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When Will OneBusAway Upgrade to On-Board GPS Data?

King County’s Linda Thielke says, “Installation on all the individual buses (1,200+) is well underway now, but we estimate it will be late in 2012 when we have all the fleet outfitted with the new OnBoard Systems gear, including GPS.” By end of this summer, OneBusAway creator Brian Ferris will have set up Metro with the software necessary to provide that real-time information. Continue reading When Will OneBusAway Upgrade to On-Board GPS Data?

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OneBusAway Faces “Number of Options”

Some 50,000 Seattle transit riders use the popular OneBusAway bus-tracking program per week says creator Brian Ferris, a graduate student who’ll finish up his work at the University of Washington shortly, and head off to work at Google Transit.

That last news has created consternation in about 50,000 hearts, as it’s not clear what will become of OneBusAway once Ferris departs. On his blog, Ferris tries to allay concerns. Continue reading OneBusAway Faces “Number of Options”