i-Bus info goes public

The Barking & Dagenham Post reports that the data about the location of buses gathered by TfL for their i-bus project (of which Countdown is a component) will be made available to customers by SMS or on the web to enable them to see in real time where their bus is.

TfL Technology

www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=10209

Interesting article about how GPS and mobile phone technology is likely be applied to buses (iBus) and could also be to private motor vehicles. Nothing much for cycling, though.