Boca Raton, FL – March 2017 — ETA Transit Systems is proud to announce the successful implementation of its SPOT® Intelligent Transit System (ITS) at Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) operations in Charlottesville, VA. The installation represents a significant upgrade to an outdated platform and marks a significant improvement in capabilities for both CAT and its customers.
The new ITS platform delivers a wide-ranging impact by providing real-time vehicle arrival predictions, robust reporting and data analytic capabilities, and an impressive suite of traveler information systems. CAT Transit Director John Jones offers, “The impact this will have on CAT and its riders is significant and will touch every corner of our operations. In one bold stroke, we have brought 21 st century technology to the area’s transit offerings, and established a foundation that will allow us to actively pursue new capabilities in the future.”
Regular riders will immediately notice the addition of large LCD screens at transit stations. “One of the things CAT wanted was to better communicate arrivals with its customers,” stated ETA president John Maglio. “The flexibility of our SPOT system allowed us to develop a custom solution that simplified the display of information on monitors located throughout the system. We actively solicit our customers for new ideas, and their idea proved to be a worthwhile addition to our already impressive set of passenger information systems.”
“We were excited to get the new SPOT system in place. We understood just how significant these improvements were going to be, and we pushed ETA to deliver on a rather aggressive deployment schedule,” Jones added. “Not only did they rise to the challenge, but their approach to the project was so detailed, we wouldn’t have known they were accelerating their process.”
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