given area

NOTE 1 to entry The terms “emission management” and “air quality management” are used synonymously in this document.

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shared transport service
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transport service that relies upon the same resources to fulfil the transport needs of multiple unrelated transport users and where the transport provider has the primary responsibility for the operation of the transport mode

NOTE 1 to entry A shared transport service might not be dependent upon a vehicle and/or could be multi-modal. For example, a letter courier service could rely on walking and public transport.

NOTE 2 to entry Responsibilities of the transport service can be further delegated to others. For example, a courier service relying on public transport would delegate the operation of the transport mode to the public transport operator.

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shared vehicle service
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transport service that sequentially provides the same vehicles to multiple unrelated transport users and where the transport user has the primary responsibility for the operation of the vehicle

NOTE 1 to entry As there should only be one operator of a vehicle at any time, a shared vehicle service should use a sequential operational model.

NOTE 2 to entry This term can be specialized by replacing “vehicle” with any defined vehicle type (e.g. “automated vehicle sharing”).

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courier network service
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commercial, peer-to-peer shared transport service that transports goods

NOTE 1 to entry The goods are typically small packages, letters, food, etc.

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ridesplit service
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ridesourced service that serves passengers concurrently

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bikesharing service
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shared vehicle service that shares bicycles

NOTE 1 to entry The term “bicycle sharing service” is admitted, but “bikesharing service” is preferred as it has fewer syllables.

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carsharing service
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shared vehicle service that shares passenger cars

NOTE 1 to entry The term “passenger car sharing service” is admitted but has the same meaning.

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ridesourced service
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rideshare service
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private
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<transport service> financial model where services are provided to members of the owning organization without usage fees

EXAMPLE Fleet vehicles of an employer.

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paired on-demand
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<transport service> concurrent operation where the transport provider may choose to divert from its path to service a new request from another transport users while servicing an earlier transport user

EXAMPLE Ridesplitting.

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air quality monitoring station (AQMS)
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equipment measuring air pollution, deployed ideally as a network, based on the reference methods for air quality monitoring as generally defined in Exchange of Information Decision (EO/ 97/101/EC)

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traffic burden monitoring system
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system applying traffic flow information technologies and AQMSs for providing wide area monitoring of a zone regarding traffic burden and air quality levels in the resolution of a street

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taxi service
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public
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type of financial model where services are provided by an administrative authority in an attempt to better serve societal interests

NOTE 1 to entry The transport service is typically offered to the transport consumer for less than the full capital and operating cost of providing the service, but this is not a requirement.

NOTE 2 to entry Typically, the administrative authority is a local government agency; but it could be another administrative authority, such as the national government or a commercial entity managing transport needs on their campus.

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free-floating
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<transport service> network model where the transport service may be initiated and terminated at any location meeting basic criteria

NOTE 1 to entry The basic criteria typically include geographic limits and requirements related to legal and safe locations.

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personal information device; ITS personal information device
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personal system that enables personal access to traveller information

EXAMPLE Personal computer.

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public information device; ITS public information device
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personal system that provides public access to traveller information

EXAMPLE Kiosk.

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station-based roundtrip
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<transport service> operational mode where the transport service is initiated and terminated at the same facility managed by the transport provider

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