Public Transit Benefits When Buses, Riders Are Connected

Government Technology: New communications equipment aboard buses in Boise, Idaho, has already ensured stable, accurate, real-time online bus-tracking, on-board Wi-Fi and other features.

The network of new routers and other equipment has also opened the door for mobile-ticketing and additional improvements.

“We see this as a cornerstone or foundation to build upon the rest of our applications that we are going to be implementing in the next five years,” said Rhonda Jalbert, development director for Valley Regional Transit, the public transit agency serving the Boise metro-region.

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