While ensuring passengers have access to real-time data is the new norm in transit, there are important safeguards that must be put into place to be sure that information is both accurate and being used effectively by the transit agencies themselves.
As transit agencies now find themselves under a requirement to report GTFS data to the National Transit Database, Optibus is doing its part to help.
Completed over a period of five months, the project also included an upgrade of OnRoute, now equipped with real-time GTFS-RT capabilities that enables the agency to provide real-time transit information to passenger systems.
History has shown that in crisis comes opportunity, so perhaps with COVID maybe we will see a breaking of silos and push towards multi-modality?
The program will enable access to online transit trip planning for disadvantaged riders in California, Oregon, and Washington, such as riders with disabilities, rural and demand-responsive riders, and riders of eligibility-restricted services.
Cal-ITP was created by the California State Transportation Agency and its partners to facilitate easy and accessible travel planning and payments across the state and recommends that transit agencies implement GTFS in the real-time mode to provide more frequent updates to train and bus schedules.
Depending on the status of coronavirus in your city, you will be working to minimize complex risks so that everyone working in and using public transport is safe.
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