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27 May 2013
Shenglin Zeng
[FYI request #839 email] Dear Shenglin
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA)
AT2013/022216
Thank you for your email dated 18 April 2013, which Auckland Transport received on the same date in regards
to the new Journey Planner as outlined in the Business Report of April 2013 requesting to following information:
What is the status of this project?
Depending on the answer to 1, what are/were the options Auckland Transport is looking at/looked at for
changing or replacing the existing journey planner? If an option has been chosen, which option was it?
Has Auckland Transport considered Open Trip Planner, a free and open source journey planner as an
option for this project?
This is not a request for information for the purposes of a LGOIMA however our ITS Project Team have provided
the following details in response to your queries:
What is the status of this project?
Auckland Transport are currently in the final stages of testing and preparing to deploy a new Journey Planner.
Depending on the answer to 1, what are/were the options Auckland Transport is looking at/looked at for
changing or replacing the existing journey planner? If an option has been chosen, which option was it?
Focus groups were carried out with customers to evaluate a proposed Journey Planner solution. Following this,
Auckland Transport carried out an evaluation and a shortlist of two options are currently being piloted.
Has Auckland Transport considered Open Trip Planner, a free and open source journey planner as an
option for this project?
The Open Trip Planner is being piloted as a potential solution.
If you have any further queries please contact Auckland Transport on 355 3553 quoting Official Information
request number AT2013/022216
Yours sincerely
Mark Lambert
Manager, Public Transport Operations
www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz
