TechnoNews -Japan - Testing broadband on buses for efficiency
TOKYO, Japan -UPI, by Shihoko Goto -Feb 9, 2006: -- Traveling by bus can be notoriously unreliable, even in a country like Japan, where the public transportation system prides itself on efficiency and predictability. So buses have taken a back seat to trains in Japan, where railways are more or less punctual to the minute, with only rare exceptions... Still, technology may well make bus rides less stressful, if it doesn`t succeed in eliminating the challenges of traffic congestion, accidents and bad weather... Tokyo-based ROOT -- Real Object Oriented Technologies -- said earlier this week that it will start testing a mobile router system that will allow users broadband access even when moving at around 130 miles per hour... Named the Fitbus, given the fact it`s based in Fukuoka as an information-technology experiment, the project will take place from Feb. 15 until March 31... While riders themselves will not be able to use their own personal computers to test the router`s abilities, each network-equipped bus will have a screen to allow customers to see how exactly their ride is progressing, whether there are any problems or delays up ahead, and it will also provide advertising and other information as well. Meanwhile, those waiting for their ride at bus stops will be able to monitor how the bus they are about to take is doing on the road... So while the system cannot prevent accidents or delays, at least people both on the bus and those waiting for the vehicle to arrive will know when exactly their rides will arrive, and know what is causing the delays...
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