https://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&feed=atom&action=historyReal-time information - Revision history2024-03-29T13:58:53ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=4594&oldid=prevZaccuardi: /* Features */ added section on real-time vehicle occupancy information, and made sub-header capitalization consistent in "On-board annunciators" heading2018-02-02T21:44:13Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Features: </span> added section on real-time vehicle occupancy information, and made sub-header capitalization consistent in "On-board annunciators" heading</span></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:44, 2 February 2018</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10" >Line 10:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These signs at stops and stations tell passengers when the next transit vehicle will arrive and can warn them if a bus or train is delayed. They are also the most common method for agencies to communicate real-time information to passengers. These can be expensive to implement because of the costs of installation, maintenance, and electricity for operation.<ref name="tcrp91">Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/166249.aspx “Synthesis 91: Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information.”] 2011.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These signs at stops and stations tell passengers when the next transit vehicle will arrive and can warn them if a bus or train is delayed. They are also the most common method for agencies to communicate real-time information to passengers. These can be expensive to implement because of the costs of installation, maintenance, and electricity for operation.<ref name="tcrp91">Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/166249.aspx “Synthesis 91: Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information.”] 2011.</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===On-board <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Annunciators</del>===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===On-board <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">annunciators</ins>===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information on-board buses and trains can include automated announcements of next stops and upcoming transfer points. This feature also adds to ADA compliance and relieves drivers from this obligation.<ref>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/153753.aspx "TCRP Research Results Digest 5: Electronic On-Vehicle Passenger Information Displays (Visual and Audible)."] 1995.</ref> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information on-board buses and trains can include automated announcements of next stops and upcoming transfer points. This feature also adds to ADA compliance and relieves drivers from this obligation.<ref>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/153753.aspx "TCRP Research Results Digest 5: Electronic On-Vehicle Passenger Information Displays (Visual and Audible)."] 1995.</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=== Vehicle occupancy information ===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agencies can combine real-time vehicle location data with on-board [[automated fare collection (AFC)]] and/or [[automated passenger counter]] data to provide an estimate of how crowded a bus or train is, allowing customers to evaluate whether to wait for a vehicle that's likely to be full (and if the next vehicle is too full, whether there will be another one soon after). Transit agencies in Seoul<ref>Karlen, Leif. ''Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems'', "Case study: Displaying real-time bus occupancy levels in Seoul, South Korea". 2017. http://iglus.org/case-study-displaying-real-time-bus-occupancy-levels-in-seoul-south-korea/</ref>, Singapore<ref>''Land Transport Authority'', "Enhanced Real-Time Bus Information At Your Fingertips". 2015.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=a759467d-4ff4-4bd0-9a78-79f7fb7772a4</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref>, and Sydney<ref>Reilly, Claire. ''CNET'', "Real-time Opal data now lets you track how full your bus is". 2016 https://www.cnet.com/au/news/real-time-opal-data-now-lets-you-track-how-full-your-bus-is-trip-view/</ref> offer this information to their bus riders. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Benefits and Costs to Agencies==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Benefits and Costs to Agencies==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l49" >Line 49:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 54:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/152927.aspx “TCRP Report 92: Strategies for Improved Traveler Information.”] 2003.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/152927.aspx “TCRP Report 92: Strategies for Improved Traveler Information.”] 2003.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: This report updates previous reports on traveler information and includes a literature review of a variety of other reports on the same topic. It also examines the possibiliies for transit to take lessons from other industries, such as the airline or parcel delivery industries, in providing information to customers through the internet. The report was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>[[Category:Technology]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: This report updates previous reports on traveler information and includes a literature review of a variety of other reports on the same topic. It also examines the possibiliies for transit to take lessons from other industries, such as the airline or parcel delivery industries, in providing information to customers through the internet. The report was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>[[Category:Technology]]</div></td></tr>
</table>Zaccuardihttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=4533&oldid=prevZaccuardi: /* Implementation */ added link to "open-source software" to create stub2018-01-06T18:26:42Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Implementation: </span> added link to "open-source software" to create stub</span></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:26, 6 January 2018</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref name="enhancing">National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CUTR_RealTime</del>.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref name="enhancing">National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CUTR RealTime</ins>.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l23" >Line 23:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards. See [[Category:Real-time applications]] for a full list of real-time implementation applications.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards. See </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Real-time applications]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>for a full list of real-time implementation applications.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and [[Google Maps]]. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and [[Google Maps]]. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l33" >Line 33:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 35:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. [[NextBus]] offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://www.cubic.com/Transportation/Solutions/Real-Time-Passenger-Information More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. [[NextBus]] offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://www.cubic.com/Transportation/Solutions/Real-Time-Passenger-Information More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free open-source software stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies do not require AVL equipment. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-agency-resources/].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>open-source software<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies do not require AVL equipment. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-agency-resources/].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><references/></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><references /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l47" >Line 47:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/152927.aspx “TCRP Report 92: Strategies for Improved Traveler Information.”] 2003.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/152927.aspx “TCRP Report 92: Strategies for Improved Traveler Information.”] 2003.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: This report updates previous reports on traveler information and includes a literature review of a variety of other reports on the same topic. It also examines the possibiliies for transit to take lessons from other industries, such as the airline or parcel delivery industries, in providing information to customers through the internet. The report was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: This report updates previous reports on traveler information and includes a literature review of a variety of other reports on the same topic. It also examines the possibiliies for transit to take lessons from other industries, such as the airline or parcel delivery industries, in providing information to customers through the internet. The report was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>[[Category:Technology]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Technology]]</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
</table>Zaccuardihttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=3116&oldid=prevRabiabonour at 22:09, 31 October 20162016-10-31T22:09:36Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:09, 31 October 2016</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name="enhancing"</ins>>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8" >Line 8:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Dynamic messaging signs===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Dynamic messaging signs===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These signs at stops and stations tell passengers when the next transit vehicle will arrive and can warn them if a bus or train is delayed. They are also the most common method for agencies to communicate real-time information to passengers. These can be expensive to implement because of the costs of installation, maintenance, and electricity for operation.<ref>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/166249.aspx “Synthesis 91: Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information.”] 2011.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These signs at stops and stations tell passengers when the next transit vehicle will arrive and can warn them if a bus or train is delayed. They are also the most common method for agencies to communicate real-time information to passengers. These can be expensive to implement because of the costs of installation, maintenance, and electricity for operation.<ref <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name="tcrp91"</ins>>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http://www.trb.org/main/blurbs/166249.aspx “Synthesis 91: Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information.”] 2011.</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===On-board Annunciators===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===On-board Annunciators===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17" >Line 17:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Using real-time technology can benefit agencies by improving safety and security, and has been demonstrated to increase customer satisfaction and perceptions of the transit agency. Agencies also benefit from these systems because they reduce the staff time needed to monitor for schedule adherence. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Using real-time technology can benefit agencies by improving safety and security, and has been demonstrated to increase customer satisfaction and perceptions of the transit agency. Agencies also benefit from these systems because they reduce the staff time needed to monitor for schedule adherence. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The costs of implementing these systems varies widely by the size of the agency, type of system, and which amenities the agency chooses to use. Implementing a real-time system also has costs. There are financial costs, which can vary widely depending on the technology, as well as time and staff costs associated with training and maintaining real-time technologies. Sometimes the existing information technology infrastructure and staff are not sufficient, so they must be bolstered. Finally, as mobile technology is constantly changing, it is difficult for transit agencies and even technology developers to keep abreast of changes and to create mobile applications that will work for all versions of the wide variety of platforms available for passengers’ mobile devices.<ref<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">>Transit Cooperative Research Program. [http:</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/www.trb.org/main/blurbs/166249.aspx “Synthesis 91: Use and Deployment of Mobile Device Technology for Real-Time Transit Information.”] 2011.</ref</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The costs of implementing these systems varies widely by the size of the agency, type of system, and which amenities the agency chooses to use. Implementing a real-time system also has costs. There are financial costs, which can vary widely depending on the technology, as well as time and staff costs associated with training and maintaining real-time technologies. Sometimes the existing information technology infrastructure and staff are not sufficient, so they must be bolstered. Finally, as mobile technology is constantly changing, it is difficult for transit agencies and even technology developers to keep abreast of changes and to create mobile applications that will work for all versions of the wide variety of platforms available for passengers’ mobile devices.<ref <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name="tcrp91" </ins>/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Benefits to Riders==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Benefits to Riders==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having access to real-time information reduces passengers’ anxiety during wait time. It also reduces time spent waiting when passengers can learn about a delayed bus or other problem prior to arriving at a stop or station. This way, if buses are delayed passengers can make informed decisions about taking alternative routes or modes. After implementing AVL systems, combined with improving real-time information for customers, several agencies saw steep declines in customer complaints.<ref<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf| “Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.<</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ref</del>></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having access to real-time information reduces passengers’ anxiety during wait time. It also reduces time spent waiting when passengers can learn about a delayed bus or other problem prior to arriving at a stop or station. This way, if buses are delayed passengers can make informed decisions about taking alternative routes or modes. After implementing AVL systems, combined with improving real-time information for customers, several agencies saw steep declines in customer complaints.<ref <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name="enhancing" </ins>/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td></tr>
</table>Rabiabonourhttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2688&oldid=prevSimone: added link to category:real-time applications2015-10-19T01:17:59Z<p>added link to category:real-time applications</p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:17, 19 October 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l23" >Line 23:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Implementation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. See [[Category:Real-time applications]] for a full list of real-time implementation applications</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and [[Google Maps]]. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and [[Google Maps]]. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td></tr>
</table>Simonehttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2686&oldid=prevSimone: Added links to OneBus and Google Maps2015-10-19T01:11:45Z<p>Added links to OneBus and Google Maps</p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:11, 19 October 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25" >Line 25:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Transit agencies that want to avoid the expense and risk of building a proprietary system to convey real-time information may work with vendors or produce data using established standards.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and Google Maps. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''General Transit Feed Specification-Real Time Format (GTFS-RT)''' [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/]: Developed by Google as an extension to [[Providing GTFS data|General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)]] and released via Creative Commons in 2011, [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ GTFS-RT] is a software-agnostic standard that allows public transportation agencies to provide realtime updates about their fleet to the public vis-a-vis application developers and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Google Maps<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. The GTFS-RT standard allows transit operators to provide the following:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:* Trip Updates - delays, cancellations, changed routes</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:* Trip Updates - delays, cancellations, changed routes</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:* Service alerts - stop moved, unforeseen events affecting a station, route or the entire network</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:* Service alerts - stop moved, unforeseen events affecting a station, route or the entire network</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l31" >Line 31:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Agencies do not pay Google to use the format display the data on Google Products. The GTFS-realtime specification is a free alternative to NextBus.com for agencies that currently produce or plan to produce real-time arrival data and route or stop specific service alerts. [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ More information] is available from Google.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Agencies do not pay Google to use the format display the data on Google Products. The GTFS-realtime specification is a free alternative to NextBus.com for agencies that currently produce or plan to produce real-time arrival data and route or stop specific service alerts. [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ More information] is available from Google.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. NextBus offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://www.cubic.com/Transportation/Solutions/Real-Time-Passenger-Information More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>NextBus<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://www.cubic.com/Transportation/Solutions/Real-Time-Passenger-Information More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free open-source software stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies do not require AVL equipment. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-agency-resources/].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free open-source software stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies do not require AVL equipment. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-agency-resources/].</div></td></tr>
</table>Simonehttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2452&oldid=prevBK: fixed link2015-06-06T01:27:14Z<p>fixed link</p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:27, 6 June 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l31" >Line 31:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Agencies do not pay Google to use the format display the data on Google Products. The GTFS-realtime specification is a free alternative to NextBus.com for agencies that currently produce or plan to produce real-time arrival data and route or stop specific service alerts. [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ More information] is available from Google.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Agencies do not pay Google to use the format display the data on Google Products. The GTFS-realtime specification is a free alternative to NextBus.com for agencies that currently produce or plan to produce real-time arrival data and route or stop specific service alerts. [https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/ More information] is available from Google.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. NextBus offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">news</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nextbus</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">how-nextbus-works</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2/detailed</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">product</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">information/ </del>More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''NextBus.com''' is a product offered by Cubic, a multi-national company with a software suite targeted to transit operators. NextBus offers a full-service solution, from GPS installation on vehicles, to communications with users via a desktop and mobile web site. NextBus is the market leader, with more than a dozen transit agencies as customers. [http://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cubic</ins>.com/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Transportation/Solutions/Real</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Time</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Passenger</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Information </ins>More information] about their products is available from the company. ''This section is provided for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement to purchase the Nextbus product. See [[TransitWiki:General_disclaimer#Commercial Products and Services Appearing on TransitWiki]].''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free open-source software stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">must have a fully functioning </del>AVL <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">system</del>. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">agencies</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">launching-onebusaway.php</del>].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://onebusaway.org/ '''The OneBusAway Project'''] is a free open-source software stack that seeks to make it easy for transit operators to build and maintain mobile applications which disseminate predictive real time arrival information. Originally started by a University of Washington Ph.D student named Brian Ferris, the OneBusAway software stack is the foundation for mobile applications maintained by MARTA, Hillsborough Transit in Tampa, Puget Sound, and the New York MTA. To build an application using OneBusAway, transit agencies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do not require </ins>AVL <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">equipment</ins>. [http://onebusaway.org/transit-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">agency-resources</ins>/].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr>
</table>BKhttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2323&oldid=prevBK: moved image to top2015-04-22T20:04:06Z<p>moved image to top</p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:04, 22 April 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the [[Internet communications|Internet]] at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
</table>BKhttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2223&oldid=prevMgarrett at 23:32, 27 March 20152015-03-27T23:32:16Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:32, 27 March 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the Internet at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location|automatic vehicle location (AVL)]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Internet <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">communications|Internet]] </ins>at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
</table>Mgarretthttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=2221&oldid=prevMgarrett: /* Introduction */2015-03-27T23:24:02Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Introduction</span></span></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:24, 27 March 2015</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the Internet at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|automatic vehicle location (AVL)</ins>]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the Internet at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
</table>Mgarretthttps://www.transitwiki.org/TransitWiki/index.php?title=Real-time_information&diff=1757&oldid=prevSirinyamatute: /* Introduction */2014-04-17T03:44:29Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Introduction</span></span></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:44, 17 April 2014</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Introduction==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the Internet at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Real-time information, broadly defined, means any information available to transit providers or customers about the current status of vehicles<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, including approximate locations and predictive arrival times</ins>. Most real-time information relies on [[Automatic vehicle location]] and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in order to estimate approximate arrival times for passengers and transit system operators. Passengers access real-time arrival and departure information through dynamic signs at stops and stations, or through the Internet at home or on smartphones. As smartphones become more prevalent, they have made access to third-party scheduling information and apps highly accessible for passengers.<ref>National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida.[[media:CUTR_RealTime.pdf|“Enhancing the Rider Experience: The Impact of Real-Time Information On Transit Ridership.”]] 2005.</ref> [[Image:SFMTA_RealTime.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) offers real time arrival information on its train platforms. Photo by Flickr user AgentAkit.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Features==</div></td></tr>
</table>Sirinyamatute