NextBus: High-tech Bus System

Arlington County is implementing NextBus technology on one bus route.

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September 11, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"On September 11, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...and Arlington County are unveiling a new service called NextBus that is designed to make taking the bus a far more predictable experience. Made possible by NextBus Information Systems, Inc., the new, high-tech system utilizes satellite and global positioning system (GPS) technology to track buses' real-time progress and let people know -- with 95 percent accuracy -- when the bus is really going to be at the bus stop, rather than when it?s scheduled to be there."

Thanks to Dharm Guruswamy, AICP

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