Transit Windsor in Ontario, Canada has begun the testing phase of its new intelligent transportation system (ITS) as part of an ongoing effort to create a more efficient, safer and more user-friendly public transit system.
Currently, ten Transit Windsor buses are equipped with the new system and providing automated stop announcements. This system provides onboard voice and visual announcements, which include next stop messages. Voice announcements are coordinated with display signs inside the bus. Pre-b
The five-member New York State Capital Program Review Board has vetoed the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan which the MTA said would renew, enhance and expand the transportation network with a US$32 billion investment.
The largest element of the program is safety and reliability projects worth US$22.2 billion to renew the MTA’s mass transit network.
It also proposes investing US$4.3 billion in new technology, communications systems and railroad infrastructur
Australian transportation technology provider Vix Technology has won a US$14 million contract with the Malaysian government to unify payments for the country’s multiple transit operators under a single transport ticketing system.
The scope of the deal will see Vix Technology design, install, operate and maintain the transit acquirer system (TAS) and business rules engine (BRE) for the new integrated cashless payment system (ICPS).
Public transport passengers in Spokane, Washington, US, are to get real time transit information both on and off the vehicle. Passenger transport systems provider Trapeze Group is to extend the current Spokane Transit Authority (STA) Trapeze transit enterprise system to include a comprehensive intelligent transportation system to help them better manage their fixed-route bus service and provide passengers with real time transit information. The Trapeze solution for STA includes computer-aided dispatch and
