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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2024

MBTA Launches NextGen Bus Navigation Pilot Program

In partnership with Swiftly, off-the-shelf tablet technology will be piloted in the operator cabs of up to 100 buses by the end of the year, providing turn-by-turn directions similar to navigation apps like Google Maps or Apple Maps.

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Articlesby StaffSeptember 9, 2024

Swiftly CEO Talks Recent Acquisition, Power of Tech in Transit

METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman recently spoke to Swiftly CEO/Co-Founder Jonny Simkin about the Hopthru acquisition, the power of data, transit’s readiness to assess new technologies, and much more.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2024

Swiftly Annouces Acquisition of Hopthru

The move adds Hopthru’s ridership data and analytics solutions to Swiftly’s platform, giving agencies powerful ways to access, clean, monitor, and analyze ridership data for NTD reporting, service planning, scheduling, and more.

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Articlesby Alex RomanAugust 8, 2024

Kansas' Lawrence Transit Uses Tech to Improve Passenger Experience

For its fearless jump into technology and improving the customer experience, LT was selected as a winner of METRO’s Innovative Solutions Award for Efficiency.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 1, 2024

METRO Names 2024 Innovative Solutions Award Winners

Now in its 10th year, the Innovative Solutions Awards honors bus and rail operations and their supplier partners who have implemented initiatives that helped them increase safety, improve customer satisfaction, and more.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 3, 2023

New Integration Connects Vontas, Swiftly, and Transit

By incorporating Vontas’ CAD/AVL Service Disruption features, agencies now have a central location to create ad-hoc service changes by central control or in-field support staff using Vontas OnRoute.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 2, 2023

Biz Briefs: GreenPower Delivers EV Stars, Swiftly, and More

Get the latest from GreenPower Motor Company, Swiftly, Inc., and The Routing Company.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 9, 2023

NY-Area Agencies Test Tech to Improve Operations, Employee Retention

The Operational Efficiency and Human Capital Utilization challenges were announced in January 2023 and solicited nearly 150 applications from across the world.

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NewsAugust 31, 2021

Torrance Transit, Swiftly Inc. Partner to Improve Rider Experience

Swiftly’s tools can help TTS with its overall system performance initiative. The improvements were tested at Torrance Transit in 2019 and they are now fully implemented.

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NewsAugust 18, 2020

RideKC, Swiftly Partner to Improve Real-Time Information

As part of this project, Swiftly is leveraging existing GPS data from onboard broadband routers and the agency’s dispatch system, Trapeze’s TransitMaster.

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