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Dayton uses software to connect with customers

February 11, 2010

The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (OH) is using online customer service software to connect with customers who have comments or complaints.

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Myki commuters hit the jackpot

February 8, 2010

Another glitch in the troubled rollout of the myki smart card in the Australian State of Victoria: Last week three lucky commuters had $167,000 inadvertently credited to their card accounts.

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Hydrogen buses suffer “hiccups” before Olympics

February 5, 2010

Some of the hydrogen buses, intended to provide transportation during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (BC), have been stalling out and software problems appear to be the cause.

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Does your city need a Web 2.0 makeover?

January 26, 2010

Code for America, a new nonprofit, wants to bring Web 2.0 solutions to local governments, by matching cities and developers.

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OpenTripPlanner project proceeds

January 24, 2010

OpenTripPlanner is an open source multimodal trip planner that incorporates transit, bicycling, and walking directions.

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San Diego agencies work out smart-card glitches

January 18, 2010

With software problems addressed, agencies in the San Diego (CA) area are preparing to roll out the Compass smart card this spring.

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Local governments offer data to developers

December 8, 2009

The New York Times provides an overview of the latest efforts to make government data available to developers, highlighting activities in San Francisco (CA): “It’s going to change the way elected officials and civil servants deliver programs, services and promises,” San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom told The Times. And what about transit data?
Even data about mundane [...]

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Port Authority blames software and faulty signal for delays

December 4, 2009

Officials from Pittsburgh’s Port Authority of Allegheny County (PA) said that software glitches and a faulty signal were to blame for a recent series of service delays.

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Metro leaves IT funds unspent

December 3, 2009

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has spent only 8% of its economic stimulus funds budgeted for information technology.

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Transparency leads to better reporting technology

November 24, 2009

The reporting requirements for the federal stimulus program have yielded an unexpected benefit — better reporting technology at the state and local levels.

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