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Federal Grants Allow Communities to Improve Transit

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has introduced new federal grant programs aimed at enhancing traffic safety, easing congestion, and improving accessibility nationwide. These funding initiatives offer the potential to transform transportation within communities nationwide. Securing funding is just the first step—leveraging the right technology is key to maximizing its impact. That’s where EMTRAC comes in. […]

EMTRAC technology helps SamTrans win top award for outstanding transit system in the US

SamTrans, a public transportation agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, received the Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) for its superior efficiency and effectiveness. With more than 10 million passenger trips per fiscal year, SamTrans earned the award in the category for agencies with between 3 million […]

Max Transit is On a Roll!

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MAX transit was one of four nationwide organizations to receive the 2024 Outstanding Public Transit System Award by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) – and its component Birmingham Xpress (BX) is EMTRAC equipped! The Birmingham Xpress buses request transit signal priority so riders can get to their destinations quickly and safely. Find out more […]

Cloud vs Edge Computing for Transportation Applications

With the remarkable shift to cloud computing during the past decade, it’s nearly impossible to identify real-time technologies that don’t utilize the cloud to least some degree. However, for all of its advantages, cloud computing does have some inherent limitations. In most cases, these limitations are fairly minor, but they can decrease performance enough that safety-related agencies are well served by considering communications choices early in their project timeline.

Case Study: Brampton, Ontario Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

When city managers explore implementing, or improving, signal priority for transit and first-response vehicles, rarely is it for low-congestion corridors. In most cases, the streets equipped with Transit Signal Priority (TSP) and Emergency Vehicle Preemption (EVP) functionality are also the streets with the greatest travel demand.

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