TransLink and INIT partnership for real time transit information in Vancouver

TransLink, the regional transportation authority in Metro Vancouver, Canada, has launched Version 1.0 of its RTTI (real time transit information) system, which includes the long-awaited predicted departure of buses from the stop. This product provides passengers with the exact time a bus will leave a given stop. The bus location information and predicted departure times at stops comes from the Transit Management and Communication System (TMAC) that INIT provided through Mobile-ITCS and is accessible to Tran
May 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSS376 TransLink, the regional transportation authority in Metro Vancouver, Canada, has launched Version 1.0 of its RTTI (real time transit information) system, which includes the long-awaited predicted departure of buses from the stop. This product provides passengers with the exact time a bus will leave a given stop.

The bus location information and predicted departure times at stops comes from the Transit Management and Communication System (TMAC) that INIT provided through Mobile-ITCS and is accessible to TransLink’s web interface through a standardised service interface for real-time information (SIRI). Based on this real time data stream, TransLink has developed its own passenger web GUI.
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