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to: Phil Payne
from: Tony Williams
date: 2005-12-23 13:45:22
subject: Re: TWU Transit Strike in NYC

From: Tony Williams 

Phil Payne wrote:
>>How many US cities have a similar system to the NY underground? & How
>>long would it take for out of town bus drivers to learn their route etc>
>
>
> Trivial.  A bulk order of Garmin GPS systems and a furious night's
> programming.

In Seattle all the buses are tracked in real-time so if you have a browser
you can see when your bus is arriving:

http://busview.its.washington.edu/busview_launch.jsp

Handy when it's raining to plan a quick dash to the stop just in time to
meet the bus.

--
Tony

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