One of transit riders' most common complaints is their lack of certainty as to when the next train or bus will arrive. The CTA is responding with plans to provide more real-time travel information to riders by expanding GPS tracking to more bus routes and installing 1,300 digital screens in El and subway stations.
The digital screens will be installed within the next four months.
Reconnecting Neighborhoods wants to know: would you be more likely to take public transportation if you could be certain that the next bus would pull up in, say, five minutes?
No matter what you think about these innovations, they could mean big money to support transit: CTA estimates it will pull in about $100 million over the next 10 years by selling advertising space on the digital screens.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment