TECHNO-BUSES * Canada
* Ontario - TTC buses to get Wi-Fi, but don’t fire up your tablets yet
Toronto,ONT,CAN -The Star, by Tess Kalinowski -Jun 19 2014: -- The TTC will begin installing the technology to make its buses and streetcars Wi-Fi capable in 2016... Although transit officials are promising better service as a result, it doesn’t necessarily mean commuters will be able to browse the Internet... The Wi-Fi capability is part of the $95-million computer-aided dispatch automatic vehicle location system (CAD/AVL) that will replace the 1970s system the TTC uses to communicate with bus and streetcar drivers, according to a report before the TTC board on Tuesday... The technology is considered crucial to making the TTC’s surface routes more reliable by alerting the control rooms that track vehicle movements to buses or streetcars that are veering off-route or off-schedule, said TTC spokesman Brad Ross...
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