Picture the situation: You’re at a train station and there’s so much going on. You may be at the wrong part of the platform or it’s crowded and getting in and out of the train is very complicated. You may be limited physically so you cannot even board the train or you have heavy luggage or a bike with you. That’s a problem that occurs on many train stations around Europe but especially in Germany. There are missing cues for communication and support for stress-free and efficient structure.
The idea that I have to solve this problem is a leading system that would be integrated into the platform that would make orientation, understanding and a barrier-free use much easier. The USP is very simple, it’s not there yet. There is information and a leading system happening at the moment but it’s often handled with signs which can be insufficient or wrong. The information is there but it’s normally more in an app or on paper and not in a physical space visible.
And why I want to take on this problem is because I am also going on trains a lot of the time, traveling a lot via train and I want to solve this problem because it would help a lot of people and also an interaction designer and a media designer that wants to take on this challenge.
