How much public transit route connectivity info is too much?

[elte]

Maybe self-driving cars could address the problem of mental overload from complicated public transportation maps.  They could roam around pick people up and then drop them off at a destination.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...185214.htm - "After analysing the world's 15 largest metropolitan transport networks, the researchers estimated that the information limit for planning a trip is around 8 bits. (A 'bit' is a binary digit -- the most basic unit of information.)

Additionally, similar to the 'Dunbar number', which estimates a limit to the size of an individual's friendship circle, this cognitive limit for transportation suggests that maps should not consist of more than 250 connection points to be easily readable."

[stryder]

Somebody somewhere will write an app to use with a phone or PDA that will give you the stops you need to get on and off to complete a complex journey and then it will all be about either using a device to complete a journey or follow someone else that's completing the same journey with a device.

[elte]

Eventually the whole process might operate off of a smart cell phone, including payments.  Ironically, the people who most need to ride the public transportation are the ones least likely to afford a cell phone.