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'''Touch&Travel''' was a program at [[Deutsche Bahn]] I was involved with when I worked there. Touch&Travel lets people pay for the train using their cell phones. A user could "check in" at their departure station, travel on Deutsche Bahn and partner systems, "check out" at their destination, and then receive a monthly bill with their travel costs automatically calculated. Before I joined, the program was a 3-year pilot using [[NFC]] technology. However, at the time NFC technology was only available on Nokia "feature" flip phones. | '''Touch&Travel''' was a program at [[Deutsche Bahn]] I was involved with when I worked there. Touch&Travel lets people pay for the train using their cell phones. A user could "check in" at their departure station, travel on Deutsche Bahn and partner systems, "check out" at their destination, and then receive a monthly bill with their travel costs automatically calculated. Before I joined, the program was a 3-year pilot using [[NFC]] technology. However, at the time NFC technology was only available on Nokia "feature" flip phones. | ||
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==How it Works== | ==How it Works== | ||
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| + | [[File:TouchandTravel_Check_In_Screen.png|300px]] Pick a method to check in | ||
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| + | [[File:Touch and travel 556.jpg|300px]] Checking in using a 3D barcode (or geolocation or type in a number) | ||
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| + | [[File:ICE Train.jpg|300px]] Travel using Deutsche Bahn and regional (subway and bus) partners | ||
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| + | [[File:Touch&Travel Conductor.png|300px]] If the conductor comes, show him/her a 3D barcode | ||
[[File:Touch&Travel Check Out.png|300px]] After you travel it's time to check out | [[File:Touch&Travel Check Out.png|300px]] After you travel it's time to check out | ||
[[File:Touch&Travel Receipt.png|300px]] After you check out, you get a receipt | [[File:Touch&Travel Receipt.png|300px]] After you check out, you get a receipt | ||
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| + | You get a bill at the end of the month for your travels. | ||
===News Stories=== | ===News Stories=== | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 30 January 2012
Touch&Travel was a program at Deutsche Bahn I was involved with when I worked there. Touch&Travel lets people pay for the train using their cell phones. A user could "check in" at their departure station, travel on Deutsche Bahn and partner systems, "check out" at their destination, and then receive a monthly bill with their travel costs automatically calculated. Before I joined, the program was a 3-year pilot using NFC technology. However, at the time NFC technology was only available on Nokia "feature" flip phones.
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My work
I re-imagined Touch&Travel to work with smartphones. I started by designing the UI. I made a pie-in-the-sky version and a more realistic version. I also designed how the app could work securely without NFC. The app can use either geolocation, 3D barcodes, or a simple stop number to allow users to check in. This is then validated with network-based location services from the carrier (with user permission, of course!).
Release
On January 6, 2011, right on schedule, Deutsche Bahn released the beta of the Touch&Travel iPhone application. The architecture of how the application fit into their existing system was right how I had designed it over the summer. They made some tweaks to the UI, but ~80% of the UI was as I had designed it. Some of the artwork I prepared over the summer even made it into the application.
In particular I am happy that they took my icons for the check in methods. It would be so cool if those icons would be printed in stations and/or added to their style manual. Germany corporations, including Deutsche Bahn, are some of the great patrons of modern typography and modernist design. I would be honored if my work was a part of that.
In June 2011, Deutsche Bahn released a version for Android.
In December 2011, Deutsche Bahn rebranded T&T (redesigned the website and got a new logo) to give it a unique brand identity from Deutsche Bahn.
As of January 2012, the project is still in pilot.
How it Works
Open the app
Register online and log in
Pick a method to check in
Checking in using a 3D barcode (or geolocation or type in a number)
Travel using Deutsche Bahn and regional (subway and bus) partners
If the conductor comes, show him/her a 3D barcode
After you travel it's time to check out
After you check out, you get a receipt
You get a bill at the end of the month for your travels.
News Stories
All of the news stories are in German, unfortunately
- Press Release (German)
- AreaMobile: Touch&Travel: Bahn veröffentlicht Fahrkarten-App für das iPhone
- Computer Bild: Touch&Travel: Bahn veröffentlicht Fahrkarten-App
- TripsByTips Reise-News: Deutsche Bahn führt elektronisches Ticket "Touch&Travel" für das iPhone ein
- iFUN.de/iPhone: E-Ticketing: Touch&Travel-App der Bahn jetzt verfügbar
- Macnotes.de: Touch& Travel iPhone-App: Bahn-Projekt um Barcode- und GPS-Standorterkennung
- KUKKSI Nachrichten: 10:02 | Deutsche Bahn: Erste Fahrkarten-App veröffentlicht
- HANDY-TESTS.net: Handyticket kommt: Morgen soll das e-Ticket der Bahn eingeführt warden
- Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de: Touch&Travel nun auch mit iPhone nutzbar
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