By Christine Cai (Shanghai Daily)08:02, October 30, 2012
SOLAR-POWERED signs that tell passengers where buses are have been put into trialuse at some stops in the Pudong New Area.The signs have been introduced at stops on routes No. 961 and No. 798, according toPudong Bus Co, which installed them.Company executives said the boards have been embedded with an intelligent dispatchsystem, which can accurately locate buses through both GPS and short-range wirelesstransmission technologies.They also said the signs can store energy and power themselves for up to seven dayseven if it rains.The signs include the name of each stop a particular bus route includes. An LED lightwill come on when a bus is a few stops away. When the light starts blinking, it meansthe bus has left that stop.The company said it will install the signs at more bus stops in Pudong. It also plans toupgrade the technology to offer more information such as traffic reports and bus arrivaltimes.Recommended News
