GPS Fleet Tracking Equipment for Business
Here’s some nice confirmation from the Silicon Valley area that riders, and therefore profits in public transportation appreciate the technology of GPS tracking:
Q When will VTA’s bus No. 522 begin using transponders that are supposed to turn traffic lights green as the bus approaches?
A The buses already do, but it will get better. [...]
Here’s an interesting little press release about a startup company and their first successful installation … tracking campus shuttles at a school in Utah. No, it isn’t "that" school of Ag (live demo here
There’s a really simple. yet insightfully intelligent quote in the article, I’ve highlighted for you:
USU bus riders can watch shuttle [...]
Henrico (county, Virginia) schools may get GPS for buses
A proposed pilot global positioning system program in Henrico County Public Schools’ 2008-09 budget could give the transportation office and parents information — and peace of mind — more quickly.
The program, budgeted at $275,000, would allow personnel to instantly know the location of any school bus, which [...]
Mass Transit News reports that the city of Salt Lake will invest in a new, dedicated express buss service:
TRAX, FrontRunner and now: MAX.
This spring, the Utah Transit Authority will open a new bus rapid-transit service known as the "MAX" along 3500 South in Salt Lake County. It is being promoted as a faster, more reliable [...]
Girl’s Unfinished Oatmeal Leads To School Bus Shooting
HOUSTON — A Spring Branch school district bus was shot up Thursday, police said. All because the bus driver refused to let a student aboard who was still eating her breakfast. “She had oatmeal and the bus driver informed her that it was against [...]