NL9201924A - Fare system for public transport. - Google Patents

Description

Fare system for public transport, ing. J.H.L. Hogen Esch

The invention relates to a tariff system for public transport, whereby the wishes of both the traveler and the public transport companies concerned can be taken into account.

In public transport fare systems it is important that transport companies have access to information on the travel behavior of travelers, because they can use this information to measure their transport performance. On the basis of the transport performance provided, the proceeds of the relevant transport ticket can then be settled between the companies that have rendered a service on behalf of this transport ticket.

An achievement in this sense can be, for example, selling the relevant ticket, or arranging the transportation or part of the transportation for which the ticket is valid.

In order for this settlement to take place accurately, it is necessary to register with which means of transport of which companies or institutions, such as train, bus, metro or taxi, which share of the total journey is taken on behalf of which type of transport ticket . It is therefore preferable for this to record both the entry point, the exit point, the company and the time.

In the current rate structure this registration does not take place per type of banknote. Settlement between the companies takes place on the basis of sales information and a sample over a relatively short period of time and therefore i is probably not very representative of the annual total transport performance. The problem of 'fare evading' 1 can also raise a significant difference between the transport performance provided and the compensation received by the transport company for these registered transport performance.

Because the registration of both the entry point, possibly the transfer point and the exit point will be rather burdensome and burdensome for the traveling public, an attempt should be made to develop a tariff system, whereby registration also has attractive aspects for the traveler, but does not have to be made mandatory. turn into.

The present invention is a possible solution to this problem and will be further elucidated below.

) The starting point is that the new tariff system must be made attractive to the user, ie the traveler. The information desired by the transport companies for business efficiency and logistics purposes must result as a consequence of this, without frequent registration being required.

The features of the fare system according to the invention are therefore: - By registering the transport performance enjoyed, in the form of passenger kilometers, provided by one or more public transport companies, a discount mechanism is introduced, whereby more discounts are enjoyed as more kilometers have been traveled.

Any form of public transport enjoyed counts for this discount, for which the starting point, possibly the transfer point (s) and the end point have been registered. If the route is known in advance, only the starting point can be registered.

The total amount of kilometers traveled is added and programmed per time period, for example per week or per month, so that the moving average of the number of passenger kilometers per period can be calculated when a new ticket is sold. In order for the mileage traveled to count towards the discount basis, a booking must be made within a certain time after the journey has ended, or the distance or number of zones to be traveled must be specified in advance or known by the type of ticket. Occasionally traveling subscription holders will therefore be relatively more expensive, because fewer passenger kilometers are collected and the discount basis will therefore be lower. This is not unjustified because unused transport capacity must be kept available for this group.

To register, use can be made of write-off registration units on the platforms, in the buses and trams and at the entrance and exit *. * from the metro.

- Registration is not compulsory for season ticket holders, but registration does provide a discount for the traveler when purchasing a subsequent or additional ticket. The traveler will therefore generally like to register as much as possible, in order to get a higher discount basis.

- In order to also promote the checkout for zone / km tickets, the minimum distance in kilometers for this number of zones, which is valid for this number of zones, is booked for the discount basis when the number of zones is entered during booking. However, if the booking is also made, the actual transport performance in kilometers can be booked for the discount basis, which is always more than the travel distance determined on the basis of the booked zones. However, the rate should not be adjusted in this case, as it would be too early to check out and would therefore encourage fraud. When checking out, correcting is done in the event that too few zones are booked. It is also possible to deduct the maximum number of zones still possible on the line in question without specifying the number of zones to be traveled, after which both the amount to be paid and the distance traveled are corrected when checking out.

- In order to solve the allocation problem, the tariff system according to the invention only uses route subscriptions, whereby the distribution key for the distribution of funds between the companies can be determined in advance, regardless of the travel frequency, if necessary corrected by the number of measured black drivers. . Measuring the number of non-skaters can be done, for example, by using counting steps or other means, which count the total number of passengers getting on and off and comparing the result of this count with the number of bookings or registrations that have taken place .

- The metro lines could be completely closed, making automatic entry and exit registration available when entering and leaving.

- Network subscriptions should be replaced by transport tickets for routes or transport bills for shorter distances, whereby due to an ever increasing discount with more traveled passenger kilometers, ultimately no more than the current prices for transport on the network will be paid. The discount scale must therefore be so progressive that the traveler never pays more than a net annual subscription.

To record the registration of the traveled kilometers in the transport ticket, use can be made of a contactless smart card as described in the applicant's patent application 9101608.

A chip card with contacts according to the standard ISO 7816 can also be used.

The advantage of a contactless chip card is that the contactless registration option makes it possible to register very quickly and that the maintenance costs for these readers are much lower due to the absence of moving parts in the readers. A combination of both embodiments is also possible, whereby the issue and top-up could take place via the contacts and the registration together with the booking of the distance traveled in the contactless manner. The use of a magnetic card is of course also possible, but it has the drawbacks mentioned. By decentrally recording the number of kilometers traveled per transport ticket in this transport ticket, this information is immediately available at all times and no communication with a central computer system is necessary.

This will also guarantee greater privacy for the traveler.

Claims (3)

A public transport fare system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the transport ticket consists of a contactless chip card, a chip card with contacts according to the standard ISO 7816, or a combination of both functions combined in one card. A public transport fare system according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that accurate registration can be effected between the companies or institutions participating in public transport by registering all transport services provided by the public transport companies. A tariff system for public transport according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that, by comparing the number of registered transport bills with the number of persons getting in and out, counted by counting steps, for example, it is possible to determine how many "black drivers" be present on a line, so that stricter checks can take place on the basis of this information A tariff system for public transport according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that when boarding, for example, bus or tram, the number of zones to be traveled can be indicated in advance, via a keyboard, after which it is not necessary to register on disembarkation and where the discount basis on boarding is increased by the distance applicable for the number of zones booked, or where on boarding it is not indicated how far one plans is to travel, but the maximum number of possible zones on this line is set ebooks, which is corrected upon registration upon disembarkation, along with an adjustment to the registered increase in the discount base. A tariff system for public transport according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the amount of passenger kilometers traveled per subperiod, such as, for example, week or month, is stored in the transport ticket, so that the average of these moving parts over a longer period is always passenger kilometers can be determined and serve as a discount basis for a new ticket to be purchased.