GPS Tracking

New York City Transit Authority Tests New Tracking Systems

It has been about nine months since new, experimental tracking systems were put to use in the subways and on the streets of New York City; long enough to do a fair analysis of their benefits versus costs.

The tracking systems calculate commuter vehicle arrival times and display those wait times at train stations and bus stops on overhead  LED clocks. Early conclusions are that schedules run tighter and tempers run cooler, as they have when similar public vehicle tracking systems were introduced in Chicago, Washington, London and Paris. (more…)

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GPS (Global Positioning System) vehicle tracking technology, long affiliated with military and law enforcement groups, businesses and families, is headed out in a different direction:  GPS tracking equipment is going to school and it’s riding the bus!

Promoting school bus safety efforts via the use of satellite technology has, in a number of ways, already proven to be advantageous in public schools across the country.

Some of the reasons are as standard as with any vehicle tracking decision:  reduction of fuel , operational and maintenance costs, efficiencies in route times and the minimizing of excessive idling, speeding and unsafe driving.  GPS tracking accurately determines the location of buses, whether they have stopped at all designated locations and for how long.  In the event of a breakdown, a nearby bus can be located within seconds and if buses do not reach their stops at regularly scheduled times, they are easily identified by this unit. 
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