TrackABus Queenstown: Media Release
The TrackABus Queenstown service, live since 2016, is being relaunched by the Otago Regional Council under the Orbus brand. The media release can be found here – Orbus Queenstown to trial real-time bus tracking
TrackABus Nelson: Cool new NBus stuff!
The TrackABus Nelson service has been live since April 2019. Nelson City Council are now promoting the real time service to their passengers – Cool new NBus stuff!
TrackABus Whangarei becomes part of the CityLink service
The latest TrackABus service in Whangarei has been launched with the information integrated into the existing CityLink branded web site. Whangarei passengers can now access real time information via the familiar CityLink site with additional developments such as of a smartphone app for the city in the works.
TrackABus Queenstown updated for new Orbus service
The Queenstown real time service, first introduced in August 2015, was updated to coincide with the launch of the revamped Orbus service – https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/2-bus-network-launched. With the expansion of the service an additional 10 vehicles were required to deliver the more frequent service. TrackABus, working closely with Ritchies staff, installed tracking equipment across the fleet ready …
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TrackABus Rotorua: Real-time bus tracking in Rotorua
On a smaller urban service such as Rotorua where buses often drive on quiet semi-rural roads during parts of each trip the update frequency of the GPS tracking is important. If the GPS units do not report frequently enough then passengers waiting may experience the bus ‘jumping’ towards them when using the service. The TrackABus …
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TrackABus Invercargill goes live
Real time information for the Invercargill BusSmart service went live to the public after a short implementation project that included installing TrackABus GPS equipment on the 8 bus fleet. As well as being generally available to the public via the TrackABus and TrackABus for Mobile web sites and SMS service was also available. Council customer …
Early days… shame about the incorrect link in the article!
With the help of Ritchies Coachlines in Dunedin we initially validated our real time approach by running a 12 bus service for a section of the Dunedin service. The initial service ran in a fully automated manner, aside from a few trips down to the bus depot to install and support our early hardware, meaning …
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