11/04/2008 10:56 AM
GPS System For City Buses May Lose Support
A plan to outfit city buses with satellite tracking devices could reportedly soon be grounded.
The Daily News says transit officials are considering killing the program which tracks buses and provides arrival time information to riders using information screens at bus stops.
The paper says transit officials have stopped work while they decide whether to go forward with the program.
The contractor for the project is two years behind schedule and has been delayed by software problems.
The signs that have been installed have been shut off because the data is inaccurate.
In 2005, New York City Transit signed a $13 million contract to outfit 185 buses in Manhattan with the technology.
The city has the option of expanding the program to the entire system for $99 million.