Innovation in support of autonomy, inclusion and equal opportunity.
BUSSLE® was created to promote sustainable public-transport mobility for people with ASD and other cognitive difficulties, putting innovation at the service of people who may need additional support to travel more independently.
The solution combines transport information, geolocation, visual and audio support, and the possibility of monitoring by a tutor or reference person.
FOUR STRATEGIES
The original logic behind BUSSLE®.
The project is structured around accessibility, scalability, transport data and support.
STRATEGY 1
A technology tool
Provide people with ASD and other cognitive difficulties with an app that helps them use public transport.
STRATEGY 2
Scalable to more territories
Start with buses and evolve towards other transport modes and territories.
STRATEGY 3
Open transport data
Use scheduled and real-time data to provide contextual guidance during the journey.
STRATEGY 4
Monitoring by a reference person
Allow tutors or reference persons to know the user’s position and the route being followed.
HOW IT WORKS
A journey broken down into understandable steps.
BUSSLE® combines planning, guidance, pictograms, audio, geolocation and assistance.
01
User profile
Designed for people who can benefit from visual and audio support to sequence tasks, plan, understand waiting times, make decisions and deal with unexpected situations.
02
Registration
The system supports both users with a tutor or reference person and users who can register directly.
03
Route creation
Origin, destination and saved routes, with the option to assign names and pictograms to regular journeys.
04
Origin-to-destination guidance
Real-time route monitoring and presentation of actions through pictograms and audio support.
05
Assistance
If the user deviates from the route or an incident occurs, the system can offer route recalculation and contact with the reference person.
06
Web panel
The tutor or reference person can know the user’s position and receive alerts when a route is started or assistance is requested.
PICTOGRAM SEQUENCE
From starting the route to reaching the destination.
The functional sequence covers actions such as starting, walking to the stop, waiting, boarding, validating, sitting down, requesting a stop, getting off and continuing to the final destination.
THE TEAM BEHIND BUSSLE®
Mobility, clinical knowledge and technology.
The project has been built with complementary profiles and organisations.
HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU BARCELONA
UnimTEA team
It has contributed clinical knowledge on the specific needs of people with cognitive difficulties to make public transport easier to use. UnimTEA is the hospital’s Multidisciplinary Autism Spectrum Disorders Unit.
Urban mobility consultancy and development of transport-related technology applications, with experience in improving information and cognitive accessibility.
COLLABORATING COMPANY
myBus
Specialist in fleet-management technology, real-time passenger information, communication with drivers and incident management.
DOCUMENTED TRACK RECORD
Trials, activations and recognition.
An evolution built since 2021 through development, field trials and public presentation of the project.
2021Mobility Innovation Award.
2023Ascentia Award · 5th OTIS Awards for a world without barriers.
20241st Civil Engineering Innovation Award.
From the award to the street. In 2023 BUSSLE entered a trial phase on urban routes in Girona operated by TEISA. In September 2024 the project announced availability on Google Play for urban routes in Olot and Girona and TMB routes 63, 78, V1 and H4 in Barcelona. In March 2025 a new update was released with improvements to orientation, geolocation and pre-route verification.
BUSSLE® APP
Cognitive accessibility applied to a real journey.
