N6 Limited Posted December 30, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 30, 2014 http://www.newsday.com/long-island/new-gps-systems-rolled-out-to-help-track-li-buses-1.9740182 Technological innovations, including GPS tracking systems, on buses in Nassau and Suffolk could change the way Long Island transit users get around in 2015, officials said Monday. The Nassau Inter-County Express, or NICE, and Suffolk County Transit have begun installing computer-based Automatic Vehicle Location systems on their vehicles. They expect that, by the end of 2015, bus dispatchers will be able to monitor the exact location of all vehicles -- as will riders using mobile applications "We're just about finished with the hardware part of this. The software part, of course, is the more significant part," said NICE chief executive Michael Setzer, who noted that nearly 90 percent of the agency's 308 buses have already been fitted with the new global positioning system-based technology. "It could be very useful to be able to see that their bus is still 2 miles away -- so that they don't have to stand out in a blizzard..... ........Meanwhile, Suffolk County Transit is moving ahead with parallel efforts to install computerized location technology on its buses. The systems are already in place in most Suffolk County Accessible Transit vehicles, and installation will begin next month on the county's 158 fixed route buses, said Suffolk's acting director of transportation operations Garry Lenberger. Suffolk is separately moving ahead with a $2.7 million plan to replace its 12-year-old fare boxes with state-of-the-art systems that will allow riders to use smart cards or mobile phones to pay for their rides. Lenberger said he expects the technology to be in place by the end of the summer....... Read more at the link above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted December 30, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 30, 2014 Bout time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted December 30, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 30, 2014 So now I can track how late my bus actually is? Great! What if buses don't appear on the app like I hear happens with BusTime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted December 30, 2014 Share #4 Posted December 30, 2014 AVL on SCT will be a HUGE leap, given how antiquated their tech is. No online contacts, no GTFS, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted December 30, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 30, 2014 This is gonna be real interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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