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The Arrival Bus

Offer public transport for every users

DATE 2020

MATURITY LEVEL MOCKUP

Developped BY ARRIVAL

DESIGNED BY ARRIVAL

ARRIVAL company is developping a complete proposal for urban travel.

Arrival has designed a proposal for an electric bus, which takes in account all users of the public transportation system.

Everyone, from passengers to driver, but maintenance team, operator, and the city as well has an impact on the Bus design.

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experiential setup

sMARTPHONE

User’s devices

DIGITAL CLUSTER

Bus control Panel

DISPLAY

In-board displays

AUDIO PLAYER

Vehicle configuration

Bus information system

Localization

Display

Exterior displays

Input device

Contactless bus bell

epic1

Address all passengers needs

use case

Trip preparation

An Application allows priority passengers to prepare their trip in the bus. Making the driver and the bus itself aware of their specific needs such as seat availability. The App will also guide them during the all trip.

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On boarding

Free or reserved seats are highlighted to passengers entering bus, while the flow of leaving passengers is guided using the bus on-board displays.

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Information during the trip

Contextual information are displayed to passengers on bus screens such as route status, next stops, transit links, local information.

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Quiet travel

A subtle soundscape inside the cabin is provided to create a calm atmosphere when there is no audio announcement.

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Stop request

The classic bus bell is replaced with a contactless button to request a stop. 

The function is avalaible as well on the application

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Provide a good place to work

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Contextual interface

A display as a single interface for the bus driver to avoid too many buttons on the instrument panel. Information and control panel are triggered according to the context.

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Bus information

Bus information are available to all teams so they can organize their next shift, maintenance or cleaning operations.

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Improve bus cooperation with the city

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Communication with other road users

Buses can be impressive vehicle on the road. To help collaboration with other road users the buses is equiped with exterior displays to communicate with other users of the city and helping to protect pedestrians or to allow safe overtaking as examples.

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Contextual exterior communication

Using dynamic content on coloured screens, the content can be adjusted to time, location or events. Flexibility can also allows regulations and safety rules adaptive content

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