From the category archives:

Personal technology

NJ TRANSIT seeks WiFi for trains

September 3, 2010

NJ TRANSIT wants to add wireless Internet connections for its 12 rail lines and 165 train stations.

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Researchers to test impacts of traveler info

September 2, 2010

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, launched a field test designed to compare the impacts of real-time traffic, bus, and Caltrain information on mode choice.

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Railroad uses Twitter to reunite lost cat with owner

September 2, 2010

It isn’t often that The Transit Wire gets to post a story about technology coming to the aid of a lost cat; this one comes from the Los Angeles Times.

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Metro offers real-time train info by phone

September 2, 2010

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) customers can now access real-time train arrival information by telephone.

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LA Metro releases iPhone app

September 1, 2010

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority released Go Metro, a free iPhone application.

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A trio of trackers

August 31, 2010

Bus tracking applications are in the news, from college campuses to urban transit properties.

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BART extends wireless network

August 29, 2010

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (CA) has extended its underground wireless network to three stations in Oakland, fixing what its website called a “mobile phone dead zone.” Now BART passengers can access a continuous mobile signal from Balboa Park to the Oakland underground stations via downtown San Francisco and the Transbay Tube. Link to [...]

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New York City subway goes wireless

August 27, 2010

Now that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is moving forward with plans to roll out wireless connectivity on the New York City subway, Mass Transit took a look at Transit Wireless LLC, the consortium that got the job.

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Amtrak gets anti-social (media)

August 27, 2010

When a major power failure snarled Amtrak service in the Northeast Corridor this week, the agency chose not to update its Twitter feeds or website and instead focused on traditional media updates.

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Still waiting for the train in Boston

August 24, 2010

While MBTA bus riders have the option of tracking most of the system’s bus routes, they will have to wait a little longer to get real-time rail information.

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