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TTC wants to charge riders for text alerts

July 5, 2011

The Toronto Transit Commission (ON) wants to start charging customers for text alerts and proposes to charge 15 cents per message this fall.

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Australian state agency pulls the plug on real-time data feed

June 20, 2011

Sydney Buses (NSW) withdrew its live GPS data feed and moved to a text-messaging system to provide real-time updates, which killed a popular app.

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NJ TRANSIT invites riders to text against terror

June 9, 2011

NJ TRANSIT announced Text Against Terror, an initiative that asks passengers to send a text message to transit police if they see something suspicious.

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BART board wants text-message rider hotline

May 16, 2011

The president of the BART (CA) board wants the agency to set up a text-messaging system for passengers to alert the agency about problems they encounter.

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Half a billion people are expected to use mobile payment technology

April 29, 2011

Some 500 million people will pay their transit fares with mobile devices by 2015 according to a new report from Juniper Research.

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UVM students will not fund real-time bus info

April 27, 2011

The University of Vermont student government voted not to fund blirp it, which provides real-time location data for UVM buses via text message.

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San Diego to introduce real-time alerts

April 13, 2011

Starting in June, riders on San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System (CA) will be able to receive real-time arrival info for bus and trolley via SMS.

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MBTA speeds up text alerts

March 24, 2011

MBTA commuter rail riders should be receiving more timely service alerts, thanks to a new system implemented this week.

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Real-time info is on track for NYC bus riders

March 22, 2011

After last month’s launch of BusTime, a pilot program to provide real-time location information for one bus route in Brooklyn, MTA New York City Transit expects to expand the program across Staten Island by the end of the year. “This really does have the potential to revolutionize how riders perceive and use our bus service,” [...]

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Montreal launches, retools, text-alert system

March 14, 2011

STM (QC) has relaunched its new service alert system after glitches forced the agency to shut down the system only hours after introducing it last week.

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