Browsing by Author "Blom, Henri"

Intelligent transport systems 'ITS' are becoming more common within city traffic. Urban transport has historically relied heavily on use of private cars during the past decades which transport planning and transport policy decisions have supported. The aim of the new transport policy has been to strive for public transport`s and light traffic`s modal shares of growth. However, the policies do not change quickly. Intelligent transport innovations shape citizens` preferences of the different modes of transport and by the introduction of them it is seeked, inter alia, safer and more environmentally friendly urban transport. I examine in this thesis the KutsuPlus intelligent transport service carried out by HSL in 2012-2015 and, more generally, intelligent transport innovations that have been in use in the metropolitan area of Helsinki. The research question is whether an individual intelligent transport innovation, like Kutsuplus here can affect people's choice of transport mode in the urban space and thus increase the competitiveness of public transport.