NextBus is a vehicle tracking system for public transportation vehicles, especially buses and trams/light rail operations. Each vehicle is outfitted with a GPS receiver, which transmits data about bus or tram speed and location to produce projected arrival/departure times. These times are broadcasted to electronic signs at bus stops and tram stops and to the Internet including to wireless devices such as cell phones and PDAs. NextBus also provides management tools so that transit agencies can better manage their systems. Vehicle Tracking Systems are electronic devices installed in vehicles to enable vehicle owners or third parties to track the location of a vehicle. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... A CLRV Streetcar in the City of Toronto. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... A typical bus stop in Singapore. ... Luas stop at Harcourt in Dublin, Ireland A tram stop is a place designated for a tram to stop in order to have passengers board or leave it. ...

NextBus claims this system increases transit user satisfaction by increasing the amount of information regarding delays and other disruptances that reaches the average commuter. This information can be distributed by the Internet and also by signs at bus and light rail stops. The system is used on the San Francisco Municipal Railway for 3 bus lines and all of the light rail services. AC Transit, which provides bus service in much of the East Bay region of the San Francisco area from Oakland and Berkeley to Fremont, uses it to provide arrival data for its rapid bus lines in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond and also for lines serving Fruitvale BART; the Emery Go Round shuttle in nearby Emeryville, California has also implemented the technology. The system used on a total of approximately 40 transit agencies throughout the United States and Canada. Two forms of public transport operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni): on the left, a bus (the 38 Geary line) and, on the right, the F Market historic streetcar. ... AC Transit (in full, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is a regional bus agency serving parts of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. ... A part of the East Bay showing Concord, Walnut Creek, Martinez, Pleasant Hill and Clayton The East Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Fremont (IPA: ) is a city in California which was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose, Niles, and Warm Springs. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Emery-Go-Round is a free bus service in Emeryville, California, near Oakland, California. ... The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...

External links

• www.NextBus.com
• Portland, OR - Streetcar
• Emeryville, CA - Emery Go Round
• Vail, CO - Vail Transit
• Boulder, CO - Community Transit/Denver RTD
• East San Francisco Bay, CA - AC Transit
• San Francisco, CA - Municipal Railway

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