Real-Time Bus Tracking

10 August 2017 - Rotorua bus users can approach their journeys with greater confidence and certainty due to recent technical enhancements to the real-time bus tracking technology on the Cityride eke-taone bus fleet.

TrackABus technology allows anyone to view the current location of buses across any of Rotorua’s 11 bus routes on their phone at www.baybus.co.nz. Users can simply click their desired route to access the real-time information.

A recent visit and service from a TrackABus has increased the speed and refresh rate and ultimately the reliability of the technology. It’s all about the reliability of information, explains Public Transport Committee Chairman Lyall Thurston.

“The ability to check that your bus is running to schedule is important for our passengers and being able to do so on your phone while walking to the bus stop is especially handy,” says Mr Thurston.

The functionality is also available on the Whakatāne Bayhopper buses and Council looks forward to introducing a similar feature in Tauranga in 2018.

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