Innovation in Accessibility to Travel Freely: App&Town Compagnon

Cuadrado Capitán, Faustino; Valls, Lluís Alegre

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38028-1_5

Faustino Cuadrado Capitán⁴ &
Lluís Alegre Valls⁵

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Abstract

Limited access to transportation is considered to be one of the causes of exclusion, discrimination and lower access to employment. App&Town Compagnon is an assisted transport system for people with disabilities and mobility impairments. The solution reduces the accessibility barriers that hinder the personal autonomy of vulnerable people. This article puts forward the need for new technologies to take into account the user as an essential factor in their development and applicability and describes the motivations of the project, technical aspects relevant for its development and its synergy with Barcelona ATM’s new ticket sale arrangement. The project paves the way for new technologies, that can extend people’s possibilities of enjoying independent and safe mobility.

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Abbreviations

2.5G:: 2.5^th Generation Mobile Network (General Packet Radio Services)
3G:: Third Generation Mobile Network
4G:: Fourth Generation Mobile Network
AI:: Artificial Intelligence
App:: Application
Apsocecat:: Catalan Association for Deafblind people
ATM:: Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (Metropolitan Transport Authority)
BI:: Business Intelligence
EU:: European Union
ex.:: Example
GLONASS:: (GLObalnaya NAvigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Global Navigation Satellite System)
GNSS:: Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS:: Global Positioning System
ICT:: Information and Communication Technology
ID:: Intellectual Disabilities
i.e.:: That is
iOS:: iPhone Operating System (Apple)
m:: Meters
ONCE:: Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España (National Organization of the Spanish Blind People)
PDA:: Polygon Driven Algorithm
PDD:: Pervasive Developmental Disorder
RTL:: Réseau de transport de Longueuil
STL:: Société de transport de Laval
UITP:: Union Internationale des Transports Publics (International Association of Public Transport)
USA:: United States of America
WCAG:: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Wi-Fi:: Wireless Local Area Network
WHO:: The World Health Organisation

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Mass Factory Urban Accessible Mobility, S.L., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Eureka Building, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
Faustino Cuadrado Capitán
The Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona (ATM), Muntaner Street, 315-321, 08021, Barcelona, Spain
Lluís Alegre Valls

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Cuadrado Capitán, F., Valls, L.A. (2020). Innovation in Accessibility to Travel Freely: App&Town Compagnon. In: Müller, B., Meyer, G. (eds) Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 2. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38028-1_5

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