M16 and M34 bus tracking system online

[Abba]

The bus system in New York City suffers from a reliability problem. Because buses don’t adhere to the schedule and are at the whims of street traffic, riders never know with much certainty when the next bus is going to show up. We don’t know if it’s better to wait for the bus or to start walking, and we don’t know how well traffic is moving down the road.

 

Starting today, a new MTA pilot should improve that system. For the first time, city bus riders can now track the exact location of buses as they meander through Midtown. Called MTA BusTime and launched in conjunction with Clever Devices, the new service GPS-based service allows for real-time, web-based tracking of buses along the M16 and M34 routes. It is available at the MTA BusTime website, and Transit says the new pilot is “aimed at giving riders a quick and easy means of determining approximately when the next bus will arrive at a specific stop.” The information will be available online, via email and via text message.

 

Read more: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/10/14/web-based-real-time-bus-tracking-system-now-live/

[ciboii22]

i see , this is good for me & you can see all the bus #s

[w8Hou]

It still old news. They been having the online version of it for long time. Second Avenue Saga blog just tag team the info with MTA, must have needed more clicks in his crappy blog page.

 

If MTA expand to other routes then it will gain more attention.

[Infamous85]

Why only the M16 and M34? Or is this some sort of pilot? Hope to see this system wide, especially in the areas where people really rely on buses.

[w8Hou]

Why only the M16 and M34? Or is this some sort of pilot? Hope to see this system wide, especially in the areas where people really rely on buses.

 

It is a pilot project that is paid by Clever Devices expense not MTA (thank god). They been testing this for less then a year, Jay Walder hopes to expand other routes.

[NX Express]

Once this spreads to other routes (hopefully it will), what will happen to the dispatchers?

[Locomotion69]

Once this spreads to other routes (hopefully it will), what will happen to the dispatchers?

 

Nothing in my opinion, you are still going to need them when a bus breaks down, or their is a problem with a customer on the bus. I would think that there aren't enough SLD's out there as it is now. They are spread thin.

[East New York]

Once this spreads to other routes (hopefully it will), what will happen to the dispatchers?

 

Nothing at all. Some TA's have had this system for 10 years now. MTA is extremely late to the game.

[QM1to6Ave]

From what I have seen, the ones on 34th Street are pretty damn inaccurate most of the time, usually about 3 minutes off, which defeats the purpose, in my mind.

[Santa Fe via Willow]

:cool:

 

I like it:)

 

The is finally catching up technologically with LA County's mass transit agencies & authorities:tup:

[zippy724]

it comes down to one thing in nyc you can park anywhere you want ,in forn of busses or trucks and in the bus lanes ,bus stops so this system cant work.until traffic dept hires more tow truck operators and start towing,if you own an expensive car and park in the bus lane 160.00 ticket is nothing..for a 100,000.00 car

[mass production]

I hope they start having this new system all over the city!