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US transport agencies get ITS from Mentor Engineering

Canada-headquartered Mentor Engineering is to provide several agencies with comprehensive Intelligent Transportation Systems to help them better manage operations and enhance customer service. Capital Area Rural Transportation (CARTS) in Austin, Texas, has been a long-time Mentor paratransit client. Now, CARTS will be implementing Mentor’s fixed route solution, which includes the Mentor MyRide passenger information system. With MyRide, passengers are able to get real-time schedule and bus information anywhe
December 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Canada-headquartered 691 Mentor Engineering is to provide several agencies with comprehensive Intelligent Transportation Systems to help them better manage operations and enhance customer service.

Capital Area Rural Transportation (CARTS) in Austin, Texas, has been a long-time Mentor paratransit client. Now, CARTS will be implementing Mentor’s fixed route solution, which includes the Mentor MyRide passenger information system. With MyRide, passengers are able to get real-time schedule and bus information anywhere, at any time. Mentor’s solution will also be integrated with the RideCARTS card, a pre-paid electronic fare card.

Pueblo Transit in Pueblo, CO, is installing Mentor’s fixed route solution which features Mentor Streets software at head office, enabling operators to track buses on AVL maps, manage events, create reports and monitor routes. Pueblo Transit will also be providing automated stop updates to onboard LED signs with Mentor’s T-Box enunciator.

7027 Transit Authority of River City (TARC) in Louisville, Kentucky, has a ninety-vehicle fleet that is being upgraded with Mentor Ranger 4.0 to better serve its five-county transit area. Mentor Ranger, a rugged mobile computer, will help TARC deliver on-time service by enabling on-demand trips, real-time communication between drivers and dispatchers, and automating data collection.

Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE), operated by 4432 Veolia Transportation in Garden City, New York, is replacing their older Mobile Data Computers (MDTs) with Mentor Ranger 4.0 in their one hundred paratransit buses, and deploying Mentor Fleet in the office. Mentor Fleet equips managers with vehicle tracking, driver monitoring to manage driver behaviour such as speeding, idling or dangerous driving, and powerful reporting tools.

“We are very pleased to partner with these agencies to help them maximise efficiencies and give their riders the best service possible. We look forward to growing with them in the future,” says Brent Freer, director of sales at Mentor Engineering.

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