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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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==My work== | ==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!). | 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!). | ||
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==How it Works== | ==How it Works== | ||
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Revision as of 05:43, 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
(Screenshots as of Jan 2011 1st public beta)
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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