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Passenger information systems may go nationwide
BusView is an application that uses new technology to provide you with real-time bus information. Developed at the University of
Washington with federal SmartTrek
funds, BusView is an Internet application that uses information from Metro's Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) system to display an online map of the locations of Metro buses currently in service.
Another application, MyBus, generates bus
departure predictions for specific bus stops along each route.
by Eric Kulisch
Civic.com,
Jan. 29, 2001
A passenger information system that lets Seattle-area residents check bus arrival times on the Internet could soon be available to the rest of the country.
The University of Washington, which developed a demonstration system for King County Metro Transit, granted a 30-month exclusive license to Digital Recorders Inc. last week to modify the technology and sell it to other transit authorities.
"It's the only [predictive] system that has been implemented on so many buses that's really working," said Tanya Johnson, the company's general manager.
In King County, transit officials and passengers can track the whereabouts of 1,200 buses from their computers or Web-enabled phones thanks to two complementary technologies from the university's Intelligent Transportation Systems research program.
BusView shows bus locations on a map, and
MyBus predicts arrival times.
Read the rest of the article in Civic.com: "Firm snaps up smart bus license"
Related links
 BusView,
a demonstration project funded by the federal Model Deployment Initiative
that displays near real-time locations of buses on a map. The user
specifies which map area and route to see. (note: not yet compatible with
Netscape 6.0)
 MyBus, a
demonstration project funded by the federal Model Deployment Initiative
that shows bus departure predictions at specific timepoint locations along
a bus route.
 SmartTrek,
regional technology-based traveler information systems, created through
the federal Model Deployment Initiative.
"When's the bus going to get here? Check the Web,"
by Tom Boyer, Seattle Times, December 18, 2000
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