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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… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

 

Web connection and graphical interface provides perfect source for bus arrival information.

Millions of iPhone users can take advantage of the built in web browser and the good to great connection speeds to find out when the bus they’re looking for will arrive. 

Here’s how to put your iPhone to work finding

$9.9 Million Contract for Implementation of Real-time Passenger Information System

The Board of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) approved the recommendation for award of contracts for the Next Vehicle Arrival System to Grey Island for its NextBus System. Total value of the contracts is $9,920,000.The… Continue reading

We have just completed a research study among municipal transit executives designed to determine key trends and technologies as of August 2008. The study covers a broad range of transit systems from very large to very small.

Here are key findings:

• 37% have seen more than a 10% increase in ridership over the past six months
• 32% operate more than 100 transit vehicles
• 68% carry more than one million passengers annually
• Only 4%

We have added an automated passenger counting tool to our suite of products. Now you will know–in real-time just how many riders you have on every vehicle and on every route.

Here are the New Passenger Counter Capabilities:

The Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) system also can add an optional Automatic Passenger Counter (APC), which includes the following features:

• Active infrared sensors
• Fully automatic passenger detection

How Your Agency Can Save Money, Time, and Aggravation

Real-time Passenger Information Systems (RTPIS) provide a wealth of information to both the transit agency’s customers, as well as the managers, planners, supervisors, and even bus operators of that transit agency. The name “Real-time Passenger

In June 2008, regular gasoline costs more than four dollars a gallon. That sounds bad, but it may be just the beginning. It could well spike to five dollars a gallon by July and six dollars within the next 12 months, according to experts such as T. Boone Pickens. Suddenly, diehard car drivers are becoming born-again… Continue reading

AC Transit-Alameda County
AC Transit is the third-largest bus-only transit system in California, serving over 400 square miles of the East Bay. For over forty years, AC Transit has been dedicated to providing quality mass transit. Every weekday, over 230,000 people ride their fleet of nearly 800 buses.