Tracking the bus to your workplace
21 Oct 2015|2,072 views
Users of ride-sharing app Uber have long been able to see where their driver is with GPS tracking and now, for the first time in Singapore, a private bus company is doing the same, reported The Straits Times.
Private bus operator Loh Gim Chong Transport, which has a fleet of 35 buses, launched the myBus SG LiveTrack mobile app late last month.
By selecting one of the bus routes, commuters can see a map of their surrounding area, as well as their own location, with the route and stops clearly marked out. When a bus service is active, customers can see the position of all the buses on the route, and they can track the progress of the vehicles as the app refreshes every 30 seconds.
Mr. Louis Loh, the company Director, said, "It's very common that every day, people call the hotline and ask whether they have missed the bus, and when the next bus will be coming." He hopes that with this app, customers will have a more convenient way to track where the buses are. The company runs school bus routes, as well as City Direct Services and Premium Bus Services to and from Changi Business Park.
In 2011, Mr. Loh installed a fleet management system by putting GPS trackers in every bus, where he was able to see where every bus in his fleet was, as well as to track their movements and even see whether the bus engines were on or off. "We were thinking that we should let our passengers have the same privilege as us, to be able to see the live bus movements," he said.
Mr. Loh insists the $60,000 outlay is worth it. "We feel that as a small company, we cannot compete with the big boys who have over 300 buses in their fleet," he said. "We cannot compete in terms of quantity, so we have to compete in terms of quality, by leveraging on the technology that is available to give us an edge."
Users of ride-sharing app Uber have long been able to see where their driver is with GPS tracking and now, for the first time in Singapore, a private bus company is doing the same, reported The Straits Times.
Private bus operator Loh Gim Chong Transport, which has a fleet of 35 buses, launched the myBus SG LiveTrack mobile app late last month.
By selecting one of the bus routes, commuters can see a map of their surrounding area, as well as their own location, with the route and stops clearly marked out. When a bus service is active, customers can see the position of all the buses on the route, and they can track the progress of the vehicles as the app refreshes every 30 seconds.
Mr. Louis Loh, the company Director, said, "It's very common that every day, people call the hotline and ask whether they have missed the bus, and when the next bus will be coming." He hopes that with this app, customers will have a more convenient way to track where the buses are. The company runs school bus routes, as well as City Direct Services and Premium Bus Services to and from Changi Business Park.
In 2011, Mr. Loh installed a fleet management system by putting GPS trackers in every bus, where he was able to see where every bus in his fleet was, as well as to track their movements and even see whether the bus engines were on or off. "We were thinking that we should let our passengers have the same privilege as us, to be able to see the live bus movements," he said.
Mr. Loh insists the $60,000 outlay is worth it. "We feel that as a small company, we cannot compete with the big boys who have over 300 buses in their fleet," he said. "We cannot compete in terms of quantity, so we have to compete in terms of quality, by leveraging on the technology that is available to give us an edge."
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