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8.11.10

Passengers complain * New Zealand - Complaints continue over buses chaos

Christchurch,NZ -The Press, by PAUL GORMAN -3 Nov 2010: -- Temporary buses, new operators, different runs and inexperienced drivers are causing chaos on Christchurch bus routes... Roadworks and detours along Lichfield St, to the east of the central-city Bus Exchange, are also adding to the frustration of drivers and passengers... Problems triggered by last month's earthquake and operator changes on November 1 have left many passengers angry and confused...   Some have emailed The Press complaining about the state of older buses, overcrowding and the confusing number of white buses on the road...  Leopard has been forced to buy and hire 33 buses because of earthquake damage at DesignLine's Rolleston bus factory...   Leopard and Christchurch Bus Services both won routes from Red Bus Ltd in a recent tender round...   Concerns had been expressed that some of the older replacement buses were unsuitable for people in wheelchairs... Leopard managing director Brent Early said new buses were scheduled for delivery in the next three months and that would reduce the number of temporary buses on the roads... (Photo - NO EASY STREET: Buses try to navigate around roadworks and rush-hour traffic in Lichfield St, Christchurch)


* Auckland - Passenger Information System. Getting you to the game on tim


(Video from YouTube, by sigtecworldwide -24 Sept 2009: Sigtec delivers solutions for the public transport authorities that will assist in improving services and delivering real time passenger information. The RAPID™ Real Time Passenger Information -RTPI- system has been primarily developed for enhancing bus, tram, rail and ferry services)

Auckland,NZ -Infonews, by Sigtec Group -3 November 2010: -- The Sigtec Group today announced a new contract with the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) that will see Sigtec upgrade the successful Auckland Real Time Passenger Information System to provide an integrated Multi‐Modal Passenger Information System for all Bus services in the Auckland Region... Based on Sigtec’s RAPID technology, which has been providing real time information and traffic light priority for Auckland’s buses since 2005, the upgraded system will display predicted service arrival times to commuters at signs located at bus stops, on rail platforms and at ferry terminals... The system monitors the position of each bus in real time using the global positioning system and other inputs to accurately predict when the service will arrive. Priority is automatically requested at traffic lights for late running buses... The provision of real time passenger information for rail and ferry services, and the improvements to information available for bus services are part of an ongoing investment in public transport in the Auckland Region that will benefit the community through and well beyond Rugby World Cup 2011...

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