The partnership will allow riders to see time, route, and price information for MTS, alongside rideshare and e-scooter options.
When users tap their route line in the Transit app, they see a map showing the live locations of transit vehicles along their route and current crowding levels.
Customers can find this real-time information when tracking their bus at buseta.wmata.com, and in the agency’s open data feed for third-party transit and mapping applications like Google Maps.
Lyft now shows time, route, and price information from Miami-Dade Transit and Tri-Rail.
Transit’s team also analyzes route-level and system-wide origin-destination data, to provide transit agencies with up-to-date information about rider demand in its Transit Dashboard.
The primary goal of the Real-Time Asset Management Program is to enhance asset management of infrastructure and safety by deploying innovative technologies that can provide real-time condition assessment of transit capital and facilities.
People do not just want social distancing on trains and hand sanitizers. They want control — and they want it every step of the way.
The initiative also includes the recent deployment of Mercury, a new communications platform that enables location-specific, targeted content to be sent to screens outside and in stations.
As part of this shift, BBB is also partnering with Swiftly Inc. to help deliver more accurate, consistent, and reliable data to power Transit.
The competitive grant funds are provided through the Public Transportation Innovation Program.