Mobilizing the Region
Issue 259March 3, 2000


Bus Info System: Thing of the Present

The Port Authority has successfully installed global positioning system technology to track its JFK Airport circulator buses, according to the Daily News. The system gives drivers and dispatchers more control over spacing and schedules, and provides real information to riders about when buses will arrive. The PA already has a similar system in use at Newark Airport. The JFK bus system consists at its peak of 24 buses serving six routes.

NYC Transit is testing a global positioning system for its buses on the Manhattan's West Side, but has experienced problems with the high buildings blocking signals. The Port Authority's success at JFK may suggest that a better area for early deployment of the technology by NYC Transit is a low-rise area like southeastern Queens. The neighborhoods north of JFK are among the city's most heavily reliant on buses.




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