Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang to trial bus arrival info system

• off_service

  18 Mar 07, 10:45

  The Bus Stops are:
  
  Ang Mo Kio
  
  * Blk 332 / Opp Blk 332 - Ang Mo Kio Ave 8
  * Blk 4016 - Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
  * Blk 564 / Opp Blk 564 - Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
  
  Sembawang Road / Yishun
  
  * Blk 114 / Opp Blk 115B - Sembawang Road
  * Blk 101 (Chong Pang Camp) / Opp Blk 101 - Sembawang Road
  * Blk 101 - Yishun Ave 5
  
  The remaining test bus stops will be along Bras Basah Road (2), Scotts Road (3), Grange Road (2) and Stamford Road (1).
  
  *** Correction: Chong Pang Camp, not opp Chong Pang camp as stated earlier
  
  Source: businfohub.com
• ZYX2005

  18 Mar 07, 12:15

  heh
  
  i din know smrtbuses hve thei online GPS tracking system
  
  they seem to only use it to update the PID (abeit a rather pathetic version of a PID)
  
  Passenger Info Display
  
  ZYX
  
• XiaoTaro

  18 Mar 07, 12:52

  Originally posted by ZYX2005:

  heh
  
  i din know smrtbuses hve thei online GPS tracking system
  
  they seem to only use it to update the PID (abeit a rather pathetic version of a PID)
  
  Passenger Info Display
  
  ZYX
  

  I believe u do know that all public buses are equipped with GPS transmitter, sbst went one step ahead to purchase (or rather develop) their own system which makes use of the GPS transmitter and together with the timesheets they provided iris to the public, while SMRT did not choose to purchase the system, and i suppose this bus arrival info system is the system developed from Ngee Ann Poly, Sch of Engineering.
• off_service

  18 Mar 07, 19:34

  It's from LTA. Developed from NP.. I don't think so.
• SMRT Buses

  19 Mar 07, 09:13

  Full report can be found in the main section of today's Straits Times of page 4...
• sbst275

  19 Mar 07, 09:21

  Arr... The project by the poly students...
  
  A bit too late, SBS came with something better alrdy
• brotherchen1982

  19 Mar 07, 09:33

  Real-time bus arrival info for heartland riders
• SMRT Buses

  19 Mar 07, 18:44

  Monday March 19, 6:17 PM
  
  Real-time bus arrival info for heartland riders
  
  Two Housing and Development Board towns, Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang, will join Orchard Road in a trial to provide bus commuters with real-time arrival data by July.
  
  And the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is meeting potential bidders today for a briefing on this initiative, slated to run in two phases, according to tender documents on the GovernmentÂ’s online procurement portal, GeBIZ.
  
  About 30 bus stops have been picked — including 17 in the Orchard area — five in Ang Mo Kio and four in Sembawang.
  
  This development comes just 10 days after Transport Minister Raymond Lim told Parliament the LTA will revive the trial — aborted in 2003 due to technological constraints and costs — to boost standards in public transportation.
  
  The bus stop at Delfi Orchard has been identified for phase 1, estimated to take three months. The successful bidder has to liaise with public transport operators such as SMRT and SBS Transit, as well as setup and test a passenger information display panel.
  
  The info-panel must show the date, time, bus service number, and the predicted arrival time of the next two buses and any disruptions, such as heavy traffic or a road accident. It should be legible from a minimum distance of 12m, not impede accessibility for the handicapped, and enable commuters to see approaching buses, according to the tender documents.
  
  Eleven bus services run past the Delfi Orchard stop during the day — nine by SBS and two by SMRT.
  
  Phase 2, which will start after the first stage has been completed by July, will involve another 29 bus stops in areas such as Bras Basah Road, Ang Mo Kio Avenues 1, 3 and 8, and Sembawang Road. It is expected to end by January next year.
  
  The busiest bus stop for the entire trial — with 21 bus services — is on Stamford Road after Armenian Street.
  
  The real-time bus arrival information system (BusAIS), should cater to a maximum of 50 info-panels and include provisions for “future integration to two additional public transport operators”, the tender documents stated. The tender period ends on March 29.
  
  Dr Lam Pin Min, a Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency, who had spoken in Parliament about better travel information, hopes more information will be displayed.
  
  “They can display information on the time actually required to reach a destination. To reach Delfi from Ang Mo Kio, for example, other than knowing I need to wait two minutes for the bus, I also want to know if I’ll reach there in 30 minutes.
  
  “So, commuters will be able to make an informed choice on which mode of transport to take. That would really be a first-class transport system.” -/na
• off_service

  19 Mar 07, 19:40

  The real-time bus arrival information system (BusAIS), should cater to a maximum of 50 info-panels and include provisions for “future integration to two additional public transport operators”, the tender documents stated. The tender period ends on March 29.

  This is interesting...