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Affiliated Computer Services, a Xerox Company, has been selected by the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA) to design, engineer and install a state-of-the-art passenger information system
February 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Affiliated Computer Services (13 ACS), a 1689 Xerox Company, has been selected by the 2085 Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA) to design, engineer and install a state-of-the-art passenger information system that will relay real-time transit information to message signs, the MTA website, and to smart phones. The system will be implemented at Nashville’s Music City Central transit centre and at bus shelters along the city’s new Bus Rapid Transit line.

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