• Tag Archives: GPS

    TN MOVING STORIES: Mica’s District Decision, Toronto’s Transit Plans, GPS Units Talking to Insurance Companies

    Criticism is raining on the Port Authority after this week’s audit, but “Little about this political bill of indictment seemed properly hinged to reality.” The...

    High Court Ruling on GPS Tracking Could Affect NYC Taxi Suit

    (New York — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) A local attorney will argue a case using the recent Supreme Court decision banning law enforcement from using GPS...

    Bronx To Get Real-Time Bus Info

    Following on the heels of Staten Island, the Bronx will become the second of New York’s five boroughs to get real-time bus information. New York’s...

    Chicago, New York to Make Snow Plow Locations Live During Storms

    Mayors of both Chicago and New York said Tuesday they’d be making the locations of snow plows public during winter storms via public websites that...

    TN MOVING STORIES: NJ Town Battles Light Rail, London’s New Bus Design, and DC Pilots ‘Live Near Work’ Program

    Tenafly residents say ‘not in our backyard’ to NJ Transit plans to bring light rail to Bergen County. DC is piloting a program that incentivizes...

    New Jersey Adds GPS to Snowplows

    Last year was a brutal winter in the Northeast. The record snowfalls left New York’s Mayor smarting from criticism that the city was unprepared. After...

    TN MOVING STORIES: LA Increases Night Service on Trains, Chicago Area Buses To Drive on Highway Shoulders, Passenger Attacks on Transit Operators On the Rise

    LA will increase night service on some train lines to boost ridership. The Chicago region will see if commute times benefit from a pilot program...

    Google Adds Real Time Transit Info to Maps

    “There’s no more need to guess when to leave.” That’s the bold claim from Google today, as it announced the addition of real time transit...

    Boston: Upwards of 1/3 of Riders Use Transit App Tools

    (Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation)  About a year ago, I did a story for Marketplace on how Boston is releasing the GPS data on buses to...

    Bloomberg: GPS Devices Will Be Installed on All Plows

    (Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Saying his pilot project installing GPS devices — essentially low-cost walkie talkies– on snowplows was a success, NYC Mayor Bloomberg says...