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Puget Sound Trip Planner app—available for Apple and Android mobile devices—allows riders to plan a trip that covers many transportation choices, including buses, rail, ferries, streetcars and water taxis
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The fully accessible fleet means not only passengers in wheelchairs, but elderly transit riders, injured men and women on crutches, and people pushing strollers will easily be able to board a bus without relying on assistance from the driver or struggling up stairs.
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The agency has helped fund the creation of PERCEPT — an indoor navigation system that one day will allow users to make their way through a rail station by listening to step-by-step directions on their smartphones, which lead them to electronic sensors or “tags” throughout the building.
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The move could possibly open direct competition between taxis and Uber in the realm of wheelchair transit. But the sector is far from profitable, and that has raised the concern of taxi officials.
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Kiel North America introduced its Comfort Line, a multifunctional and technologically barrier-breaking seat model for high-speed transportation.
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New Flyer launched its new batter-electric Xcelsior bus, which is also available with clean diesel, CNG, hybrid and trolley propulsion systems.
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The Increased Accessory Power II (IAP II) component system, a customizable electric distribution platform that provides power distribution from the hybrid system to accessory components, such as electric air conditioning systems, electric air compressors and electric power steering systems.
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MCI showcased its latest clean-diesel Commuter Coach built for Houston METRO as part of its 95-bus order.
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Hadley showcased its prototype Digital Signage System, which provides customized information that is geo-localized, so it is relevant to the location of the vehicle at the time it is displayed.
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CCW’s all-electric transit bus powered by Zero Emission Propulsion System (ZEPS) uses advanced lithium-ion batteries and a liquid-cooled drive system to provide fuel and maintenance cost savings.
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