Visualizing Public Transport Systems : State-ofthe-Art and Future Challenges

People every day rely on Public Transport Systems for their daily commutes or for their journeys through new cities. The availability and usability of information that are relevant to the traveller are very important for the system to be easy to use. However, due to the increasing complexity of public transportation networks and the needs of different travellers, designing effective methods to visualize and explore these systems is highly challenging. In this state-of-the-art report I surveyed the literature related to public transport visualization and I interviewed two experts from the field in order to provide a systematic overview of the state-of-the-art techniques to visualize public transport data. I describe what kind of datasets are commonly used as well as what are the common tasks that a visualization tool should support. At the end I identify challenges in the area that need further research.