Real Time Bus Info System -- An Update!

PSTA's Real Time Bus Info System is almost finished! Please read "It's time to get real" if you aren't familiar with this exciting new project.

Thank you so much to all of you who have tried out the website while it has been in test mode. We've gotten some great feedback and really appreciate your input.

Here are a few updates we'd like to share:

1. The special equipment for the Real Time Bus Info system has now been installed on all of the regular transit buses and trolleys that serve our Pinellas routes. The coach-style buses that run Routes 100X and 300X are still being wired up and we hope they'll be done shortly.

2. The email and text alerts are working! Please sign yourself up for some alerts and try it out.

3. Our project vendor has assured us that we'll be getting a software update at the end of the month that will add the ability for you to type in a specific Bus Stop number.

4. Once the Bus Stop number feature is active we intend to start installing the Real Time Bus Info signs below our new bus stop signs. The signs will explain all the ways to access Real Time Info, including text messaging (you'll send a text with PSTA followed by your bus stop number to a special phone number and the system will text you back with a list of the next few buses serving that stop!).

We love feedback, so please share your thoughts, comments, kudos, whatever, by commenting on this post or by sending email to ride@psta.net.

~Cyndi Raskin-Schmitt, RidePSTA Blog Editor~

p.s. In case you don't have the online site bookmarked yet, click here to try it out!