GPS Makes and Saves Money — Do You Want People To Ride?

London buses get real-time tracking onboard

Regular reports of bus locations will provide up-to-date information

Transport for London
(TfL) will begin
installing a new £120m communications and satellite tracking system next spring
following successful trials on five buses earlier this year.

More than 8,000 buses will be fitted with new radios, on-board computer with
GPRS and wireless networking capability, plus new display signs and voice
announcements.

The computer will report the bus location to a central system every 30
seconds. Accurate predictions will then be sent to countdown signs at stops.

The move comes after TfL held an eight-week trial of a real-time system,
including voice announcements and visual displays…. Full Article Continues here:

Just a nice piece of info to study on a bleak Saturday morning? Bleak he said? Yup! In less than a month it will be 5 years since September 11th … and as we can see from the “monkey f**king a football” reaction to both passengers and transportation mangers over the latest ‘liquid explosives’ scare, the free world hasn’t really done much, if anything to keep transportation safer.

Well Transport for London has … increase safety, save money (by increasing efficiency) and make more money (by increasing passenger ridership). Could it be that TfL actually wants people to ride their busses? ‘

What about your city?

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