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DT Thursday - list number 750 - 800

Lets be clear, according to the post we can assume that the NEW system  is running by GPS. The OLD system was definitely not GPS or it wouldn't have been wrong so frequently.

i tried to get that point across but i got clobbered lol. thanks for reiterating :-)

I KNEW IT! By the way, that's coming from a driver right there!

The Clever Device works by satellite. Not by wheel rotation or any of the other assumptions that have been posted. The buses are currently being dry-run on all the routes for the new system that's being installed.

Did you notice he said the buses are being "dry run"? That means that a new system is being tested. Hound can you verify that LIB used odometer based clever device announcements in the past? By the way thanks for the update, let us know how that gps based system works out.

What a day !!! Started off with a 7000 on the S93 Limited heading to school, then after my 10:00 class ended (my 2:30 class was canceled !) I met up with my friend and rode a Prevost on the X5. A girl gets on, she sits next to me and we started talking about the bus network and how she also likes to travel places. My driver friend and I kept glancing at me in the mirror giving me looks and whatnot, but oh my goodness, she was cute as f*** ! Too bad she had a boyfriend and she's like 7-8 years older than me, but we exchanged Facebooks and I even made her laugh by showing her a meme that I saved on my phone. So yeah, my first time riding the X5 and it was a moment I will never forget. March 18th, 2013 will forever be a memorable day lol.

#transitfanmac

NICE is having some type of public art exhibit at the Mitchel Field depot, showing a display of posters that were made by kids around Nassau County. Its on the first floor of the main part of the depot. Looks like they're finally starting to open up the facility in a more friendly way, unlike Long Island Bus who almost had me arrested for standing across the street, taking photos. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555593407805699&set=a.429572810407760.99163.423807664317608&type=1&theater

it's a shame; i'm sorry to hear that happened to you back in the days of LIB :-/

Well, for one, sometimes the announcements are clearly wrong . If the announcements for example are one stop off, it would remain that way unless the driver pulled up to a stop, changed the stop name manually, then open and closed the doors. 

 

I'm fairly certain that the announcements are wheel rotation based.

Word life, I give N6 Limited major props for pointing this out: 

if there was a detour: your announcements were off

if the operator didn't have to make many stops (like on the 6 night car?) - your announcements were off (less distance without having to pull into stops).

If you've ever seen it, that's why drivers would play with the clever device interface and get the bus to the correct stop. If GPS was involved, none of that tedious button pressing would have to go down, it would just self-correct (like it does on CTA). Feel me?

I remember hearing that LIB stop announcements worked off of the odometer/wheel rotation

the vehicle tracking system (AVL) was GPS based and powered by the radio system 

has NICE changed this?