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Tool Time: Bus is operating in the busiest stops located in the town of Molina, Altorreal and The Alcayna and in later phases, will extend to other areas of the municipality
The new stops are powered by solar energy and have a voice announcement system that provides the information to the elderly and the blind
The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, together with the Mayor of Molina de Segura, Eduardo Contreras, today introduced three R & D + i that the Public Transport Authority has implemented in the municipality to improve the quality of public transport.
Projects include the services Time: Bus, SMS: Bus and Bidi: Bus, information systems that allow to know the exact arrival time of the bus in real time, via mobile phone or voice systems installed on some new stops ecological solar panels fitted to function.
José Ballesta explained that "new devices, SMS, and Bidi Bus: Bus are installed in all 238 town stops and benefit the molinense at 1.7 million trips per year, which will see increased service reliability and reduce their waiting times at the bus stop. "
The adviser said that "the Region of Murcia has been the first community in Spain in implementing Bluetooth wireless technology in the field of public transport and Molina de Segura's second city, after Murcia, have the devices in Time: Bus."
These devices include a voice announcement system designed especially for blind and elderly, with the aim of improving information to citizens and increase service quality standards.
Thus, the counselor said, "we promote an efficient public transportation network, secure, accessible and affordable, designed to fit the needs of the citizens of the region."
Ecological Stops
The project Time: Bus provides access to information on public transport services through free messages via bluetooth or through the installation of software that lets you embed a panel simulator stop information directly on your mobile phone.
So, anyone who is near the stop and you have a phone with Bluetooth technology can meet in real time, line number, the exact arrival time closest vehicle or any incident in service, including relevant information.
In this first phase, the devices have been installed in the six stops where there is a greater influx of travelers and the ten lines serving different, located in the town of Molina de Segura (Street Sawmills and three on Main Street ) Altorreal (avenue Kingdom of Murcia) and The Alcayna (Avenida de La Alcayna).
In later phases, the project will be extended to other areas of the municipality.
Besides, "said José Ballesta, the new stops are environmentally friendly, since they have next-generation panels are supplied with solar energy through a device that is oriented to the area of maximum exposure, ensuring a one hundred percent autonomy of the system. "
Voice announcement for the blind
The new service also includes a voice announcement system, by a button or through a command specifically for blind people Ciberpass approved by ONCE, provided the arrival time of the lines.
The user will also receive all the information in audio format on your mobile phone through the implementation of a voice synthesizer, with guaranteed, said the counselor, "the right to collective mobility to visually impaired or blind.
The project also Time: Bus provides information on the characteristics of the approaching vehicle to stop, so that users know if a bus is adapted for disabled guests.
SMS: Bus and Bidi: Bus
The SMS system: Bus allows, through a SMS, to know the exact arrival time of the next vehicle without having to go to the stop and reduce user wait times.
Another service is already available to travelers is the application Bidi: Bus that, through imaging with mobile offers hours of passage of buses in real time, the line number and the arrival vehicles adapted for disabled guests.
José Ballesta said that "one of the key objectives for the regional government is to provide a public transport service more complete and efficient, and accessible to all citizens."
"As of today, he concluded, the citizens of Molina de Segura have seven different ways to access all information through panels, the voice announcement systems, the command approved by ONCE, as well as applications via SMS: Bus and Bidi: Bus, free ads via bluetooth or the information panel simulator for mobile Time: Bus. "
Source: CARM
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