The Ministry of Public Works and Planning, through the Public Transport Authority (EFA), has implemented the interactive 'Urban Step' to public transport in the city of Cartagena, developed by the company free 'Ascii164'.
The 'Urban Step Murcia', which has been developed in collaboration with the EFA, located by GPS technology the user at the point where you are.
This new application is part of the initiatives of the Plan to Promote Public Transportation in the regional government that works "to promote the use of bus travel as a means of modern, high quality and in order for users to reduce the maximum time waiting and can enjoy reliable service with the best guarantees, "said the director of the EFA, Luis Lorente.
The platform has been developed allows access from mobile operating system 'Android' and 'iPhone', so that citizens can enjoy the benefits of the latest technology, "which improves public transport and places the fingertips of the user all the information, which represents a quantum leap in the service provided by the regional government to all citizens, "said Lorente.
The application can be downloaded for free in the virtual stores of each platform, introduced in the form 'Urban Step Murcia'.
This tool georeferencing and places, using GPS technology, the user at the point where you are and shows you on a plane the nearest bus stops, the data lines serving each of them and the real-time arrival of the next bus.
This is possible thanks to the exploitation of satellite data used EFA, through the Network Control Centre transport.
Source: CARM