How to Use GPS in Public Transportation
The beginning is only the tip of the iceberg for GPS. The potential for global tracking is endless, and no other industry needs this new technology more than mass transit. Often, buses or trains may fall off-schedule, often resulting in the drivers or conductors making the situation worse.
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Instructions
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Install computers on public transit vehicles or equip bus drivers and rail conductors with cellular phones that are GPS-enabled.
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Look at your computer as work your run as a bus or rail operator often to be sure you have approximate time separation between you and the vehicle ahead of you.
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Check your device to see how other connecting routes are operating. Tell your riders whether or not they are going to make or miss their bus or train.
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Use your on-board radio to contact the right people at your transit agency, as well as the proper authorities in an emergency.
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Look at your GPS device to give the approximate location of your vehicle along with the data your authorities have. They should give you an estimated arrival time.
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Tell your riders of the emergency, and let them know that help is on the way and the time period in which they would get to the location.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have a GPS-enabled cellular phone, check it as often as possible, or at stoplights or at certain stops for train operators.
You can use your phone to contact the connecting driver or operator to wait at the intersection or stop if the vehicle is near by.
