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20 Million Annual Riders in Laval Quebec to Improve Travel Efficiency with NextBus Passenger Info
Filed Under Feature Stories, Municipal Transit, NextBus, Inc., Real-time Passenger Information Systems
Societe de transport de Laval(STL) Awards $2 million contract to Nextbus.
The residents of the picturesque 2nd Largest City in Quebec are heavy users of the STL with 42% of households and 27% of the population as riders. Thus, the addition of real-time passenger information available everywhere will make a real difference to these millions of public transit users. The new NextBus system will enable the 20 million passengers to plan their journeys much more efficiently and will help the STL operate at peak efficiency.
The STL, which dates to December 1984, runs 225 buses over 42 bus routes covering 408 square miles. The system operates almost around the clock—22 hours weekdays and 21 hours on weekends.
The STL awarded a contract for the NextBus real-time predictive arrival system to provide real time passenger information for the Societe de transport de Laval, subject to the company meeting certain bonding requirements. The contract award is worth in excess of $2,000,000.
NextBus will provide STL with an integrated automatic vehicle location and passenger information system. Societe de transport de Laval passengers will be able to obtain the accurate arrival time of their bus, as determined by the real time position of the vehicle instead of schedule time. Bus arrival predictions will be available on the web, on personal digital assistants, via txt messaging and on electronic display signs at selected bus stops and stations.
NextBus uses global positioning satellites and advanced computer modeling to track buses on their routes. Taking into account the actual position of the transit vehicles, their intended stops, and the typical traffic patterns, NextBus accurately estimates the arrival times of the buses. These estimates are updated constantly as the vehicles are tracked. The information is available where it is needed most; at certain individual stops via electronic display signs, personal digital assistants, on cell phones using text messaging and on the internet.
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