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	Schmier Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NextBus Information Systems (NextBus) seeks to make public transit a more viable option for travel and commuting by integrating a variety of intelligent transportation technologies to provide real-time information to transit agencies and the public for improving public transportation within communities.
		NextBus systems also provide transit agencies with a variety of transit management tools that can help improve the safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness of service and operations.
		NextBus provides public transportation users with the information they need to make their transit experience easier, convenient, and more reliable.
	www.house.gov /transportation/highway/09-10-02/schmier.html (1647 words)

	Nextbus and the Carolina Shuttle
		Nextbus uses a system that "predicts" how long a bus takes to get from one stop to another based on what the bus has done in the past.
		Nextbus also provides a public web site that displays these arrival predictions, plus a map displaying the locations of all the shuttles.
		You no longer have to wonder how long you are going to have to wait.
	www.sc.edu /vmps/nextbus.html (410 words)

	nextbus
		An omnibus survey is a single research study conducted for numerous different organizations covering a wide range of topics.
		nextbus is a monthly omnibus telephone survey comprised of a representative sample of 400 adult Nova Scotians (18+ years of age).
		nextbus is a joint project of Thinkwell Research (Dartmouth, NS) and KLJ Field Services (Windsor, NS).
	www.nextbus.ca (260 words)

	NextBus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NextBus is a vehicle tracking system for public transportation vehicles, especially buses and trams/light rail operations.
		Each vehicle is outfitted with a GPS receiver, which transmits data about bus or tram speed and location to produce projected arrival/departure times.
		NextBus claims this system increases transit user satisfaction by increasing the amount of information regarding delays and other disruptances that reaches the average commuter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NextBus (200 words)

	NextBus/Press Room
		NextBus information is available online at www.NextBus.com by selecting CART from the agency list and will be available at many of the CART stops on December 18th, including the Eckerd Drugs, Overbrook Ave.
		NextBus is currently installed in San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, Emeryville, CA, Glendale, CA, Ventura County, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, Lowell, MA, Arlington, VA, Fairfax, VA, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Vail, CO, Howard County, MD, Bala Cynwyd, PA, and Oklahoma City, OK and Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
		NextBus was one of over 150 nominees for the prestigious award that honors unique and utilitarian applications in the WAP universe.
	www.nextmuni.com /corporate/press/index.htm (11627 words)

	NewsFactor Network
		NextBus Information Systems, Inc., has filed an injunction in San Francisco federal court that would prohibit Digital Recorders, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina, from releasing a product which NextBus claims would infringe on a patent it owns.
		NextBus was honored in December as the "Most Original Concept" at the Cellmania mCommerce WAPPY Awards 2000.
		NextBus was one of 150 nominees for the award, which honors unique applications in the WAP universe.
	www.newsfactor.com /perl/story/7407.html (736 words)

	GIS News:Grey Island Systems completes acquisition of NextBus Information Systems
		Total consideration for the assets NextBus consisted of US $700,000 in cash, 1,000,000 warrants exercisable into 1,000,000 common shares at a price of $0.50 per share expiring 2 years from the closing date, and a subordinate non-interest bearing convertible promissory note in the amount of CDN $2,250,000, convertible into shares at $0.325 per share.
		NextBus reported annualized revenues of US $2.9 million for the year 2004 (un-audited).
		NextBus uses GPS tracking satellites to provide vehicle arrival information and real-time maps— not just bus schedules — to passengers and managers of public transit, shuttles, and trains.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_oebwrknmux (221 words)

	NextBus at USC
		Catching a ride on USC’s campus shuttle service will be easier this fall with the arrival of a new system that uses GPS tracking devices to provide accurate arrival information for passengers.
		Called NextBus, the system includes electronic monitors at campus bus stops that display the arrival time of the next bus.
		During peak demand, seven buses ply six routes on the Columbia campus (two are assigned to the busiest route).
	www.sc.edu /usctimes/articles/2004-08/nextbus.html (242 words)

	WindWire and NextBus Connect Wireless Advertisers to Commuters; Mobile Public Transportation Application Increases ...
		NextBus Information Systems` wireless application is one of the most useful services within the mobile environment, providing high value information to both passengers and managers of public transit.
		NextBus Information Systems Inc. is dedicated to the public transportation industry.
		NextBus processes the information, calculates predicted arrival times and transmits arrival time predictions to the wired and wireless Internet.NextBus empowers the individual and decreases the anxiety associated with mass transit.
	www.internetretailer.com /internet/marketing-conference/01649-windwire-nextbus-connect-wireless-advertisers-commuters-mobile-public-transportation-application-increases-advertising-opportunities-local-retailers.html (635 words)

	NASCAR.COM - Grey Island to Acquire NextBus Business - June 23, 2005
		NextBus is a leading provider of real-time transit passenger information systems with contracted future revenues in excess of $7,000,000 (USD).
		NextBus processes the information, calculates predicted arrival times and transmits arrival time predictions to the wired and wireless Internet.
		NextBus empowers the individual and decreases the anxiety associated with mass transit.
	www.nascar.com /2005/news/business/press/06/23/4566480 (585 words)

	SF Muni: CAC December 4, 2003, minutes
		The ATCS link feeds Nextbus the LRVs’ designation information, i.e., J-Church, K-Ingleside, etc. He explained as part of the two-year pilot project and currently, the LRVs’ designation identifications are captured as the vehicle entering the subway tunnel and not when the vehicles departed the yard.
		Murphy expressed the opinion that as he understood there is some resistance to Nextbus within Muni and the Executive Director desires to know the Council’s opinion as to the importance of Nextbus is to the citizens of San Francisco.
		He reiterated that Nextbus is behind schedule in delivering their contractual performance items and the items are critical in order to have a functioning system.
	www.sfmuni.com /cms/brd/cac/SFMuniCACDecember42003minutes.htm (5933 words)

	The N-Judah Chronicles: When's the NextBus? Ask Your Web Browser. Don't Ask Muni.
		One of the things that makes certain lines, like our beloved N-Judah, easier and more convenient to use is of course the digital NextBus readouts, installed at key bus shelters up and down the line that tell you exactly when the next train or bus is scheduled to arrive.
		The problem is that the NextBus signs spend only about 2 of every 10 seconds showing the next train time.
		NextBus manages a very large territory and its customers are very tight.
	www.njudahchronicles.com /2006/02/whens_the_nextbus_ask_your_web_1.html (1227 words)

	Digital Recorders Says NextBus Claims Are Groundless
		In a News Release dated February 7, 2001, NextBus stated it had asked for an injunction which would prohibit DRI "from releasing an announced product which NextBus claims would infringe on a patent to which NextBus owns the rights".
		NextBus, in its News Release, further alleges "NextBus has long known that DRI wanted to enter this market and has attempted to negotiate a relationship with DRI that would permit DRI to offer these kinds of services to its customers.
		In fact, the last corporate-level substantive discussions were in 1998, were initiated by NextBus, and were related to a possible investment by DRI.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-16-2001/0001429468&EDATE= (524 words)

	DART First State
		Investing in the future and providing Delaware transit riders with leading edge technology to get them to their destinations on time and safely is a top priority with DART First State as it begins the new century.
		NextBus used satellite Global Positioning System (GPS) data to provide riders with arrival times for the next bus allowing riders to avoid unnecessary waiting.
		The NextBus satellite technology tracked DART First State Resort buses on each of their routes.
	www.dartfirststate.com /articles/nextbus (703 words)

	SFist: The First Rule of NextBus: There is no NextBus
		NextBus worked with transit agencies to get Measure 2 on the ballot, and it paid off -- the MTC (that's the regional transit commission that runs the awful, user-unfriendly Transit.511.org site) allocated $20 million, of which the MTA (that's our local transit agency) gets just over half, for bus tracking.
		"NextBus is addressing a deficiency list prior to the line activation to the public," he wrote to us in mid-April, "Schedule information will be available to you soon as Muni get the information from NextBus." At this point we ceased to be a mere disgruntled rider, and our citizen-journalist ears perked up.
		There just seems to be a dead end where NextBus would love for the data to be publicised (and the public would love to have it) and Muni simply isn't aware that it's able to do so.
	www.sfist.com /archives/2006/05/17/the_first_rule_of_nextbus_there_is_no_nextbus.php (2591 words)

	Electronic Signs Will Tell Riders When to Expect Bus
		Nextbus' twist is that it makes the information available to riders.
		Nextbus says its system, which is already operating on its internal Web site, is accurate to within 20 percent for arrival times of more than five minutes.
		She said that if the Nextbus system works, and if the Muni uses the data to space out its buses, it might be a good thing.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/26/MN2510.DTL (957 words)

	Nextbus in DC \| Movering
		Nextbus in DC I took the photo to the right at the Connecticut and K bus shelter last week.
		The sign is powered by a service called NextBus, who in January were awarded a $2,001,829 contract for outfitting the DC system with the full suite of Nextbus technology: accessing arrival times via the internet, wireless technology, and electronic signs.
		Oddly, a powerpoint presentation on WMATA's website implies the partnership is between ClearChannel and NextBus; part of the agreement that allowed ClearChannel to build shelters throughout downtown DC in exchange for exclusive advertising rights on those shelters.
	www.movering.com /node/61 (734 words)

	Town of Vail * News Release * Real-Time Nextbus Arrival Information Comes to Vail * 6/21/2001
		The real-time information is provided by NextBus Information Systems, which uses Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology to track buses while en route and then transmits the information to the Internet and digital bus signs.
		NextBus installs GPS receivers on the transit vehicles and location information is then used to calculate when a vehicle will arrive at a particular stop.
		The town is evaluating options for adding the NextBus system on outlying Vail routes in the near future.
	ci.vail.co.us /release.asp?r_id=222&type= (394 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This issue also highlights the NextBus service offered to bus riders, which alerts them when their next bus is scheduled to arrive.
		NextBus transmits arrival time predictions to the bus stops and to the wired and wireless web.
		NextBus is currently negotiating with carriers to provide the new WAP alerts as a paid premium service.
	www.pulver.com /lbsreport/lastlbsreport.05apr01.txt (4767 words)

	cbs5.com - High-Tech Tool Expected To Ease MUNI Commutes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NextBus, a subsidiary of Toronto's Grey Island Systems, is a service that uses Global Positioning System technology and a series of algorithms to determine, within one or two minutes, exactly when the next bus will arrive at a given stop.
		NextBus then uses an algorithm, based on the usual traffic conditions for the time of day, to calculate the time it will take the next bus and three subsequent buses to arrive, said NextBus Chief Operating Officer Lillian Chan.
		The city first started working with NextBus in 1999 when buses on the 22-Fillmore line were hooked up to the system on a trial basis, Siegel said.
	cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_265004938.html (540 words)

	SF Adopts Wireless Bus Info System
		Rescue Muni, a transit riders' organization for MUNI customers, helped the city come up with a game plan including using a system like NextBus to at least let riders know when a bus is coming.
		The NextBus system is expected to help cut down on delays even further as the company says it can deliver actual arrival times for public transportation buses and trains via wireless devices.
		Since 1999, NextBus has been providing real-time vehicle information for the 22-Fillmore bus line and all of MUNI's light-rail vehicles (lines J, K, L, M and N).
	siliconvalley.internet.com /news/print.php/943101 (460 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Grey Island Systems Inc.: NextBus Wins AC Transit Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		AC Transit's BRT project is designed to increase ridership and service reliability by providing improved operations and frequent service in the core urban corridor of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.
		NextBus Inc. (www.NextBus.com) is dedicated to the public transportation industry.
		Bus locations are tracked via an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system; NextBus processes the information, calculates predicted arrival times and transmits arrival time predictions to stationary and portable electronic displays and to the Internet.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=125235 (747 words)

	OrangePolitics.org : Catch the NextBus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Last week, the town signed a contract with NextBus, Inc. to provide, at a cost of $949,030, digital signs at 14 bus stops to inform riders of expected bus ETAs.
		NextBus and, more importantly, the open standards alternatives (Wifi/WiMAX) have WAP and web-based systems to alert you of their positions.
		I’m still waiting on the documentation on how NextBus did in the functional trials, what criteria was actually used to decide it was “best”, to see how the bid process was performed.
	orangepolitics.org /2006/05/catch-the-nextbus (5700 words)

	SF Muni Press Release: MTA Approves NextBus Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The NextBus system will be installed on all other Muni lines over the next few years.
		The AVLS contract with NextBus will be a $9.7 million contract over the next five years.
		NextBus's AVLS uses Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to keep track of transit vehicles, allowing both Muni employees and Muni riders to use their computers to see where transit vehicles are in service on a particular line.
	www.sfmuni.com /cms/msc/pr/documents/nexbuspr.htm (291 words)

	NextBus/How NextBus Works
		NextBus information is not a static schedule listing — it is actual arrival information, updated at regular intervals.
		NextBus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track vehicles on their routes.
		The NextBus system is covered by U.S. NextBus Patents 6,006,159 and 6,374,176.
	www.nextbus.com /corporate/works (212 words)

	NextBus: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Municipal governments and transit agencies subsidize the NextBus service—which is free to users—as a way to reduce frustration among riders.
		So when I ask NextBus when the next train is coming, it often gives a wildly inaccurate prediction 20 minutes or so in the future, based on the average departure times of the trains.
		The NextBus service is currently deployed in dozens of different transit agencies across the United States and England, and is expanding into Canada.
	www.itotd.com /articles/327/nextbus (972 words)

	MTC -- News -- Transactions
		In San Francisco, the NextBus vehicle-tracking equipment has been installed on 35 electric trolley buses on the 22-Fillmore route, and 10 electronic bus shelter signs have been placed at major stops (more signs may be added later).
		San Francisco is considering whether to purchase the NextBus technology, and, potentially, expand it to other routes.
		In order for NextBus to be applied to a larger fleet of vehicles, Muni would need a city-wide AVL system to provide the data on which bus arrival predictions are based.
	www.mtc.ca.gov /news/transactions/ta05-0699/next_bus.htm (452 words)

	Pelosi Delivers More Than $26 Million for BART to SFO and Muni NextBus
		Pelosi also announced the release of $1.987 million she secured in the 2003 Transportation Appropriations Bill to expand the NextBus system to all of San Francisco’s electric trolley busses.
		The NextBus Program uses the Automatic Vehicle Location System/Global Positioning System to provide accurate, real-time information on the arrival times and locations of Muni vehicles throughout the City.
		NextBus allows passengers and transit managers to access this information via the Internet, hand-held cellular devices and illuminated shelter signs.
	www.house.gov /pelosi/press/releases/Sept04/BART90104.html (408 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Grey Island Systems International Inc.: NextBus, Inc. Wins Chapel Hill, NC Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chapel Hill Transit passengers will be able to obtain the accurate arrival time of their bus, as determined by the real time position of the vehicle instead of schedule time.
		NextBus uses global positioning satellites and advanced computer modeling to track buses on their routes.
		Bus locations are tracked via an automatic vehicle location system; NextBus processes the information, calculates predicted arrival times and transmits arrival time predictions to stationary and portable electronic displays and to the Internet.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=126766&tsource=3 (550 words)

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