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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.
Oct
29
Five Ways to Reduce Transit Costs in the Face of Powerful Transit Challenges
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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
Oct
29
Five Tough Transit Management Challenges–and How to Solve Them
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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
Oct
29
University of Baltimore Will Add NextBus Passenger Info to Shuttle
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New Service to Improve Transportation Experience for Students, Faculty & Staff
The University of Baltimore shuttle service, operated by Capital Executive Transportation, is already well organized. The university objective is to take it to the next level by making it as easy as possible for its commuter population to get where… Continue reading
Oct
29
Got an iPhone? Get Real-time NextBus Information!
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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
Oct
6
NextBus Inks Major Transit Pact with Toronto Transit Commission
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$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
Aug
21
Tarheels Improve Student Transit with UNC Mobile
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Both increased safety and convenience available wirelessly
Students at the University of North Carolina benefit from a well-run bus system operated by Chapel Hill Transit. The student government had operated their own shuttle system from 1968 until 1974 which has now been integrated into the larger… Continue reading
Aug
14
University of Wyoming to Enhance Shuttle Service with NextBus Technology
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The Laramie campus of the University has run a shuttle service just since 2002 but it has become an increasingly popular alternative to automobiles for its student population.
Within just three years of its launch, the system had already carried its one millionth passenger. Annual… Continue reading
Jul
11
Towson University Tags NextBus for Improved Shuttle Service
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Maryland school invests in transit technology to better serve its community of shuttle riders.
With nearly 20,000 students, Towson University is the second-largest public university in Maryland. As a metropolitan university, Towson combines research-based learning with practical application. Their many interdisciplinary partnerships with public and private… Continue reading
Jul
10
Paperless Schedules May Be the Secret to Keeping Your Riders Happy and Safe
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There is an old joke that the paperless office is just as likely as they paperless bathroom. That may be true, but in the case of transit schedules and maps, paperless looks like the way to go.
Apart from the obvious benefit of saving trees, digital information… Continue reading
Jun
10
MIT to Use NextBus Technology to Improve Student Transit Operations
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Many universities with brilliant students benefit from technology that they developed for the benefit of the community. So it is with MIT where a student designed system helped run their University shuttle. The downside of student developed technology is that when the designers graduate, it can become very difficult to maintain and upgrade that technology.
So it is with… Continue reading