NextBus

NextBus is a technology and a company that provides real time tracking and arrival of transit vehicles. By outfitting vehicles with GPS receivers they are able to transmit realtime data on bus and train arrival times to electronic signs in stations, and to the Internet.

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NextBus claims this system increases transit user satisfaction. The system is used on the San Francisco Municipal Railway and several other transit systems.

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• www.NextBus.com
• Portland, OR - Streetcar
• Emeryville, CA - Emery Go Round
• Vail, CO - Vail Transit
• Boulder, CO - Community Transit/Denver RTD
• East San Francisco Bay, CA - AC Transit

Transit: The word "transit", when used alone, has several possible meanings in English...

GPS: REDIRECT Global Positioning System...

Internet: This article is about the Internet, the extensive, worldwide computer network available to the public. An internet is a more general term informally used to describe any set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking....