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Explore Live NextBus Implementation
We now have more than 50 North American transit systems using real-time reporting on 100s of routes. Please begin with a virtual visit to the new NextBus installation at MIT in Cambridge, MA--and from there to all of our live installations. Click here to begin your exploration.
More Riders Will Take the Bus
If They Always Know When the Next Bus Will Arrive
We all know how important it is to create a more sustainable environment with fewer cars on the road and on campus. Not only do we face congestion, but we are also using scarce resources and adding unnecessary carbon to the atmosphere.
Unfortunately, many of us are reluctant to take buses and other public or university transportation, because it just isn’t reliable enough.
That’s where NextBus comes in. We help hardworking transportation executives provide much better service for their riders while optimizing vehicle and people resources.
Please take time to explore our site which contains articles about successful transport systems that have been able to grow ridership without breaking the budget and overwhelming the staff. You can also learn exactly how our technology works and how you can put it to work in your unique environment.
Recent News...
- 3rd Largest Transit System in North America Selects NextBus ---
Toronto Transit Commission $5.2 Million Pilot Program Adds Leading Edge Real-time Passenger Information
The Toronto Transit Commission(TTC) announced the launch of its next vehicle arrival notification system on December 15, 2008.
The TTC moves 465 million people every year – about 1.6 million riders every weekday. The TTC is the third largest public transit [...] - Your Riders Will Save a Bundle on Public Transit ---
And, They Can Prove it to Themselves!
Riders can save enough to pay for their annual food budget–and then some!
Figures from APTA and a helpful calculator prove that public transit is still a bargain even with a late 2008 drop in fuel prices.
Even though the price of gas has continued to drop public transportation riders [...] - Dramatic Cost Reduction in Northeast Florida Paratransit System In Spite of Rider Increase ---
Intelligent Transportation System Delivers Tangible ROI
Research conducted by Battelle in Northeast Florida for the U.S. DOT illustrated how an ITS delivered significant operational savings across four contiguous counties.
The Northeast Florida Rural Transit ITS project was a demonstration of successful technology deployment in four rural transit Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) agencies: St. Johns County, [...] - Representative Transit Technology ROI Case Study: Ajax Hotel and Resort Shuttle ---
An $80,000 Real-time Passenger Information System Delivers More Value than a New Mini-Bus
Because you can quantify the return on smart transit technology investments, you can be confident in the value of adding real-time passenger information technology. You can make a simple, but accurate comparison to the purchase of new buses just as in our [...] - How to Get to Carfree Cities: The Technology Component ---
Our Director of Engineering Points the Way to the Future of Public Transportation
If your community is trying to lessen its dependence on automobiles to improve the collective quality of life, you may be able to adapt this insightful presentation that Mike Smith delivered at the “2008 Towards Carfree Cities” conference in Portland Oregon.
He [...] - Five Ways to Reduce Transit Costs in the Face of Powerful Transit Challenges ---
The transit industry is experiencing an unprecedented combination of factors that seriously affect transit service provision. Rising fuel costs have driven many commuters to use public transit as their primary method of transportation to and from work. To make matters worse, motor fuel tax revenues are down as Americans traveled 3.3% fewer miles during [...]
- Five Tough Transit Management Challenges–and How to Solve Them ---
What We’ve Learned Recently from Our Research about Your Top Challenges
In August 2008, NextBus conducted research among transit executives to determine their most important challenges.
The five following issues were rated extremely important by more than 75% of respondents. That is, they ranked these issues 8, 9 or 10 on a scale of 10 [...]